Vancouver New Music Announces 2018 Festival Line-Up

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Vancouver New Music Festival 2018
QUARTETTI – A FESTIVAL OF STRING QUARTETS
October 18 – 20, 2018

Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor)

ARTISTS
Black Dog String Quartet (Vancouver)
Quatuor Bozzini (Montreal)
JACK Quartet (US)
Quartetto Maurice (Italy)
Mivos Quartet (US)
Quartetto Noûs (Italy)
Penderecki String Quartet (Kitchener-Waterloo)

TICKET INFO

Three-Night Festival Passes: Early-bird price – $72; Regular price – $80
Three-Night Festival Passes go on sale Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 9AM.
A limited number of Early-Bird Passes will be available until June 30, 2018.
http://quartetti2018.brownpapertickets.com

Vancouver, BC – Seven world-class string quartets will perform at Vancouver New Music’s 2018 Festival. Quartetti features a line-up of versatile contemporary string quartets from Canada, the US and Europe. Of special note, Vancouver’s Black Dog String Quartet will take the stage all three nights, performing works by Navajo/US composer Raven Chacon, and participants from Chacon’s Native American Composer Apprentice Project. Chacon will bring his unique workshop to Vancouver in advance of the festival, working with local Indigenous youths to create pieces for string quartet that will be premiered at the festival.

Three-night Festival Passes go on sale starting Saturday, April 21 at 9AM, with a limited number of Early-Bird Passes available until June 30.

Full program details will be announced in summer 2018.

http://newmusic.org
ABOUT VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC 

Vancouver New Music engages communities in the exploration, creation, and experience of progressive and outstanding new music. VNM regularly commissions and premieres new works by Canadian composers, presents leading and emerging electroacoustic and electronic music artists, international composers and performers, sound installations and music theatre. VNM presents an annual festival that focuses each year on a theme within the new music landscape, and explores the interaction of contemporary music with other disciplines such as theatre, installation and media arts. Other activities include lectures and workshops with visiting artists, ensemble workshops and presentations open to the community, and other sound art and new music related community events.
newmusic.org

MEDIA CONTACT
Heather McDermid, [email protected] |  Tel: 604.633.0861 Cell: 778.885.9443

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