2022 Modulus Festival

A note about mask wearing.
With COVID and the flu and cold season approaching, Music on Main encourages audiences to wear masks at indoor concerts.
With the proximity of the audience to the artists, masks are mandatory at Double Happiness: Detour This Way.

NOVEMBER 3-12, 2022
NOVEMBER 3-6 & 9-12, 2022 | 8:00 PM
NOVEMBER 5, 6, & 12, 2022 | 2:00 PM
various times | Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)
A multimedia performance of live music, sound design, and video vignettes retell stories of migration from the Chinese diaspora.
featuring: Nancy Tam, Robyn Jacob, Emily M Cheung, Kristin Fung, Molly MacKinnon, Kevin Romain, Emma Postl, and Jeff Gammon
SOLD OUT!

8:00 PM | Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

8:30 PM | IronFest III Night One
THE IRONWORKS, 235 Alexander Street
Three nights of daring sonic exploration with players from around the world and right around the corner.
featuring: Josh Zubot & Strings and SICK BOSS
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7:30 PM | François Houle’s “The Secret Lives of Colour”
ANNEX, 823 Seymour Street
A superstar line up of musicians perform François Houle’s new music based on Kassia St Clair’s best-selling book “The Secret Lives of Colour.”
featuring: Joëlle Léandre, double bass; Alexander Hawkins, piano; Kate Gentile, drums; Hamin Honari, percussion; Gordon Grdina, oud and acoustic guitar; and François Houle, basset clarinet
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8:00 PM | Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

9:30 PM | IronFest III Night Two
THE IRONWORKS, 235 Alexander Street
featuring: Feven Kidane (trumpet) and Tony Wilson (guitar)
Eylem Basaldi (violin), Gordon Grdina (guitar), and Torsten Müller (bass)
François Houle (clarinet), Alex Hawkins (grand piano), and Kate Gentile (drums)
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2:00 PM | Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

7:30 PM | Ayelet Rose Gottlieb’s “13 Lunar Meditations: Summoning the Witches”
THE ROUNDHOUSE, 181 Roundhouse Mews
Intoxicating musical poetry and a powerful ensemble explore our relationship with the moon and the effect it has on us.
featuring: Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, vocals; Jay Clayton, vocals; DB Boyko conducting the Choeur Luna (Viviana Caro, Laura Crema, Soressa Gardner, Carol Sawyer and Andrea Superstein); Eylem Basaldi, Turkish violin; Aram Bajakian, guitar; Stéphane Diamantakiou, upright bass; and Ivan Bamford, drums
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8:00 PM | Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

9:30 PM | IronFest III Night Three
THE IRONWORKS, 235 Alexander Street
featuring: Jay Clayton (voice), Róisín Adams (grand piano), and Jen Yakamovich (drums)
John Paton (sax), Stéphane Diamantakiou (bass), and Ivan Bamford (drums)
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb (voice), Elisa Thorn (harp), Aram Bajakian (oud), Peggy Lee (cello), and Hamin Honari (percussion)
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2:00 PM | SOLD OUT! Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

3:00 PM | Free Family Concert with the B.C. Chinese Music Ensemble
THE ROUNDHOUSE, 181 Roundhouse Mews
featuring The BC Chinese Music Ensemble: Bruce Bai, vocals; Dailin Hsieh, zheng; Geling Jiang, liuqin/ruan/sanxian; Yun Song, erhu; Lan Tung, erhu; Zhongxi Wu, suona/sheng
No ticket required!
Please note: This concert was erroneously listed as 7:30pm in the brochure. It is at 3:00pm.

7:30 PM | Dory Hayley sings Morton Feldman’s “Three Voices”
ANNEX, 823 Seymour Street
A legendary minimalist masterpiece. A rare, live performance of lingering beauty piece.
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8:00 PM | Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

7:30 PM | Standing Wave Ensemble’s “In Dreams”
Celebrated Vancouver sextet Standing Wave plays astonishing and far-reaching music.
ANNEX, 823 Seymour Street
featuring: Christie Reside, flute; AK Coope, clarinet; Rebecca Whitling, violin; Cristian Márkos, cello; Allen Stiles, piano; and Vern Griffiths, percussion
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7:30 PM | No Hay Banda plays Steven Kazuo Takasugi’s “Sideshow”
THE ROUNDHOUSE, 181 Roundhouse Mews
Enter Steven Kazuo Takasugi’s imaginative world of spectacular chaos when Montreal’s No Hay Banda performs this absurdist, mesmerizing, and thrilling work of theatrical music. 
featuring: Jeff Stonehouse, flute; Lori Freedman, clarinet; Yves Charuest, alto saxophone; Geneviève Liboiron, violin; Jean René, viola; Émilie Girard-Charest, cello; Daniel Áñez, piano; Noam Bierstone, solo vocalizing percussionist; Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière, electronics; and Steven Kazuo Takasugi, composer/staging
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8:00 PM | SOLD OUT! Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

8:00 PM | SOLD OUT! Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

8:00 PM | SOLD OUT! Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

2:00 PM | SOLD OUT! Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

8:00 PM | SOLD OUT! Nancy Tam & Robyn Jacob’s “Double Happiness: Detour This Way”
LEFT OF MAIN, 211 Keefer Street (2nd Floor)

Questions? Contact us at [email protected]

A note about mask wearing.
With COVID and the flu and cold season approaching, Music on Main encourages audiences to wear masks at indoor concerts.