Concerts 2025
Indian Summer Festival: A Raucous Evening with Kiran Deol
Indian Summer Festival
A Raucous Evening with Kiran Deol
7:00pm • Tuesday July 08 •.Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver
Indian Summer Festival produces some of Vancouver’s most vital
and distinctive arts + culture events, dedicated to the exceptional
creativity of South Asian arts and artists. Indian Summer was
founded to address a gap in Vancouver’s cultural landscape and
to break stereotypical perceptions of South Asian art as ossified,
traditional, and nostalgic. The festival has since grown to serve as
a meeting place for many more cultures and has seen a
programmatic evolution from an expression of diasporic South
Asian identity in British Columbia to its current shape as a festival
that takes a decidedly pluralistic approach, welcoming and
exploring issues that lie at the intersections of multiple
communities, through a South Asian lens.
From leading voices in literature to genre-defying performance
art, immersive installations to classical ragas, Indian Summer
Festival has presented emerging artists as well as Nobel, Booker,
Grammy and Oscar prize nominees on its stages. Our festival
always has a strong discursive line running alongside the
conceptual, by way of panels, ideas series, and artist talks,
supported by a distinct curatorial theme each year.
Chor Leoni Choral Society: Canadian Choral Composition Competition
Chor Leoni Choral Society
Canadian Choral Composition Competition
7:30pm • Wednesday June 11 • Canadian Memorial United Church, Vancouver
Chor Leoni’s annual Canadian Choral Composition Competition (C/4), an interactive and insightful gathering of composers, performers and music-lovers. Works by Dr. Roydon Tse, Tawnie Olsen and Benjamin Sigerson will be illuminated through performance and interactive conversation in the beautiful acoustics of Vancouver’s Canadian Memorial Church.
95th Anniversary Concert
Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra
95th Anniversary Concert
2:00pm • Sunday April 15 • Orpheum Theatre, 601 Smithe St. Vancouver
Celebrate 95 years of youth orchestra excellence
Exclusive Early Bird Pricing – February 27 – April 15
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The Living World 【生生不息】
The Living World 【生生不息】
Sound of Dragon Ensemble
8:00pm • Saturday April 12 • The Annex 823 Seymour St. Vancouver
THE LIVING WORLD is a music and media arts performance inspired by nature, the landscape, and mythical creatures, reflecting our shared curiosity about the world around us. At 8pm on Saturday, April 12, at the Annex in Vancouver, the Sound of Dragon Ensemble will premiere original compositions combining Chinese and Western instruments against a backdrop of animated visuals created by Li Tung. Under the leadership of Taiwanese conductor Chih Sheng Chen, this concert will prepare the Sound of Dragon Ensemble for a return tour to Asia in the fall.
Harmonies Across North America: Celebrating Women Composers!
Harmonies Across North America: Celebrating Women Composers
3:00pm • Saturday, March 8th • 9205 Shaugnessy St, Vancouver
Join award-winning soprano Catherine Thornsley and dynamic pianist and vocal coach Richard Epp at Nebula Performances for an unforgettable musical journey that celebrates the incredible contributions of women composers throughout North America. In honor of International Women’s Day, this recital highlights the powerful voices of women from diverse backgrounds, showcasing their unique and inspiring musical talents.
Compocon 2024: Presentation of Final Works
Compocon 2024: Presentation of Final Works
7:00pm • Monday, Feb 24th • The Annex,823 Seymour, Vancouver
Admission Free
Join us for an unforgettable evening of bold new sounds as Standing Wave proudly presents Compocon: Presentation of Final Works! On February 24th at 7 PM, the Annex in downtown Vancouver will come alive with the premieres of nine brand-new compositions by emerging composers who participated in Standing Wave’s groundbreaking Compocon workshop in August 2024. Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend!
Turning Point Ensemble presents TPE Miniature: A Kaleidoscope of Chamber Music
TPE Miniature: A Kaleidoscope of Chamber Music
Turning Point Ensemble
February 22 at 7:30 p.m. & February 23 at 2:30
TPE Miniature presents members of the ensemble in solo, duo, and small chamber contexts in a program of diversity and discovery, including premieres of two works created for TPE’s 1 + 1 + 1… a film project – Trikala Jati (for JB) by Curtis Andres written for percussionist Jonathan Bernard and dancer Sudnya Mulye, and Matthew-John Knight’s Abstraction, a striking staged theatre work composed for bass clarinetist AK Coope. The program also features duets, trios, quartets, and a major quintet from 100 years ago by Sergei Prokofiev. In honour of February Black History Month, two rarely heard works by Undine Smith Moore will be performed – her solo piano tour de force from 1953 Before I’d be a Slave and her spiritual-based Afro-American Suite.