Alessandro Cortini (Italy) – Mar. 7, 2024
Co-presented with Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Alessandro Cortini (Italy) w/Alexi Baris Thursday, March 7, 2024 | 7pm Telus Studio Theatre at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Road)Tickets available through The Chan Centre. BUY TICKETS [...]
Parallel 06: Ioana Vreme Moser (Romania/Germany) – Mar. 16, 2024
Saturday, March 16, 2024; 8pm ANNEX (823 Seymour St., 2nd Floor) [map] Artist chat with Ioana Vreme Moser at 7:15pm. Featuring handmade Sizzling Semiconductor instruments built and played by: Ken Decker, Elvezio Del Bianco, Miranda Firmston, Dan Kibke, SJ [...]
OSMOSi: 422 Unprocessable Entity – Nancy Lee 李南屏 – Apr. 4 + 5, 2024 – SOLD OUT
Co-presented with New Works April 4 + 5, 2024 | 8pm The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) [map] Post-show artist talk-back will follow both performances. SOLD OUT Step into the world of OSMOSi: 422 Unprocessable Entity where a [...]
Voiceless Mass – Raven Chacon (Diné) – Nov. 18, 2023 – SOLD OUT
Saturday, November 18, 2023; 8pm Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W 45th Avenue) [map]Tickets $25 / $20 (students and seniors)* + service fees Artist chat with Raven Chacon at 7:15pm, moderated by Margo Kane. SOLD OUT Vancouver New Music [...]
Radical Listening – Workshop with Lawrence English – Oct. 22, 2023
Free Workshop – WORKSHOP FULL Radical Listening A field recording workshop with Lawrence English Sunday, October 22, 2023; 11am-3pm Hadden Park Field House (1015 Maple Street)REGISTRATION FULL. Free but space is limited so registration is required. Co-presented with Publik Secrets […]
VNM Festival 2023: Vox Organi – Oct. 19-21, 2023
Vox Organi October 19 - 21, 2023; 8pm each night Artist talks at 7:15pm each night Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 West 45th Ave) [map] Tickets $35 general admission, $25 seniors, $15 students (+ service fees, valid ID required for [...]
Branching Songs – June 23 to August 13, 2023
Presented by Sunshine Coast Arts Council Gallery in association with Vancouver New Music June 23 – August 13, 2023 Opening Reception + Dialogue: Friday, June 23, 2023 | 5pm Workshops + Soundwalks: June 24 and August 12 + 13, 2023 [...]
Personum 03 • Homage to Chris Rolfe – July 17–19, 2023
Presented by Vancouver New Music in association with The Roundhouse Audio Diffusion Workshop, Multichannel Installations & Performances July 17 – 19, 2023 Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews) [map] Free Chris Rolfe was a Vancouver sound [...]
Farida Amadou with White People Killed Them (Belgium/US) – June 29, 2023
Presented by Coastal Jazz Festival in association with Vancouver New Music Thursday, June 29, 2023 | 9pm Red Gate Revue Stage (1601 Johnston Street) [map] Tickets $25 + service fees. Available from Coastal Jazz. GET TICKETS Farida Amadou [...]
Spring Soundwalks – May 21 + 28, 2023
Prog-Walk: Ambient Listening at False Creek (East) Sunday, May 21, 2023; 2–4pm Led by Helena Krobath Meeting location: At the Birds sculpture in Olympic Village Square (between Manitoba and Salt Streets) [map] Bus/sky train stops, along with pay parking/meter parking [...]
Dory Hayley (Vancouver) – Récitations – Apr. 22, 2023
Saturday, April 22, 2023; 8pm Artist chat with Matthew Talbot-Kelly at 7:15pm ANNEX (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) [map] Dory Halyey, solo soprano; featuring a visual performance and installation by Matthew Talbot-Kelly/A Knobe Dee. Réctitations by Greek composer, [...]
Tarta Relena (Catalonia/Spain) – Apr. 9, 2023
Co-presented with Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Sunday, April 9, 2023; 7pm – note early start time! Telus Studio Theatre at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Rd) [map] "Time and distance collapse in the [...]
West Coast String Summit – Mar. 9 – 12, 2023
Presented by Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Improvised Arts Society, NOW Society in partnership with the Roundhouse March 9 – 12, 2023 Concerts at 8pm each night Artist chats take place March 9 – 11 at 7:15pm each night The Roundhouse, [...]
Gregory Maqoma | Thuthuka Sibisi (South Africa) – Feb. 23–25, 2023
Featuring the Vancouver Chamber Choir Co-presented with DanceHouse Broken Chord February 23-25, 2023 | 8pm Post-show reception on Friday, February 24. Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street) [map] Running time: 60 minutes, no intermission From 1891-1893 a group of young [...]
One-Page Score Project with the Plastic Acid Orchestra – Jan. 28, 2023
Saturday, January 28, 2023; 8pm Artist chat at 7:30pm with Giorgio Magnanensi, Bryan Deans and Doug Gorkoff Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard Street) Free What does a picture sound like? The One-Page Score Project with Plastic Acid Orchestra returns [...]
Walking Festival of Sound 2022 – June to December 2022
The 2022 Walking Festival of Sound encompasses a program of happenings in Vancouver, Kamloops, Sointula Island, Seoul, Bulgaria and online. Featured artists include: Mihye Cha (Korea), Milena Droumeva (Vancouver), JSuk Han (Korea), Seoryang Kim (Korea), Helena Krobath and Brady Marks [...]
