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Ruby Singh celebrates rich cultural polyphony with Vox.Infold, at the PuSh Festival

Racialized artists come together to find harmony in disparate vocal styles

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 14, 2022PuSh Festival

In Solo Flare, members of Turning Point Ensemble show, share their creative spark

Soloists selected a composer to work with and collaborated with various other artists for a cross-disciplinary concert featuring 11 world premieres

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 13, 2022Turning Point Ensemble, Partner Content

Vancouver composer Leslie Uyeda's When The Sun Comes Out sees its U.S. premiere at Portland Opera, January 28

Originally commissioned by the Queer Arts Festival, pioneering opera explores love in a nation where homosexuality is banned.

MUSIC, NEWS, OPERAJanet SmithJanuary 13, 2022opera, Leslie Uyeda

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs Chopin, Fauré & Bologne

The concert features award-winning Canadian Chopin specialist Charles Richard-Hamelin

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 11, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

VSO changes its tunes in response to latest COVID wave

Steven Page concert rescheduled to spring; new programming in January to increase physical distancing on-stage

MUSIC, NEWSGail JohnsonJanuary 10, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Steven Page, COVID-19, COVID

Stir Q&A: C.R. Avery’s debut feature film is a bohemian love letter to East Van

The multidisciplinary artist releases Victory on East Hastings, accompanies premiere screening live with C.R. Avery Orchestra

MUSIC, SCREENGail JohnsonJanuary 10, 2022CR Avery, The Rio Theatre, East Vancouver

Sook-Yin Lee hosts online conversation Women in Punk, January 15

The Polygon Gallery’s OG Punk exhibition inspired the free chat

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 9, 2022the Polygon, punk, Sook-Yin Lee, Dina Goldstein

The Process Is the Project: Ruby Singh on the Making of Vox.Infold, at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

Watch the video for the song “Nakshatra” to get a taste of sounds that can happen outside of the traditional music industry

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 4, 2022Partner Content, PuSh Festival

From classical music to jazz, trumpeter Jens Lindemann smashes the brass instrument's stereotypes

Playing 24-karat gold-plated horns, the internationally renowned L.A.-based musician performs with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

MUSICGail JohnsonDecember 30, 2021Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra principal flute Christie Reside performs a haunting Ballade alongside Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique in upcoming concert

The January 21 to 23 performance also features Sri Lankan-Canadian Dinuk Wijeratne’s Polyphonic Lively

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 30, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Happy artful New Year's Eve: Serve up streaming by Vancouver performers in the safety of your living room

From whacked-out theatre to edgy ballet to festive cantatas, here are ways to ring in 2022 and celebrate local arts

LIVESTREAM, THEATRE, DANCE, MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithDecember 30, 2021livestream, New Year's Eve

2021 in review: A few of the year's most memorable moments in Vancouver theatres and galleries—live and online

Some of the fleeting artistic scenes that stayed with us, from vocoder echoes to magic ovens and elaorate assemblages

ART & DESIGN, DANCE, FESTS, THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 29, 20212021 in review

Stir Q&A: Triology pianist Miles Black talks jazz trios, desert-island music, and the Zen state

At the Anvil Centre, the three artists share what they call a “Close Your Eyes Jazz” connection

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 26, 2021jazz, Anvil Centre, The Anvil Centre

Trumpet legend Jens Lindemann takes the Chan Centre stage in special VSO concert January 9

The Canadian Brass alumnus performs Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto amid a versatile program

MUSICStir VancouverDecember 15, 2021Partner Content, VSO

Free concerts, puppets, dance, and more window performances at Shine Bright New West

Ticketed performances take place evenings December 16 to 30

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 14, 2021Anvil Centre, The Anvil Centre, Festive

Messiah/Complex gives Handel's holiday masterpiece a multilingual makeover, at The Cinematheque December 14

Diverse singers from across the country reinterpret the choral work amid spectacular Canadian settings

SCREEN, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 13, 2021The Cinematheque, Festive

Stir Pairing: Holiday edition, with local spirits, craft beer, and sparkling wine to go with everything from drag to Vivaldi

The festive season is in full swing with a holiday burlesque show, the VSO’s Four Seasons, artisan markets, and more

CULINARY, MUSIC, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonDecember 13, 2021CULINARY, wine, BC wine, burlesque, Stir Pairing, Festive

Vancouver Chamber Choir travels from the Baroque to Santiago de Compostela, in just-announced Spring 2022 program

With a program that also features tributes to Chinese culture and to youth, the subscription package makes a resounding holiday gift

MUSICStir VancouverDecember 13, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Gateway Theatre’s A Broadway Holiday injects musical jubilance into the season

The show features seven singer-musicians who play everything from accordion to bass to kazoo

MUSICGail JohnsonDecember 11, 2021Gateway Theatre, Barbara Tomasic, Festive

Chloe Kim helps create beautiful sounds, without the jingle bells, at Music for the Winter Solstice

The violinist takes on Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel as part of Music on Main’s non-treacly tradition

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 9, 2021MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Festive

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