Arts Time Out for All locations for May 13, 2008–May 13, 2009

MUSIC (31)

Tuesday 13th May 2008

Classical Western And Classical Chinese

Jim Zhang, a composer and conductor originally from Beijing, demonstrates his intercultural work, with the help of Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra musicians. More information at www.vi-co.org/

May 13, 2008 , 7 pm

Free admission

(View Map)Alice MacKay Room (Vancouver Public Library, 350 W. Georgia)

Thursday 15th May 2008

Vetta Chamber Music

Local chamber quintet performs works by Franz Schubert and Gabriel Faure. More information at www.vettachambermusic.com/

May 15, 2008 , 10:30 am

Vetta Chamber Music also performs on May 16, 8 pm, at West Point Grey United Church.

(View Map)St. Stephen's Anglican Church (885 22nd St., West Van.)

Friday 16th May 2008

Cool Britannia

Canadian mezzo-soprano Judith Forst joins the Vancouver Symphony, the Chor Leoni Men's Choir, and the Elektra Women's Choir in a program that includes music by the Beatles, Gilbert & Sullivan, Ivor Novello, and Noel Coward. More information at www.vancouversymphony.ca/

May 16-17, 2008 , 8 pm

Tix $25-78

(View Map)Orpheum Theatre (Seymour & Smithe)

Music To Live By

City Opera Vancouver presents soprano Michelle Koebke and pianist Miri Lee in a new recital series for residents of the Downtown Eastside. Program includes works by Mozart, Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Menotti, Dvorak, Lehár, and Johann Strauss, Jr. More information at www.cityoperavancouver.com/

May 16, 2008 , 3 pm

Koebke and Lee also perform "Music to Live by" May 21, 2 pm, at Jacob's Well (239 Main). Free admission

Carnegie Centre (Hastings & Main)

Saturday 17th May 2008

Rigoletto

Opera Pro Cantanti presents a performance of Verdi's tragedy, with piano accompaniment. More information at www.operaprocantanti.com/

May 17, 2008 , 10 am

Tix $20/15 at the door

(View Map)Ridge Theatre (3131 Arbutus)

O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing

Under the direction of Herbert Tsang, the chamber orchestra Sinfonia Mosaic and organist Zion Wu join choir members from more than 20 churches in a program of traditional hymns. More information at www.sinfoniamosaic.org/

May 17, 2008 , 7:30 pm

Free admission

(View Map)Broadway Church (2700 E. Broadway)

Continued events...
Cool Britannia (May 16-17, 2008, 8 pm)

Sunday 18th May 2008

Lucia Di Lammermoor

Opera Pro Cantanti presents Donizetti's tragedy about clan rivalry, forced marriage, and madness, with piano accompaniment. More information at www.operaprocantanti.com/

May 18, 2008 , 7 pm

Tix $20/15 at the door

(View Map)Denman Place Theatre (Comox & Denman)

Monday 19th May 2008

Deniz Tahberer

Turkish-Canadian violinist and Vancouver Academy of Music student performs with special guests on piano and viola. More information at www.aissvancouver.ca/

May 19, 2008 , 7:30 pm

Free admission

(View Map)Vancouver Academy of Music (1270 Chestnut)

Wednesday 21st May 2008

Edmund Chung & Amanda Chan

The Vancouver Women's Musical Society presents violinist Chung and pianist Chan in a recital of works by Bach, Paganini, Novacek, Bruch, and Bazzini.

May 21, 2008 , 11 am

Tix $10 at the door

(View Map)Unitarian Church of Vancouver (949 W. 49th)

Baccalaureate Concert

Graduating students from the UBC School of Music perform works by Bartok, Franck, Ravel, Bizet, and Scriabin. More information at www.music.ubc.ca/

May 21, 2008 , 8 pm

Free admission

(View Map)Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Rd., UBC)

Saturday 24th May 2008

Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir

The choir performs a spring concert with proceeds to fund bursaries for Vancouver School of Theology students. More information at vwmc@shaw.ca

May 24, 2008 , 7:30 pm

(View Map)Shaughnessy Heights United Church (1550 W. 33rd)

The Power Of Percussion

Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins conductor Bramwell Tovey and the Vancouver Symphony in a program of works by De Falla and Tchaikovsky, and the world premiere of Christos Hatzis's Tongues of Fire for Percussion and Orchestra. More information at www.vancouversymphony.ca/

May 24, 2008 , May 26, 2008, 8 pm

Tix $25-78

(View Map)Orpheum Theatre (Seymour & Smithe)

Sunday 25th May 2008

Robert Silverman

Acclaimed Canadian pianist performs works by Haydn, Franck, Brahms, and Verdi-Liszt.

May 25, 2008 , 3 pm

Tix $29/27/18 (plus service charges and fees) at www.ticketmaster.ca/

Telus Studio Theatre (Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 Crescent Rd., UBC)

A Musical Atlas Of Asia: China & Beyond

Lecture by Alan Lau on the history of Chinese music and its relationship with other Asian musical cultures, with live music by the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble. More information at www.vancouverchinesemusic.ca/

May 25, 2008 , 2 pm

Free admission

(View Map)Alice MacKay Room (Vancouver Public Library, 350 W. Georgia)

Monday 26th May 2008

Continued events...
The Power Of Percussion (May 24, 2008, May 26, 2008, 8 pm)

Sunday 3rd August 2008

Festival Vancouver

Some of Canada's top classical, world music, and jazz performers take the stage in Vancouver for the eighth season of the festival. Highlights include the Leipsig String Quartet, the West African music and dance spectacle Explosion Africaine, Taiwan's Ju Percussion Ensemble, Finnish a cappella sensation Rajaton, the three-concert series World at the Garden (at VanDusen Botanical Garden), and the gala opera evening with American soloist Denyce Graves and rising Canadian star Marianne Fiset, along with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. More information at www.festivalvancouver.ca/

Aug. 3-17, 2008

Tix at www.ticketmaster.ca/

various Vancouver venues

Monday 4th August 2008

Continued events...
Festival Vancouver (Aug. 3-17, 2008)

Tuesday 5th August 2008

Continued events...
Festival Vancouver (Aug. 3-17, 2008)