Parallel 05: Erin Gee (Montreal) – Nov. 19, 2022
Affect Flow with musica intima and Andrea Wong, piano Saturday, November 19, 2022; 8pm Artist chat at 7:15pm FREE OPEN REHEARSAL Friday, November 18; 2-3:30pm with musica intima and Erin Gee ANNEX (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) [map] For [...]
METAXENAKIS – Oct. 21 – 23, 2022
Celebrating the ideas and influence of Iannis Xenakis October 21 – 23, 2022; 8pm each night Artist chats 7:15pm each night ANNEX (823 Seymour St., 2nd Floor) [map] For Vancouver New Music’s 2022 festival we celebrate Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), [...]
Sound • Space • Architecture – Oct. 8 – 9
Co-presented with Western Front October 8–9, 2022; 11:00am-4:00pm Western Front (303 East 8th Ave.) [map] Free but capacity is limited, registration required. To register please email info@westernfront.ca This free workshop offers an introduction to, and a space to experiment [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 25 + Oct. 2, 2022
False Creek’s Thunderclouds of Sounds Sunday, September 25, 2022; 11:30am Led by Jorma Kujala Meeting location: 6th and Fir Park, at entrance located at the northwest corner of West 6th Avenue and Fir Street [map] End point: Hadden Park field [...]
soundgarden – Hadden Park – Sept. 24 + 25, 2022
Co-presented with Publik Secrets Saturday, September 24 + Sunday, September 25, 2022; 1–4pm Hadden Park (1905 Ogden Ave.) [map] Free – everyone welcome Join Giorgio Magnanensi on Saturday and Sunday, September 24 – 25 for soundgarden – Hadden Park. Enjoy [...]
Invoking Beaconsfield Wetland – Sept. 20, 2022
Co-presented by Still Moon Arts and Vancouver New Music Tuesday, September 20, 2022; 6:30 – 9PM Beaconsfield Park, southeast field (East 17th Avenue, between Slocan St. and Penticton St.) [map] Free – everyone welcome This event is part of Renfrew Ravine Moon [...]
soundgarden – July 22 + 23, 2022
July 22 + 23, 2022; 4–8pm Recreational Trail beside Roberts Creek Cohousing (enter at the end of Emery Road on the right; Roberts Creek, BC) Free Join Giorgio Magnanensi on Friday and Saturday, July 22-23 between 4 and 8pm for [...]
Coterminous(ly) Skempton: An installed concert featuring the piano works of Howard Skempton
Co-presented by Vancouver New Music and The Roundhouse July 12 + 13, 2022; 11:45am – 2:45pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall (181 Roundhouse Mews) Free – everyone welcome Musicians from the community and beyond will perform works by Howard Skempton in [...]
Roxanne Nesbitt – Moon Bells/Symbiotic – June 12, 2022
Sunday, June 12, 2022; 8pm Artist chat at 7:15pm ANNEX (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) [map] Roxanne Nesbitt (installation, voice, piano) Ben Brown (ceramics, percussion) Parmela Attariwala (viola) Moon Bells / Symbiotic extends Roxanne Nesbitt’s ongoing explorations of [...]
Sarah Davachi, Stefan Maier + George Rahi – May 28, 2022
Saturday, May 28, 2022; 8pm Artist chat at 7:15pm Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W 45th Avenue) [map] VIEW PROGRAM NOTES. Sarah Davachi, Stefan Maier and George Rahi deliver a special evening of solo performances on Vancouver’s largest pipe organ. [...]
Spring Soundwalks – May 29 + June 5
Listening to Paint Dry Led by Jorma Kujala Sunday, May 29, 2022; 2pm Approx. 15 minute introduction and 1 hour walking time, followed by a half hour open discussion. Meeting Location: NE corner of East 8th Avenue and Kingsway, south [...]
EPIC_Tom ++ – May 7, 2022
Co-presented with Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Saturday, May 7, 2022; 7:30pm Emily Carr University Integrated Motion Studio (520 E 1st Avenue, enter from Carolina Street) [map] Free This project takes place on unceded, traditional and ancestral [...]
Auditory Borderlands – sounding The Dusk Meridian – Apr. 28. 2022
Co-presented with Vancouver Art Gallery Thursday, April 28, 2022; 8:15pm introduction, 8:30pm performance Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite (1100 W Georgia Street) [map] Free event Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite in collaboration with Vancouver New Music co-presents Auditory Borderlands – sounding The [...]
Talea Ensemble (US) – Apr. 23, 2022
Saturday, April 23, 2022; 8pm Artist chat at 7:15pm. ANNEX (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) [map] Read the full program notes here. Having made their Vancouver debut as part of Vancouver New Music's 2017 season, the Talea Ensemble [...]
Letting Go – Mar. 12, 2022
Saturday, March 12, 2022; 8pm Artist chat at 7:15pm Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd floor) [map] Join us for Letting Go, a special celebration for Constantine Katsiris – a prolific sound artist, curator, organizer and tireless community builder. The [...]
Music and Sound in Dante’s Divine Comedy – Dec. 9 + 10, 2021
Thursday, December 9 + Friday, December 10, 2021; noon each day PST FREE – Online Watch video and sound pieces created by workshop participants on YouTube. December 9 Stefan Smulovitz – Zoom: The Divine Comedy prOphecy sun – Ninth Sphere Peki Hadjukovic [...]
