Associate composer Anna Pidgorna is turning to Ukraine’s ancient lamentation tradition to grieve the losses of war in a ritualized performance blending folk singing, theatre and contemporary concert music. “Lamenting for Ukraine” — taking places on April 28 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby — combines solo and ensemble laments created by [...]
Join Artemis in the inimitable Notional Space (1523 E Pender St, Vancouver) at 19:00 (7PM) on March 30th for an evening of live world premieres as they present a collection of works written specifically for them. . .Repertoire includes works by BC associate composers Jennifer Butler, Jocelyn Morlock, Jeffrey Ryan, Nova Pon, Anna Pidgorna, Jaelem [...]
Ballet Kelowna Presents Two World Premieres in Dynamic Double Bill – Turning Point – Striking storytelling explores love, loss, identity, and power in two contemporary ballet premieres by Canadian choreographers . Kelowna, BC – Ballet Kelowna ushers in the winter season with Turning Point, a thrilling double bill featuring two world premieres at the Kelowna [...]
LightSpace: A Spatialized Percussion Concert The Canadian Music Centre in BC, in partnership with the Redshift Music Society, is pleased to announce a free concert at the Roundhouse Exhibition Gallery on July 7th at 5pm. This show is the culmination of the CMC's inaugural R. Murray Schafer Spatial Music Workshop led by Jordan Nobles. [...]
The Vancouver Art Gallery introduces a new contemporary music series — New Music at the Gallery — presented in partnership with the Canadian Music Centre BC. New Music at the Gallery will draw on contemporary art themes and highlight a selection of twentieth- and twenty-first-century music. The inaugural concert on Friday, May 27 from 5 [...]
Exactly two years ago today the Prime Minister of Canada announced a national lockdown, requiring everyone to close offices, studios, performance spaces, and workplaces and shelter in place at home in response to an international pandemic. It was a time of fear and massive uncertainty. Organizations were reeling, uncertain how to function. People were panic-buying, [...]
by Solomiya Moroz I am writing this on the 14th day of the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine, a war Putin has pronounced on the Ukrainian people which started at 4 am on February 24, 2022. Before this unjustified assault on the peaceful Ukrainian skies, culture and people, in a rumbling 2-hour speech, the [...]
Written By Canadian-Ukrainian composer Anna Pidgorna: At the moment much of the world is focused on the atrocities being committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. The destruction is catastrophic, the attacks on the civilian population absolutely horrific. I was born in Ukraine and have family and friends there. Life as I knew it ended on [...]
The Canadian Music Centre in BC (CMC BC) is joining with the Vancouver Chamber Choir and Vetta Chamber Music to celebrate Stephen Chatman’s long-delayed 70th Birthday — a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the music of one of our nation’s most celebrated composers, The co-presentation by CMC BC, Vancouver Chamber Choir, UBC School of Music, [...]
The Year In Review Background We are living through an unprecedented time, a true inflection point in world history, with multiple crises intersecting and in many ways overwhelming our ability to process, let alone respond. If 2020 was a devastating year for the performing arts here in BC (as it was across the country and [...]
