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Vancouver Chamber Choir's CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT offers peaceful escape, December 16

This year the choir wanted to create an oasis of calm in the busiest days preceding the holidays

MUSICStir VancouverDecember 3, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Vancouver composer Rita Ueda wins top national prize for new chamber music

Her “As the First Spring Blossoms Awaken Through the Snow” wins Jules Léger Prize

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 1, 2022Canada Council for the Arts

New York City's famed Emerson String Quartet stops in Vancouver as part of its farewell tour

Friends of Chamber Music presents the quartet that Time magazine hailed as “America’s most important”

Early Music Vancouver's Festive Cantatas celebrate the beauty of Bach, December 17 and 18

Soloists Hélène Brunet, Krisztina Szabó, Jacques-Olivier Chartier, and Sumner Thompson join the Pacific Baroque Orchestra in the concert

HOLIDAY22, MUSICStir VancouverNovember 30, 2022Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver, EMV, Holiday 2022

Pianist-singer-songwriter Michael Kaeshammer brings upbeat style to the stage

The genre-busting performer will share tracks off of his forthcoming album, Turn It Up

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 29, 2022Kay Meek Arts Centre, Massey Theatre, Michael Kaeshammer, piano

Vancouver's Vetta Chamber Music explores profound connections between Bach and Mendelssohn

The group’s December concerts feature an all-woman ensemble made up of established and emerging artists

HOLIDAY22, MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 29, 2022Holiday 2022, Vetta Chamber Music, Joan Blackman, chamber music

Music on Main celebrates the festive season with Music for the Winter Solstice

The beloved holiday tradition is a concert that warms the heart and soul

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 28, 2022Partner Content, Holiday 2022, Music On Main

American master guitarist Jim Campilongo leaves Norah Jones behind to tour with his own band

Artisan gifts from local makers include serene ceramics, hand-loomed textiles, and much more

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 25, 2022Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

The Shadbolt celebrates the music of Thad Jones

Vancouver Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to the late triple threat: Jones was a legendary a trumpeter, conductor, and bandleader

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 24, 2022Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Musician Kaitie Sly presents Traversing the Mind + Syreim at the Lobe Spatial Sound Studio, December 9

Experience an interactive soundscape in 4D sound, then hear original music from her experimental rock project

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 24, 2022Partner Content, Kaitie Sly

Elektra Women's Choir imbues annual Christmas concert with warmth

Every song on the program for Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra aligns with artistic director Morna Edmundson’s goal to make people feel welcome

HOLIDAY22, MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 22, 2022Elektra Women's Choir, Holiday 2022, choir

Vancouver's Alfredo Santa Ana sculpts music with Sounds of Distance & Time

The Mexico City-born composer plays guitar and embraces electronics on new album

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 22, 2022Alfredo Santa Ana, guitar

Tom Jackson brings compassion, hope, and love to the stage in Stories, Songs & Santa Causes

The revered Métis artist and activist is taking his new Christmas show all across Canada

MUSIC, HOLIDAY22Gail JohnsonNovember 22, 2022Holiday 2022, Tom Jackson, Massey Theatre, Homepage feature

Three ways to celebrate Christmas season with the Vancouver Bach Choir

Christmas with the Bach Choir, Handel’s Messiah, and a new concert in Maple Ridge highlight holiday classics

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 22, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir, Holiday 2022

Vancouver Chamber Choir serves up a Choral Feast that shows there's strength in numbers

Ensemble joins vocal forces with Vancouver Youth Choir, Laudate Singers, Vancouver Cantata Singers, musica intima, and Phoenix Chamber Choir

Vancouver holiday show guide 2022: Laughs, nostalgia, and classic choral beauty are all on the program

From a candle-lit harp concert to a one-man Christmas Carol, all the arts events you need to know to get festive

DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE, COMEDYGail JohnsonNovember 21, 2022Holiday 2022, Festive 1

Soul singer Jarvis Church performs live at the Shadbolt

The multifaceted singer-songwriter and producer got his start fronting The Philosopher Kings

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 20, 2022Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Thomas Dunford's lute is his passport to good times, in bars, parks, and on the concert stage

Solo show at Early Music Vancouver features nine short works by his beloved John Dowland, and Bach’s magisterial Suite in G Major

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 20, 2022Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Homepage feature

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man brings the instrument's power and possibilities to Vancouver

The revered musician performs with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and conductor Tong Chen in Image China: East/West Symphonic Concert

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 19, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, pipa, Wu Man, Tong Chen, Chinese

Coastal Jazz offers a concert of sonic exploration via Ken Vandermark and Not for Proper

Alvaro Rojas’s Music for 22 opens the highly anticipated show at The Ironworks

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 18, 2022Partner Content, Coastal Jazz

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