EE – electro-emergence – Nov. 30, 2021
Tuesday, November 30, 2021; 4 – 5PM + 5:30 – 6:30PM Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Integrated Motion Studio (520 E. 1st Ave., access from east entrance on Carolina Street) This project takes place on unceded, traditional [...]
Parallel 04: UNION Immersed – Nov. 28, 2021
A Web XR performance & installation mentorship project guided by Kiran Bhumber & Nancy Lee Sunday, November 28, 2021; 11AM – 6PM Roundhouse (181 Roundhouse Mews) Parallel 04: UNION Immersed included three performances throughout the day: 11AM – 12:30PM: Performance [...]
E-Fest 2021: Electric Fields
Electric Fields - gestural sonic expansions Performance-Videos-on-Demand available October 28 to November 10, 2021 Live online artist chat November 6, 2021; 2PM PST Featuring exclusive, on-demand video performances by... HAI Trio (Italy/Austria/Korea) Aiyun Huang (Toronto) Mari Kimura (US/Japan) Suzanne [...]
Sound Jars – Listening Party + Chat – Nov. 4, 2021
Online Listening Party + Chat Thursday, November 4, 2021; 5:30 – 7PM PST FREE – Registration required For Sound Jars, participants explored the musicality of found and computer generated sounds, experimenting with a combination of digital and analog tools to [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 26 + Oct. 3, 2021
In Pursuit of Clairaudience – registration full Dedicated to the memory of composer R. Murray Schafer who passed away on August 14, 2021. Led by Hildegard Westerkamp Sunday, September 26, 2021; 1-2:30PM (approx. 1 hour total walking time, followed by [...]
Ben Brown – Sound Sculptures – Sept. 12, 26 + Oct. 3, 2021
Locations: September 12; 3PM – Dragon Skin Pavilion (UBC at the corner of University and Main Mall) September 26; 3PM – The Swimmer (Vancouver Aquatic Centre/Burrard and Pacific) RESCHEDULED! October 3; 3PM – Gate to the Northwest Passage (Vanier Park/Kitsilano) [...]
Gushing at the Wrong Evergreen – a self-guided soundwalk
Created by Jorma Kujala Launch Date: May 30, 2021 View/download map and route details. ROUTE MAP + INSTRUCTIONS This soundwalk extends the historical, cultural and socioeconomic exploration begun with False; Flat; Fake – a soundwalk, offered in September, 2020. Gushing [...]
Seawall Sounds – Seven at Seven – a self-guided soundwalk
Created by Jamie Dolinko Launch Date: May 23, 2021; 7am Approximate duration: 3hrs (at walking pace), 1.5hrs (by bike). Accessible route available; see map and instructions for details. View and download map and route details here. ROUTE MAP + INSTRUCTIONS [...]
One-Page Score Project w/ University Transition Program students
Live premieres Session #1: Friday, April 30, 2021; 11AM PDT Session #2: Friday, May 7, 2021; 11AM PDT WATCH SESSION #1 WATCH SESSION #2 *** We recommend using headphones or good speakers for the best listening experience. *** Featuring music [...]
Painting Music – One-Page Score Project – Sunshine Coast edition
Co-presented with LABORATORIO Live premieres: 12 + 19 March 2021; 4PM PDT WATCH SESSION #1 WATCH SESSION #2 Friday, March 12, 2021; 4PM PST – Watch on YouTube Matthew Ariaratnam (music), Allyson Clay (score) – When ennui has a throbbing [...]
Poetics of Engagement: artist chat w/ Adrian Verdejo + composers – Feb. 23
Poetics of Engagement: Survival - Adaptation - Transformation New visions for a post-pandemic world Tuesday, February 23, 2021; 5pm PST Join guitarist Adrian Verdejo, along with composers Wolf Edwards (Victoria), Peter Hannan (Vancouver), Diego Lozano Verduzco (Mexico) and Rodney Sharman [...]
Adrian Verdejo (Vancouver) – 20-28 Feb 2021
February 20–28, 2021 Premieres February 20 at 2PM PST; available through February 28. Artist Chat Tuesday, February 23 at 5PM PST. Join Vancouver-based guitarist Adrian Verdejo for a special, online full-length concert of works for solo guitar. The concert [...]
One-Page Score Project + Polydimensional Scores w/ ECUAD students – Dec. 8 + 15, 2020
Music by: Polydimensional Scores, Dec. 8: Sara Gold, The Memory Palace, Jaewoo Lee, Giorgio Magnanensi, Brady Ciel Marks, Anju Singh, Emma Tomic One-Page Scores, Dec. 15: Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, Julian La Brooy (Hitori Tori), Sasha Langford, Heather Jean McDermid, Daniela O’Fee, [...]
Parallel 03: Endlings (Raven Chacon and John Dieterich) + collaborators – 28 Nov 2020
November 28, 2020; 1:30pm (PST) Online chat, presentation and listening party Check out the web project! http://www.parallel03.com/ The Parallel 03 website is now live! Have some fun interacting with sounds, sights and texts that have been filtered, translated, mistranslated and [...]
