The Tenors – December 3, 2019 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre For the third stop on their latest tour, The Wonder of Christmas, The Tenors made a stop at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The Tenors’ Christmas Tours have become a favourite holiday tradition for many, and this turn on the Queen E stage didn’t disappoint, as…
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MOA is PLAYING WITH FIRE until Spring 2020
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC’s latest thought-provoking exhibition, Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary, opens today November 22, 2019 running until March 29, 2020. Playing with Fire showcases a group of 11 celebrated BC-based artists, this premiere exhibition of ceramic works expresses strong opinions on urgent social issues and offers subtle perspectives on the state of our…
Vancouver Bach Festival Wraps In Tribute to Saint Cecilia
After 11 days of beautiful music, the Vancouver Bach Festival came to a close last week with a celebration of the patron saint of musicians. Early Music Vancouver (EMV) presented Purcell Hail! Bright Cecilia at Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC. Composed by English Composer Henry Purcell in 1692 to a text by Nicholas…
Vancouver Bach Festival Brings Back Bach
The Vancouver Bach Festival, presented by Early Music Vancouver (EMV) returns to Christ Church Cathedral and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, July 30 – August 9, 2019. J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750) is regarded as one of the greatest composers in Western musical history. His legacy includes some of the most beautiful and well-crafted music ever written. Almost…
Ladysmith Black Mambazo returns to Chan Centre
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC welcomes Grammy Award winning, Ladysmith Black Mambazo on March 2nd. Supported by Malian guitarist Habib Koité and lutist Bassekou Kouyate, the nine-member South African choral group stops at the Chan Centre on their global tour of Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration, for which they earned the Best World Music Album of 2018 and…
No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks comes to Chan Centre
In recognition of Black History Month, The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts is bringing No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks to the Chan Shun Concert Hall on February 24th. As part of the Beyond Words series, this multimedia work from innovative art-collective Manual Cinema in collaboration with Chicago-based poets Eve L. Ewing and Nate Marshall, featuring a live six-piece band and original score…
EMV Presents The King’s Singers
Step back in time when Early Music Vancouver (EMV) presents The Kings Singers’ Royal Blood: Music for Henry VIII on February 9th at the Chan Centre for Performing Arts. One of the world’s preeminent vocal ensembles, the Grammy Award nominated The King’s Singers make their debut with Early Music Vancouver as part of their 50th…