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Music of the Whole World: Weaving the Tapestry of Many Traditions
March 28, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Vancouver Public Library Main Branch
FREE Lecture/Performance
Imagined Worlds: INTERTWINED
Saturday March 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm
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Welcome to the VICO
The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra is a professional concert orchestra devoted specifically to performing new intercultural music on a grand scale. Founded in 2001, it was one of the first such ensembles in the world, and is currently the only one of its kind in Canada. The VICO’s core roster consists of 24 musicians, some of whom are trained in the Western (European) classical tradition, while others are performers in the musical traditions of cultures from all over the world (Asian, African, East Indian and Middle Eastern, among others). The VICO’s composers and musicians are on the cutting edge, writing and performing the Canadian music of the future. VICO’s mission is to be a fresh and relevant voice in the contemporary music of our country...a creative force for innovation, diversity and understanding.
"...Music that sounds like Vancouver looks." -- Alexander Varty, The Georgia Straight
VICO and Laudate Singers Perform World Premieres by Bons, Chatman & Cooke
Imagined Worlds: Intertwined
With special guests Laudate Singers
Norman Rothstein Theatre (950 West 41st Ave., Vancouver)
Tickets ($28/$18) available here
The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra brings its 10th anniversary season to a triumphant close with a concert featuring the 25-member ensemble and chamber choir Laudate Singers, premiering major new works commissioned by the VICO from Dutch composer Joël Bons and renowned Canadian composer Dr. Stephen Chatman. The programme will also include a new Canada Council commission by Coat Cooke for intercultural orchestra, and Moshe Denburg’s El Ginat Egoz for choir, erhu, zheng and marimba.
Read more: VICO and Laudate Singers Perform World Premieres by Bons, Chatman & Cooke
Orchestral Evolution: VICO Celebrates10th Anniversary with Gala Concert
With special guests Laudate Singers
Saturday November 12, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Norman Rothstein Theatre
(950 West 41st Ave., Vancouver)
Tickets ($28/$18) here or via 778-881-5499
Also: Tickets are available in person at the Rothstein and Jewish Community Centre
(950 W. 41st, Vancouver)
or by calling 604-257-5111.
One of the city’s most innovative world music ensembles celebrates a successful first decade on November 12, by doing what it does best: creating and presenting new music by Canadian composers – music that builds bridges between ancient and modern sounds and styles, performed by some of Vancouver’s finest musicians on instruments from all over the world. It’s the grand scale of its artistic vision that has always set the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra apart, so it’s fitting that its 10th anniversary concert will feature the full 24-member ensemble with North Shore-based chamber choir Laudate Singers and Iranian-born tenor soloist Amir Haghighi: 50 musicians in total, who will perform the world premieres of major new pieces by Vancouver composers Jin Zhang, Edward Henderson and Rita Ueda as well as works by Elliot Weisgarber, Mark Armanini and Moshe Denburg.
Read more: Orchestral Evolution: VICO Celebrates10th Anniversary with Gala Concert