Date of event July 26 and 27 at 7:00 PM and July 28 at 2:30 PM
Location of event St. Mark's Kitsilano, 1805 Larch St, Vancouver, BC

ViVace presents Mozart's comedy Cosi fan tutte in concert version with musical director Luke Housner at the piano. The casts are a fine blend of local talent mixed with young professionals visiting from New York, Ohio, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, California, Washington.

This is Mr. Housner's 5th year of musically directing Concert Operas in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto and Portland, OR. Wagner's Das Rheingold will be presented on the weekend of August 9-11, 2013.

In Mozart's masterpiece, two young soldiers disguise their identities to test their lovers' fidelity, a sublime and often surprising mix of hilarious farce sprinkled with poignant drama.

Sung in Italian with English Subtitles.

Tickets are $15/$10 at the door

https://www.facebook.com/events/1380265942188178/

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Jul 26th, 2013 – Jul 28th, 2013
Friday and Saturday night at 7 PM and Sunday afternoon at 2:30 PM
St. Mark's Kitsilano, 1805 Larch St, Vancouver BC

Date of event August 10th&11th
Location of event 
 

 It's that time again… next month will be OWL’s Semi Annual Open House! Mark your calendars as this is THE BEST time to visit OWL. The Open House will be on Saturday, August 10th and Sunday, August 11th from 10am-3pm. This is the only time of the year where the general public is allowed a "behind the scenes" look at our facility. They are allowed through our care centre which includes the medical room and intensive care, and even through some of our back cages, including the impressive Pool Cage.

This great event will also include:
– Raffle & garage sale
– Environmental displays
– Children's activities

– Educational videos
– OWL's Nest Gifts
– Interpretive Centre
– Miss Betty’s Cupcakes (to feed your hunger needs)

There will also be the release of a rehabilitated bird of prey each day of the Open House at 1pm!!!

Admission is free and all proceeds and donations will go directly to OWL towards food and medical supplies for the birds in care.

For more information, call us 604-946-3171 or email us at [email protected]. 

Hope to see you all there!!!

www.owlcanada.org 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/OWL-Orphaned-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Society/311582845544617

Date of event July 27, 2013 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Location of event Richmond Centre for Disability (100-5671 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC)

Lots of good and affordable items including clothing, household items, small electrical appliances, kitchen items, books, sports equipment and more. All proceeds will go to support services and activities for people with disabilities.

Date of event August 17, 2013, Saturday, 2-4 p.m.
Location of event Richmond Centre for Disability (100-5671 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC)

Learn about the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP)

The Richmond Centre for Disability (RCD) is offering free RDSP Information Sessions. Join us to learn about the RDSP, the Canadian Disability Savings Grant and the Canada Disability Savings Bond.

The RDSP helps Canadians with disabilities and their families save for the future. You should consider opening an RDSP if you have a long-term disability and are under age 60 (you must apply before the end of the calendar year in which you turn 59); a Canadian resident with a Social Insurance Number (SIN); eligible for the Disability Tax Credit; and looking for a long-term savings plan.

-To help you save, the Government will pay a matching Canada Disability Savings Grant of up to $3,500 a year on your contributions.
-The Government will also pay a Canada Disability Savings Bond of up to $1,000 a year into the RDSPs of low-income and modest-income Canadians. 
-No contributions are necessary to receive the bond. Grants and bonds are paid into the RDSP until the year the beneficiary turns 49 years old. 
-Money paid out of an RDSP will not affect your eligibility for federal benefits, and will have little or no impact on provincial or territorial social assistance payments. 

For more information or to register, please contact Ella at 604-232-2404 or email [email protected] 

Date of event September 6,7,8, 2013
Location of event Indian Springs Land & Cattle Co. Ranch at 19339 – 8th Avenue, South Surrey
 

The West Fine Art Show 2013 "Remembering Betty" is an annual gathering of some of the finest artists in Western Canada. Organized by artist, Murray Phillips, and hosted on the grounds of Senator Gerry St. Germain's Indian Springs Land and Cattle Co. Ranch in South Surrey www.westart.ca

Celebrity Guests: Red Robinson and Shell Busey

Entertainment:  John Gilliat and Exit 58

Artists Include: Gaye Adams, Roger Arndt , Craig Benson, Carmel Clare, Brian Croft, Brian Coombes, Mark Hobson, Denise Lemaster Rose, Doug Levitt, Murray Phillips, Esther Sample, Nathan Scott, Joe Smith, and Dennis Weber

Admission is free

Event is in support of the Langley Hospice Society www.langleyhospice.com

Date of event September 27, 2013 8:00pm
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Heiko Ossig, guitar
Jon Washburn, conductor

Join the Vancouver Chamber Choir for the opening concert of our 43rd concert series. The feature work is Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s fiery Romancero gitano, based on Spanish poems of Frederico García Lorca for which we are joined by our special guest artist – German guitarist Heiko Ossig. We celebrate the 70th birthday of BC composer Imant Raminsh with Latvian Folk Songs and explore other European colours through great choral music and poetry of Debussy and Charles d’Orléans, Hindemith and Rainer Maria Rilke, Rautavaara and even more García Lorca. 

