New Music at the Gallery | Uninvited Voices in Music

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Presented in partnership with the Canadian Music Centre BC, New Music at the Gallery is a live concert series hosted by the Vancouver Art Gallery that features an array of musicians and composers who draw on contemporary art themes.

Join us for our next New Music at the Gallery concert, a celebration of the work of Canadian women-identifying composers performed by one of BC’s greatest contemporary music interpreters, Jane Hayes. This program celebrates both musical and human diversity, within a cultural narrative of celebration, reflection, and embracing an exciting future.

List of works featured, in concert order:

Barbara Pentland: Vincula

Ann Southam: Glass Houses No. 2

*Canadian Premiere of Linda Catlin Smith: White Lace

Farangis Nurulla-Khoja: Les Envolées

Alexina Louie: Fastforward

In partnership with the Canadian Music Centre, BC, New Music at the Gallery Program features an array of selected musicians and composers drawing on contemporary art themes, highlights a selection of twentieth century music compositions, and celebrates collaboration, innovation, and social, cultural, and artistic progress. Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment.

 New Music at the Gallery is a concert series curated by Jack Campbell.

TICKETING PROCESS

Concert tickets are available for purchase in advance online.

Ticket Prices:

• $10 for Gallery Members
• $15 for general public.

Tickets to this event include Gallery Admission. Concert attendees may enter the Gallery 30 minutes before the concert begins. Limited tickets are available. Seating in the concert space is first come, first served.

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FOOD AND DRINKS

A selection of food and drink items provided by 1931 Gallery Bistro are available to order online in advance. Upon arrival, your order will be available for pick up in the 4th Floor Pavilion 30 minutes before the concert begins, as well as afterwards. Food and drink is only available for pre-order and will not be available to order during the event.

Food Menu:

• Individual Charcuterie
• Tuna Poke Cup
• Ruby Hummus and Flatbread Chips

Drinks Menu:

• Wine
• Beer
• Signature Cocktail
• Bottled Sparking Water
• Bottled Water

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ABOUT THE MUSICIAN

As a founding member of Vancouver’s Turning Point Ensemble, pianist Jane Hayes has a passion for contemporary solo piano and chamber music has been nourished. Bringing to life new works and music that are rarely heard publicly has been and will continue to be an important part of her creative life. She has been featured in Canadian Music Centre’s concerts featuring the music of Alexina Louie, Barbara Pentland and Ross Alden. Two recordings– Sassicaia with clarinetist François Houle and a Vetta Chamber music video – were honoured with nominations for the Western Canada Music Awards. Recent recording projects have included commemorative CDs for the late Canadian composers John Burke and Nikolai Korndorf, both released in 2022. She was a juror for the 2022 Eckhardt-Gramatté competition, a national competition for the performance of Canadian and contemporary music.

Of this concert, Jane writes; ”I am thrilled to be presenting a program that showcases the music of five illustrious woman-identifying Canadian composers, spanning almost fifty years of creativity.  When you play such a program, you are sharing the creative works of musical colleagues and delving into recent history to show a richness of styles.  On this program, I will include a Canadian premiere of White Lace by Toronto-based composer Linda Catlin Smith and the jazzy Fast Forward by Alexina Louie.  I met both of these composers in my work with Turning Point. I will play a piece that was written specifically for me by Montreal-based composer Farangis Nurulla-Khoja.  Through Turning Point, I have developed a wonderful friendship with Farangis, even teaching her son over Zoom through the pandemic.  This piece was her first solo piano work, a product of Covid isolation and nostalgia.  Finally, a work by Barbara Pentland and Ann Southam represent the “grandes dames” of Canadian music.  Both were fine pianists who carved out their historical place with their music that had infinite variety and growth over the years.