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Singer Denzal Sinclaire swings with CapU ensembles large and small

The Juno-nominated vocalist will deliver an eclectic mix of tunes, accompanied by both a big band and a small ensemble

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 17, 2022Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

Steve Dawson and friends will take a musical trip with Grateful Dead re-imagining

The Nashville-based Vancouverite is teaming up with heavyweight talents for American Beauty shows

MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 17, 2022BlueShore at CapU, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Grateful Dead

Early Music Vancouver presents medieval ensemble Diabolus in Musica

Based in France, the award-winning ensemble is known for its ethereally beautiful sound

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 14, 2022Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver

Cellist Marina Hasselberg's new Red album merges artist's rich range of cultural influences

The Baroque, the avant-rock, the improvisational, and more mix fluidly in striking solo debut

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 14, 2022Homepage feature, Marina Hasselberg, cello, Vancouver New Music

California's Calidore Quartet shows versatility, from Beethoven to Wynton Marsalis, at Friends of Chamber Music concert

Ensemble comes here trailing critically acclaimed recordings and numerous awards

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 13, 2022Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Double Happiness, François Houle, and more as Music on Main's Modulus Festival announces full lineup

Taking place November 3 to 8, event features several premieres

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 13, 2022MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Modulus Festival

Chor Leoni's We Sang Our Songs meaningfully marks Remembrance Day, November 10 and 11

From Holst to Pärt, a moving program of music and readings featuring diverse perspectives on war and injustice

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 13, 2022Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI

Vancouver New Music presents METAXENAKIS in honour of Iannis Xenakis

The three-day festival is part of a transcontinental centenary celebration of the visionary artist’s life and work

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 12, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Civic Theatres

VSO's Symphony of Terror features music from Friday the 13th, Phantom of the Opera, Psycho, and more

The October 25 concert is a a Halloween Horror Drag Spooktacular

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 12, 2022Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Cellist Elinor Frey leads Accademia de’ Dissonanti through melodic Boccheriniana, October 14

The Early Music Vancouver concert pays tribute to the classical era’s Luigi Boccherini

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 11, 2022Early Music Vancouver, Elinor Frey, cello, chamber music

African Chamber Music upends stereotypes, as strings meet Ghanaian and Zimbabwean songs

Globetrotting percussionist Curtis Andrews and friends aim to decolonize the idea Western classical music

Grateful Dead’s American Beauty album gets reimagined at Kay Meek Arts Centre

Steve Dawson, Jim Byrnes, Krystle dos Santos, and Khari Wendell McClelland among the artists putting their own spin on classic tracks like “Sugar Magnolia” and “Truckin’’

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 11, 2022Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Kay Meek

Vancouver Cantata Singers launch 65th season this fall, while celebrating artistic director Paula Kremer's milestone 10th year

FORTITUDE: Strength in Song is the theme of the ensemble’s four-concert 2022-23 season

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 11, 2022Vancouver Cantata Singers, Partner Content

Drummer-bandleader-composer Makaya McCraven thrives in the musical unknown

The prolific artist is bringing a string quartet and a who’s who of Chicago-based improvisers with him on tour

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 10, 2022Homepage feature, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, jazz

Vetta Chamber Music launches 2022-23 season with a concert dedicated to that which ignites a creative spark

Inspiration features a performance by Jane Coop and a composition by Marcus Goddard, two Vancouver-based artists of international acclaim

Cory Weeds Plays Art Blakey celebrates the music of a jazz legend, at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts October 16

Cory Weeds forms a quintet that riffs on the legacy of the influential drummer and bandleader

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 8, 2022jazz, Shadbolt Centre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Vancouver Chamber Choir sings of the cycles of life in TIME BENDS

Concert features world premiere of composer Peter Hannan’s Runs Deep, Bends Time, with electronic tracks and theme of mortality

In celebration of BlueShore at CapU’s 25-year legacy, two evenings of stellar entertainment

Blues icon Colin James and jazz star Dee Daniels appear at anniversary concerts October 15 and 16

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 7, 2022BlueShore at CapU

David Myles Trio hits the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on October 14

Know the song “Inner Ninja”? The versatile Juno-winning singer-songwriter has some extraordinary accolades

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 5, 2022Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Vancouver Chamber Choir's TIME BENDS features a world premiere by Peter Hannan

Themes of mortality flow through a program that includes Tomás Luis de Victoria’s four-century-old Officium defunctorum (Requiem)

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 4, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir

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