Remembrance Day events: Speakers, live music and theatre

Other activities on Remembrance Day:

A Memory Project presentation at the Maritime Museum of B.C. features speaker Rebecca Garnham addressing Canada’s involvement in global conflicts and remembering Canada’s veterans.

The event is made possible by The Memory Project through Historica Canada and the Government of Canada.

Admission to the museum and the presentation is by donation. The event starts at 1 p.m. and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The museum is open noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at 634 Humboldt St. For information, go to mmbc.bc.ca.

The CapriCCio Vocal Ensemble presents In Remembrance, its annual Remembrance Day concert, at Christ Church Cathedral.

The program features the music of Eleanor Daley, Arvö Part and Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna for choir and organ, along with a première of a Canadian work by Robert Kowalewski, with traditional observances for the Battle of Vimy Ridge centenary.

Guest artists include Stevan Paranosic, trumpet, Robert Dukarm, organ and Jane EdlerDavis, piano.

Admission is free for veterans and children 12 and under (with ticket holder). Tickets are $25, $22 and $10. Tickets are available from Ivy’s Bookshop, Munro’s Books, Long and McQuade, Christ Church Cathedral Office, at the door or online. The concert runs 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Christ Church Cathedral, Quadra at Rockland. For information, go to capricco.ca.

Listen to Music for Remembrance Day, a performance by trio Edie Daponte, Joey Smith and Karel Roessingh at Beacon Landing in Sidney.

The performance is free to attend. It runs 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Beacon Landing, 2537 Beacon Ave., Sidney. For reservations, call 250-656-6690.

Remembrance Day events Saturday at the Royal B.C. Museum include:

The Victoria Children’s Choir performing music on themes of war and peace.

The award-winning choir, composed of more than 115 talented singers ages seven to 17, will sing songs from the time of both World Wars, patriotic Canadian songs and more recent compositions expressing the desire for peace.

It runs 12:30 to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Clifford Carl Hall of the museum. The Nurse, the Soldier and Vimy Ridge traces the experiences of young B.C. and Canadian soldiers and nurses as they faced the horrors of trench warfare. Music of the time is interspersed with the letters, poetry, propaganda and news headlines.

The program runs 1:30 to 1:50 p.m. Saturday in the Clifford Carl Hall

These Fields of Crimson features historian Paul Ferguson, who will deliver his observations about the Great War. Learn how France and Flanders are planning for the future.

The program runs 2 to 3 p.m. in the Newcombe Conference Hall.

All three programs are free to attend. They take place Saturday at the Royal B.C. Museum, 675 Belleville St. For information, go to royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.