Paul Hindemith – Six chansons
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Lorca Suite
Imant Raminsh – Five Latvian Folk Songs
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias (guitar solo)
Francisco Tárrega – Capricho árabe (guitar solo)
Claude Debussy – Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Romancero gitano (with guitar)

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

Tickets available August 7th through Ticketmaster.ca (1-855-985-2787)

Date of event 8pm Friday, October 18, 2013
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Vancouver Chamber Orchestra
Focus! Choir of college/university singers
Jon Washburn, conductor 

Enjoy the music of iconic Baroque and Classic era composers Franz Josef Haydn and George Frideric Handel in the warm and intimate surroundings of Ryerson United Church in Kerrisdale. Handel’s rousing Dixit Dominus and Coronation Anthem Let Thy Hand be Strengthened and Haydn’s vivacious Missa Sancti Nicolai are the centrepieces of this program, but there are bonus works, too: the youthful Mozart’s ravishing Laudate Dominum and the brooding Tenebrae factae sunt by Haydn’s younger brother, Michael. We are joined by members of the Vancouver Chamber Orchestra and – for the finale – singers from local college and university music departments participating in this year’s Focus! Professional Development Program.

George Frideric Handel – Let Thy Hand be Strengthened
George Frideric Handel – Dixit Dominus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Laudate Dominum
Michael Haydn – Tenebrae factae sunt
Franz Josef Haydn – Missa Sancti Nicolai

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

Tickets available August 7th through Ticketmaster.ca (1-855-985-2787)

Date of event 8pm Friday, November 15, 2013
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Cris Inguanti, clarinet
Linda Lee Thomas, piano
Jon Washburn, conductor

Share in the release of A Quiet Place, the third CD in the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s outstanding Music for Healing series, with this concert of the entire repertoire from the CD. Wonderful music of reflection and introspection, ranging from Rachmaninov, Schubert and Fauré to Biebl, Lauridsen and Morricone. Special guests are clarinetist Cris Inguanti and pianist Linda Lee Thomas. And purchase your signed copies of the new CD!

Sergei Rachmaninov – Vocalise 
William Hawley – My River runs to thee
Edward Henderson – Your Fragrance
Claude Debussy – Dieu! qu’il la fait bon regarder
Lionel Daunais – Le pont Mirabeau
Gabriel Fauré – Pavane
Kosaku Yamada – Akatonbo
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
Peter Lutkin – The Lord bless you and keep you
George Oldroyd – Prayer to Jesus
Jon Washburn – Lullaby
Franz Biebl – Ave Maria
Don Macdonald – Tabula rasa
Pablo Casals – O vos omnes
Ennio Morricone – Gabriel’s Oboe
Franz Schubert – Litanei
Johannes Brahms – In stiller Nacht
Anton Bruckner – Os justi
Johannes Brahms – Wiegenlied

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

Tickets available August 7th through Ticketmaster.ca (1-855-985-2787)

Date of event 8pm Friday, December 13, 2013; 3pm Sunday, December 15, 2013
Location of event Ryerson United Church, 2205 West 45th Ave., Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Chamber Choir
Michael Creber, piano
Jodi Proznick, bass
Pippa Johnstone, reader
Peter Carlone, reader
John Voth, reader
Jon Washburn, conductor

Add a little jazz to your Christmas joy this year. Let Charlie Brown the other Peanuts characters lead you though their holiday dilemmas towards finding the true spirit of the season. The jazz is provided by the Choir and its stellar Vancouver jazzers Michael Creber and Jodi Proznick performing the songs of Vince Guaraldi and other holiday fare. The Peanuts are served up by Pippa Johnstone, Peter Carlone and John Voth – actors from Pacific Theatre. As a prelude, there will be some Renaissance Christmas madrigals and songs. And you won’t want to miss out on the tasty Pie Carols ! 

Gibbons, Campion, et al. Madrigals for Christmas
Daniel Gawthorp The Pie Carols
Vince Guaraldi Christmas time is here
Traditional German O Tannenbaum
Traditional English What child is this?
Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
Vince Guaraldi Linus and Lucy
Traditional English Hark, the herald angels sing
Vince Guaraldi Christmas is coming
Ludwig van Beethoven Für Elise
Mel Torme/Robert Wells The Christmas Song

Adults $30, Sr/St $25.50, Student Rush (at door) $10

For more information or to subscribe contact Vancouver Chamber Choir at 604-738-6822.

Tickets available August 7th through Ticketmaster.ca (1-855-985-2787)