Seeking Comfort in Covid Times – a soundwalk – 4 Oct 2020
Created by prOphecy sun Launch date: October 4, 2020 Location: Mount Pleasant Alleyways and Beyond Duration: approx. 60 minutes Seeking comfort is a 60-minute, self-guided soundwalk that invites participants to stroll, even linger and loiter, and listen to the sounds [...]
Intertidal room – a soundwalk – 27 Sept 2020
Sunday, September 27, 2020; 9am and 4pm Self-guided version also available Created/led by Jacek Smolicki Artist chat with Jacek Smolicki on Monday, September 28 at 6pm PDT. Please email Jacek Smolicki at info@para-archives.net if you would like to receive the [...]
Wild Bells / frequencies / Drift – 3 Oct 2020 5pm
POSTPONED TO SAT OCT. 3 AT 5PM DUE TO RAIN Friday, September 25, 2020; 6pm NEW DATE & TIME: Saturday, October 3, 2020; 5pm Hadden Park Fieldhouse (1015 Maple Street) By donation (Reservations SOLD OUT) Presented by Vancouver New Music [...]
False; Flat; Fake – a soundwalk – 1 Sept 2020
False; Flat; Fake – a soundwalk A self-guided soundwalk for Soundwalk September. Created by Jorma Kujala Launch date: September 1, 2020 This walk was created with Echoes. To get the full experience follow these steps: Download the app to your [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 1, 27 + Oct. 4, 2020
False; Flat; Fake - a soundwalk A self-guided soundwalk for Soundwalk September. Created by Jorma Kujala Launch date: September 1, 2020 This walk was created with Echoes. To get the full experience follow these steps: Download the app to your [...]
Sounds of summer…
Our 2019-20 season has come to a close on a note we would never have expected! But amidst the disappointment of not being able to gather together in person, and of having to reschedule and re-imagine concerts that were a [...]
One-Page Score Project w/VEE and ECUAD students
Listen to this brand new series of seven scores created by members of Vancouver Electronic Ensemble working with students from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Available at: http://vimeo.com/vannewmusic Guided by Giorgio Magnanensi, students from Keith Langergraber’s online Foundation 165: Core […]
Spring Soundwalks
Soundtalk: Expand & Contract: Acoustic Spaces Under COVID19 Sunday, May 31, 2020; 2–3:30pm (PDT) Led by Helena Krobath and Brady Marks We recommend that you use headphones or good speakers in order to have the highest quality listening experience. Expand […]
One-Page Score Project w/Vancouver Electronic Ensemble
Take a break out of your day to indulge in some inspirational sounds!The One-Page Score live listening and chat sessions took place on May 19 + 26 and June 2 + 9, 2020 Starting on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 we […]
A message from Artistic Director, Giorgio Magnanensi
Touch from a distance Dear friends, At a time where we find ourselves struggling and unable to fully understand, while navigating in very uncertain times, we need to strongly support each other. Not only to ease our way during this […]
An update about VNM’s upcoming shows
Dear friends, supporters and patrons, We wanted to take a moment to update you about our upcoming programming in light of the current concerns around COVID-19.The health, safety and comfort of our patrons, artists and staff are our highest priority. […]
Mixtophonics
From 2018 to 2020 John Korsrud (Hard Rubber Orchestra) and Giorgio Maganensi, in partnership with Vancouver New Music, presented Mixtophonics. This monthly series, hosted by Lana Lou's, invited local musicians and sound artists to play, explore and converse with each [...]
Bill Coleman + Gordon Monahan (Toronto) – Dollhouse
Presented with The Dance Centre March 12-14, 2020; 8PM each nightScotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie Street) Choreography/Dance: Bill Coleman, Music: Gordon Monahan (Canada) In Dollhouse, Canadian contemporary dance master and choreographer Bill Coleman portrays a figure whose whole world is […]
crys cole (Winnipeg) + Oren Ambarchi (Australia)
Saturday, February 15, 2020; 8PMAnnex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor)Free pre-show chat at 7:15pm Pay What It’s Worth pricing with weshowup.io – reserve your tickets in advance for a small fee, then after the show make a full ticket payment […]
MURMURS w/Vancouver Electronic Ensemble
Friday, January 31, 2020; 7:30pm Vancouver Community College Atrium1155 E. Broadway (enter from the corner of E7th and Glen)Admission by donation Join Vancouver Electronic Ensemble (VEE) for an evening of ambient, improvised electronic music that takes advantage of the unique […]
One-Page Score Project with Plastic Acid Orchestra
25 January 2020; 8pmFree pre-show chat at 7:15Pyatt Hall (843 Seymour Street)FREE/BY DONATION Have you ever wondered what a picture sounds like in the hands of an orchestra? A series of new, one-page, graphic scores come to life in the […]
PARALLEL 02: Okkyung Lee (South Korea) + ensemble (Vancouver)
Saturday, November 16, 2019 ; 8PMRoundhouse Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews)Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM ***ADVANCE TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT. WE’LL HAVE A VERY LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. BOX OFFICE WILL OPEN AT 7PM. *** […]
VNM 2019 Festival: Resonances
Resonances – artistic transformation, mapping and sonification October 17 – 19, 2019; 8PM each nightANNEX (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor)Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM each night. Offering broad exploration of practices of artistic transformation, this year’s festival brings together artists […]
Fall Soundwalks 2019
September 1, 22 + 29, 2019 Soundwalk Sunday Soundwalk: Playing the Burrard Bridge with Sound Sunday, September 1, 2019; 2PMHosted by Matthew Ariaratnam, Elizabeth Ellis, Julie Hammond, and Helena Krobath Meeting Location: 999 Beach Avenue (Green Streets Community Garden, located […]
Spring Soundwalks – April 28 + May 5, 2019
Writt-Un: Institutional Living Sunday, April 28, 2019; 2-3:30PM Led by Jorma Kujala Meeting Location: Welcome Figure, in front of Building L, 160 West 49th Avenue, Langara College campus (nearest transit: Bus Route 49, stop # 51969; Canada Line, Langara–49th Avenue [...]
