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Stir Cheat Sheet: Artists and acts to catch at Arts in the Garden

North Van Arts’ outdoor celebration of nature across the North Shore includes visual art, live music, dance performances, and more

Dreams of belugas and orcas give rise to Songs for a Lost Pod

Leah Abramson’s nine-song cycle has its world premiere in Vancouver

MUSICGail JohnsonMay 20, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Music on Main

The Vancouver Chopin Society welcomes back acclaimed pianist Eric Lu, May 22

The young musician is in demand around the world as a recitalist and concerto soloist

MUSICJanet SmithMay 20, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Vancouver Chopin Society

Standing up against stereotyping, artists celebrate Asian Heritage Month through music and storytelling

Musicians push back against anti-Asian hate, speak out about their experiences of racism in live concert

MUSICStir VancouverMay 19, 2022Asian Heritage Month, Amanda Sum

Jazz community mourns as Vancouver pianist and vibraphonist Paul Plimley dies at 69

Beloved musician was founder of the New Orchestra Workshop Society and was a memorable fixture at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithMay 19, 2022Jazz, Jazz Fest

Vancouver New Music presents an evening of solo pipe organ with Sarah Davachi, Stefan Maier, and George Rahi

The concert features acoustic and augmented performances on Vancouver’s largest pipe organ

MUSICJanet SmithMay 18, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver New Music

Early Music Vancouver announces 2022 Vancouver Bach Festival—Scottish Baroque and Other Traditions

Sixth-annual fest hosts Scottish Baroque experts David McGuinness and David Greenberg as artists-in-residence

MUSICJanet SmithMay 18, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Early Music Vancouver, SUMMER

The Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates the music of China, Taiwan, and Singapore in BRIGHT MOON 明月

Special guests include Singaporean Vancouverite conductor Jennifer Tham and Vancouver Chinese Choir Association 溫哥華國韻合唱團, under the direction of Ling Lu

MUSICJanet SmithMay 17, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir

Early Music Vancouver presents Kayhan Kalhor and Kiya Tabassian celebrate the delicate sounds of the setar, June 3 and 4

Kalhor cofounded Masters of Persian Music and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble; Tabassian cofounded the Ensemble Constantinople.

MUSICJanet SmithMay 16, 2022Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, SPRNG

Elektra to release “Snewíyalh tl’a Staḵw (Teachings of the Water)”, a collaborative project with First Nations

Two years in the making, the new video was conceived by co-curator and ethnomusicologist Jeanette Gallant

MUSICJanet SmithMay 16, 2022Partner Content, Elektra Women's Choir

Music review: The Leonids explore vast sonic territory in concert with Chor Leoni

The new ensemble defies expectations of what lower-tone male singers can do

MUSICGail JohnsonMay 13, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Chor Leoni, The Leonids

Pianist Daniel Hsu puts love into a program of redemption—and one of the most demanding works in the repertoire

For his Vancouver Recital Society concert, the 23-year-old talent shows his interpretive prowess with Liszt, Beethoven, and Schumann

MUSICJanet SmithMay 13, 2022VRS, Vancouver Recital Society, SPRING

Mass with a touch of operatic flair, as Vancouver Bach Choir takes on Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, May 14

Better known for works like Barber of Seville, the composer penned a famous mass

MUSICJanet SmithMay 12, 2022Vancouver Bach Choir

The PRISMA Festival returns to Powell River June 13 to 25

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the 2022 fest features an 80-piece orchestra and 23 guest artists from around the globe

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithMay 12, 2022PRISMA Festival

The Pearl Fishers, The Flying Dutchman on the horizon as Vancouver Opera unveils 2022-23 season plans

Going big, the company will also stage its first version of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithMay 11, 2022Vancouver Opera

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival unveils eclectic Innovation Series at the Ironworks programming

Concerts also announced for Roundhouse Performance Centre and the North Shore Jazz Series

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMay 10, 2022Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz

Pianist Eric Lu shows why he's well on his way to legendary status at The Vancouver Chopin Society, May 22

Appearing here for the first time, the 25-year-old is celebrated for a maturity and depth far beyond his years

MUSICJanet SmithMay 9, 2022Vancouver Chopin Society, Eric Lu, SPRING

Stir Pairing: Mother's Day 2022 edition

Second Sundays Jazz at Havana Theatre features the Laura Crema Quartet on May 8

MUSIC, CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 6, 2022CULINARY

The Leonids, Chor Leoni's new professional supergroup, makes its Vancouver debut

All of the ensemble’s bass, baritone, and tenor members are among North America’s top singers

MUSICGail JohnsonMay 6, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Chor Leoni, The Leonids

The Lake / nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ marks a meeting of minds, cultures, and opera music, at DOXA

Film traces soprano Heather Pawsey’s long journey to decolonize a work about an Okanagan homesteader

MUSIC, OPERA, FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithMay 5, 2022Vancouver Opera, Astrolabe Musik Theatre, SPRING, DOXA

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