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1+ day, 19+ hour ago (16+ words) Listening as Activism explores the power of sound, vision, and a decolonized conception of time'createastir.ca...
Vetta Chamber Music hosts its season finale Celebration, May 1 to 4 — Stir
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (500+ words) (Clockwise from top left) Joan Blackman, Angela Cheng, Zoltan Rozsnyai, and Hung-Wei Huang. Post sponsored by Vetta Chamber Music. Violinist Joan Blackman, violist Hung-Wei Huang, cellist Zoltan Rozsnyai, and pianist Angela Cheng play pieces by Franck, Brahms, and Mozetich From…...
Stir Cheat Sheet: Four boundary-busting concerts to experience at Music on Main's Month of Tuesdays — Stir
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (606+ words) The four offerings this year take a special place in Music on Main's 20th-anniversary season, with a tribute to a trailblazing local composer, the return of one of the organization's favourite artists, and much more. Below, a deeper dive into…...
Elektra's Tapestry International Festival unites four adult treble choirs, May 8 and 9 — Stir
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (401+ words) Post sponsored by Elektra. Triennial gathering features Chicago's La Caccina, Halifax's Aeolian Singers, and the Bay Area's Peninsula Women's Chorus The standout soprano returns to B.C. at the Kay Meek Arts Centre with a blend of her beloved Schubert and Benjamin…...
At the Arts Club, Kimberly Akimbo magnifies the highs and lows of adolescence — Stir
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (1047+ words) MOST TEENAGERS" BIGGEST concerns are getting good grades, keeping the peace with their parents, and fitting in with the cool kids at school. But for Kimberly Levaco, who"s just about to turn 16, those normal adolescent woes are overshadowed by…...
Song and dance add layers of tradition-based nuance to Corey Payette’s musical On Native Land — Stir
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (806+ words) There is no one Indigenous perspective; there is no one Indigenous experience," says Payette in conversation with Stir. So often when Indigenous people and communities are discussed in media, it's as this singular experience. We fall into tropes." It's about…...
Throat-singing duo PIQSIQ inspire with tales of complex heroes and eerie creatures of the North — Stir
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (659+ words) For siblings Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Ayalik, however, these are not folk-horror fantasies as much as home truths, based on the instructive metaphors they absorbed from their elders while growing up in the Northwest Territories. While the PIQSIQ sisters didn't…...
Vancouver Cantata Singers caps its 2025–26 season with Brahms's A German Requiem, April 25 — Stir
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (404+ words) (From left) Baritone Tyler Duncan, the Bergmann Piano Duo, and soprano Mireille Asselin. Post sponsored by Vancouver Cantata Singers. Special guests include baritone Tyler Duncan, soprano Mireille Asselin, and the Bergmann Piano Duo Voices soar as Canadian chanteuse and Nigerian-born…...
Stir Q&A: Joëlle Rabu talks about the roots of her musical match with Buwa — Stir
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (730+ words) Buwa and Jo'lle Rabu WHEN IT COMES TO their backgrounds, they're worlds apart. But Jo'lle Rabu, a Canadian singer known for her theatrical portrayals of Edith Piaf, and powerhouse Nigerian-born talent Buwa have formed an unlikely musical connection'and fun stage…...
The world-renowned Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain returns to the Vancouver Recital Society, May 3 — Stir
5+ day, 55+ min ago (399+ words) Post sponsored by Vancouver Recital Society. Founded in 1985, the group of virtuosic musicians sing and strum across genres, from bluegrass tunes to Broadway hits Saina Khaledi and Shruti Ramani are among the talented musicians joining the program of Baroque music,…...