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Vancouver New Music's Parallel 04: UNION Immersed performances and installations unveiled November 28

Ten artists from farflung disciplines came together for a workshop in WebXR

MUSIC, ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 18, 2021Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music

With Hasalala Danxalax, mezzo Marion Newman and fellow performers reframe operatic performance

With a mix of western and Indigenous repertoire, the Chan Centre’s new guest curator aims for change on- and off-stage

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 18, 2021CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir announces Sing We Now of Christmas concert series

The highly anticipated seasonal event features performances at four local venues plus a new virtual concert

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 17, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir, Festive

Stir Cheat Sheet: Five things to know about Vancouver Chamber Choir's FIFTY celebration

Canada’s longest-existing pro choir celebrates with a few of its hundreds of commissions

MUSIC, LIVESTREAMGail JohnsonNovember 17, 2021Vancouver Chamber Choir

The Pi Provocateur series returns with Screen Door's unconventional ghost stories, December 3

Applied Science’s inaugural show brings together playwright José Teodoro and composer-musician Stephen Lyons

MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverNovember 17, 2021Partner Content, Pi theatre, Pi Provocateurs, Pi Theatre

Elektra Women's Choir returns to the stage with The Light of Hope Returning

The work’s Canadian premiere features a storybook-like video projection of visual artist Kevork Mourad’s hand-drawn animation

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 16, 2021Elektra Women's Choir, Festive, Homepage feature

Americana-influenced singer-songwriter Mariel Buckley performs at the Shadbolt, November 18

This rising musical artist is making a name for herself for her smoky vocals and thought-provoking lyrics

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 16, 2021Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Mariel Buckley

Vancouver Chopin Society presents distinguished Italian pianist Federico Colli in recital

The artist is rapidly gaining global attention for his compelling, unconventional interpretations

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 14, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Chopin Society

Music review: Chor Leoni brings choral music to the here and now in Breathe in Hope

The annual Remembrance Day concert smashed stereotypes of the musical style

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 12, 2021Chor Leoni, Remembrance Day, choral music

Funkiness, satire, and soul: Josh "Socalled" Dolgin spreads the love of Yiddish music

Accompanied by a local string quartet, the Montreal-based artist brings his Di Frosh project to Vancouver for the 2021 Chutzpah! Festival

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 12, 2021Chutzpah! Festival, Josh Socalled Dolgin, Yiddish music, Homepage feature

Bassist James Meger's new How to Do Nothing band sails into unpredictable elements at IronFest

The versatile acoustic and electric musician draws from pandemic downtime spent at sea

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 11, 2021Coastal Jazz, IronFest

Local choir singers and brass players join forces for Remembering Together, Apart, November 11 at Mountain View Cemetery

Three choirs join Little Chamber Music to spread out across the Fields of Honour

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 11, 2021Vancouver Bach Choir, Little Chamber Music, musica intima

Hasalala Danxalax: Marion Newman & Friends brings Indigenous operatic voices to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Mezzo soprano to be joined by soprano Melody Courage, tenor Asitha Tennekoon and baritone Jonathon Adams

MUSIC, OPERAStir VancouverNovember 10, 2021Partner Content, CHAN CENTRE

Martha Wainwright delves into the pain of divorce—and the beauty of hope—On Love Will Be Reborn

The Montreal-based singer-songwriter brings her tour supporting her new album to the Massey Theatre

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 9, 2021Massey Theatre, music, Martha Wainwright, Homepage feature

Vancouver Bach Choir announces upcoming performance of Benjamin Britten's famous Saint Nicolas cantata

Composed in 1948, the piece is joyful, heartfelt, and festive

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 9, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir, Leslie Dala

Avi Avital and Miloš Karadaglić bring fresh musicianship to mandolin and guitar

The Israeli and Montenegrin artists make a dynamic duo, interweaving Bach, Glass, and a Duplessy premiere

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 8, 2021Vancouver Recital Society, VRS, mandolin, Homepage feature

Listener meets santour player: As dreams are made makes intimate magic again at Modulus Festival

Escaping into the vibrations of an ancient instrument at Music on Main’s one-on-one concerts

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 8, 2021Music on Main, music on main

Tiffany Ayalik performs Itqakaijuq/Tries to Remember at Western Front, November 12 and 13

The multimedia work breathes new life into songs of the artist’s Inuinnait ancestors and community

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 8, 2021Western Front, Tiffany Ayalik

Sapphire Haze mesmerizes at Modulus Festival, November 9

The musical duo presents electronic diffusion at the Music on Main fest’s ambitious closing concert

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 7, 2021Music on Main, David Pay, Modulus Festival, music on main

Bramwell Tovey, Yefim Bronfman perform Beethoven with the VSO, November 12 and 13

The Grammy-winning artists join forces for a program that also includes Tchaikovsky and Balfour

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 7, 2021VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey

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