Spring 2025 Hand Drum and Singing Workshop April 5th, 2pm-3:30pm At 8EAST FREE for up to 30 participants 25 RSVP (Now sold out) and 5 Drop in! Donations gratefully accepted (here). Please sign up on Eventbrite here! New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) and Vancouver Youth Choir (VYC) proudly present the Hand Drum and Singing Workshop […]
Presented by NOW Society and Barking Sphinx Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 Doors 7:45pm, Music 8pm By donation $20/$10/free At 8EAST Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio Satoko Fujii - piano Natto Maki - bass Oden - drums + James Meger - bass Lisa Cay Miller - piano Cole Schmidt - guitar Jesus Caballero - drums Satoko Fujii […]
BIG FUN ON THE CORNER A monthly series celebrating electricity in improvised music! Brought to you by JP Carter & the NOW Society, every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 8EAST. 14th edition: Set 1~ JP Carter amplified trumpet/effects Set 2~ Alvaro Rojas guitar, effects JP Carter trumpet, effects Kai Basanta drums Wednesday April 9th, 2025 […]
Spring 2025 Improvisation Workshop 2pm-3:30pm Saturdays March 15 - May 10 At 8EAST FREE for up to 15 participants with NOW Membership Donations gratefully accepted (here). Workshops are drop-in! Please bring your instrument (and/or amp) and be ready to play! Since 1978, the New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) has presented music improvisation workshops, offering space […]
comin up soon! Tuesday April 15 8pm at 8EAST $20/$10/XX/FREE Set 1 Aidan Edwards - Solo Clarinet Set 2 how to survive a high rise hotel fire Haley Bird - oboe Nikko Whitworth - bass Set 3 JP Carter - Trumpet Grace Murphy - Bass Lisa Cay Miller - Moog and Piano Lee Hutzulak - […]
Improvised music at 8east April 17, 2025 Doors 7:30pm, Music 8pm Entry by donation $20/10/free “Planets” LP Release Jack Campbell violin Liam Murphy tenor sax Arthur Bull guitar, harmonica Hank Bull piano John Brennan drums 8EAST is located on the Territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh and səlil̓wətaʔɬ Peoples, in Chinatown in the place known as […]
Spring 2025 Improvisation Workshop 2pm-3:30pm Saturdays March 15 - May 10 At 8EAST FREE for up to 15 participants with NOW Membership Donations gratefully accepted (here). Workshops are drop-in! Please Bring your Instrument (and/or amp) and be ready to play! Since 1978, the New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) has presented music improvisation workshops, offering space […]
Matt plays cello with Bird/Edwards/Elkins/Hasselberg 8pm at 8EAST $20/$10/XX/FREE Matt has been studying cello for the past year with Marina Hasselberg. This is a concert to celebrate the work they have done together and play some improvised music on the cello! There will be two sets of music: 1st set - solo cello with/out electronics […]
Spring 2025 Improvisation Workshop 2pm-3:30pm Saturdays March 15 - May 10 At 8EAST FREE for up to 15 participants with NOW Membership Donations gratefully accepted (here). Workshops are drop-in! Please Bring your Instrument (and/or amp) and be ready to play! Since 1978, the New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) has presented music improvisation workshops, offering space […]
Veltenhill / lunr girl / Matthew Ariaratnam April 26, 2025 8pm at 8EAST 3 Sets $10/$20/XX/FREE Veltenhill - electronics lunr girl - live electronics and vocals Matthew Ariaratnam - solo guitar Veltenhill - Thomas “Myles” Feltenberger is a sound artist and musician from the Chicagoland area, currently based in Vancouver. Their practice focuses primarily on sampling and […]
On the last Wednesday of every month... Come play improvised music in a collaborative setting! Open to improvising musicians of all genres and experience levels. Small ensembles will be randomly created from musicians that register (that’s you!) to play short sets together. Free/$10/$20/$xx Admission is free; donations are welcome at the door (cash only). Cash […]
May 2 | 7pm | Performances at xwesam-Roberts Creek Hall (1309 Roberts Creek Rd) Co-Presented by NOW Society & Sound of Dragon Society We are hosting the visit of Taiwanese musicians Shih-Yang Lee 李世揚 - Piano 鋼琴, Fan-Qi Wu 吳凡棋 - Pipa 琵琶, Hsiao-Feng Lin 林小楓 - Dizi 笛子, and visual artist Li Tung 董籬 in May of 2025. On May 2, acclaimed Sunshine Coast musicians join the guest artists at xwesam-Roberts […]
Spring 2025 Improvisation Workshop 2pm-3:30pm Saturdays March 15 - May 10 At 8EAST FREE for up to 15 participants with NOW Membership Donations gratefully accepted (here). Workshops are drop-in! Please bring your instrument (and/or amp) and be ready to play! Since 1978, the New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) has presented music improvisation workshops, offering space […]
We are hosting the visit of Taiwanese musicians Shih-Yang Lee 李世揚 - Piano 鋼琴, Fan-Qi Wu 吳凡棋 - Pipa 琵琶, Hsiao-Feng Lin 林小楓 - Dizi 笛子, and visual artist Li Tung 董籬 in May of 2025. On May 2, acclaimed Sunshine Coast musicians join the guest artists at xwesam-Roberts Creek Hall for an evening of performances and improvisations. On May 3, the Guest Artists meet the Vancouver 8EAST […]