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Music on Main presents virtual world premiere of Vancouver composer Jeffrey Ryan’s Everything Already Lost

Music on Main presents virtual world premiere of Vancouver composer Jeffrey Ryan’s Everything Already Lost

Baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Erika Switzer perform the new song cycle set to poetry by Jan Zwicky

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 9, 2020Partner Content, Music on Main

Brendan McLeod's multidisciplinary Ridge revisits mythmaking in Vimy history

Brendan McLeod's multidisciplinary Ridge revisits mythmaking in Vimy history

By stream and by screen, show uses storytelling, verbatim theatre, and music by The Fugitives

MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithNovember 6, 2020Chan Centre

Vancouver New Music’s Parallel 03 shares interactive visuals and soundscapes in new online collaboration and listening party

Vancouver New Music’s Parallel 03 shares interactive visuals and soundscapes in new online collaboration and listening party

Parallel 03: Endlings (Raven Chacon and John Dietrich) + collaborators takes place November 28

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 5, 2020Partner Content, Vancouver New Music

Jazz, blues, R&B, and gospel vocalist Dee Daniels sings of freedom and hope

Jazz, blues, R&B, and gospel vocalist Dee Daniels sings of freedom and hope

With tour dates cancelled, the pandemic has led to two local concerts

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 4, 2020music, VSO, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Dee Daniels, jazz, R&B, gospel

Little Chamber Music and Vancouver Bach Choir's WW75—Women of the War remembers sacrifice beyond the battlefields

Little Chamber Music and Vancouver Bach Choir's WW75—Women of the War remembers sacrifice beyond the battlefields

Mountain View pop-up concerts, a streamed ceremony, and an online gallery shed light on lost stories

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 3, 2020Remembrance Day, WW75, Little Chamber Music Series, Mark Haney, Vancouver Bach Choir

Hong Kong Professional Musicians of Canada share their passion for Chinese pop

Hong Kong Professional Musicians of Canada share their passion for Chinese pop

The group is taking the music online through jam sessions, songwriting workshops, and more

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 3, 2020music, Cantopop, Hong Kong Professional Musicians of Canada

Global Soundscapes Festival streams the world to your livingroom, November 5 to 26

Global Soundscapes Festival streams the world to your livingroom, November 5 to 26

Erhus meet cellos, santurs meet ouds

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithNovember 2, 2020livestream

Violin virtuoso James Ehnes takes a half-glass-full approach to orchestral maneuvers in the pandemic

Violin virtuoso James Ehnes takes a half-glass-full approach to orchestral maneuvers in the pandemic

The celebrated musician joins VSO for a streaming of Beethoven & Sibelius

MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 28, 2020VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes, classical music, Orpheum Theatre

Virtuoso multi-instrumentalist Celso Machado explores the roots and branches of Brazilian music through Jongo, Choro, and Afro-Samba in one-night-only event

Virtuoso multi-instrumentalist Celso Machado explores the roots and branches of Brazilian music through Jongo, Choro, and Afro-Samba in one-night-only event

The São Paulo-born Vancouver-based dynamo gets to the African, Indigenous, and European heart of his art with musical guests

MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 27, 2020music, Partner Content, Celso Machado, VLACC, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, Brazilian music, Bossa Nova, Afro-Samba, Orpheum Theatre

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things you should know about math-noise rock duo Mi’ens and their new album, Future Child

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things you should know about math-noise rock duo Mi’ens and their new album, Future Child

The Vancouver act is the second Canadian band to sign to U.S. indie label Kill Rock Stars

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 25, 2020music, cheat sheet, Mi'ens, math noise, rock

Stir Q&A: Galician bagpipe master Cristina Pato evokes the sound of northwestern Spain

Stir Q&A: Galician bagpipe master Cristina Pato evokes the sound of northwestern Spain

The gaita carries the cultural traditions of Galicia

LIVESTREAM, MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 24, 2020music, livestream, galician bagpipe, Cristina Pato, Chan Centre

Spotlight on the East End illuminates the musical diversity and talent of the Downtown Eastside

Spotlight on the East End illuminates the musical diversity and talent of the Downtown Eastside

A highlight of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, the free virtual performance has a stellar lineup of local artists

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverOctober 23, 2020Partner Content, Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, Downtown Eastside, music, livestream, Vancouver Moving Theatre

Music on Main celebrates #Beethoven250 with special release of the master's ground-breaking song cycle

Music on Main celebrates #Beethoven250 with special release of the master's ground-breaking song cycle

An die ferne Geliebte was a ground-breaking work.

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 22, 2020Partner Content, Music on Main, Beethoven, Tyler Dunca, Tyler Duncan, Erika Switzer

Vancouver Opera leaps into new digital realm with La Voix Humaine's intensely emotional ride

Vancouver Opera leaps into new digital realm with La Voix Humaine's intensely emotional ride

Mireille Lebel tackles a challenging solo role in a stylishly staged production

OPERA, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 21, 2020Vancouver Opera, opera, Francois Poulenc

Veda Hille finds pandemic solace at the Cultch, where her Little Volcano erupts again

Veda Hille finds pandemic solace at the Cultch, where her Little Volcano erupts again

The deeply personal show, and new album, provide a refuge of their own

MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 20, 2020Veda Hille, The Cultch, Theatre Replacement, Bach, Homepage feature

Vancouver’s musical community mourns the loss of Eugene Osadchy, co-founding artistic director of Vetta Chamber Music

Vancouver’s musical community mourns the loss of Eugene Osadchy, co-founding artistic director of Vetta Chamber Music

The cellist had a profound effect on the music scene

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 16, 2020Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Piqsiq's atmospheric throat-singing style grows out of a close sisterly bond

Piqsiq's atmospheric throat-singing style grows out of a close sisterly bond

The locally based duo blends the ancient and the new

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 15, 2020throat-singing, piqsiq, Chan Centre

Stir ’Splainer: Everything you need to know about the opening concert of the VSO, October 16

Stir ’Splainer: Everything you need to know about the opening concert of the VSO, October 16

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents Bach & Beethoven with Ehnes and Tausk virtually.

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 15, 2020what's stirring, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Otto Tausk, James Ehnes

Stir Q&A: the Boom Booms sound off on their upcoming live concerts at the Massey, family time, and hugs

Stir Q&A: the Boom Booms sound off on their upcoming live concerts at the Massey, family time, and hugs

The beloved quintet has four shows at the New West venue this weekend.

MUSICGail JohnsonOctober 14, 2020music, Massey Theatre, the Boom Booms, concerts

A Vancouver Opera standout, soprano Erin Wall dies at 44

A Vancouver Opera standout, soprano Erin Wall dies at 44

From Otello to Don Giovanni and La Traviata, Wall made an indelible impression on her hometown stage

OPERA, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 10, 2020Vancouver Opera, Erin Wall, Soprano