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Vancouver pianist Ken Cormier dives into some of his favourite songs at Chor Leoni’s PopCappella 3D

Joining Cormier and the 60-voice choir are Laurence Mollerup on bass, Liam MacDonald on percussion, and Keith Sinclair on guitar

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2025Chor Leoni, Ken Cormier

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players perform Mozart, Brahms & Bartók, March 6 and 9

Musicians of the VSO curate intimate concerts at Pyatt Hall

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2025Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Early Music Vancouver hosts Quicksilver: The Early Moderns, March 21

Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble plays a program of sonatas by Italian and German composers

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 24, 2025Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, EMV

Rowdy folkies La Patente finally point their van at the West Coast's Festival du Bois

The francophone four-piece have fans in Europe and the States. Now it’s our turn

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2025Festival du Bois, Homepage feature

Translinear Light: The Music of Alice Coltrane comes to the Chan Centre, February 28

Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane leads an ensemble through his late mother’s final album

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Chan Centre, CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Swiss keyboardist Nik Bärtsch looks to architecture and design for inspiration

The bandleader of the quartet Ronin brings “controlled intensity” to BlueShore at CapU

Red Sky Performance’s Sandra Laronde, actor Graham Greene among Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards

Jeremy Dutcher also receives the National Arts Centre Award as part of the announcement

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Jeremy Dutcher, Governor General's Literary Awards

Tap dancer Danny Nielsen brings the rhythm to Vancouver Cantata Singers ROAM concert

Diverse program features songs that evoke feelings of wanderlust, including new arrangements of “Roam” by the B-52s and Billy Joel’s “River of Dreams”

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Vancouver Cantata Singers, Danny Nielsen, tap dance, Homepage feature

Music on Main highlights Canadian composers at Classical Road to the Junos, February 25

Program hosted by Paolo Pietropaolo features zheng player Dailin Hsieh, flutist Paolo Bortolussi, cellist Jonathan Lo, and pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, CBC, Junos, Juno Awards, Jocelyn Morlock, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa

Czech Republic's Pavel Haas Quartet returns to Friends of Chamber Music in concert, March 16

Renowned musicians to play compositions by Martinů, Korngold, and Dvořák

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 18, 2025Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

The Slocan Ramblers hit Kay Meek Arts Centre, February 22 and 23

The Toronto-based band is a leader in today’s bluegrass music scene

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 18, 2025Kay Meek Arts Centre

Emerging artists take centre stage in Burnaby Lyric Opera's Le Nozze di Figaro

Music director Richard Epp dives into details on Mozart’s score in the comedic opera coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Inner Mongolia's Anda Union brings Indigenous throat singing to Vancouver, March 14

Caravan World Rhythms presents the nine-member ensemble, which evokes the beauty of Mongolian grasslands through haunting harmonies and vibrant strings

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 14, 2025Partner Content, Caravan World Rhythms

Norway’s tenThing Brass Ensemble digs deeper than sunny pops tunes

Trumpet virtuoso Tine Thing Helseth leads the ebullient all-female group

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 14, 2025Vancouver Recital Society

Kara-Lis Coverdale stretches perceptions of pipe-organ music

The Ontario-based electronic artist makes a return to the mighty instrument at Vancouver New Music

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2025Vancouver New Music

Vancouver New Music presents Parallel 07: Martin Howse, March 15

U.K. artist and experimentalist to host a three-day workshop followed by a collaborative public presentation

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 13, 2025Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music

Friends of Chamber Music fan-favourite Han Finckel Setzer Trio returns to the Vancouver stage, February 18

The distinguished musicians will perform Haydn’s Piano Trio in A major, Beethoven’s Piano Trio in G major, and Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2025Friends of Chamber Music, Han Finckel Setzer Trio