VYC Kindred Community Workshop with Deanna Gestrin and Russel Wallace

8EAST 8 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Come join us for a FREE community workshop! You are invited to participate in a multicultural, intergenerational hand drumming and singing circle led by our VYC Kindred program leaders, the multi-talented Indigenous singers/educators, Deanna Gestrin and Russell Wallace. Be prepared to connect and be inspired! Presented by Vancouver Youth Choir in collaboration with the NOW […]

Improv Karaoke – NOW Residency Showcase

8EAST 8 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Improv Karaoke with a curated group of musicians. Watch as these musicians get randomized to improvise in smaller ensembles right in front of you! Adrian Avendano, drums Andrea Wong, piano […]

Improv Community Conduction Nights Rehearsal

8EAST 8 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

At 8EAST FREE • Donations gratefully accepted (donate here)  Come join conductor and NOW Artistic Director Dr. Lisa Cay Miller in an ensemble of creative musicians as we explore the […]

Conduction Community Nights Nummena Orchestra

8EAST 8 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

At 8EAST 8 East Pender St., Vancouver BC A FREE Public Performance June 21 Donations gratefully accepted (donate here)  Join us as we create the nummena orchestra in Conduction Community Nights. nummena orchestra is a new, voluntary ensemble of creative musicians directed by Dr. Lisa Cay Miller. Open to all levels of ability and experience, […]

Hayley/Korsrud • Zee/Fitzell • Miller/Iwaasa

8EAST 8 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Improvised music @ 8EAST Thursday June 22, 2023 8pm Dory Hayley • voice John Korsrud • trumpet Isaac Zee • violin, electronics Gordon Fitzell • electronics break Lisa Cay Miller […]

Not for Proper

8EAST 8 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Improvised music @ 8EAST Saturday June 28th, 2023 8pm Not for Proper: Lisa Cay Miller : Piano Kenton Loewen : Drums Donate at the door $xx/$20/$10/Free Masks recommended. Bar. Photo: […]

Improv Karaoke – Re-lay it on me

8EAST 8 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

What even are sets? This'll be a more continuous night of music. Tap-in and tap-out from playing with your fellow musicians. Come play improvised music in a collaborative setting! Open […]

Hong • Gross • Miller • Meger

8EAST 8 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Improvised music @ 8EAST Friday July 7, 2023 8pm John Gross • tenor sax Lisa Cay Miller • piano James Meger • bass Mili Hong • drums Donate at the door $xx/$20/$10/Free Masks recommended. Bar. Photo: L Miller Please do not come to this event if you are unwell. 8EAST ventilation: open windows and door, […]

8EAST Five Years Marathon

8EAST 8 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Come celebrating Five years of Improvised music @ 8EAST Saturday July 8 from 4 - 9:30pm Donate at the door $xx/$20/$10/Free Masks recommended. Bar. Presented by the NOW Society 8EAST is a project of the New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW). 8EAST serves as a meeting place and performance space for musicians, writers and visual artists, […]

Loewen / Agnas / Kidane / Miller / Babin / Ariaratnam

8EAST 8 East Pender St, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Improvised music @ 8EAST Sunday July 9, 2023 8pm Feven Kidane • trumpet Matthew Ariaratnam • guitar Lisa Cay Miller • piano Tommy Babin • bass Konrad Agnas • drums Kenton Loewen • drums Donate at the door $xx/$20/$10/Free Masks recommended. Bar. Please do not come to this event if you are unwell. 8EAST ventilation: […]