Emily Carr String News Today

Victoria residents, young and old, are celebrating Earth Day by creating a biodegradable blessing bundle, making a Bee Bomb, cleaning the neighbourhood or listening to a concert to explore our relationship with the natural world, today and Friday.

Lapp, artistic director of Victoria’s Chwyl Family School of Contemporary Music, says he hopes the concert provides a much-needed sense of connection, perhaps triggering memories of “those times when we could be together.” “It’s a way of carrying us through this particular season, which is going to be a tough one.” Lapp has pre-taped performances by nearly 150 students and alumni in his many student ensembles for the Victoria Conservatory of Music event, which will be packaged to...