One Night Stand: Alfredo Santa Ana

A Month of Tuesdays
One Night Stand: Alfredo Santa Ana

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025
FOX CABARET | 2321 MAIN STREET | Google map
Doors at 7:00PM | Concert starts at 7:30PM
General admission seating. 19+ only.

Featuring:

Daniel Cabena, countertenor; Colin Browne, reader; Miranda Wong, piano; Mark Takeshi McGregor, flutes; Parmela Attariwala and Cassandra Bequary, violins; Andrew Brown, viola; Olivia Blander, cello.

TICKETS from $25
Pay-what-you-will $38-$62. (Student/arts worker $25)

TICKET PACK | $140
All four A Month of Tuesdays concerts for $35 each.

Donor pre-sales begin January 6, 2025.
General tickets on sale January 30, 2025.

Music on Main offers a limited number of complimentary tickets for all self-identifying Indigenous peoples. This policy is informed by our commitment to recognize and honour the original and ongoing stewards of these lands. Tickets can be reserved by contacting [email protected] or by calling 604-879-9888.


(Santa Ana’s music) transports us into a contemplative universe not devoid of episodes of greater emotional intensity.

Frédéric Cardin, PAN M 360

Pushing Boundaries: The Music of Alfredo Santa Ana

Spend a night with Alfredo Santa Ana’s bold musical explorations.

One Night Stand: Alfredo Santa Ana celebrates the evocative music of acclaimed Mexican-Canadian composer Alfredo Santa Ana, an artist whose compositional voice transports us “between the virtuosic and the minimal.” (MEAN Magazine).

This one-night-only event showcases Santa Ana’s music with performances by the virtuosic talents of countertenor Daniel Cabena, violinists Parmela Attariwala and Cassandra Bequary, violist Andrew Brown, cellist Olivia Blander, flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor, and pianist Miranda Wong. Renowned Canadian poet Colin Browne joins with readings that the composer has woven into the music. Together, the performers will bring the emotional clarity of Santa Ana’s music to life in a performance that promises to be as memorable as it is moving.

Santa Ana’s diverse body of work, ranging from chamber music to avant-garde soundscapes, has been performed by top ensembles like Standing Wave, Orchestre de la Francophonie, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the Music on Main All-Star Band, and his music will be featured at the ISCM World New Music Days 2025 in Portugal.  This special concert for Music on Main includes two world premieres.

Don’t miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the creative brilliance of one of Canada’s most exciting composers.

This performance is generously sponsored by Anne Stewart.