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 – VSO Resident Conductor Trevor Wilson with special guest Valerie Lin

1:15pm – 1:45pm
MEI Screaming Eagles Marching Band

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

3:00pm – 3:30pm
The Saint James Music Academy Marimba Ensemble

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

7:30pm – 9:30pm
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – VSO Resident Conductor Trevor Wilson with special guest Valerie Lin

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. Your full party must arrive together, as seats cannot be saved

Westcoast Energy Hall

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Saxophilia Saxophone Quartet – 30 years of Saxophilia

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Strings of the East: A Dialogue between Erhu and Zheng – Nicole Li and Jessica Huang

Important Note: To prepare for our next performance, all guests must exit the theatre at 4:30pm. If you are joining us for the 7:30pm VSO performance, please exit and rejoin the queue outside the Orpheum entrance.

VSO School of Music (843 Seymour St)

Pyatt Hall

9:15am – 11:00am
VSO School of Music Sinfonietta Open Rehearsal

11:00am – 12:00pm
VSO School of Music Camerata Ensemble Open Rehearsal

12:30pm – 1:00pm
Travel to China by Music – Azalea Chinese Music Ensemble

1:30pm – 2:00pm
Aureum Chamber Ensemble “In C”

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Kara-Kata Afrobeat Group

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Quartetto Vivo – 2 Pianos, 8 Hands Dancing 40 Fingers

Willms Salon

10:15am – 10:45am
Gergana Velinova – From Jazz to Broadway for Kids

11:15am – 11:45am
Opera Lirica – Butterflies: A Concert of Arias and Songs

12:15pm – 12:45pm
Collage of Us – Noeul Duo (Hwa Yeong Maria Jung) – Piano, voice

1:15pm – 1:45pm
Songs for Three: Voice, Violin, Piano Trio – Ava Shadmani, Kiandokht Nouri, Bahareh Poureslami

2:15pm – 2:45pm
Timeless Voices: Women Composers Across Time and Place – Jonathan Lo, Christine Ngai, Jae-won Bang – Piano Trio

3:15pm – 3:45pm
Laxphobia – Where the Light Wanders – Piano and Vibraphone

4:15pm – 4:45pm
Forest Benson – Solo piano

Activity Rooms

ROOM 411

10am – 12:30pm
Orchestral Instrumental Playzone – All ages, 3+

ROOM 412

10am – 1:00pm
VSO SoM Mini Music Makers Mini-classes – Perfect for families from 3 months – 5 years old

1:30pm – 2:30pm
VSO School of Music Meet the Ukulele – Suggested age: 5-8 years old

3:00pm – 4:00pm
Michael Dirk Organ Building Workshop – Suggested age 8-12 years old

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 – VSO Resident Conductor Trevor Wilson with special guest Valerie Lin

1:15pm – 1:45pmMEI Screaming Eagles Marching Band

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

3:00pm – 3:30pmThe Saint James Music Academy Marimba Ensemble

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

7:30pm – 9:30pmVancouver Symphony Orchestra – VSO Resident Conductor Trevor Wilson with special guest Valerie Lin

Westcoast Energy Hall

2:30pm – 3:00pmSaxophilia Saxophone Quartet – 30 years of Saxophilia

3:30pm – 4:00pmStrings of the East: A Dialogue between Erhu and Zheng – Nicole Li and Jessica Huang

Pyatt Hall

9:15am – 11:00amVSO School of Music Sinfonietta Open Rehearsal

11:00am – 12:00pmVSO School of Music Camerata Ensemble Open Rehearsal

12:30pm – 1:00pmTravel to China by Music – Azalea Chinese Music Ensemble

1:30pm – 2:00pmAureum Chamber Ensemble “In C”

2:30pm – 3:00pmKara-Kata Afrobeat Group

3:30pm – 4:00pmQuartetto Vivo – 2 Pianos, 8 Hands Dancing 40 Fingers

Willms Salon

10:15am – 10:45amGergana Velinova – From Jazz to Broadway for Kids

11:15am – 11:45amOpera Lirica – Butterflies: A Concert of Arias and Songs

12:15pm – 12:45pmCollage of Us – Noeul Duo (Hwa Yeong Maria Jung) – Piano, voice

1:15pm – 1:45pmSongs for Three: Voice, Violin, Piano Trio – Ava Shadmani, Kiandokht Nouri, Bahareh Poureslami

2:15pm – 2:45pmTimeless Voices: Women Composers Across Time and Place – Jonathan Lo, Christine Ngai, Jae-won Bang – Piano Trio

3:15pm – 3:45pmLaxphobia – Where the Light Wanders – Piano and Vibraphone

4:15pm – 4:45pmForest Benson – Solo piano

Activity Rooms

ROOM 411

10am – 12:30pm Orchestral Instrumental Playzone – All ages, 3+

ROOM 412

10am – 1:00pmVSO SoM Mini Music Makers Mini-classes – Perfect for families from 3 months – 5 years old

1:30pm – 2:30pmVSO School of Music Meet the Ukulele – Suggested age: 5-8 years old

3:00pm – 4:00pmMichael Dirk Organ Building Workshop – Suggested age 8-12 years old

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Visit the Online Workshops page for more information.

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

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

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

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

VSO Free Community Concert

Online Workshops

10am – 12:30pm
VSO Open Rehearsal – VSO Resident Conductor Trevor Wilson with special guest Valerie Lin

1:15pm – 1:45pm
MEI Screaming Eagles Marching Band

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

3:00pm – 3:30pm
The Saint James Music Academy Marimba Ensemble

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

7:30pm – 9:30pm
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – VSO Resident Conductor Trevor Wilson with special guest Valerie Lin

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Saxophilia Saxophone Quartet – 30 years of Saxophilia

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Strings of the East: A Dialogue between Erhu and Zheng – Nicole Li and Jessica Huang

9:15am – 11:00am
VSO School of Music Sinfonietta Open Rehearsal

11:00am – 12:00pm
VSO School of Music Camerata Ensemble Open Rehearsal

12:30pm – 1:00pm
Travel to China by Music – Azalea Chinese Music Ensemble

1:30pm – 2:00pm
Aureum Chamber Ensemble “In C”

2:30pm – 3:00pm
Kara-Kata Afrobeat Group

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Quartetto Vivo – 2 Pianos, 8 Hands Dancing 40 Fingers

10:15am – 10:45am
Gergana Velinova – From Jazz to Broadway for Kids

11:15am – 11:45am
Opera Lirica – Butterflies: A Concert of Arias and Songs

12:15pm – 12:45pm
Collage of Us – Noeul Duo (Hwa Yeong Maria Jung) – Piano, voice

1:15pm – 1:45pm
Songs for Three: Voice, Violin, Piano Trio – Ava Shadmani, Kiandokht Nouri, Bahareh Poureslami

2:15pm – 2:45pm
Timeless Voices: Women Composers Across Time and Place – Jonathan Lo, Christine Ngai, Jae-won Bang – Piano Trio

3:15pm – 3:45pm
Laxphobia – Where the Light Wanders – Piano and Vibraphone

4:15pm – 4:45pm
Forest Benson – Solo piano

10am – 12:30pm
Orchestral Instrumental Playzone – All ages, 3+

10am – 1:00pm
VSO SoM Mini Music Makers Mini-classes – Perfect for families from 3 months – 5 years old

1:30pm – 2:30pm
VSO School of Music Meet the Ukulele – Suggested age: 5-8 years old

3:00pm – 4:00pm
Michael Dirk Organ Building Workshop – Suggested age 8-12 years old

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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