Pantayo (Toronto) – 27 Apr 2019
Saturday, April 27, 2019; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Pantayo is an all-women lo-fi R&B gong punk collective based in Toronto. The group combines percussive metallophones and drums from kulintang traditions of [...]
Free workshop with Pantayo – FULL!
Friday, April 26, 2019; 5 – 7PM Pyatt Hall (843 Seymour Street) The workshop is now full. We will be taking a few names for a wait list. Email heather@newmusic.org or call 604.633.0861 if you would like to be put [...]
Splinter Reeds (US) – 16 Mar 2019
Saturday, March 16, 2019; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Splinter Reeds makes an evolutionary detour from the traditional woodwind quintet, taking advantage of the unique sounds of a closely related instrument family. [...]
Mark Takeshi McGregor + Liam Hockley (Vancouver) – 16 Feb 2019
Saturday, February 16, 2019; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor has been praised for his “mind blowing” performances of “huge physical energy” (Times Colonist). Clarinetist Liam Hockley is emerging [...]
Robin Fox (Australia) – 17 Nov 2018
Saturday, November 17, 2018; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie Street) Robin Fox (Australia) returns to Vancouver with Single Origin, his new work for laser and sound that explores the possibilities of mechanically induced [...]
Quartetti – a festival of string quartets – Oct. 18 – 20, 2018
October 18 – 20, 2018 Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Seven world-class string quartets will perform at Quartetti – a festival of string quartets. Offering a line-up of versatile contemporary string quartets from Canada, the US and Europe, featured quartets [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 23 + 30, 2018
Meet me in Listening Sunday, September 23, 2018; 2PM Led by Elizabeth Ellis and Helena Krobath Meeting location: East Georgia Street at Hawks Avenue; on the brick cul-de-sac at the south-east corner of MacLean Park. FREE EVENT On this soundwalk, [...]
NEC presents EMUSE 2018 – May 16 – 18, 2018
Native Education College in partnership with Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Public Library and Warriors Against Violence presents May 16 – 19, 2018 Various times + locations (details below) Free events EMUSE IS BACK! May 16 – 19, 2018, come join [...]
2018 SALT New Music Festival and Symposium – Vancouver
Thursday, May 10, 2018 2PM: Reading Session with Works by Young Composers 4PM: Workshop with works by Giorgio Magnanensi and Örjan Sandred Vancouver Community College Auditorium (1155 East Broadway) [map] Friday, May 11, 2018 7:30PM: Concert with works by Giorgio [...]
Wetlands Project: Soundwalk and Lunch & Talk – May 6, 2018
Co-presented by VIVO Media Arts and Vancouver New Music Wetlands Project – Soundwalk and Lunch & Talk Soundwalk – FULL Sunday, May 6, 2018; 11AM Led by Brady Marks and Mark Timmins What is a soundwalk? It’s a walk with [...]
Spring Soundwalks – April 29 + May 13, 2018
If You Lived Here: An electroacoustic exchange through East Vancouver Sunday, April 29, 2018; 2PM Led by Helena Krobath and Danica Evering Meeting location: in front of 1950 Triumph Street (one block south of the Princeton Pub). Near busses #4 [...]
Third Coast Percussion – Apr. 21, 2018 – SOLD OUT
Third Coast Percussion (US) Saturday, April 21, 2018; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Grammy-award winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion closes VNM’s 2017-18 concert series with their first ever performance in Vancouver. This [...]
Sumire Yoshihara + Miyama McQueen-Tokita – Mar. 17, 2018
Sumire Yoshihara + Miyama McQueen-Tokita (Japan) Saturday, March 17, 2018; 8PM Free pre-show chat 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour, 2nd Floor) UPDATE! We regret to inform that Kazue Sawai will be unable to perform as originally scheduled. We are pleased [...]
Spectralism w/Plastic Acid Orchestra – Feb. 24, 2018
Spectralism with Plastic Acid Orchestra Saturday, February 24, 2018; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Through musical explorations of sonic textures and gestures, spectralism embodies a fascinating and exceptionally resonating sound world. Presenting [...]
Paolo Angeli – Solo Performance – Feb. 10, 2018
Paolo Angeli (Italy) Saturday, February 10, 2018; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM. Post-show reception to follow the concert. Pyatt Hall at the VSO School of Music (843 Seymour Street) Virtuoso guitarist Paolo Angeli returns to Vancouver for a [...]
One-Page Score Project – Jan. 27, 2018
One-Page Score Project with the Plastic Acid Orchestra Performance – reception to follow Saturday, January 27, 2018; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15 Pyatt Hall (843 Seymour Street) [map] Workshops – FULL! Saturday, January 20, 2018; 11AM – 4PM Friday, [...]
