Day of Music

Thank you all for joining us on the 5th Annual Day of Music!

Additional Messages of Support from Government Officials

MLA Anne Kang
Councillor Peter Meiszner
Minister Lana Popham
MLA Henry Yao
Councillor Lenny Zhou

Enjoy 12 hours of FREE music at the stages below

Orpheum (601 Smithe St)

Orpheum Stage

10am – 12:30pm
VSO Open Rehearsal – Conductor Otto Tausk with special guests Jimmy Lee

2:00pm – 2:30pm
Michael Dirk & Koos van Nieuwkoop – Saturday Morning Cartoons (Felix the Cat & Mickey Mouse) with the Historic Mighty Wurlitzer

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Langley Fine Arts School Orchestra – Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, and Saint-Saens

4:00pm – 4:30pm
VSO School of Music Big Band

5:00pm – 5:30pm
The Band of the 15th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery – Commanding Presence

8pm – 9:30pm
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – Conductor Otto Tausk with special guests Jimmy Lee

The Orpheum seats over 2,600 people and no ticket is required to attend. We recommend arriving early as admission will be granted on a first come, first served basis.

Westcoast Energy Hall

11:45am – 12:15pm
Saxophilia Saxophone Quartet – Windows on Music

12:45pm – 1:15pm
Alderwood Ensemble – ‘ A Menu of String Music ‘ From Umami to Sweet (VSO Musicians)

1:45pm – 2:15pm
Garmon Journey by Asal Ahadi – Traditional Azerbaijani Folk Music

3:15pm – 3:45pm
Amir Eslami – Echoes of Serenity: A Meditative Journey with Ney & Handpan

4:00pm – 4:30pm
The VSO Clarinet Trio – Folk Music for Clarinet (VSO Musicians)

4:45pm – 5:15pm
Vostok – A Journey East – Eastern European A Cappella Music

5:30pm – 6:00pm
Teapot in the Tuba – Theatre of the MOON – Accordion and Clarinet Duo

6:15pm – 6:45pm
Blackthorn Blossoms Celtic Roots – Branching Out

Important Note: To prepare for our next performance, all guests must exit the Orpheum building at 6:45pm. If you’re joining us for the 8pm VSO performance, please exit and join the queue outside the Orpheum entrance.

VSO School of Music (843 Seymour St)

Pyatt Hall

9:15am – 11:15am
VSO School of Music Sinfonietta Open Rehearsal

12:15pm – 12:45pm
Sarod in the Afternoon with Hriday Buddhdev – Ragas on Sarod and Tabla with Hriday Buddhev and Gurdit Singh

1:15pm – 1:45pm
Ava Shadmani, Mehrdad Gholami, and Kiandokht Nouri – Iranian Folk Inspired Compositions for Piano, Flute and Violin

2:15pm – 2:45pm
Quartetto Vivo – 2 Pianos 8 Hands Dancing 40 Fingers

3:15pm – 3:45pm
Triology Jazz Trio – Jodi Proznik, Miles Black and Bill Coon

4:15pm – 4:45pm
Daniel Hersog Jazz Quartet – Spaces & Echoes

5:15pm – 5:45pm
Itamar Erez Trio – Jazz, Flamenco, Middle-Eastern inspired music

6:15pm – 6:45pm
Vocal Ensemble Ne Zhdali – Lost in Translation

7:15pm – 8:00pm
Singers of the VSO School of Music – We Love Rodgers and Hammerstein

8:30pm – 9:15pm
Mohamed Assani Trio – South Asian Music

Willms Salon

10:30am – 11am
Guardia Nueva – Noche de Tango – Tango music with Vibraphone, piano, violin and double bas quartet

11:30am – 12:00pm
Coast to Coast Piano Duet – Images and Dances

12:30pm – 1:00pm
Tom Lee Music Steinway Young Artist Club Celebration Concert – Solo Piano

1:30pm – 2:00pm
The Daycrawlers – VSO School of Music Jazz Combo

2:30pm – 3pm
Undecided Platypus – VSO School of Music Advanced Jazz Combo

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Roan Shankaruk – Songs from the Great American Songbook – Vocals & Ukulele

4:30pm – 5:00pm
Jae-wong Bang & Sunny She: Tale of Two Violins (VSO Musicians)

5:30pm – 6:00pm
Kaleidoscope Guitar/Violin Duo (Peter Zaenker and Larisa Lebeda) – Classical and Latin Favourites

6:30pm – 7:00pm
Lax Phobia Duo – Unique Studio Ghibli Arrangements, Jazz and Improv

7:30pm – 8:00pm
Opera Lirica – Passione: A Concert of Opera Arias and Duets

8:30pm – 9:00pm
Suzir’ya String Quartet – Love From Ukraine – Classical and Latin Favourites

