Sergiu Comissiona has taken over conducting chores for the Vancouver Symphony as music director designate until September 1991.

Tickets are $16.15 to $42.50 The Vancouver Symphony (604-876-3434) performs until early summer at the Orpheum Theater (601 Smithe Street).

Works composed or arranged by Kradjian have been performed by I Musici Montreal, the Vancouver Symphony and the Elmer Iseler Singers.

Frith has also served on the governing bodies of the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and the Vancouver Symphony.

The Vancouver Symphony uses the screens for two series intended to introduce audiences to the classics with interviews as well as live video.

The building also contains a 1400-seat Auditorium, which has hosted speakers such as Howard Dean and is the current performance venue for the Vancouver Symphony.

David Brown, First Vice-President (Vancouver Symphony)

A performance later that year at Expo 86 in Vancouver, featured the Vancouver Symphony.

Founded in 1919, the Vancouver Symphony was dealt an even harder blow in 1988; out of money, it was forced to suspend operations.

He conducted the Vancouver Symphony from 1952 to 1964, after which he became Associate Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.