The Reorganized Organ – Dec. 1 2017
Presented by VIVO Media Arts Centre in partnership with Vancouver New Music The Reorganized Organ youth mentorship project Showcase presentation Friday, December 1, 2017; 6:30PM VIVO Media Arts (2625 Kaslo Street) FREE, but you must order a ticket if you’d [...]
Uri Caine + Ensemble – Nov. 25, 2017
Uri Caine + Ensemble (US/Vancouver) Saturday, November 25, 2017; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM. Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews) [map] Kicking off the new Parallels series, Parallel 01 presents acclaimed New York-based pianist Uri Caine [...]
New Works for String Orchestra and VEE – ISCM 2017 – Nov. 3, 2017
New Works for String Orchestra and VEE ISCM 2017 World New Music Days Friday, November 3, 2017; 7:30PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) [map] Single tickets $35 general / $25 senior / $15 student (includes taxes and venue [...]
Grill/Jeck/Lemieux – Oct. 7, 2017
Grill/Jeck/Lemieux (Austria/UK/Canada) Saturday, October 7, 2017; 8PM Free Pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) [map] Austrian video artist Michaela Grill, Canadian filmmaker Karl Lemieux, and British turntablist Philip Jeck come together in this collaborative, audio-visual [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Oct. 1 + 8, 2017
An ear on shifting corridors of movement Culture Days Soundwalk Sunday, October 1, 2017; 2PM Led by Leona Noche Meeting Location: Fraser River Trail, under Arthur Laing Bridge (9149 Hudson Street) Travel Directions: Once you get onto Hudson Street from [...]
World Listening Day 2017 – Listening to the Ground
World Listening Day 2017 World Listening Day is a global event in honour of Canadian composer and acoustic ecologist R. Murray Schafer. This year, World Listening Day theme honours late composer Pauline Oliveros, and its theme is “Listening to the [...]
Spring Soundwalks – Apr. 2 + 9, 2017
SPRING SOUNDWALKS 2017 Slivers of pavement Sunday, April 2, 2017; 2–3PM Led by George Rahi Meeting Location: Waterfront Station Lobby (601 W. Cordova Street) FREE Privately-owned public spaces are widespread in our contemporary urban form, exemplified by squares, plazas, waterfronts, and enlarged [...]
Mantra Percussion – April 8, 2017
Mantra Percussion (US) Saturday, April 8, 2017; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) [Map] Tickets $35 general/$15 students (includes taxes and venue surcharges) Tickets are also available by calling 1.800.838.3006 After wowing Vancouver [...]
Talea Ensemble (US) – March 11, 2017
Talea Ensemble (US) Saturday, March 11, 2017; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Making their Vancouver debut, Talea Ensemble will present mainstay composers from its repertoire: Pierluigi Billone, Fausto Romitelli, and Olga [...]
EMUSE 2017 – Mar. 2–4, 2017
Co-presented by NEC Native Education College, Warriors Against Violence Society and Vancouver New Music. EMUSE 2017- Aboriginal Electronic Music Festival March 2 – 4, 2017 Events take place at NEC Campus (237 E. 5th Avenue) and VCC Broadway Campus Atrium (1155 [...]
Nordic Voices – Feb. 18, 2017
Nordic Voices (Norway) Saturday, February 18, 2017; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Nordic Voices, an internationally acclaimed six-member a cappella group from Norway returns to Vancouver with an all new program of works. [...]
One-Page Score Project – Jan. 28, 2017
One-Page Score Project with the Plastic Acid Orchestra 28 January 2017: Rehearsal 4–6PM; Performance Doors 7:30PM, concert 8PM at Pyatt Hall (843 Seymour Street) NOTE: THE PERFORMANCE IS A FREE EVENT, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – ALL ARE WELCOME! Have [...]
Andrea Young: EXO/ENDO – Nov. 19, 2016
Andrea Young: EXO/ENDO (Canada/US) Saturday, November 19, 2016; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Exploring the dynamic relationship between voice and technology, Andrea Young’s EXO/ENDO focuses on the release and absorption of energy through sound [...]
Mechanical Music – VNM Festival 2016 – Oct. 13-15
Vancouver New Music 2016 Festival Mechanical Music 13 – 15 October 2016; 8PM each night Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM each night The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor, Vancouver, Canada) Mechanical Music creates a sonic universe in which mechanical [...]
Terri Hron – Volière Électrique – Sept. 30, 2016
Volière Électrique New Work by Terri Hron and Hildegard Westerkamp Friday, September 30, 2016; 8PM Vancouver Community College Atrium (1155 E Broadway, entrance at E 7th Ave and Glen Drive) FREE Recorder virtuoso Terri Hron returns to Vancouver to premiere a [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 25 + Oct. 2, 2016
FALL 2016 SOUNDWALKS Automation: Trains and Blades Presented as part of Mechanical Music Sunday, September 25, 2016; 2–3:30PM Led by Roxanne Nesbitt Meeting Location: Oustide entrance, Britannia Library (1661 Napier Street) FREE Automation: Trains and Blades considers the sonic overlap between [...]
Plastic Acid Orchestra with Veda Hille and Friends – Sept. 10, 2016
Plastic Acid Orchestra and Vancouver New Music present Plastic Acid Orchestra with Veda Hille and Friends Saturday, September 10, 2016; 8PM Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street) Featuring performances by Veda Hille and her Band, Plastic Acid Orchestra, Giorgio Magnanensi, Ford Pier, Martin [...]
