Reports are emerging that the musician, composer, and pillar of the Indigenous classical community passed away in car accident after father’s funeral in Northern Alberta
Read MoreGenre-spanning national and local talents take to North Shore venues in presentation by BlueShore at CapU and Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Read MoreAnnual celebration’s main-stage offerings open with Métis fiddler Brianna Lizotte and close with Chicago’s LowDown Brass Band
Read MoreEma Nikolovska pairs with guitarist Sean Shibe, violist Timothy Ridout with pianist Federico Colli in a season that spans accordions, folk ensembles, and cellos
Read MoreGuest conductor Peter Oundjian and pianist Simon Trpčeski are featured in program of works by Modest Mussorgsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and U.S. composer Joan Tower
Read MoreEdmonton’s Chronos Vocal Ensemble and Calgary’s Luminous Voices add vocal power to a program that’s strong on contemporary composers
Read MoreThe French accordionist and the Senegalese singer and kora player began their joint musical adventure thanks to a “slightly mad request”
Read MoreThis year’s picks include old-school country, introspective singer-songwriters, voodoo-infused ritual, and one U.K. legend who really needs no introduction
Read MoreAt the special celebration, Choral Canada and the BC Choral Federation host eight feature concerts and two free events
Read MoreFor their new opera-oratorio, Vancouver composer Jeffrey Ryan and wordsmith Michael Lewis MacLennan turned to the Book of Ruth for inspiration
Read MoreHighlights of the roster include Kuniko Kato Quartet, Charmaine Lee, and Miyama McQueen-Tokita
Read MoreThe two musicians will team up for a pair of art-song recitals this week, one in Vancouver and one in Ottawa
Read MoreThe ensemble, which specializes in large-scale works, tackles both the monumental and the lyrical in two concerts
Read MoreSpecial concert featuring soprano Simone Osborne and bass-baritone Gordon Bintner celebrates the legacy of the UBC Old Auditorium
Read MoreLocal duo’s live score to Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 historical drama employed drones and dissonance to evocative effect
Read MoreThe Welsh singer-songwriter and Weissenborn master has a long history of playing unusual—and sometimes record-setting—gigs
Read MoreFrom Miranda Currie’s world premiere “Pass on the teachings” to a work with Bollywood rhythms, two-day choir fest celebrates fresh, diverse voices
Read MoreVancouver’s own Elektra hosts adult treble choirs from Nova Scotia, Illinois, and California in this triennial celebration
Read MoreMusic director Otto Tausk is at the podium for this concert, which features mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb and the Vancouver Bach Choir
Read MoreVidura Bandara Rajapaksa, Rashmeet Kaur, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Modern Biology at event that runs July 9 to 19
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