Early Music Vancouver (EMV) recently announced its 50th Anniversary, 2019 Vancouver Bach Festival and 2019/20 Main Season programs. Dedicated to sharing period music using the instruments and performance traditions for which it was originally composed, EMV is celebrating the anniversary with a season of renowned masterworks and illustrious guest artists. The season’s program includes such diverse…
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Chor Leoni brings Mane Event to the tents at Bard
As Bard On The Beach gets underway, Chor Leoni is also readying for its 25th, and final, season performing under the tents at Vanier Park with a new show Mane Event. Mane Event blends the old with the new, folk songs with Broadway, and funk with power ballads in a program guaranteed to thrill you. …
Early Music Vancouver welcomes early opera Orfeo
This weekend, Early Music Vancouver (EMV) presented Monteverdi’s Orfeo, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, at UBC. Often described as a “game changer” in the history of music, the historic work marks the end of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque. Orfeo was brought to life under the guidance of GRAMMY award-winner and Monteverdi…
2nd Annual Vancouver Bach Festival Aug 1-11, 2017
Following the success of last year’s festival, Early Music Vancouver welcomes the 2nd Annual Vancouver Bach Festival, August 1 – 11, 2017. With performances at the Christ Church Cathedral downtown Vancouver, and at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC, EMV offers a remarkable program of 14 concerts, ranging from intimate chamber music…
Ten Vancouver Island Summer Music Festivals
Summer is always the season of outdoor music festivals and concerts. While the lower mainland’s music festivals tend to get the bulk of the buzz and attention, Vancouver Island is becoming a major destination for music festivals of all styles, attracting big names and small. Just in time for your summer holidays, the next few…
Clean Bandit wrap West Coast tour
UK electronic group, Clean Bandit wrapped up their 6 week tour of Western North America last week. Their penultimate show brought them to the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver for an hour long energy-filled show. The quartet of Grace Chatto, Jack Patterson, Luke Patterson, and Neil Amin-Smith were lead by tour vocalist Elizabeth Troy who belted through…
The Tenors bring The Perfect Gift to Vancouver
The Tenors – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – December 2, 2013 The Tenors returned to Vancouver for the start of their latest tour, The Perfect Gift. The Christmas show, included Holiday classics from their Holiday Album “The Perfect Gift” as well as their latest “Lead With Your Heart”. The stage at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre was…