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Early Music Vancouver aims to make Handel’s beloved Messiah feel both fresh and familiar

Pacific Baroque Orchestra conductor Alexander Weimann says the German-English composer’s oratorio is never the same piece twice

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 3, 2025Early Music Vancouver, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Vancouver Chamber Choir sings in a softly glowing church at Christmas by Candlelight, December 19

At annual holiday offering, choir performs works by Matthew Whittall, Morten Lauridsen, and Joanna Marsh at Pacific Spirit United Church

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 21, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Holiday 2025

Holiday shows 2025: Stir’s ultimate guide to Vancouver’s merriest performances and events

The local arts and culture scene has bright gifts in store this season, from music by candlelight to wintry ballets

MUSIC, HOLIDAY25, FESTS, DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithNovember 18, 2025Holiday 2025, Elektra, ELEKTRA, Elektra Women's Choir, Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir, Vancouver Men's Chorus, Vancouver Bach Choir, Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts, Evergreen Cultural Centre, musica intima, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Orpheum Theatre, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, Christmas with Chor Leoni, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Massey Theatre, Winter Harp, Anvil Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Music On Main, Krystle Dos Santos, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, HOLIDAY 2025, Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club, Metro Theatre, Centennial Theatre, Theatre Replacement, the Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, East Van Panto, WONDERHEADS, The Improv Centre, Gateway Theatre, Pacific Theatre, The Gingerbread Men, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Nutcracker, Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, Goh Ballet, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver Christmas Market, VanDusen, Homepage feature

Vancouver Chamber Choir and Early Music Vancouver join forces for Handel's Messiah, December 12 and 13

Spellbinding concert features the Pacific Baroque Orchestra along with soloists Myriam Leblanc, Cecilia Duarte, Jacob Perry, and Sumner Thompson

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 13, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, Holiday 2025, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

Vancouver Chamber Choir performs the rarely heard Eton Choirbook, November 21

Kari Turunen directs 10 singers in a concert of English sacred music composed during the late 15th century

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 24, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Vancouver Chamber Choir returns from the Yukon to perform True North, October 24

Nature-inspired program includes compositions by Veljo Tormis, R. Murray Schafer, and Nico Muhly

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 16, 2025Vancouver Chamber Choir

Canadian soprano Sarah Dufresne finds Gilda’s strength in Vancouver Opera’s Rigoletto

Rising star embraces the complexity of Verdi’s tragic daughter figure, and follows with another debut in Fauré’s Requiem with the VSO

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 16, 2025Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Homepage feature

Vancouver Chamber Choir composer-in-residence Stuart Beatch aims to uplift

The Edmonton-based artist thrives on collaboration and keeps a stack of poetry books within arm’s reach

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 29, 2025Vancouver Chamber Choir

Vancouver Chamber Choir's True North honours the beauty of northern climates, October 24

Program features works by Nico Muhly, R. Murray Schafer, Veljo Tormis, and composer-in-residence Stuart Beatch

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates its network of supporters with Chosen Family, October 3

Program features a 2023 work by the choir’s composer-in-residence Stuart Beatch, plus the singers of the Intertidal Choral Ensemble

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 5, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Vancouver Chamber Choir travels from the Bard to South African poetry in Sonnets by the Sea

A world premiere from Johannesburg-based composer Thuthuka Sibisi is on the program, with Christopher Gaze as master of ceremonies

MUSICJanet SmithJune 2, 2025Vancouver Chamber Choir, Shakespeare

Vancouver Chamber Choir sings Sonnets by the Sea, June 6

Season-closing concert features guest artist Christopher Gaze and a world premiere by composer Thuthuka Sibisi

MUSICStir VancouverMay 13, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Spring 2025

Fresh Ink fetes five years of Vancouver Chamber Choir commissions and premieres, May 9

Program includes an Emily Carr–inspired piece by Tawnie Olson, a composition about a satellite falling out of orbit by Chris Sivak, and more

MUSICJanet SmithMay 2, 2025Vancouver Chamber Choir, Spring 2025

Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates five years of premieres with Fresh Ink, May 9

Tawnie Olson’s “Beloved of the Sky” and Andrew Balfour’s “Kiyam” accompany a new work by laura hawley on the program

MUSICStir VancouverApril 15, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Spring 2025, Kari Turunen

Stir Q&A: At Palestrina 500, Kari Turunen throws a birthday bash for a 16th-century composer

Vancouver Chamber Choir concert features some of the Italian virtuoso’s most enduring Renaissance music

MUSICJanet SmithApril 3, 2025Spring 2025, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Kari Turunen

Vancouver Chamber Choir's Palestrina 500 celebrates famed Renaissance composer, April 11

Concert honours Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s 500th birthday with such favourites as “Sicut cervus” and “Missa Papae Marcelli”

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 18, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Spring 2025

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

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 5, 2025Vancouver Chamber Choir, Pavel Haas Quartet, Bruce Liu, Sound the Alarm, Early Music Vancouver, Vancouver New Music, Alfredo Santa Ana, Silkroad Ensemble, Elektra, SPRING 2025, Spring 2025

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

Vancouver music scene celebrates Valentine's Day with romantic concerts

Offerings from the Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, the VSO, Early Music Vancouver, and more take place on February 14 and 15

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2025Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, Vancouver Bach Choir, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre, Jazz at the Bolt, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, EMV, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Chan Centre, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts

Vancouver Chamber Choir's annual Conductors' Symposium culminates in Isn’t it Romantic?, February 15

Concert pulls at the heartstrings with compositions by Stephen Chatman, Ramona Luengen, Jake Runestad, laura hawley, and more

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 21, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Valentine's Day, Laura Hawley, Stephen Chatman, Kari Turunen

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