Vancouver - The Orpheum Annex (map)

Featuring World Premieres created in VISI’s innovative Art Song Lab. Performances by: Soprano Phoebe MacRae, mezzo-soprano Lynne McMurtry, and baritone Michael Robert-Broder with pianists Alison d’Amato, Corey Hamm, & Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa

Vancouver - UBC Roy Barnett Recital Hall (map)

Featuring a selection of works by BC Composers Works by: Leslie Uyeda, Lloyd Burritt, Jean Coulthard, Larry Nickel, Ben McPeek and Imant Raminsh Performances by: Soprano Martha Guth, soprano Robyn Driedger-Klassen, soprano Phoebe MacRae,mezzo-soprano Julie Simson, mezzo-soprano Lynne McMurtry, and mezzo-soprano Gayle Shay with pianists Terence Dawson, Alison d’Amato, Arlene Shrut, and Erika Switzer

West Vancouver - United Church (map)

Featuring Vocal Chamber and Choral Music Works by: Lloyd Burritt, Imant Raminsh, Frederick Robert, Johannes Brahms, Eric Whitacre and David MacIntyre Performances by: Soprano Robyn Driedger-Klassen, soprano Tracy Satterfield, mezzo-soprano Julie Simson, and tenor Darryl Edwards with pianist Terence Dawson.  Special Guest performer: EnChor conducted by Diane Loomer

Vancouver - Chan Shun Concert Hall (map)

Vancouver - Unitarian Church (map)

VISI is proud to honour the spirit of one of Vancouver’s most beloved Art Song advocates. Featured performers: Baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Erika Switzer will be performing Samuel Barber’s Three Songs, Op. 45, selections from Oscar Morawetz’s 4 Songs on the Poems of Bliss Carman, and the World Premiere of Lloyd Burritt’s Moth Poem. The programme will also feature select participants from VISI’s Advanced Performance Studies Pro...

Vancouver - Chan Centre Telus Theatre (map)

A Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Claude Debussy’s birth with a French Art Song cabaret – including Debussy’s settings of Paul Verlaine and Charles Baudelaire and the Fêtes Galantes. Performances by: sopranos Robyn Driedger-Klassen, Lambroula Maria Pappas and Martha Guth, mezzo-soprano Lynne McMurtry, and baritones François LeRoux and Tyler Duncan with pianists Alison d’Amato, Francis Perron, Erika Switzer, and David Bergeron.

Vancouver - The Waterfront Theatre (map)

Featuring two brand new works of SONGFIRE Theatre;  "Lady MacBeth" songs by Thomas Pasatieri on the text of William Shakespeare, directed by Alan Corbishly, and performed by soprano Martha Guth and pianist Alison d'Amato. "Seaworthy" created by VISI Faculty Member Dr. Gayle Shay and author Brenda Sparks, performed by student participants in VISI’s ground breaking SONGFIRE Theatre program, and directed by Gayle Shay.

Toronto - Walter Hall, University of Toronto (map)

Featuring members of the Seoul Spring Festival Ensemble and TSMF Academy Fellows A runaway hit at last year's Festival, these concerts feature Master guest artists of the Festival sharing the stage with TSMF Academy Fellows – an elite group of incredible young musicians on the threshold of their careers. The resulting performances are electric. The evening's two performances will showcase different Mentors and Fellows, with two separate programs featuring the chamber music of Brahms and Fa...