Clamour | cocktails + dj + contemporary music
5-7 PM every Thursday in October
The Western Front (303 East 8th @ Scotia, just east of Main & Broadway)
Upstairs in The Grande Luxe Hall
See Google Maps for directions.
$10 gets you in.
Get there before 5:30 and your first drink is free. (Deal!)
Music on Main is proud to participate in Clamour, a new series presented by Sonic Presence. Every Thursday in October features cocktails, DJ's and live music hosted by a variety of Vancouver's contemporary music presenters.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
5-7 PM at the Western Front
Music on Main All-Star Band plays Louis Andriessen's Workers Union
with Sal Ferreras & Vern Griffiths, percussion | François Houle, clarinet | John Korsrud, trumpet | Jeremy Berkman, trombone | Tommy Babin, bass
presented by Music on Main
Marguerite Witvoet, Solo Piano
presented by Redshift Music
Thursday, October 8, 2009
5-7 PM at the Western Front | Michael Red, dj
Vancouver Improv Duos
Lee Hutzulak, Jeffrey Allport, The Houle Smulovitz Duo, Krista Lomax
Percussion + electronics + voice + video
presented by the NOW Orchestra
Thursday, October 15, 2009
5-7 PM at the Western Front | Michael Red, dj
Toca Loca - The P*P Project
Toronto chamber trio
presented by the Western Front New Music
Thursday, October 22, 2009
5-7 PM at the Western Front | Michael Red, dj
Cris Derksen, cello + electronics
presented by Music on Main
Chantale Laplante & Jeremy Brown
Montreal/Calgary Improvisors
presented by the Western Front New Music
Thursday, October 29, 2009
5-7 PM at the Western Front
Intersections
Sarah Buchanan, Brady Marks, Caleb Johnston, James Maxwell,
Soressa Gardner, Dennis E. Bolen, Jeremy Todd, Graham Meisner
Literary + Musical Interventions
presented by the Western Front New Music
Sarah Buchanan, Brady Marks and Caleb Johnston and two composers, James Maxwell and
$10 gets you in.
Get there before 5:30 and your first drink is free. (Deal!)
Tickets at the door.
Presented with Sonic Presence, Music on Main, the Western Front, NOW Orchestra, and Redshift Music Society
Tundra Songs: Kronos Quartet with special guest Tanya Tagaq | Saturday, January 30, 2010
The Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet is legendary for its fearless exploration of cutting-edge music. Vocalist Tanya Tagaq is hailed as the "Jimi Hendrix of Inuit throat singing" for her primal, erotic, experimental style. Together, they paint a mesmerizing Arctic soundcape.
The centrepiece of their program is the Vancouver debut of Tundra Songs, a new work for Kronos and Tagaq, by Canadian composer Derek Charke. Filled with Inuit myth, atmospheric sounds, grooves and noises from nature, Tundra Songs is "extraordinary ... passionate and superb." (LA Times)
Visit the Kronos Quartet online.
Visit Tanya online.
Watch a video of Kronos & Tanya on YouTube.
Get to know Tanya better with these iTunes free Open University downloads.
Hear the Kronos' David Harrington talk about the version of Tundra Songs they perform at CarnegieHall.org.
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver
on the campus of the University of British Columbia
See Google Maps for directions.
Concert at 8:00 pm
Presented by Music on Main, Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad and the Chan Centre.
Tickets $35-$75. Call Ticketmaster at 604.280.3311 or purchase online at www.ticketmaster.ca.
Programme:
Hurdy-Gurdy (Stefan Brisland-Ferner & Totte Mattsson)
Scatter *
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Last Ground *
Kimmo Pohjonen & Saulmi Kosminen
Avara from Uniko *
Michael Hearst
Weddell Seals * (World Premiere)
Traditional (arr. Kronos, trans. Ljova)
Tusan Tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) +
Kaija Saariaho
Nymphéa *
Derek Charke
Tundra Songs * (Vancouver Premiere)
with special guest Tanya Tagaq
I. Ice
II. Water
III. Sedna's Song
IV. Lament of the Dogs
V. The Trickster Tulugaq
* Written for Kronos
+ Arranged for Kronos
Clamour: cocktails + dj + contemporary music | Thursday, April 1, 2010
Every Thursday in April 2010
5-7 PM every Thursday in April
The Western Front (303 East 8th @ Scotia, just east of Main & Broadway)
Upstairs in The Grande Luxe Hall
See Google Maps for directions.
$10 gets you in.
Get there before 5:30 and your first drink is free. (Deal!)
Tickets at the door.
Music on Main is proud to participate in Clamour, a new series presented by Sonic Presence. Every Thursday in April features cocktails, DJ's and live music hosted by a Vancouver's contemporary music community.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
5-7 PM at the Western Front
5:30 PM set
Trio Cerburus plays George Crumb's Voice of the Whale
Filled with still-surprising special effects, George Crumb's magical 1971 classic for flute, cello and piano dives into uncharted sonic oceans.
presented by Redshift
6:30 PM set
Simon Phillips, Solo Piano
Berlin-based Australian pianist Simon Phillips creates mesmerizing soundworlds through improvisation, building gorgeous, resonant music out of seemingly minimal material.
Visit Simon online.
presented by Music on Main
Thursday, April 8, 2010
5-7 PM at the Western Front
Sets at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM
Sounds like here.
