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Friends of Chamber Music brings The Juilliard String Quartet to Vancouver

The ensemble is celebrating its 75th anniversary this season

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 2, 2022Partner Content

Duos to quintets, IronFest III offers up fresh jazz juxtapositions, November 3 to 5 at IronWorks

One-off combo nights span local and international names, from Josh Zubot and François Houle to Jay Clayton and Kate Gentile

Chor Leoni projects peace in 2022 Remembrance Day concert, We Sang Our Songs

Vancouver’s revered 65-member male choir aims to offer solace in unsettling times

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 2, 2022Chor Leoni, Remembrance Day, choir, Don Macdonald, Erick Lichte, Homepage feature

From South Africa to Vancouver, Soweto Gospel Choir sings of hopefulness

The renowned 22-member ensemble performs its concert HOPE: It’s Been a Long Time Coming

Games in Music concert plays into the power of video-game soundtracks

Lucas Waldin will conduct UBC Symphony Orchestra and UBC A Cappella in a performance with live interactive elements and VR immersive art

From new opera to mythological avatars, IndieFest unveils its genre-defying lineup for event November 16 to 27

Genre-defying highlights include Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Angel’s Bone and first live performance of Live from the Underworld II: Eurydice’s Calling

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 31, 2022Partner Content, re:Naissance opera, IndieFest

Little Miss Higgins uncorks an on-stage version of The Fire Waltz podcast at the Shadbolt

The singer-guitarist tells a story about a potato-farmer’s daughter who ended up in Southern Alberta to become a housekeeper—and it’s an important tale

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 31, 2022Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, concerts

Ukrainian concert pianist Vadym Kholodenko plays music to heal in his Vancouver debut

The acclaimed artist will reveal multiple layers in the music of Franz Schubert and Sergei Prokofiev

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 31, 2022Vancouver Chopin Society, piano, Ukraine, Vadym Kholodenko, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Ayelet Rose Gottlieb evokes the awe of the moon with 13 Lunar Meditations

Show’s large, eclectic cast of musicians—including jazz legend Jay Clayton—will spread from Music on Main’s Modulus Festival over to Coastal Jazz’s improvised IronFest III series

Tom Jackson brings Stories, Songs and Santa Causes to the Massey Theatre this November

The Juno and Gemini Humanitarian Award winner kicks off the holiday season with his signature charm

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 28, 2022Partner Content, Massey Theatre

The Calidore String Quartet brings a unique balance to Vancouver from New York City

The ensemble’s four members have different ideas about what to focus on in rehearsal—and that works to their advantage

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents Jon Kimura Parker Plays Bernstein

Joining the legendary Canadian pianist is Grammy-winning conductor Karen Kamensek in her VSO debut

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 27, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Double Happiness: Detour This Way duo expands its music-theatre vision with more family and community input

At the Modulus Festival, Nancy Tam and Robyn Jacob’s rich, genre-defying exploration of immigration and displacement re-emerges from pandemic limbo

Vancouver Bach Choir's Reflections for Our Times concert reflects on issues of the modern world, November 12

Show marks world premiere of Frank Horvat's Memories of Self-Isolation and Western Canadian premier of Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 27, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir