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Newswire | Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Announces 2026-27 Season

By Newswire on 4 March 2026 Chamber Music, Newswire, Orchestral, Vancouver, West

[Vancouver, B.C.] — The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is thrilled to announce its 2026/27 season of concerts. Audiences can look forward to hearing some of the world’s greatest soloists join Music Director Otto Tausk and Vancouver’s very own Grammy- and Juno Award-winning symphony orchestra. “In spring 2026, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra travels to Europe, proudly representing our city on the international stage while carrying the spirit of our audiences with us,” says VSO Music Director Otto Tausk. “Experiences like this remind me that music connects people across borders just as powerfully as it does within a concert hall. The musicians of…

RWB Company in T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods (2024). Photo: Daniel Crump

Review | RWB Tours T’əl, an Indigenous Story by Indigenous Creators

By Kaija Pepper on 12 February 2026 Concert Reviews, Dance, Indigenous, Scena Arts, Vancouver, West

Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) has commissioned three Indigenous story ballets over the decades, each one making, for its time, a newsworthy impact. 1971’s The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, choreographed by Norbert Vesak, was a hard-hitting depiction of racism, while 2014’s Going Home Star—Truth and Reconciliation, by Mark Godden, put the residential school scandal onstage. Then came 2024’s traditional Indigenous tale, T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods, and, this time, an Indigenous choreographer: Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe, a member of the Tla’amin Nation of British Columbia’s northern Sunshine Coast. RWB recently presented T’əl (pronounced “tall”) on a seven-stop tour of BC—which I…

Andrii Maslov in Paradisum. Photo: Balint Hirling

Review | A Poetic Night at the Circus: Recirquel’s Paradisum

By Kaija Pepper on 27 January 2026 Circus, Concert Reviews, Contemporary, Dance, Vancouver, West

Paradisum is an unusual theatrical experience—a dark and brooding new circus show grounded in contemporary dance, with enough high-flying acts of derring-do to arouse the audience to frequent applause. That at least was the case in Vancouver when Hungary’s Recirquel premiered Bence Vági’s Paradisum in North America as part of the DanceHouse season, presented in partnership with the Cultch. Key to this brooding and also beautiful work is the mysteriously threatening setting—mountains and towers rise imposingly, then collapse and reform, or melt into thin air and reappear in new configurations. Once I became aware of the simplicity of the stagecraft,…

Photo: Ashley Gattey

Review | A Cozy and Unconventional Christmas with Chor Leoni

By Kaitlyn Chan on 22 December 2025 Choral, Concert Reviews, Contemporary, Vancouver, Vocal, West

Dec. 18 marked the opening night of Chor Leoni’s annual Christmas concert. Lit with bright red, blue and magenta hues, the inside of St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church continues to be a magical venue. After attending last year, I was drawn to return, hoping to surround myself with holiday joy. The lights dimmed so that only blue lighting remained as the members of the choir emerged carrying lit candles. The opening song, “Wonder Nouvelet” was the first of five world premieres promised for the night. Chor Leoni’s guest instrumentalists quickly established themselves as the bright shining stars of the event. Almost…

Pacific Baroque Orchestra & Vancouver Chamber Choir. Photo: Elicea Andrews

Review | Early Music Vancouver’s Messiah: A Satisfying First Encounter

By Kaitlyn Chan on 16 December 2025 Baroque and Early, Choral, Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Vancouver, Vocal, West

At this time of the year, it’s expected that at least one choir and orchestra will perform Handel’s Messiah in most Canadian cities. The oratorio composed in 1741 has become so synonymous with the season that, for some, it is a yearly tradition to attend a performance. On Dec. 13, I sat among many such enthusiasts to witness my first live Messiah, presented by Early Music Vancouver. The crowd was buzzing with excitement as we took our seats. A French double-manual harpsichord stood centre stage surrounded by a semicircle of chairs for the players. After a brief introduction, land acknowledgement…

Tanya Tagaq. Photo: Rebecca Wood

Newswire | The World Premiere of Tanya Tagaq’s Split Tooth: Saputjiji

By Newswire on 27 November 2025 Indigenous, Newswire, Vancouver, Vocal, West

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, and Music on Main present the world premiere of Split Tooth: Saputjiji—a visionary new performance work from Polaris Prize and JUNO Award–winning artist Tanya Tagaq—February 7, 2026, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. This genre-defying piece extends the elemental, poetic, and fiercely imaginative universe of Tagaq’s bestselling, award-winning book Split Tooth and draws on her new album Saputjiji. Based in part on her own personal journals, Split Tooth (Penguin Random House) tells the story of a young Inuk woman growing up in the Canadian Arctic in the 1970s. The book has been described as a…

Jaclyn Grossman. Photo: Jessica Osber; Miriam Khalil. Photo: Shayne Gray Photography

Preview | Jaclyn Grossman and Miriam Khalil Present Salam-Shalom: Echoes of Home

By Kaitlyn Chan on 21 November 2025 Contemporary, Interviews, Vancouver, Vocal, West

In Vancouver on Nov. 29, sopranos Jaclyn Grossman and Miriam Khalil will present Salam-Shalom: Echoes of Home. This program of Arabic and Jewish music explores how these two distinct cultures are intertwined through shared histories, human experiences, and sounds. They will be accompanied by pianist Gordon Gerrard, artistic director of City Opera Vancouver. Both performers emphasize their eagerness to embrace this learning opportunity. “Right out of the gate, we both [agreed] let’s not do ‘I’m doing my thing, and you’re doing your thing,’” says Grossman. “Let’s share in each other’s music and cultures in this concert.” A Jewish singer and…

Newswire | PuSh Festival Returns this Winter with 25 Performances and Events

By Newswire on 20 November 2025 Contemporary, Dance, Film, Indigenous, Newswire, Scena Arts, Theatre, Vancouver, West

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is excited to announce the programming for the 2026 Festival, which returns to Vancouver from January 22 to February 8, 2026. For two and a half weeks, PuSh Festival invites audiences to discover innovative contemporary works of live performances by local, national and international artists. PuSh has been the city’s midwinter anchor for more than two decades—a place where live arts are celebrated, where risk is rewarded, and where audiences engage with bold, audacious performances. The 2026 PuSh Festival will continue to defy the bounds of discipline, bringing together 25 presentations of theatre, dance, music, installation, film,…

Winter Festival Guide

By La Scena Musicale Team on 10 November 2025 Guides, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, West

New Brunswick Fredericton Frostival Festival Fredericton, January 22 to February 8 www.fb.com/FrederictonFrostival/ Montréal Lumino Montréal, November 27 to March 8 www.luminomtl.com Igloofest Montréal, January 15 to February 7 www.igloofest.ca Festival Pleins Écrans Montréal, January 21 to 31 www.pleinsecrans.com Festival Montréal en lumière Montréal, February 27 to March 7 www.montrealenlumiere.com Montreal International Children’s Film Festival Montreal, February 28 to March 8 www.fifem.com Festival de films féministes de Montréal Montréal, March 4 to 15 www.festivalfilministes.com Festival international de Casteliers Montréal, March 4 to 8 514-270-2717 | www.festival.casteliers.ca International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) Montréal et ville de Québec, March 12 to…

Choral Calendar (Oct. 2025)

By Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais on 24 October 2025 Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver

Montreal Towards Peace Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. at Église du Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus Voces Boreales kicks off its 20th season with a soothing concert in which beauty and humanity lay at the heart of a meditation on the universal desire for peace. Conducted by Andrew Gray, the choir will perform works by Taverner, Schönberg, and Dove, among others. They will be accompanied by organist Henry Webb. www.vocesboreales.org Au chœur du Québec Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m. at Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel The Temps Fort choir, under the musical and artistic direction of its conductor Pascal Germain-Berardi, presents Au chœur du Québec, a concert dedicated to…

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