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Stir Q&A: At Sonic Boom, piano sensation Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa tackles 10 pieces by 10 BC composers

Practising Japanese, morning smoothies, and walks at Trout Lake help get her in the right mindset to tackle range of works

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMarch 19, 2021Sonic Boom, livestream, Homepage feature

Vancouver Folk Music Festival cancels plans for 2021 event due to pandemic uncertainty

The organization was also forced to abandon last year’s outdoor celebration

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 15, 2021Folk Festival

Corbin Murdoch’s new “Denialist” video offers art as a way to overcome fears

Local costume designers Barbara Clayden and Alaia Hamer turn kids’ terror into triumph

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 15, 2021Corbin Murdoch

Music on Main brings back hit Graveyards and Gardens on demand, from March 18 to 23

Staged for only two nights in January, the sound and dance exploration has been creating buzz ever since

Sound of the City: LOSCIL

Electronic-music composer and multimedia artist Scott Morgan sounds off on new artists, Vancouver’s lack of affordability, and his cat

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 12, 2021Sound of the City, music, Loscil

From folk art to architecture, the multilayered inspiration for The Music Shop's whimsical sets

Scenic designer Omanie Elias follows a “winding road” to create striking world of Vancouver Opera comedy

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithMarch 11, 2021Vancouver Opera, livestream

Stir Q&A: Van Django violinist Cameron Wilson sounds off on the ensemble's upcoming concert with the VSO

Known for crisscrossing musical genres, the musician and composer loves gypsy jazz of 1920s and ‘30s Paris

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 10, 2021Wine, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about Painting Music: One-Page Score Project

Vancouver New Music and Laboratorio team up for a new edition the graphic-score series, this one from the Sunshine Coast world of glacial forms and live plants.

ART & DESIGN, MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 10, 2021Music, Vancouver New Music, Laboratorio

VSO, dancer Ralph Escamillan perform Carnival of the Animals; streaming starts March 7

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra takes a walk on the wild side with works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Bohuslav Martinů

DANCE, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonMarch 6, 2021VSO, Ralph Escamillan, what's stirring, dance, music

Bassist Jodi Proznick brings joy of jazz to Vetta Chamber Music—and aims to get more women in the field

Tango Klezmer Jazz is a new virtual concert featuring four of Canada’s leading female musicians

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 5, 2021Music, Vetta Chamber Music, Jodi Proznick, jazz

Sound of the City: Christie Lee

The full-time mother and hip-hop lover incorporates her traditional knowledge and ancient hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ dialect into her rap music

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 5, 2021Sound of the City, music, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: Behind the surreal stop-motion music-theatre video "We Teach Our Objects How to Speak Our Language"

Animator Margaret Krawecka talks metaphorical blinds, analogue machines, and patience, in new project by Theatre Conspiracy and Rumble Theatre

THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 5, 2021Rumble Theatre, Theatre Conspiracy, Cold Calculi

Rollicking sailors’ songs come to life in Shanties!, a digital concert by Chor Leoni and La Nef

The rousing performance helps explain why #ShantyTok is a thing

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 4, 2021Music, Chor Leoni

Applications open for Vancouver Music Fund, supporting Indigenous, Black, and other underrepresented artists

City of Vancouver, Creative BC provide $300,000 for emerging, diverse voices in the music sector

NEWS, MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 3, 2021News, Music, City of Vancouver, Creative BC

Stir Q&A: Microcosmos Quartet's Marc Destrubé talks Death and the Maiden, devilish arpeggios, and tarantula venom

The string masters take on two mesmerizing works in a livestreamed concert via Music on Main

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 26, 2021Music on Main, livestream

Sound of the City: Softieshan

The DJ also known as Shanique Kelly chimes in on home-cooked meals, safe spaces for marginalized folks, and the boom of the bass beneath her feet

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 26, 2021Sound of the City, music, Softieshan, Shanique Kelly, Black artists

Cello maverick Cris Derksen plays live from her living room, with guinea pigs, February 26 to April 9 via Surrey Civic Theatres

Gary, Lloyd, and Albert will have front-row seats to the innovator’s form-fusing music

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2021Surrey CIvic Theatres, Cello, New music, Chris Derksen, livestream

Erhu maven Lan Tung bridges East and West, ancient and avant-garde, in new Chan Centre concert

The Vancouver musician headlines an online show featuring members of Turning Point Ensemble, cellist Marina Hasselberg, and world premieres by composer Tim Brady

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 25, 2021VIFF, Music, Chan Centre, Lan Tung, Turning Point Ensemble, Erhu

From Samuel Coleridge-Taylor to Wynton Marsalis, VSO presents a Symphonic Tribute to Black History Month

Measha Brueggergosman and associate conductor Andrew Crust cohost program that also has works by George Walker, Jessie Montgomery, Dee Daniels, and more

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 24, 2021Music, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO