The Thompson Valley Orchestra’s repertoire includes a variety of musical styles from light classics to pops. The orchestra presents three to four concerts a year in Kamloops and also performs outreach concerts for Seniors Homes and Care Facilities. TVO enjoys working with many local artists and musicians in its concert series. Concerts take place at Kamloops Full Gospel Tabernacle, which is also the orchestra’s home base for its weekly rehearsals on Monday nights during the playing season.

The Thompson Valley Orchestra (TVO) was founded in 1997 by our Music Director, Norris Berg, together with a small group of 12 string players. The newly formed orchestra called itself the Thompson Valley Community Orchestra, to reflect the area from which it would draw its players and audience members. Soon it had grown in size to include all instrument sections – woodwinds, brass, percussion and strings. Today its players number 50 or more. These dedicated amateur musicians are drawn from students in elementary, high school and university as well as adult players. The players receive no remuneration and play for the joy of creating quality musical programming to share with the community. In 2014 the orchestra name was shortened to Thompson Valley Orchestra and the letters TVO became part of our new logo.