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Pianist Vicky Chow finds the room for expressiveness in Philip Glass's mesmerizing Études

At Music on Main, the New York virtuoso brings unique insight to the composer’s music and methodology

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 22, 2023MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Vicky Chow, Spring 2023

Pianist Ian Parker, trumpeter Jens Lindeman lead bold new take on Rhapsody in Blue, March 24

Rhapsody and the Blues concert features a fresh arrangement of George Gershwin’s iconic work for piccolo trumpet, solo piano, and jazz big band

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 22, 2023Ian Parker, Jens Lindeman, Kay Meek Arts Centre, jazz

Vancouver International Jazz Festival launches new ROAMER Pass for Granville Island ticketed shows

South Africa’s Nduduzo Makhathini and Chicago- and Brooklyn-based saxophonist Isaiah Collier among names unveiled for Performance Works series June 24 to July 2

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs performs Missa Solemnis with West Coast Symphony Orchestra, April 8

Groups connect for renowned piece composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 21, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir

Vancouver Recital Society hosts the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on April 19

Fun-filled 12-member group formed nearly four decades ago has risen to international fame

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 20, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Recital Society

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: 5 things to know about touring ensemble's Vancouver concert

The New York City quartet features pianists Wu Han and Wu Qian, violinist Bella Hristova, and cellist Dmitri Atapine

Ruby Singh grows a Polyphonic Garden of “biosonification” at Spring Equinox Summit

At Lobe Studio mini-fest devoted to environmental sound, improvisation, and poetry, artist unveils plant-generated music

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 17, 2023Lobe Studio, Ruby Singh, Spring 2023

Vancouver Recital Society hosts the Danish String Quartet’s Schubert-inspired show

Concert at Orpheum Theatre the final segment in group’s four-year-long international project, Doppelgänger

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 16, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Recital Society

Genticorum's traditional Quebec songs go back centuries, at Festival du Bois

Songs of alouettes, rossignols, and more in a rousing blend of fiddle, guitar, accordion, flute, and lusty singing,

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 16, 2023Festival du Bois

Piano-playing Jussen brothers return to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra on March 31 and April 1

Pair will also host a pre-show chat with VSO music director Otto Tausk on March 30

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 15, 2023Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Friends of Chamber Music host The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on March 26

Concert will feature a selection of four hand piano pieces by Brahms and Arensky

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 15, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces it's back on track for July 14 to 16 in Jericho Beach Park

After cancelling this year’s outdoor event, the fest’s new board has enough fresh funding to happen

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 14, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival

South African guitar adventurer Derek Gripper talks the kora, Bach, and improvisation

Africa meets Western tradition on his nylon-strung Spanish instrument

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 13, 2023BlueShore at CapU, Cap Global Roots, The Rogue Folk Club

Music review: Elektra Women’s Choir stirs up collective emotions in Humanity

Soulful and thoughtful, the concert combined a cappella singing with large-scale photographic projections

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 12, 2023Elektra Women's Choir, concerts, review, music, Music review, Spring 2023

Vancouver Chamber Choir presents SPRINGTIME on April 2

Choir’s program full of premieres will include piano legend Jane Coop

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 10, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Leslie Uyeda's new song cycle works through grief and grieving, March 16 at Mountain View Cemetery

Readings by poet Lorna Crozier interweave with work for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble at SUM gallery and Little Chamber Music’s reflective event

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 10, 2023Spring 2023, Little Chamber Music, Leslie Uyeda

Buzzy London-based Elias String Quartet brings verve to Vancouver, March 14

Works by Stravinsky, Beethoven, and Hadyn are on the bill

Women take spotlight as Early Music Vancouver unveils newly renamed summer festival, July 27 to August 5

Themed WOMENinSIGHT, event formerly known as Vancouver Bach Festival to feature world premiere of The Queen of Carthage, Servir Antico, and more

FESTS, MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 8, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Vancouver Bach Festival

West Coast String Summit gathers an exciting array of instrumental innovators for its first event

Josh Zubot Strings, Quatuor Bozzini, Malcolm Goldstein, and more join the roster March 9 to 12

Elektra Women's Choir, B.C. photographer capture the human experience in concert

Humanity features songs by diverse composers and projected images by Elizabeth Larsen

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 6, 2023Elektra Women's Choir, Spring 2023

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