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<\/a>White says that this year\u2019s festival\u2014which will close off with a performance from the Barenaked Ladies\u2019 Steven Page and his trio with the Victoria Symphony at the Legislature Buildings\u2019 lawn\u2014is really the Victoria Symphony \u201cproviding the gift of music to the citizens of Victoria.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year\u2019s festival will last roughly 10 days and will start off with some ticketed events,\u201d he says. \u201cDee Daniels, the great Canadian jazz singer, is going to start the festival off on July 22 and then we are going to get the opportunity to hear the complete Brandenburg concertos on the 26th and the 27th in the Christ Church Cathedral, which is one of the city\u2019s most beautiful venues. And then we\u2019re going to have a bunch of free events.\u201d<\/p>\n
White says that while he is thrilled that the Victoria Symphony is able to have a large-scale event like Splash Around Town, it did come with one little challenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not be putting the orchestra on a barge, because we\u2019ve got some challenges,\u201d he says. \u201cThe stage we\u2019ve used over the last number of years is no longer insurable. So, we decided to move the concert from the water to the BC Legislature lawn.\u201d<\/p>\n
White says that music can have a very strong presence in everybody\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
\u201cMusic for me, and I think for a lot of people, serves a really important role in their lives,\u201d says White. \u201cFor me, it\u2019s consolation. It\u2019s the knowledge that when human beings put their minds to it they can create beautiful things, and I think increasingly, in this super-complicated world, it\u2019s nice to be reminded of our better parts of our nature.\u201d<\/p>\n
White says that what he loves about concerts is how multilayered they can be.<\/p>\n
\u201cPart of what I really love about music is how varied it is,\u201d says White. \u201cI like the fact that it mirrors the varied experiences of life… I love a lot of it and love it in different ways and in different times. That said, the first time I heard Mahler 5, I was inclined to believe that God exists and I felt the same way the first time I heard Monteverdi Vespers 1610.\u201d<\/p>\n
White says that what he wants the audience to take away from Splash Around Town is the feeling that\u00a0<\/span>live music has returned.<\/p>\n \u201cI would like my audience to walk away feeling like live music is back,\u201d says White. \u201cThat they can start to look forward to regular concerts, because I think that\u2019s one of the things that has been really hard over the last few years. We just haven\u2019t been able to gather in large groups and enjoy wonderful music together, so I am hoping that they walk away with the confidence that it\u2019s okay to come to concerts again.\u201d<\/p>\n