From November 2-8, 2017, Canada welcomes the world as Vancouver hosts the ISCM World New Music Days 2017. Music with a wild side. Get ready to hear the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s musicians in a whole new way
Date/Time: Nov 3 2017, 12:00 am to 2:00 pm
Vancouver, Orpheum Annex | Event calendarCost: $29.00
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Mixing contemporary and indie classical, this popular collective of musicians from Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra pushes classical music right out of its comfort zone. This concert features spectacular players from across Canada playing fantastic music from across the world.
Concert Programme:
Sanae Ishida (France/Japan)
Cinq doigts
Maria Christina Krithara (Greece)
Invention à deux voix?
Vivian Fung (Canada)
Humanoid
Lachlan Skipworth (Australia)
Clarinet Quintet: The Eternal
Performers:
WolfGANG
Joanna G’froerer, flute
Kimball Sykes, clarinet
Lawrence Vine, horn
Karen Donnelly, trumpet
Yosuke Kawasaki, violin
Noémi Racine Gaudreault, violin
Jethro Marks, viola
Rachel Mercer, cello
Julia MacLaine, cello
Since its founding in 1922, the International Society for Contemporary Music has been the world’s premier network for new music. Each year, its festival is hosted in a different city around the globe.
In 2017, the Canadian League of Composers and Music on Main welcome nearly 50 countries for a festival of new music and a celebration of new ideas, new collaborations, and new fusions.
Presented with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the Deux Mille Foundation, the Hamber Foundation, the SOCAN Foundation, and donors like you.
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