Workshop Rooms

ROOM 411

10am – 1:00pm
VSO SoM Mini Music Makers Mini-classes

1:30pm – 2:30pm
Learning Jazz for Adults – Miles Black

3:00pm – 4:30pm
Royal Canadian College of Organists OrgelKidsCAN: Build and Play a Mini Pipe Organ

5:00pm – 5:30pm
Echoes across borders – Echoes of love and renewal – Piano and Soprano

ROOM 412

10am – 12:00pm
Instruments Exploration Play Zone

12:30pm – 2:30pm
Silk Road Music – Introductions to Chinese Pipa

3:00pm – 4:30pm
Introduction to Indian Music with Mohamed Assani

5:00pm – 5:30pm
Eclipse Duo – Springtime Serenade – Piano and Violin

ROOMS 331, 332, 333

11:00am – 4:00pm
Digital Learning Lab – Drop in and take a class from VSO Digital VSOLearnmusic.ca. Learn the Guzheng, Sitar or Pop Piano, and more!

Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard St)

10:30am – 11:00am
St. Thomas More Collegiate Jazz “A”

11:30am – 12:00pm
Kitsilano Secondary School – Fiat Lux: Let there be light (Concert & Jazz Band)

12:30pm – 1:00pm
Pacific Chamber Ensemble – Chamber Music Gems

1:30pm – 2:00pm
Azalea Chinese Music Ensemble – Saluting Chinese Musical Masterpieces

2:30pm – 3:00pm
EnChor Choir in Concert

Bill Curtis Square (Outdoor Stage 1198 Mainland St)

12:30pm – 1:15pm
The Lennox Wong-Chor And Seraphina Crema Black Quintet

2:00pm – 2:45pm
Will Clements Double Guitar Quartet, Jazz

3:30pm – 4:15pm
GO Taiko – Power of the Drums

5:00pm – 5:45pm
Royal Academy of Punjab – Dance workshop

6:30pm – 7:15pm
MNGWA – Cosmic Cumbia Connection (Latin Alternative)

Helmcken Plaza (Outdoor Stage 338 Helmcken St)

1:15pm – 2:00pm
Saxophilia Saxophone Quartet – Flowers and Songs

2:45pm – 3:30pm
al Mozaico flamenco dance academy – Flamenco Dim Sum: con arte y amor

4:15pm – 5:00pm
Yosakoi: Japanese traditional dance performance by APPARE Yosakoi Vancouver

5:45pm – 6:30pm
Cooking with Brass Street Party

TELUS Garden (510 West Georgia St)

12pm – 12:30pm
Patricia Faith Trio with Miles Black and Bob York, doing Classical Jazz

12:45pm – 1:15pm
The Melodious Trio – Classical Serenade: A Journey Through Time

1:30pm – 2pm
Jack Campbell & Hank Bull – Violin & Piano for the 21st Century

2:15pm – 2:45pm
Opera Lirica Society – Love and Longing

3pm – 3:30pm
Music Friends – By the Stars’ Gentle Radiance

3:45pm – 4:00pm
Elaheh Naghavi – Iranian Nights

Deloitte (410 West Georgia St)

12pm – 12:30pm
Hot Moose Trio (Piano Trio), Yo Yo Duo (Cello Duo)

12:45pm – 1:15pm
Jocelyn Lai – Images Astrale (Solo Piano)

1:30pm – 2pm
Michelle Jia Yun Xu – The Kaleidoscopic ‘Images’ of Debussy

2:15pm – 2:45pm
Brian Sun – Piano (Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff)

3pm – 3:30pm
Rachel Wei – The Development of the Sonata (Solo Piano)

3:45pm – 4:15pm
Estelle Copéry – Chopin, Debussy and Rachmaninov (Solo Piano)

YVR (at the Jade Canoe)

12:00pm – 12:30pm
Kathleen Isaza – Opera In Flight: An Afternoon of Music at YVR

12:45pm – 1:15pm
Pablo Romero (Vocals & Piano)

1:30pm – 2:00pm
Kathleen Isaza – Opera In Flight: An Afternoon of Music at YVR

2:15pm – 2:45pm
Pablo Romero (Vocals & Piano)

3:00pm – 3:30pm
Kathleen Isaza – Opera In Flight: An Afternoon of Music at YVR

3:45pm – 4:15pm
Pablo Romero (Vocals & Piano)

Online Workshops

Visit the Online Workshops page for more information.

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Marcus Goddard – Inspiring Creativity in Composition – using digital tools to explore new possibilities

2:00pm – 3:00pm
Amir Eslami – Persian Traditional Music – Introducing the music scales and the traditional repertoire

3:00pm – 4:00pm
Mohamed Assani – A World of Rhythm: Exploring Complex Time Cycles with Mohamed Assani

4:00pm – 5:00pm
Ruby Singh – A More-than-human collaboration

VSO Free Community Concert

Join us for an unforgettable evening of music as the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concludes the Day of Music with a free concert. Conducted by VSO Music Director, Otto Tausk, the Sinfonietta joins our musicians on stage for selections of Dvořák’s majestic Symphony No. 9 (‘New World’). As well, the Future of Excellence winner, violinist Yaming Zhu accompanies Maestro Tausk for Fantasy of Bizet’s “Carmen”.

