Octophonic: Sound Immersion
Tickets for the 8PM concert are SOLD OUT. Due to high demand, we are having an encore performance of Yu Su’s 8 Channel piece. The…
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Bright Moments Series
Coastal Jazz and Blues with Western Front New Music spotlight the newest shakers and movers in the Jazz world with the Bright Moments Series. __…
Living Improvisation: Workshop with Lee Pui Ming
$10 / FREE Western Front members Advance registration required. To register contact: newmusicadmin@front.bc.ca Musician-in-Residence with the Sound of Dragon Festival, pianist and composer Lee Pui Ming…
Western Front 30th Anniversary Bash
Advance tickets $10/8/5 Door: $12/10/7 604-876-9343 Western Front 303 East 8th Avenue Look, Ma, no taste! but finger lickin’ good. You never thought we’d do…
Vancouver Community Gamelan in Concert with Sutrisno Hartana and Anis Wiji Astuti
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. IX, no. 2, p. 8, November/December 1997: Fresh from their Toronto appearance at the Gamelan Summit – A Canadian…
New Orchestra Workshop Society: Improvised Music Workshops
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. IX, no. 2, p. 6, November/December 1997: Beginning in October, Vancouver’s foremost improvising musicians under New Orchestra Workshop’s…
New Music Series 1997/98 Concert 1 – Standing Wave
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. IX, no. 1, p. 9, September/October 1997: One of the most dynamic voices in Vancouver’s new music scene,…
Guitarévolution: The Future of the Electric Guitar
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. IX, no. 1, pp. 10-11, September/October 1997: Guitarévolution is a 12 day festival of new music for electric…
1997 du Maurier International Jazz Festival
– Gregorio Guillermo, Mat Maneri and Pandelis Karayorgis 06/20/97 Argentinian-born Gregorio Guillermo saxophone/clarinet constructs his music with a spaciousness and precision that reflects his training as an architect.…
Sonic Boom: The Ninth Annual Festival of Composers
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 4, p. 9, March/April 1997: Vancouver Pro Musica’s ninth edition of its Sonic Boom Festival will,…
Women in View 1997
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 3, pp. 10-12, January/February 1997: – Kate Hammet-Vaughan, DB Boyko, Moreen Meriden 02/20/97 Co-sponsored by Vancouver Pro Musica…
Time Flies 1996
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 1, p. 11, September/October 1996: – What We Live (Four) – Lisle Ellis, Larry Ochs, Donald Robinson…
New Orchestra Workshop Society: Improvised Music Workshops
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 2, p. 10, November/December 1996: New Orchestra Workshop Society conducts a series of ten weekly workshops…
1996 du Maurier International Jazz Festival
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 5, pp. 12-13, Summer 1996: – EDAM - Experimental Dance and Music 06/21/96 – 06/22/96 Improvised jazz meets improvised dance.…
Ron Samworth & Kate Hammet-Vaughan: Residency
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 3, p. 12, January/February 1996: Throughout the month of February, local musicians Ron Samworth (NOW Orchestra,…
Women in View 1996
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 3, pp. 10-11, January/February 1996: – Hildegard Westerkamp, Maggi Payne & Laetitia Sonami 01/25/96 An evening of…
Old Flames
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 2, p. 9, November/December 1995: The Eminent jazz song duo of sopranist Steve Lacy and vocalist…
Time Flies 1995
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VII, no. 2, p. 6, November/December 1995: – Paul Plimley & Robyn Schulkowsky 11/02/95 – piano & percussion This concert…