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Vancouver Chamber Choir focuses on hope in War & Peace concert

Program features aspiring artists from VCC’s Conductors’ Symposium

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2024Vancouver Chamber Choir

Vancouver Opera announces 2024-25 65th-anniversary season with groovy '60s look

Die Fledermaus, Flight, and Madama Butterfly are on the roster

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2024VANCOUVER OPERA, Vancouver Opera

Local improvisers journey through South African styles at Jazz at the Bolt

Clarinet master François Houle and friends explore the radical sounds of 1960s Cape Town and Johannesburg, at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts event

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2024Jazz at the Bolt, Shadbolt Centre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Francois Houle, jazz

Pianist Timo Andres blends Ellington with an array of American classical pieces, at Music on Main

Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, and other works sit easily with “Duke”’s, as Month of Tuesdays launches

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2024Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN

Sea shanties set sail as La Nef's Seán Dagher joins Chor Leoni

The vocalist and cittern player applies early-music scholarship to ancient songs of the sailor’s life

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2024Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, Homepage feature

Vetta Chamber Music hosts spring program Music for Eternity from March 8 to 11

Fourth concert of the season explores concepts of time with compositions by Brahms, Messiaen, and Mackey

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 7, 2024Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Vancouver Opera issues public advisory against unauthorized third-party ticket resellers

Company directs patrons to its own site after scalpers offer tickets at “inflated” prices

NEWS, MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2024Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA

Ebony Roots Concert, Part 2 travels through more than a century of powerful Black music, February 9

Spanning work songs, Blues, opera, and more, Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre’s project comes to full fruition at the Roundhouse

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2024Ebony Roots, Black History Month

Arts Umbrella hosts performance of Debra Sparrow-inspired composition Strings of the Universe, February 25

Violinist Jack Campbell’s new piece draws upon renowned Musqueam artist’s weaving

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 7, 2024Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

Early Music Vancouver presents soprano Myriam Leblanc's Ensemble Mirabilia, February 16

Group co-founded by flutist Grégoire Jeay plays works that draw upon fiery character of Baroque chaconne

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 6, 2024Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr

Vancouver Cantata Singers presents BLUE, an ultramarine imagery-inspired concert, on February 18

Lineup features works by Anton Webern and Dolly Parton, plus a new commission by Marcel Bergmann

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 6, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers

Acadian rhythms set to fill 2024 Festival du Bois, March 8 to 10 in Maillardville

Francophone celebration marks 35 years with Podorythmie, Vishtèn Connexions, La Famille LeBlanc, and more

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2024Festival du Bois, Maillardville

Western Front hosts Paul Chiyokten Wagner and Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang, February 17

Concert features music from Coast Salish flutist-drummer Wagner, and ethereal cross-cultural sounds from duo Kenney and Kang

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2024Partner Content, Western Front

Barbe and Doucet dig into the decadent details of 1960s Rome for Vancouver Opera's Don Pasquale

Think kitschy pensiones, Technicolor hues, sheets on laundry lines, and toxic-green cats as the Montreal duo brings its latest vision to the stage

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2024Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Barbe et Doucet

Vancouver Chamber Choir artistic director Kari Turunen leads six young conductors in War & Peace, February 16

Concert concludes company’s 44th annual five-day Conductors’ Symposium

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Québécois folk band Le Vent du Nord plays a BlueShore at CapU concert, February 18

Joyful group of multi-instrumentalists is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a tour

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 1, 2024Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

A guide to celebrating Black History Month 2024 through the arts

Events throughout February range from concerts to art exhibitions

ART & DESIGN, SCREEN, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2024Black History Month, Black Arts Centre, Homepage feature

Fourth annual Jazz at the Bolt festival comes to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, February 17 and 18

Event founded by Cory Weeds brings together musicians from New York City, Houston, Phoenix, Toronto, and Vancouver this year

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverFebruary 1, 2024Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Jazz @ The Bolt

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 interesting facts about Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen's heartfelt theatrical hit

The Firehall Arts Centre’s fan-favourite production returns to Vancouver in celebration of more than 300 performances

MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 1, 2024Firehall Arts Centre, Leonard Cohen, Homepage feature

Music review: Goldmund Quartet delivers precision and expressivity in droves, at Friends of Chamber Music concert

In Haydn to Borodin, Munich fab four display impeccable intonation and a seemingly extrasensory connection with one another

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2024Goldmund Quartet, Friends of Chamber Music, Vancouver Civic Theatres

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