VIVO w/ Vancouver New Music present – Destroy Vancouver XVIII
VIVO w/ Vancouver New Music present Destroy Vancouver XVIII Thursday, September 8, 2016; doors 8PM, concert 9PM (sharp) VIVO Media Arts Centre (2625 Kaslo Street; 1 block northwest of Renfrew Skytrain Station) Featuring: Adriana Lopez (CO) Christina Kubisch (DE) Friends+War [...]
In Pursuit of Silence at DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Presented by DOXA Documentary Film Festival in association with Vancouver New Music In Pursuit of Silence Saturday, May 7, 2016; 12PM Wednesday, May 11, 2016; 6:30PM The Cinematheque (1131 Howe Street) In 1952, artist and composer John Cage challenged the [...]
Eighth Blackbird & Sleeping Giant – Hand Eye – Apr. 30, 2016
Hand Eye Saturday, April 30, 2016; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Hand Eye brings together a musical dream team: multi-Grammy winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird, and superstar composer sextet Sleeping Giant unite for [...]
Spring Soundwalks – April 17 + 24, 2016
Spring 2016 Soundwalks Listening in, Between the Lines Sunday, April 17, 2016; 2PM Led by Jorma Kujala and Igor Santizo Meeting Location: This aural excursion will both begin and end at the Beatty Street entrance of the Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain Station. [...]
Mörkö / loch – April 8 + 9, 2016
Co-presented by Mochizuki Studios in association with Vancouver New Music, Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre, Theatre Replacement, and VIVO Media Arts Mörkö/loch Interdisciplinary performance by Cindy Mochizuki and Emma Hendrix with Sean Marshall Jr., Lexi Vajda, Roselle Healy, and Justina [...]
Nicole Lizée – House of Stylus – Mar. 12, 2016
Nicole Lizée (Montreal) DJ P-Love (NYC) Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa (Vancouver) Saturday, March 12, 2016; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) A re-interpretation and re-imagining of turntable culture, Nicole Lizée’s new multimedia work House [...]
Garth Knox – Viola d’amore – Feb. 13, 2016
Garth Knox (UK/France) Viola d’amore Saturday, February 13, 2016; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Experience the sounds of an original and exotic instrument — the viola d’amore — in the hands of [...]
Janice Kerbel – DOUG – Jan. 29, 2016
Presented by the Contemporary Art Gallery in association with Vancouver New Music and musica intima Janice Kerbel DOUG Friday, January 29, 2016; 7PM Contemporary Art Gallery (555 Nelson Street) The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the North American premiere of Janice Kerbel’s [...]
One-Page Score Project with Plastic Acid Orchestra – January 23, 2016
One-page Score Project with the Plastic Acid Orchestra Performance date: 23 January 2016; 8PM Vancouver Community College Atrium, 1155 East Broadway – entrance at Glen and 7th Have you ever wondered what a picture sounds like in the hands of [...]
VEE plays Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ – December 19, 2015
Vancouver Electronic Ensemble plays Terry Riley’s In C Saturday, December 19, 2015; 7PM Vancouver Community College Atrium (1155 E. Broadway, entrance at E. 7th Ave. and Glen)
Tim Hecker – Nov. 28, 2015
Tim Hecker (Montreal) Saturday, November 28, 2015; 8PM – EARLY SHOW! Doors 7PM; pre-show chat at 7:15PM The Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Tim Hecker presents new works-in-progress partly derived from the early choral works of Franco-Flemish Renaissance-era composer [...]
BENT: A Showcase of Circuit Bending @ VIVO – Nov. 7, 2015
BENT: A Showcase of Circuit Bending @ VIVO Saturday, November 7, 2016 | Doors at 7PM; show at 7:15PM VIVO Media Arts (2625 Kaslo Street) VIVO Education and Vancouver New Music have teamed up for an event and workshop series [...]
VNM Festival 2015 – Nomadic Streams – Oct. 22-24
Vancouver New Music Festival 2015 Nomadic Streams – a festival of Ambient Music October 22 – 24, 2015; Doors at 8PM, show at 9PM each night VIVO Media Arts (2625 Kaslo Street, Vancouver) Presented in association with VIVO Media Arts. [...]
Steve Roden – striations – Sept. 25–Oct. 23
Steve Roden – striations (2011) and distance piece (striations) (2011) Exhibition opening reception September 25, 2015; 5–7PM Live performance by Scant Intone Exhibition continues Monday to Friday September 28 – October 23, 2015; 9AM–5PM Canadian Music Centre – BC-Creative Hub (837 [...]
Fall Soundwalks – Sept. 20 + 27, 2015
Fall Soundwalks September 20, 2015 ; 2PM Led by Jorma Kujala Meeting location: the corner of Comox and Denman Streets, beside Central Bistro (1072 Denman Street) Vancouver’s West End has changed immensely since it was transformed in the late 1800’s from [...]
Soundwalk and Oscillations at Charleson Park – Aug. 16, 2015
Charleson Park Soundwalk Led by Jean Routhier Sunday, August 16, 2015 8PM – 9PM Meeting place: Love Your Bean Sculpture by Cosimo Cavallaro (look for the big and colorful kidney-shaped rocks) close to the seawall near the children’s playground/off leash [...]
