JOY - postponed
August 25th, 2021
To our Symphony 21 community,
We were so thrilled to have received such a great response to our JOY initiative, with over 100 registrants in our first week of recruitment. JOY was meant to be a welcome-back for the community. A chance to reflect on what we have all endured and celebrate the future. Unfortunately, the circumstances surrounding COVID-19 in BC have changed quickly and dramatically over the past few weeks, and it’s with great disappointment that we announce that JOY: Beethoven 9 is postponed until further notice.
We do not want to put our community in the difficult situation of having to choose between music and health, a decision which should always sway towards the latter. We know that you want to get back on stage or in the audience as much as we do, and that is why we are committed to producing this event when we feel it is safe, and a more appropriate time to host an event named JOY.
We are very grateful to the support we have received from Covenant House Vancouver, as all net proceeds from JOY were intended to benefit their important work. We also extend our thanks to our choir director Cathrie Yuen, and our soloists D’Arcy Blunston, Taryn Plater, Justin Cho and Matthew Kim for their hard work and preparation.
As we now pivot to a hybrid Fall of virtual and live events, we invite you to visit www.symphony21.ca to stay up to date and sign up for our newsletter, or visit our social media pages.