- CBC Vancouver Orchestra, David Alan Miller, Judith Forst, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Lacombe, John Morris Russell, Mario Bernardi, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra
- Mario Bernardi, Victor Feldbrill, George Zuckerman, Andrew Dawes, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Murray Adaskin, Eitan Cornfield, Eugene Kash, John Avison, John Rudolph
- Alex Pauk, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Eitan Cornfield, Esprit Orchestra, John Weinzweig, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Nexus, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Harry Freedman, Brian Victor Macdonald, Mary Morrison, Mario Bernardi, William Littler
- Gilles Tremblay, Orchestre à cordes Radio-Canada, Eitan Cornfield, John Weinzweig, Mario Bernardi, John Beckwith, Orchestre de Radio-Canada à Montréal, Gilles Manny, John Rea, Bruce Mather, Jacques Beaudry, Alexander Brott, Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, István Anhalt, Serge Garant, Jean Papineau-Couture, Victor Schultz, Nadia Papineau-Couture, Montreal Tudor Singers, CBC Vancouver Orchestra
- Robert Silverman, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Jean Coulthard, Patricia Fagan, Jane Adams, Don Mowat, David Duke, John Ogden, University of Alberta String Quartet, Purcell String Quartet, Eitan Cornfield, William Bruneau, Dwight Bennet
- Jon Washburn, Henriette Schellenberg, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Laverne G'Froerer, Keith Boldt, George Roberts, Vancouver Chamber Choir
- Days Months and Years to Come, Colin Tilney, Steven Staryk, Tsung Yeh, Elmer Iseler, Yuli Turovsky, Erica Goodman, Robert Rogers, The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Yves Prin, Marion Ross, Norma Beecroft, Orchestre National de France, Quebec Contemporary Music Society, Luca Pfaff, Festival Singers of Toronto, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, James Hunter, Jerome Pernod, Canada Quartet, Robert Aitken, Musici di Montreal, I, John Avison, Lyric Arts Trio, Serge Garant, Mario Bernardi, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Canada Festival Singers, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Barbara Pentland, Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan, Chia Chou, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Hannaford Street Silver Band, Victor Feldbrill, Arthur Polson, Angela Hewitt
- Richard Margison, Thom Geise, Naoko Okada, Gordon Crozier, Michel Corboz, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, William VerMeulen, Kathleen Rudolph, Jon Washburn, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Vancouver Chamber Choir
CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Biography
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Vancouver Orchestra was founded in 1938 as the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra. From 1939 to 1980, John Avison was the music director and during this period, he gave premieres of countless of works by Canadian composers, including Jean Coulthard, Barbara Pentland, and Elliot Weisgarber. In 1980, the orchestra abandoned its designation as a chamber orchestra upon the appointment of John Eliot Gardiner as music director. After a brief period of concentration on earlier repertoire, the orchestra returned to its commitment to contemporary works under the baton of Mario Bernardi, who became music director in 1983. The orchestra now commissions at least two major compositions every year. By the end of the twentieth century, the orchestra was the last-surviving radio orchestra in North America. It performs in a regular concert series in Vancouver, on tours in both Canada and the United States, and in broadcasts heard throughout Canada.