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Early Music Vancouver celebrates Women of Note, March 4

The live concert is in honour of International Women’s Day

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2022Early Music Vancouver, EMV, International Women's Day

Moe Clark ignites the stage with Feast of the Invisible

The Métis Two-Spirit artist brings a multi-dimensional musical journey to the Decolonize the Chan series

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2022Chan Centre, Partner Content, SPRING

Steven Page comes out of the pandemic—and to Vancouver—with a new appreciation for live, in-person concerts

The iconic Canadian singer-songwriter and former Barenaked Ladies member performs with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra—a dream come true, he tells Stir

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 3, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Steven Page, Homepage feature, SPRING

Spring Arts Preview: Music, dance, and theatre in Vancouver to welcome brighter days

Grab your calendar: Here’s a handful of the hottest shows hitting local stages this season

Russian war on Ukraine reverberates through local classical-music scene

Vancouver Recital Society has pledged not to book Russian artists who don’t speak out against attacks

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 2, 2022VRS

Taj Mahal headlines as Vancouver Folk Music Festival readies to return live to Jericho Beach Park July 15 to 17

The huge outdoor event is back to its outdoor site after two years

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMarch 2, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, VFMF

Indigenous artists Elisapie, Leonard Sumner, and Moe Clark speak from the heart through music and sound

Stir connects with the groundbreaking artists who are performing live as part of the month-long series Decolonize the Chan

Fiddles and jigs as Festival du Bois announces its return to Mackin Park, April 1 to 3

Jocelyn Pettit, Le Diable à Cinq, Alpha Yaya Diallo, and more music artists fill the grand chapiteau

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2022Festival du Bois, SPRING

Vancouver musical community celebrates prolific composer Stephen Chatman's birthday

Concert by Canadian Music Centre, Vancouver Chamber Choir, and the UBC School of Music spans the esteemed award-winning artist’s career

For Czech-based Bennewitz Quartet violinist Štěpán Ježek, it's personal

The musician compares the string quartet to black-and-white photography

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 24, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Bennewitz Quartet, homepage feature, Homepage feature

London's Castalian String Quartet plays music to move you

The acclaimed ensemble takes on Schubert’s final string quartet in Vancouver Recital Society performance

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 22, 2022Vancouver Recital Society, chamber music, string quartet

Bonding over difficult birth stories, composer and violist deliver a new creation at Inhale/Exhale

In Taylor Brook’s Provenances, Turning Point Ensemble players synchronize their breathing, while soloist Marina Thibeault takes on the mother’s role

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 22, 2022Turning Point Ensemble, Marina Thibeault

Takács Quartet, the only chamber string ensemble to be named to the Gramophone Hall of Fame, comes to Vancouver, February 22

The renowned ensemble will be joined by esteemed English pianist Stephen Hough in Friends of Chamber Music concert

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022Friends of Chamber Music

From Vancouver Island to the world's greatest concert halls, Nikki Chooi embraces the violin's range

Making his Vancouver Symphony Orchestra debut, the globally in-demand musician plays everything from opera to bluegrass

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022Nikki Chooi, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, violin

As Coastal Jazz cofounder John Orysik speaks out with a plea for calm, group announces interim artistic programmers

Amid controversy, long-serving member asks music community to “step back and not rush to judgment”.

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 18, 2022Jazz Fest

On It Becomes Us, drummer Kenton Loewen and trumpeter JP Carter find beauty in often challenging free improvisation

The pair, one of two duos appearing at the BlueShore, mine rich melodies and textures from their instruments

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 18, 2022Capilano University, jazz, Kenton Loewen, JP Carter

Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie moves between genres, languages in richly textured music

The ambassador for Inuit culture performs live as part of Decolonize the Chan series

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 18, 2022partner content, Chan Centre

Jarrett Martineau named curator-in-residence at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Host of CBC’s Reclaimed and City of Vancouver’s Music Officer will aim to forge new cultural and Indigenous connections

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 17, 2022Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE

Friends of Chamber Music presents buzz-worthy Bennewitz Quartet

The dynamic young Czech quartet is fast gaining global praise

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Partner Content

Vancouver's Only A Visitor blurs boundaries between art music and pop

The quintet founded by Robyn Jacob performs at IronFest2: Electric Bugaloo

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2022Coastal Jazz, Only A Visitor, art music

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