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Music review: Passion meets precision as Vancouver Symphony Orchestra pulls off massive Carmina Burana

Vancouver Bach Choir vocal power, thundering percussion, and tight string section earn standing ovation

The first West Coast String Summit comes to Vancouver from March 9 to 12

Spanning four days and three venues, event celebrates creative music and the power of strings

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 24, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC

Vancouver Academy of Music Orchestra conjures Arabian fairy-tale world of Scheherezade, at Kay Meek Arts Centre on February 26

Brahms violin concerto and Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde also on the program

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2023Kay Meek Arts Centre, Vancouver Academy of Music

Review: Broken Chord delivers potent social commentary through dance, song, and South African history

Voices of South African artists and members of Vancouver Chamber Choir prove outstanding

DANCE, MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 24, 2023DanceHouse, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Civic Theatres, African, South Africa

Vancouver Chamber Choir presents JUBILEE on March 11

Guest conductor Rollo Dilworth leads the celebration of Afrocentric choral classics and contemporary works

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 23, 2023Partner Content

Chor Leoni brings fiery energy to PopCappella III

The 65-voice men’s choir gives winter a boot with concert of hits by the likes of Adele, Katrina and the Waves, and AC/DC

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 23, 2023Chor Leoni, PopCappella, choral music, pop music, Homepage feature

BlueShore at CapU presents Irish band JigJam on March 9

The four-piece Irish ensemble thrills audiences with blazing banjo, red-hot fiddle, and beautiful harmonies

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 21, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

Let us not be the reason… A Concert for Peace marks one-year anniversary of war in Ukraine, February 24

Little Chamber Music features 42-piece string orchestra, conducted by Leslie Dala, playing works by Rita Ueda, Robyn Jacob, Jordan Nobles, and Arvo Pärt

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 21, 2023Little Chamber Music, Leslie Dala

Early Music Vancouver presents On the Breath of Angels, at Christ Church Cathedral on March 3

The show features Czech soprano Hana Blažíková, cornetto player Bruce Dickey, and their ensemble The Breathtaking Collective

Fast-rising B.C. pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko joins Spain’s Casals Quartet in Vancouver for a winning performance

Trained at Juilliard, the Salmon Arm native reunites with the esteemed ensemble from Barcelona for a Friends of Chamber Music concert

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2023piano, Friends of Chamber Music, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Burnaby Lyric Opera stages famed double bill of Gianni Schicchi and Pagliacci, to March 2

Big Italian sound, comedy, and tragedy, in production at Shadbolt Centre

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 17, 2023shadbolt centre for the arts, burnaby lyric opera

Pi Theatre hosts Black Space Jam at the Biltmore Cabaret on March 3

The multidisciplinary evening is produced by Black Space Media/Afro Van Connect

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 16, 2023Partner Content, Pi Theatre

Genre-hopping poet, musician, filmmaker Saul Williams expands the possibilities of sound and words at the Chan Centre

Fresh off the triumph of Neptune Frost, the artist wrestles with defining Afrofuturism

Elektra Women's Choir presents Humanity: A Musical Exploration of the Human Experience, March 10 at Pacific Spirit United Church

Photos by Elizabeth Larsen and piano by Stephen Smith accompany concert’s deep dive into despair, hope, love, solidarity, and boldness

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 16, 2023Elektra Women's Choir, ELEKTRA

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts presents sax innovator Colin Stetson, March 3

Montreal artist, known for daring explorations of extended techniques, is joined by trumpeter Justin Walter

BlueShore at CapU presents West African Music with Kofi Gbolonyo on March 3

Adanu Habobo also takes the stage, along with Awal Alhassan and Sheimawu Abubakari

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 14, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

Vancouver International Jazz Festival announces Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily, and The Bad Plus, for June 23 to July 2 event

Fest opts for a smaller, more sustainable event as it moves forward for 2023

MUSIC, NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2023Jazz Fest, Coastal Jazz & Blues

Review: Vancouver Opera's A Midsummer Night's Dream conjures heady music and big laughs

Rare staging of Britten opera mixes the mysterious and the farcical

MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2023Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Vetta Chamber Music presents Joan and Joe from March 3 to 6

Artisan gifts from local makers include serene ceramics, hand-loomed textiles, and much more

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 13, 2023Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Petunia & the Vipers hit the Kay Meek stage, February 16

There’s nothing like the Vancouver-based band self-described as “Tom Waits meets Elvis at Woody Guthrie's Hobo junction”

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 13, 2023Kay Meek Arts Centre, Petunia & The Vipers, West Vancouver

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