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Vancouver Chamber Choir spotlights German Baroque composer Heinrich Schütz with Swan Song, March 6

Organist Neil Cockburn and theorbo player Konstantin Bozhinov join the choir to play Schütz’s monumental final composition

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 6, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Zero Input Enclosure Movement challenges the idea of noise as unwanted sound

AO Roberts’s installation for Vancouver New Music creates oscillating drones that are equal parts comforting and unsettling

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 5, 2026Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC

Vetta Chamber Music spotlights its Mentorship Orchestra at A Look to the Future, March 6 to 9

Musicians present the premiere of Dorothy Chang’s new composition, in this brief moment together

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 5, 2026Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Vancouver arts groups mark Black History Month with film screenings, live music, and more

Artists like Dee Daniels, Brandon Thornhill, and Krystle Dos Santos are performing around the city this February

American-Swedish couple Champian Fulton and Klas Lindquist stoke their musical rapport at Jazz at the Bolt

Partners in music and life, the pianist-singer and sax master share a love of jazz’s rich history, plus a fresh warmth and energy on their first album together, At Home

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2026Jazz at the Bolt, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Homepage feature

Chor Leoni hosts annual PopCappella concert with hits by the Beach Boys, B-52s, and more, March 6 and 7

Songs on the program range from Electric Light Orchestra’s “Mr. Blue Sky” to John Denver’s “Country Roads”

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 4, 2026Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI

Festival du Bois launches 2026 lineup rooted in vibrant Canadian fiddle traditions, March 6 to 8

Performers include Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs, Delhi 2 Dublin, and bluegrass band Bagatelle

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2026Partner Content, Festival du Bois, Mackin Park, francophone, Francophone

Radiohead on the roster as Leslie Dala plays piano recital at Behind the Keys, February 13

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs’ Valentine’s fundraiser program spans Christopher O’Riley’s arrangements of the band’s songs and Mozart’s Fantasia in C minor

Vancouver Cantata Singers perform a golden selection of beloved pieces, February 28

At Cantata Gold, a new commission by Sam Dabrusin honours bass Doug Colpitts’s 50th year of singing with the choral ensemble

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs hosts the Canadian premiere of Dame Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D major, February 28

Performance features soloists Marianne Bertrand, Julia LoRusso, Lyndon Ladeur, and Mihnea Nitu

Jennifer Scott and Brad Turner lead big-band celebration of legendary Kenny Wheeler, February 27 at BlueShore at CapU

Tribute to one of Canada’s most important large-jazz ensemble vocalists stars two Vancouver greats

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces first European tour in April

Stops include a three-night residency at Austria’s Salzburg Easter Festival, as well as Croatia, Slovenia, Liechtenstein, and Germany

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 28, 2026Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Otto Tausk

Rising German piano star Julius Asal makes his Canadian debut with the Vancouver Recital Society, February 8

Among the 28-year-old’s recent achievements is winning the Terence Judd-Hallé Award for young pianists on the cusp of international fame

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 28, 2026VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY, Vancouver Recital Society, VRS

Così fan tutte gets a vintage-Canadian refresh under director Robert Herriot at Vancouver Opera

The Winnipeg artist brings experience as a tenor to a Mozart opera reimagined in a 1930s Rockies resort, complete with Mounties and log drivers

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2026Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Mozart, Homepage feature

Shadbolt Centre hosts Burnaby Lyric Opera’s The Barber of Seville this February

Romance, deception, and mistaken identities abound in Gioachino Rossini’s beloved comic masterpiece

Theatre review: You’re Just a Place That I Know is a moving musical reflection on family and memory

Based on Adrian Glynn McMorran’s album of the same name, the show at the Arts Club’s BMO Theatre Centre is more than just a concert

THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 26, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Marcus Youssef, Adrian Glynn, Ukraine

Cellist Henry Shapard plays Prokofiev with the VSO at Beethoven’s Eroica, February 20 to 22

Han-Na Chang conducts Beethoven’s revolutionary Third Symphony

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 23, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Corey Payette spotlights songs from his acclaimed musicals at Closest Thing to Home, January 28

The renowned theatre artist and composer offers a stirring collection of tunes from acclaimed shows such as Children of God and Starwalker

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 22, 2026Corey Payette, Raven Theatre, Urban Ink Theatre, the Cultch, THE CULTCH

Ghanaian music scholar Kofi Gbolonyo leads upbeat Celebrate Africa! event at BlueShore at CapU, January 30

Long-time UBC and CapU faculty member puts on a show featuring dozens of local musicians, plus vocalists Dawn Pemberton and Khari McClelland

Collaboration opens new sonic horizons for jazz guitarist Jocelyn Gould

The Winnipeg-based artist looks forward to onstage exchanges with diverse musical peers on International Guitar Night

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 22, 2026Massey Theatre, International Guitar Night

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