🎶 Announcing: SPRING CONCERT SERIES! 🎶 The VICO is proud to present a spring concert series featuring exciting new chamber music for intercultural ensembles, by emerging and established Canadian and international composers. Join us for four evenings of adventurous music performed on instruments from all over the world! Featured artists include: international guest Erica Roozendaal (The Netherlands), the VICO Tentet with conductor Janna Sailor, the VICO Wind Quintet, Orchid Ensemble , and other special guests. On the bill: new works by Sylvia Rickard, Farshid Samandari , Parmela Attariwala, and participants in our 2025 Summer Academy, including composers from across Canada, the UK, and Iran. INFO & TICKETS: https://vi-co.org/2025/04/18/announcing-vico-spring-concert-series/ ***** The VICO respectfully acknowledges that our work takes place on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish people, including the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-waututh Nations. We are also grateful to the following funders and partners for their support of our 2025 Spring Concert Series: Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada City of Vancouver - Cultural Services & Vancouver Civic Theatres North Vancouver Recreation & Culture SOCAN Foundation - Fondation SOCAN Canadian Music Centre - BC Region VSO School of Music ****** (fb)

UP NEXT (in just 1 week, on Weds May 21!): our "Music of the Whole World" house concert series, presented in partnership with the wonderful Roedde House Museum, continues with a solo performance by long-time VICO roster member Liam Hockley. Modern music meets historical setting for a unique concert experience: Liam will perform a 50-minute set for basset horn and four-channel playback. The four pieces on the programme expand in scale from a solo basset horn to a septet, gradually enveloping the audience in a shimmering world of acoustic and electronic sound. The program takes its name from Hockley’s album Pulse Tide, released on Aural Terrains and selected by The Wire as one of the Top 10 Modern Composition albums of 2024. This concert version reimagines works from the album for live performance. Seating is limited in the beautiful parlour at Roedde House, so we highly recommend booking your ticket in advance! TICKETS & INFO: https://www.roeddehouse.org/event/rhm-vico-concert-series/ (fb)