Victoria Symphony Society
Program: Piper Richardson's Bagpipes – Great War Commemoration
Vital Signs: Arts & Culture
Total Grant: $18,284 (100% donor contributions)
In the mud and rain of a Great War battlefield, 20-year-old Piper Richardson rallied his troops to battle. Victoria composer, Tobin Stokes will write a dramatic work that contrasts the vastness of an orchestra with the solitary dedication of a solo bagpipe player, and will tell the story of a piper whose music inspired the troops, moments before his death. This commission, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War, will be performed at the Bay Street Armoury as part of a community-wide collaboration led by the Victoria Symphony, that joins military, arts and cultural institutions of Victoria.