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VSO announces 100 free performances to mark virtual DayOfMusic.ca on Saturday, May 15

Following the celebration with ensembles from around BC, the virtual hub will stay live for one year

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMay 6, 2021VSO

Brenna Corner subverts the idea of the seductress in Vancouver Opera's Carmen: Up Close and Personal

Tarot cards and French film influence the director’s pared-back rendition of Georges BIzet’s classic

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithApril 30, 2021Vancouver Opera, livestream

VSO premieres Bach, Agócs & Mozart with Timothy Steeves playing solo violin, May 2

The virtual performance also features Jane Coop on the orchestra’s stunning new Steinway concert grand piano

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 30, 2021music, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Jane Coop, classical music

One-Page Score Project opens the door to a whole new world of sound and music, April 30 and May 7

Vancouver New Music releases its biggest graphic-notation project ever to live, virtual audiences

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonApril 29, 2021Vancouver New Music, music, what's stirring

Curbside Concerts brings live music to Vancouver side streets and driveways

The new service books local artists to perform outdoors at safe distances

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 28, 2021COVID-19, music, Curbside Concerts

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about PIQSIQ: Songs From the Cultch, April 30 at the Talking Stick Festival

Throat-singing competitions as kids, an unexpected Christmas album, and a new “Vaccination Jam” video

Not your "typical" choral performance: musica intima broadens creative boundaries with the Beginning of Song

The conductorless vocal ensemble’s upcoming virtual concert merges music, spoken word, and film

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 23, 2021musica intima, music, choral music

Vancouver New Music releases largest One-Page Score Project to date

The latest edition features 20 new pieces by 20 professional musicians and 42 University Transition Program students

MUSICStir VancouverApril 23, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver New Music, music

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about Home Within, streaming from April 23 via the Chan Centre

Silkroad Ensemble’s haunting ode to Syria blends Kinan Azmeh’s mournful clarinet and Kevork Mourad’s projected drawings

MUSIC, LIVESTREAMStir VancouverApril 23, 2021CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival unveils online lineup of more than 100 concerts, June 25 to July 4

Ravi Coltrane, John Beasley’s MONK’estra, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Talking Pictures, and much more from BC and around the world

Francophone music, local beer, and Québécois fare: Festival du Bois takes the party to the kitchen

With its focus on French Canadian culture, the fest shares classic recipes—and pairs them with Port Moody ales and performances from across the country

Stir Q&A: olive theory's Stefan Nazarevich and Shion Skye Carter talk piano wires, DIY, and hardware synthesizersd

The Vancouver multidisciplinary duo draws from their expertise in music and dance

DANCE, MUSICStir VancouverApril 17, 2021olive theory

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ChamberFest offers an intimate virtual experience

The online concert series kicks off with a free livestream of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, featuring Jeanette Jonquil

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 15, 2021music, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Khari Wendell McClelland searches for the essential, in life and in multidisciplinary new shows

The musician gathers a range of thinkers and artists to ask the questions that have haunted him this year

MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithApril 13, 2021The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Gospel, Soul

Isolation Suite captures the soundscape of a man who's come UnDone

Theatre Conspiracy and Rumble Theatre audio series blends rock ‘n’ roll, poetry, and theatre

MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithApril 12, 2021Theatre Conspiracy, Rumble Theatre, RUMBLE THEATRE, Homepage feature

Poland's acclaimed Silesian String Quartet plays rare Zarębski masterwork online, April 15 at 7:30 pm

Wojciech Świtała joins on piano as Vancouver Chopin Society streams the Canadian premiere

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 12, 2021Vancouver Chopin Society, livestream

Acadian duo Sirène et Matelot's Lennie Gallant and Patricia Richard bring more than love songs to Festival du Bois

Acclaimed bilingual singers share music that touches on everything from climate change to mental health at Maillardville’s fest

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonApril 12, 2021Festival du Bois, music, Francophone

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about String Quintets That Rock

Violist Emilie Grimes performs in Vetta Chamber Music’s virtual concert featuring works by Mozart and Brahms

MUSICStir VancouverApril 10, 2021Music, Vetta Chamber Music, Emilie Grimes

Young Israeli pianist Ariel Lanyi shows his stuff at Vancouver Recital Society, starting April 7 at 10 am

The artist’s repertoire spans rapidly shifting Haydn to romantic Szymanowski

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 6, 2021VRS, Vancouver Recital Society, livestream

Stir Q&A: Pianist Jane Coop on being a Steinway Artist, the thrill of the piano, and livestreaming

The artist has upcoming performances with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as well as with Vetta Chamber Music

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 3, 2021Music, Vetta Chamber Music, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Jane Coop

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