VSO PRESENTS ARTS & COMMUNITY VITALITY

<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Arts &amp; Community Vitality: A Conversation on Culture, Health, and Connection</b></span><div><font face="Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><b><br></b></span></font><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA on August 7th from 3pm-5pm for an inspiring evening of music and c<span style="font-size: 12pt;">onversation exploring the vital role of the arts in building healthy, vibrant, and connected communities. Featuring a chamber performance by Julian Schwarz and Julia H. Lee, followed by a panel moderated by Fred Child, CEO of All Classical Radio, with distinguished leaders from the arts, science, media, and civic life.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Featured panelists include:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Rachel Smolkin, President &amp; CEO of Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Karen LeFrak, award-winning composer and author<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Dr. Larry Sherman, neuroscientist, lifelong musician, and author<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Maestro Gerard Schwarz, internationally acclaimed conductor and author<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Free and open to the public; <a href="https://vancouversymphony.org/2026-panel/">reservations</a> encouraged.</p></div></div>live eventPT2H2026-08-07VSO PRESENTS ARTS & COMMUNITY VITALITY"VSO PRESENTS ARTS & COMMUNITY VITALITY"

Showtimes

August 7, 3:00 pm

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