- CBC Radio Orchestra, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, David Alan Miller, John Morris Russell, Mario Bernardi, Judith Forst, Jacques Lacombe, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, CBC Vancouver Orchestra
- Victor Feldbrill, Eitan Cornfield, Eugene Kash, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, George Zuckerman, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Murray Adaskin, Mario Bernardi, John Rudolph, Andrew Dawes, John Avison
- Alex Pauk, Harry Freedman, Nexus, Brian Victor Macdonald, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, William Littler, Esprit Orchestra, Eitan Cornfield, John Weinzweig, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mary Morrison, Mario Bernardi
- Jean Papineau-Couture, Mario Bernardi, John Rea, Gilles Manny, Orchestre de Radio-Canada à Montréal, Victor Schultz, John Beckwith, Eitan Cornfield, John Weinzweig, Serge Garant, Nadia Papineau-Couture, Société de musique contemporaine du Québec, Alexander Brott, Montreal Tudor Singers, Jacques Beaudry, Orchestre à cordes Radio-Canada, Gilles Tremblay, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, István Anhalt, Bruce Mather
- Jane Adams, Robert Silverman, Patricia Fagan, Eitan Cornfield, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, John Ogden, David Duke, Don Mowat, Purcell String Quartet, University of Alberta String Quartet, Dwight Bennet, William Bruneau, Jean Coulthard
- CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Vancouver Chamber Choir, George Roberts, Jon Washburn, Henriette Schellenberg, Laverne G'Froerer, Keith Boldt
- Days Months and Years to Come, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Canada Festival Singers, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Robert Aitken, Victor Feldbrill, Arthur Polson, Angela Hewitt, Hannaford Street Silver Band, Robert Rogers, Yves Prin, The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi, Lyric Arts Trio, Luca Pfaff, Festival Singers of Toronto, Jerome Pernod, Canada Quartet, Colin Tilney, Steven Staryk, Tsung Yeh, Quebec Contemporary Music Society, Orchestre National de France, Elmer Iseler, Erica Goodman, Yuli Turovsky, John Avison, Musici di Montreal, I, Marion Ross, Norma Beecroft, Serge Garant, Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra, Chia Chou, Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan, Barbara Pentland, James Hunter, Hong Kong Sinfonietta
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.