Music on Main takes us on an aural journey with Vancouver artists.
presented by Music on Main
Thursday, April 15, 2010
5-7 PM at the Western Front
Sets at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM
Rachel Iwaasa
One of Vancouver's great contemporary musicians, pianist Rachel Iwaasa explores the music of George Crumb, Lisa Miller & Jordan Nobles.
presented by Sonic Presence & Rachel Iwaasa.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
5-7 PM at the Western Front
Sets at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM
Forbidden Flutes
Phases and loops. Don't miss some of Vancouver's finest wind players as Forbidden Flutes plays new work from Imogen Heap, Derek Charke, and Steve Reich's legendary Vermont Counterpoint for eight flutes.
presented by Forbidden Flutes
Thursday, April 29, 2010
5-7 PM at the Western Front
Sets at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM
Houle Smulovitz Duo + Adam Basanta
Western Front New Music kicks off their Voice over mind festival the imaginative, otherworldy sounds of Viviane Houle (voice) and Stefan Smulovitz (laptop, viola) and fast-rising electroacoustic composer Adam Basanta.
presented by the Western Front New Music
$10 gets you in.
Get there before 5:30 and your first drink is free. (Deal!)
Tickets at the door.
Presented with Sonic Presence, Music on Main, Forbidden Flutes, the Western Front, NOW Orchestra, and Redshift Music Society
Clamour: cocktails + dj + contemporary music | Thursday, April 29, 2010
Clamour | cocktails + dj + contemporary music
5-7 PM every Thursday in April 2010
The Western Front (303 East 8th @ Scotia, just east of Main & Broadway)
Upstairs in The Grande Luxe Hall
See Google Maps for directions.
$10 gets you in.
Music on Main is proud to participate in Clamour, a fresh mix of cocktails + dj + contemporary music. It's a live sound art experience like no other in the city.
Grab a drink, hang with friends new and old, and hear art that hangs in the air, not on the walls.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
5-7 PM at the Western Front
5:30 PM set
Trio Cerberus plays George Crumb’s Voice of the Whale
A legendary piece that explores uncharted sonic oceans with amplified flute, cello and piano. Featuring Mark Takeshi McGregor, Roberta Bottelli & Chris Bagan.
presented by Redshift Music
6:30 PM set
Pianist Simon Phillips improvises.
This Berlin-based Australian pianist creates mesmerizing soundworlds through improvisation, building gorgeous, resonant music out of seemingly minimal material.
presented by Music on Main
Thursday, April 8, 2010
5-7 PM at the Western Front
Sets at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM
Sounds like Vancouver
Music on Main brings you two sets featuring some of Vancouver's renowned electrocoustic music, including performances by zheng players Mei Han and Randy Raine-Reusch and Hildegard Westerkamp's Into the Labyrinth.
presented by Music on Main
Thursday, April 15, 2010
5-7 PM at the Western Front
Sets at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM
Rachel Iwaasa, piano
One of Vancouver's greatest contemporary musicians performs solo piano works by George Crumb, Lisa Miller and Jordan Nobles.
presented by Redshift Music
Thursday, April 22, 2010
5-7 PM at the Western Front
Sets at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM
Forbidden Flutes
Some of Vancouver's finest wind players explore loops and phases with music by Imogen Heap and Steve Reich's unforgettable Vermont Counterpoint for ten flutes.
presented by Forbidden Flutes
Thursday, April 29, 2010
5-7 PM at the Western Front
Sets at 5:30 PM & 6:30 PM
The Houle Smulovitz Duo + Adam Basanta
Don't miss the mind-bending sounds of vocalists Viviane Houle and laptop artist and violist Stefan Smulovitz alongside rising electroacoustic star Adam Basanta.
presented by the Western Front New Music
$10 gets you in.
Tickets at the door.
Presented with Sonic Presence, Music on Main, the Western Front, NOW Orchestra, Forbidden Flutes, and Redshift Music Society.
TransCanada Songbook | Monday, June 21, 2010
The Cultch
1895 Venables Street (at Victoria Drive), Vancouver
Bar opens at 7:00 pm
Concert at 8:00 pm
Tickets just $20 ($10 students).
Available at the door, by phone at 604.251.1363, or online.
From Claude Vivier and R. Murray Schafer - Canada's most globally celebrated composers - to rising stars like Ana Sokolovic, Andrew Staniland and Jocelyn Morlock, the composers highlighted on this trans-Canada journey of song are as eclectic as our nation's people.
Come join Music on Main and the Vancouver International Song Institute at The Cultch, and hear the world premiere of a new song cycle by Leslie Uyeda and John Greer's heartwarming arrangements of classic Canadian tunes.
It's a not-to-be-missed celebration of song, featuring many of this country's finest singers and collaborative pianists, including singers Martha Guth, Robyn Driedger-Klassen, and Phoebe MacRae and pianists Erika Switzer, Laura Loewen, and Terence Dawson.
Don't miss it!
Complete programme:
Involuntary Love Songs
Jocelyn Morlock (text: Alan Ashton)
Martha Guth, soprano & Laura Loewen, piano
White Cat Blues (World Premiere)
Leslie Uyeda (Text: Lorna Crozier)
Robyn Driedger-Klassen, soprano & Terence Dawson, piano
Hymnen an die Nacht
Claude Vivier (text: Novalis)
Martha Guth, soprano & Erika Switzer, piano
Tanzer Lieder
Ana Sokolovic (text: Francisco Tanzer)
Phoebe MacRae, soprano & Laura Loewen, piano
Three Contemporaries
R. Murray Schafer (text: R. Murray Schafer)
Robyn Driedger-Klassen, soprano & Erika Switzer, piano
In memoriam: Maureen Forrester (1930-2010)
In memory of the great contralto, a performance of some of the Canadian songs she premiered, featuring artists from the Vancouver International Song Institute.
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