Under the leadership of Artistic/Executive Director, and internationally acclaimed soprano, Suzie LeBlanc, C.M., Early Music Vancouver (EMV) has been a vibrant contributor to Vancouver’s cultural scene for 55 years. With a full season of concerts, an annual Summer Festival and a large selection of digital concerts, EMV features the most renowned artists of the international early music scene. It also presents concerts in Victoria on Vancouver Island.
Early Music’s outreach and educational activities include an Artist-in-Residence Programme, an Emerging Artist Competition, and a Baroque Mentorship Orchestra (BOMP) in collaboration with the University of British Columbia. EMV also presents intimate concerts and lectures at Green [...]
Under the leadership of Artistic/Executive Director, and internationally acclaimed soprano, Suzie LeBlanc, C.M., Early Music Vancouver (EMV) has been a vibrant contributor to Vancouver’s cultural scene for 55 years. With a full season of concerts, an annual Summer Festival and a large selection of digital concerts, EMV features the most renowned artists of the international early music scene. It also presents concerts in Victoria on Vancouver Island.
Early Music’s outreach and educational activities include an Artist-in-Residence Programme, an Emerging Artist Competition, and a Baroque Mentorship Orchestra (BOMP) in collaboration with the University of British Columbia. EMV also presents intimate concerts and lectures at Green College (UBC) and Hodson Manor.
The phrase ‘early music’ often refers to European music from the Medieval Period through to the Baroque (about 1800). At EMV it also encompasses music from outside the western European tradition to that of other cultures within the same period – Tang Dynasty China and the Ottoman and Persian empires for instance. EMV also explores music from the 19th century with historically informed performances on its restored fortepianos – recreating the original sound of the music as the composer heard it.
EMV concerts offer a platform for cross-cultural dialogue and exploration of diverse perspectives and relationships with the past. Live performances take place in Vancouver at venues such as Christ Church Cathedral, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, (UBC), St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church, and the Vancouver Playhouse. In Victoria, concert venues include Christ Church Cathedral Victoria and First Church of Christ Scientist.
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