UBC Bands: Home Away from Home

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

UBC Bands: Symphonic Wind Ensemble & Concert Winds  UBC Bands opens their season with two new conductors and music by Eric Whitacre, Jodie Blackshaw, Leonard Bernstein, and more! Concert Winds Meijun Chen conductor AYO by Katahj Copley October by Eric Whitacre Terpsichorean Dances by Jodie Blackshaw Grainger Children’s March “Over the Hills and Far Away” by Percy Aldridge Grainger Second Suite […]

$8 – $20

UBC Bands: City Life

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

UBC Bands: Symphonic Wind Ensemble & Concert Winds  Concert Winds Meijun Chen conductor Washington Post March by John Philip Sousa Metropolis by Charles Carter City Trees by Michael Markowski An American in Paris by George Gershwin (transposed by John Krance) Wilderness by Cait Nishimura Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Márquez (arranged by Oliver Nickel) Symphonic Wind Ensemble Scott MacLennan conductor Fall Fair by Godfrey Rideout A Quiet City by […]

$8 – $20

RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE: Love Hate Music Box Tour

Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre 6066 Thunderbird Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

As if channeling another dimension where genres simply don’t exist, Rainbow Kitten Surprise finds harmony in unpredictability – weaving together lyrical poetry, hummable melodies, and a rush of instrumental eccentricities. Now boasting over 1 billion global streams across platforms, the band first began building their devoted fanbase with independent albums SEVEN + MARY(2013) and RKS (2015). The band’s breakout full-length debut for […]

UBC Symphony Orchestra & UBC Choirs: Beethoven No. 9

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

UBC Choirs UBC Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Girard, conductor The University Singers and UBC Choral Union join the Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Girard for Beethoven’s epic symphony known for the triumphant “Ode to Joy” sung in the final movement. Soloists and full program to be announced. 

$10 – $25

Silkroad Ensemble: Uplifted Voices

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble present a program championing female and non-binary members with their original compositions. With music that draws from each musician’s personal background, spanning from Indigenous communities to Japan, Armenia, and Ireland, Uplifted Voices weaves a musical tapestry that highlights our shared humanity. Founded by Yo-Yo Ma, Silkroad is a social-impact organization that seeks […]

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The nephews of the master Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rizwan and Muazzam have been performing together since the 1990s. Together, they continue the unbroken Qawwali legacy of their family that has flourished over five centuries. With voices that “climb and swoop as if riding air currents,” (BBC) the brothers contribute to their uncle’s […]