Octet Victoria – Christmas Music

Join us for our upcoming concert of Christmas Music! This will be a beautiful concert including works by Poulenc, Byrd, Britten, and Howells. We will also sing some well-loved traditional carols. Octet Victoria is enjoying the process of rehearsing this wonderful mix of ethereal, soothing, and joyous music.

Octet Victoria is a fully professional group of eight singers who are committed to creating excellent choral music here in Victoria, BC. Having a mixed choir of eight different voices allows a large amount of flexibility for repertoire, and Octet Victoria has explored music from all time periods spanning Renaissance to modern day.  While still a new group, founded by Char Hodgkins in 2022, Octet Victoria has performed some of the richest music from the choral tradition such as motets by J.S. Bach and J. Brahms, as well as a variety of new music including selections by Canadian composers such as Ruth Watson Henderson, Stephanie Martin, and Nathaniel Dett.

Gina Johnson, soprano
Isolde Roberts-Welby, soprano
Char Hodgkins, alto
Alana Hayes, alto
Tim Carter, tenor
Gordon Simmons, tenor
Nathan McDonald, bass
Rowan McWilliams, bass

FREE ADMISSION
Donations Encouraged
More than 75% of the door donations from our concerts go to local Indigenous organizations such as Raven Trust Foundation and the Victoria Native Friendship Centre.

Accessibility
St. John’s is wheelchair accessible through the Garden doors on the north side of the building.

Octet Victoria makes music and operates on the unceded ancestral lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen), now known as the Songhees and Esquimalt nations. We are grateful for their stewardship of these beautiful lands that nurture, inspire, and sustain us.