Welcome to Early Music Society of the Islands

Victoria, B.C., Canada

The Society is currently in its 26th concert season

The Early Music Society of the Islands is pleased to welcome Robert Holliston to the artistic team as concert introducer for the 2008-09 season. Many Society members have attended his popular music history interest courses at UVic, including surveys of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Robert Holliston studied at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and the University of British Columbia. As an accompanist and chamber player he has performed throughout Canada and the USA, England and New Zealand, and has been heard frequently on CBC Radio. He has recorded CDs with the popular salon ensemble Viveza, as well as with trombonist Ian McDougall, clarinetist Patricia Kostek, tenor Ken Lavigne, his brother Tom Holliston, Show Business Giants, and members of the Hornby Island Ensemble. Robert has collaborated with many of Canada's leading singers, including Benjamin Butterfield, Judith Forst, Nathalie Paulin, Susan Platts, Ingrid Attrot and Nancy Argenta; with string players Eugene Fodor, Marc Destrubé, and Paul Marleyn; and with dancers Karen Kain and Evelyn Hart. A popular public speaker, Robert has given pre-performance lectures for Pacific Opera Victoria since 1993 and is the host of the Victoria Conservatory of Music's Brown Bag Lunch series. Still an active performer, he is currently Head of Collaborative Piano Studies at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, where he also teaches piano and music history. Robert has worked with the VCM Opera Studio since its inception, as well as serving as Chorus Master and Répétiteur for Pacific Opera Victoria.

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