April 25, 2024

02/09/2013 – Vancouver Chamber Choir – Poetry in Music, The Conductors’ Symposium Concert

The choral art is a rich one, offering the double gift of both music and poetry. In this concert the Vancouver Chamber Choir, led by Jon Washburn and five conductors from the 33rd annual National Conductors' Symposium, performs music based on verse from some of the world's greatest poets: Goethe, Shakespeare, Auden, Whitman, Eliot, Rossetti, … [Read more...]

Clinton speaks at Stanley Park concert

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's address at a Stanley Park concert was brief, but applauded.Clinton appeared on stage with Sarah McLachlan as a favour to the Vancouver-based songstress, who has now raised more than a million dollars for her 10-year-old school of music.Clinton was the first person to bring the crowd of more than 10,000 to their … [Read more...]

12/09/2011 – Andrea Tyniec (violin) in Concert

Young violin virtuoso and multiple international competition winner is joined by her recital partner Jeanie Chung (piano) for a programme that includes works by Cesar Franck and Eugene Ysaye. Custom Feed - Vancouver Events Calendar … [Read more...]

12/07/2011 – Andrea Tyniec (violin) in Concert

Young violin virtuoso and multiple international competition winner is joined by her recital partner Jeanie Chung (piano) for a programme that includes works by Cesar Franck and Eugene Ysaye. Custom Feed - Vancouver Events Calendar … [Read more...]

Where to put a new concert hall?

A new concert hall to be built under the Vancouver Art Gallery is still more than a year away from approval at the earliest. But the group pushing for its construction could get 22-thousand, 5-hundred dollars in city grant money this week. The Vancouver Concert Hall and Theatre Society wants to reassess the needs for such a venue, though a similar … [Read more...]

09/16/2011 – Suzie LeBlanc in Concert

Suzie LeBlanc, soprano with Alexander Weimann pianoVancouver Academy of Music (Kits Point)Renowned Acadian soprano with her longtime recital partnerSeptember 14-16, 2011 10:30am$ 16/33/35Tickets: 604.873.4612 or online at www.musicinthemorning.org Custom Feed - Vancouver Events Calendar … [Read more...]

09/15/2011 – Suzie LeBlanc in Concert

Suzie LeBlanc, soprano with Alexander Weimann pianoVancouver Academy of Music (Kits Point)Renowned Acadian soprano with her longtime recital partnerSeptember 14-16, 2011 10:30am$ 16/33/35Tickets: 604.873.4612 or online at www.musicinthemorning.org Custom Feed - Vancouver Events Calendar … [Read more...]

In Pictures: Canadians gather in Ottawa for solemn concert commemorating 9-11

Eva O’Grady felt goose bumps when an ambulance drove by the National Arts Centre, the sound of its siren intermingling with the rising crescendo of Barber’s Adagio for Strings during the 9-11 Concert of Hope and Remembrance. “It was a wonderful mix of music and terror,” she said after Sunday’s concert.  “It was a historic telling through music.”  … [Read more...]

Canadians gather in Ottawa for solemn concert commemorating 9-11

Eva O’Grady felt goose bumps when an ambulance drove by the National Arts Centre, the sound of its siren intermingling with the rising crescendo of Barber’s Adagio for Strings during the 9-11 Concert of Hope and Remembrance. “It was a wonderful mix of music and terror,” she said after Sunday’s concert.  “It was a historic telling through music.”  … [Read more...]

09/14/2011 – Suzie LeBlanc in Concert

Suzie LeBlanc, soprano with Alexander Weimann pianoVancouver Academy of Music (Kits Point)Renowned Acadian soprano with her longtime recital partnerSeptember 14-16, 2011 10:30am$ 16/33/35Tickets: 604.873.4612 or online at www.musicinthemorning.org Custom Feed - Vancouver Events Calendar … [Read more...]