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Tap dancer Danny Nielsen brings the rhythm to Vancouver Cantata Singers ROAM concert

Diverse program features songs that evoke feelings of wanderlust, including new arrangements of “Roam” by the B-52s and Billy Joel’s “River of Dreams”

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Vancouver Cantata Singers, Danny Nielsen, tap dance, Homepage feature

Music on Main highlights Canadian composers at Classical Road to the Junos, February 25

Program hosted by Paolo Pietropaolo features zheng player Dailin Hsieh, flutist Paolo Bortolussi, cellist Jonathan Lo, and pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2025Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, CBC, Junos, Juno Awards, Jocelyn Morlock, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa

Czech Republic's Pavel Haas Quartet returns to Friends of Chamber Music in concert, March 16

Renowned musicians to play compositions by Martinů, Korngold, and Dvořák

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 18, 2025Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Spring 2025

The Slocan Ramblers hit Kay Meek Arts Centre, February 22 and 23

The Toronto-based band is a leader in today’s bluegrass music scene

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 18, 2025Kay Meek Arts Centre

Emerging artists take centre stage in Burnaby Lyric Opera's Le Nozze di Figaro

Music director Richard Epp dives into details on Mozart’s score in the comedic opera coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Inner Mongolia's Anda Union brings Indigenous throat singing to Vancouver, March 14

Caravan World Rhythms presents the nine-member ensemble, which evokes the beauty of Mongolian grasslands through haunting harmonies and vibrant strings

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 14, 2025Partner Content, Caravan World Rhythms, Spring 2025

Norway’s tenThing Brass Ensemble digs deeper than sunny pops tunes

Trumpet virtuoso Tine Thing Helseth leads the ebullient all-female group

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 14, 2025Vancouver Recital Society

Kara-Lis Coverdale stretches perceptions of pipe-organ music

The Ontario-based electronic artist makes a return to the mighty instrument at Vancouver New Music

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2025Vancouver New Music

Vancouver New Music presents Parallel 07: Martin Howse, March 15

U.K. artist and experimentalist to host a three-day workshop followed by a collaborative public presentation

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 13, 2025Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music, Spring 2025

Friends of Chamber Music fan-favourite Han Finckel Setzer Trio returns to the Vancouver stage, February 18

The distinguished musicians will perform Haydn’s Piano Trio in A major, Beethoven’s Piano Trio in G major, and Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2025Friends of Chamber Music, Han Finckel Setzer Trio

Yves Lambert et le Grand Orchestre, LeFLOFRANCO, Kutapira, and more perform at Festival du Bois, March 7 to 9

This year’s event features a diverse lineup of artists from Quebec, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.C.

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 12, 2025Partner Content, Festival du Bois, Yves Lambert, Spring 2025

Vancouver Bach Children's Choirs perform SpringSong: Flora & Fauna, March 11

Pacific Spirit United Church concert features songs about nature, including “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, Handel and J.S. Bach arias, and more

Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates the return of spring with Into Light, March 7

Program features works by composer-in-residence laura hawley, Nico Muhly, Alex Freeman, Matthew Whittall, and Tarik O’Regan

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 10, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Spring 2025

Music review: Artful staging heightens Flight’s sense of airport limbo

Vancouver Opera production balances heart and absurd humour, with a third act that gets full liftoff

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2025VANCOUVER OPERA, Vancouver Opera

At Bach Ties the Knot, German soprano Dorothee Mields explores the Baroque master's wedding music

Early Music Vancouver program with Pacific Baroque Orchestra includes a “Fictive Wedding Cantata” that she’s painstakingly compiled from the composer’s lesser-known works