Tag: Impressario

Hugh Pickett was born in Vancouver in 1913. As a teenager he discovered his passion for entertainment and entertainers while working weekends as an usher at the Orpheum. During World War II, he served in the Canadian army, working for military brass in Vancouver organizing visiting movie stars’ tours to overseas military bases. Postwar, New…
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Holly Maxwell was born in 1915, She co-founded the booking agency Famous Artist with Impresario Hugh Pickett in 1950, For more than three decades Famous Artists was responsible for bringing the world’s most prominent entertainers to Vancouver. They booked concerts at the Orpheum Theatre and other venues throughout the city featuring everyone from the Rolling…
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Internationally recognized impresario and theatrical producer, David Y.H. Lui  presented thousands of dance, music and theatrical performances in Vancouver. Through the presentation of such important artists and companies as National Ballet of Canada, Martha Graham, Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Michael Redgrave, Shirley Maclaine, Philadelphia Orchestra, Julian Bream,…
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(John) Gordon Hilker – B COM (British Columbia) 1934.  Impresario, producer, born in Vancouver in 1913, died in 1991. His mother was a music teacher and he studied piano for some 12 years. In 1936 he brought Martha Graham and her dancers to Vancouver, in 1937 he initiated the Greater Artists Series, and in the…
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June Goldsmith’s life-long contributions to the arts have greatly enriched the cultural life of British Columbia. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Vancouver’s Music in the Morning, a concert society that features local, national and international artists who speak from the stage about the music they play. Ms. Goldsmith has created a niche with her unique morning…
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