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Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs performs Britten's War Requiem, April 5

Soprano Melody Courage, tenor Asitha Tennekoon, and baritone Tyler Duncan to join the choirs alongside the West Coast Symphony

Tom Allen tells the story of a young Johann Sebastian Bach at Kay Meek Arts Centre, March 16

J.S. Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow features guest musicians Suzie LeBlanc, Leslie Dala, David Harding, and Lori Gemmell

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 10, 2025Kay Meek Arts Centre, Bach

Friends of Chamber Music hosts the Czech Republic's Pavel Haas Quartet, March 16

Works by Dvořák, Martinů, and Korngold are on the program for the Vancouver Playhouse matinee

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 10, 2025Friends of Chamber Music, Spring 2025

Vancouver Bach Children’s Choirs celebrate nature in SpringSong: Flora & Fauna, March 11

The concert is an evening of music all about living things

Les Égarés merges musically aligned duos into a quartet at BlueShore at CapU, March 31

Encompassing jazz, tango, chamber, and avant-garde influences, the group’s sound is a treat for the ears

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 7, 2025Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Spring 2025

Tigran Hamasyan brings an ancient tale to life in The Bird of a Thousand Voices

Armenian pianist and composer draws on folklore and storytelling in interdisciplinary project

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 7, 2025CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about Elektra’s The Lost Words: A Spell Book

The multidisciplinary work centres on words related to nature that the 2007 Oxford Junior Dictionary left out in favour of tech terms

Stir Cheat Sheet: 18 concerts and opera performances to catch in Vancouver this spring

Mongolian traditions, Czech strings, Baroque beauties, and more on the music calendar

Anda Union revives cultural music from the rolling grasslands of Inner Mongolia

Caravan World Rhythms presents the 10-piece band at the Massey Theatre

MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithMarch 5, 2025Caravan World Rhythms, Anda Union, Massey Theatre, Spring 2025, SPRING 2025

At Vancouver New Music’s Parallel 07, Martin Howse uncovers the magic in hidden connections

Interdisciplinary artist melds software with sound performance in experimental workshop and presentation

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 5, 2025VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music, Martin Howse

Pacifica Quartet returns to Vancouver for Friends of Chamber Music concert, April 1

American string players to perform compositions by Bartók and Shostakovich, plus Samuel Barber’s film-famous adagio

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 4, 2025Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Spring 2025

Acclaimed U.K. band Still House Plants headlines a night of experimental music at Western Front, March 15

The three-piece squeezes something jagged yet soulful from its sparse guitar-drum-vocal setup

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICAdrian MackMarch 4, 2025Western Front, Spring 2025

After 50 years, Québécois trad-folk icon Yves Lambert has no plans to slow things down

The veteran musician, hitting Festival du Bois, revisits the breadth of his career with Le Grand Orchestre

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2025Festival du Bois, Quebec, Francophone, Mackin Park, Spring 2025

Opera West Society and UBC Opera stage Jules Massenet’s Manon, March 28 and 30

French Romantic masterpiece stars soprano Emily Pogorelc as Manon and tenor Frédéric Antoun as Chevalier des Grieux

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 3, 2025Partner Content, Opera West Society, UBC Opera, Spring 2025

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts hosts Silkroad Ensemble: Uplifted Voices, March 30

Concert shines a light on previously under-recognized Japanese, Armenian, Irish, Scottish, and Indigenous music

Saxophonist Julia Nolan joins The Four Jays—Live! for a celebration of International Women’s Day

Vetta Chamber Music concert features a quartet that also includes violinist Joan Blackman, bassist Jodi Proznick, and pianist Jane Hayes

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2025Vetta Chamber Music, Julia Nolan, Spring 2025

The VSO presents Dvořák’s New World Symphony, March 21 to 23

Program also features mezzo-soprano Marion Newman in the world premiere of Marcus Goddard’s Mountain Visions

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 27, 2025Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Spring 2025

Berlin's Notos Quartett makes its West Coast debut at the Vancouver Playhouse

Friends of Chamber Music concert includes William Walton’s Piano Quartet in D minor, a varied piece with an interesting backstory

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 26, 2025Notos Quartet, Friends of Chamber Music, Homepage feature, Spring 2025

Vancouver pianist Ken Cormier dives into some of his favourite songs at Chor Leoni’s PopCappella 3D

Joining Cormier and the 60-voice choir are Laurence Mollerup on bass, Liam MacDonald on percussion, and Keith Sinclair on guitar

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2025Chor Leoni, Ken Cormier, Spring 2025

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players perform Mozart, Brahms & Bartók, March 6 and 9

Musicians of the VSO curate intimate concerts at Pyatt Hall

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2025Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Spring 2025

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