View concert repertoire and artist bios on VSO Concert Page

Online Workshops

This year’s Day of Music online programming will shine a spotlight on musical learning. Province-wide, the musically curious can come together on June 1, 2024 to learn from BC’s rich diversity of teaching artists.

For more information and lecture times, check out Online Workshops.

Click here to join the Zoom Workshop

Thank you all for joining us on the 5th Annual Day of Music!

Additional Messages of Support from Government Officials

Enjoy 12 hours of FREE music at the stages below

Orpheum Stage

10am – 12:30pmVSO Open Rehearsal – Conductor Otto Tausk with special guests Jimmy Lee

2:00pm – 2:30pmMichael Dirk & Koos van Nieuwkoop – Saturday Morning Cartoons (Felix the Cat & Mickey Mouse) with the Historic Mighty Wurlitzer

3:00pm – 3:30pmLangley Fine Arts School Orchestra – Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, and Saint-Saens

4:00pm – 4:30pmVSO School of Music Big Band

5:00pm – 5:30pmThe Band of the 15th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery – Commanding Presence

8pm – 9:30pmVancouver Symphony Orchestra – Conductor Otto Tausk with special guests Jimmy Lee

Westcoast Energy Hall

11:45am – 12:15pmSaxophilia Saxophone Quartet – Windows on Music

12:45pm – 1:15pmAlderwood Ensemble – ‘ A Menu of String Music ‘ From Umami to Sweet (VSO Musicians)

1:45pm – 2:15pmGarmon Journey by Asal Ahadi – Traditional Azerbaijani Folk Music

3:15pm – 3:45pmAmir Eslami – Echoes of Serenity: A Meditative Journey with Ney & Handpan

4:00pm – 4:30pmThe VSO Clarinet Trio – Folk Music for Clarinet (VSO Musicians)

4:45pm – 5:15pmVostok – A Journey East – Eastern European A Cappella Music

5:30pm – 6:00pmTeapot in the Tuba – Theatre of the MOON – Accordion and Clarinet Duo

6:15pm – 6:45pmBlackthorn Blossoms Celtic Roots – Branching Out

Important Note: To prepare for our next performance, all guests must exit the Orpheum building at 6:45pm. If you’re joining us for the 8pm VSO performance, please exit and join the queue outside the Orpheum entrance.

Pyatt Hall

9:15am – 11:15amVSO School of Music Sinfonietta Open Rehearsal

12:15pm – 12:45pmSarod in the Afternoon with Hriday Buddhdev – Ragas on Sarod and Tabla with Hriday Buddhev and Gurdit Singh

1:15pm – 1:45pmAva Shadmani, Mehrdad Gholami, and Kiandokht Nouri – Iranian Folk Inspired Compositions for Piano, Flute and Violin

2:15pm – 2:45pmQuartetto Vivo – 2 Pianos 8 Hands Dancing 40 Fingers

3:15pm – 3:45pmTriology Jazz Trio – Jodi Proznik, Miles Black and Bill Coon

4:15pm – 4:45pmDaniel Hersog Jazz Quartet – Spaces & Echoes

5:15pm – 5:45pmItamar Erez Trio – Jazz, Flamenco, Middle-Eastern inspired music

6:15pm – 6:45pmVocal Ensemble Ne Zhdali – Lost in Translation

7:15pm – 8:00pmSingers of the VSO School of Music – We Love Rodgers and Hammerstein

8:30pm – 9:15pmMohamed Assani Trio – South Asian Music

Willms Salon

10:30am – 11amGuardia Nueva – Noche de Tango – Tango music with Vibraphone, piano, violin and double bas quartet

11:30am – 12:00pmCoast to Coast Piano Duet – Images and Dances

12:30pm – 1:00pmTom Lee Music Steinway Young Artist Club Celebration Concert – Solo Piano

1:30pm – 2:00pmThe Daycrawlers – VSO School of Music Jazz Combo

2:30pm – 3pmUndecided Platypus – VSO School of Music Advanced Jazz Combo

3:30pm – 4:00pmRoan Shankaruk – Songs from the Great American Songbook – Vocals & Ukulele

4:30pm – 5:00pmJae-wong Bang & Sunny She: Tale of Two Violins (VSO Musicians)

5:30pm – 6:00pmKaleidoscope Guitar/Violin Duo (Peter Zaenker and Larisa Lebeda) – Classical and Latin Favourites

6:30pm – 7:00pmLax Phobia Duo – Unique Studio Ghibli Arrangements, Jazz and Improv

7:30pm – 8:00pmOpera Lirica – Passione: A Concert of Opera Arias and Duets

8:30pm – 9:00pmSuzir’ya String Quartet – Love From Ukraine – Classical and Latin Favourites