Spring Soundwalks – May 24 + 31, 2015
Re-listening to Vancouver Sunday, May 24, 2015; 2PM Led by Jorma Kujala Meet by the tennis courts Andy Livingstone Park Fieldhouse, 89 Expo Boulevard (between Carrall Street and Quebec Street) Skirting boundaries of time and space, this soundwalk will investigate [...]
Voices & Strings – April 18, 2015
Voices and Strings Works by Peggy Lee and Mary Margaret O’Hara, Linda Bouchard, Linda Catlin Smith, and Jay Schwartz Saturday, April 18, 2015; 8PM Free pre-show chat at 7:15PM Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd floor) Vancouver New Music invited [...]
JACK Quartet – Mar. 14, 2015
JACK Quartet (NYC) Saturday, March 14, 2015; 8PM Doors at 7PM, pre-show chat at 7:15PM Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd floor) An internationally lauded ensemble of “explosive virtuosity” (Boston Globe), the JACK Quartet wowed Vancouver audiences at the 2011 [...]
Untitled #275 – Feb. 14, 2015
Francisco López (Spain) & Reinier van Houdt (Netherlands) Saturday, February 14, 2015; 8PM Doors at 7PM, FREE pre-show chat at 7:15PM Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd floor) Untitled #275 is an unorthodox piano concert composition created by Spanish composer and [...]
Rushes Ensemble – Nov. 22, 2014
Rushes Ensemble – Michael Gordon’s Rushes (US) Saturday, November 22, 2014; 8PM Doors at 7PM, FREE pre-show chat at 7:15PM Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd floor) Rushes is a brilliant and hypnotic new work for seven bassoons by American [...]
Sonic Playground – Nov. 9, 2014
Sonic Playground Sunday, November 9, 2014 | 10AM – 2PM Vancouver Academy of Music (1270 Chestnut Street) FREE EVENT In this workshop open to youths aged 8 to12, Sound Out Loud (Justin Devries and Robyn Jacob) will lead participants through an exploration [...]
Sonic Topographies – VNM Festival – Oct. 16 – 19, 2014
Vancouver New Music Festival 2014 Sonic Topographies Sound, music, and sustainability October 16 – 19, 2014 Composers and sound artists all over the world are turning their ears to the music of the earth and its people to reconsider what [...]
At the Edge of Wilderness – Sept. 26 to Oct. 21, 2014
Canadian Music Centre – BC Region and Vancouver New Music present At the Edge of Wilderness A video installation about ghost towns in British Columbia created by composer Hildegard Westerkamp and photographer Florence Debeugny Opening reception September 26, 2014; 5-7PM [...]
Free (Reed) Association – September 14, 2014
Co-presented with Accordion Noir Festival Free (Reed) Association Featuring Miss Murgatroid (Portland), with Sick Boss, and a cabaret performance by Elliot Vaughan and Elysse Cheadle Sunday, September 14, 2014; 8PM Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd floor) Vancouver New Music [...]
Noise in the Key of D – June 28, 2014
Vancouver Electronic Ensemble Saturday, June 28, 2014; 7PM Vancouver Community College Atrium (1155 E. Broadway; near VCC skytrain station) Admission by donation
Complaints Choir – May 17, 2014
The next Complaints Choir will take to the streets May 17, 2014! This new installment of the Complaints Choir is being created by Vanessa Richards and the Woodward’s Community Singers. If you’d like to take part, feel free to drop [...]
Spring Soundwalks – April 27 + May 4, 2014
SPRING 2014 SOUNDWALKS Waterfront Station Soundwalk Sunday, April 27, 2014 | 2PM Led by Josh Hite, Jorma Kujala and Kristen Roos Meeting location: Waterfront Station entrance. meet at the pillar with the address: 601 West Cordova St. Traversing both above [...]
Sequitur – April 12, 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014 | 8PM; Pre-show chat at 7PM Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Jennifer Butler, The tide rises, the tide falls* Barbara Pentland’s Tides, 1984 Dorothy Chang, Nocturne, in nine fragments* Jean Coulthard’s Poem, 1947 Owen [...]
Sound Space Architecture – March 22, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014 | 8PM Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (2260 West Mall, UBC Point Grey Campus) Featuring the premiere performances of two brand new works commissioned by Vancouver New Music, all of the ensemble pieces brought together [...]
Sonic Playground – January 26, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014 | 10AM – 2PM Vancouver Academy of Music (1270 Chestnut Street) In this workshop open to youths aged 8 to 12, Sound Out Loud (Justin Devries and Robyn Jacob) will lead participants through an exploration of [...]
Chambercon – November 17, 2013
Co-produced by Redshift Music and Vancouver New Music Sunday, November 17, 2013 Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor) Come experience Chambercon! A co-production of Redshift Music and Vancouver New Music, Chambercon is a contemporary chamber-music extravaganza featuring premieres of [...]
Vancouver New Music Festival 2013
VNM 40th Anniversary Retrospective October 16 – 19, 2013 VNM’s four-night festival celebrates the wide array of artistic approaches that have been embraced and nurtured by VNM throughout its past forty years. Featuring some of the composers and musicians who [...]
Fall Soundwalks 2013
Underground Vancouver Sunday, September 22, 2013 | 2PM Led by Pietro Sammarco Meeting location: 13th Avenue and Glen Vancouver’s streets make our everyday travels easier, smoother, and safer. Underneath these streets lies a network of drains that efficiently carry rain [...]
