Introduction to Blue Grass Workshop with Sue Malcolm FREE with  NOW Membership (purchase here or in the workshop) Donations gratefully accepted (donate here)  Since 1978, the New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) has presented music improvisation workshops, offering space for exploration and participation. Our workshops are for improvisers of all levels of ability and ranges of […]

Blue Grass Performance with The Soda Crackers Sue Malcolm • vocals and guitar Don Fraser • vocals, guitar and dobro Stu MacDonald • upright bass and vocals A Co-production with the Carnegie Community Centre Donation at the door xx/$10/$20 Masks Recommended. Cash Bar. Performance of the Soda Crackers presenting Bluegrass music, Swing and everything in […]

Get messy and bring out those rusty instruments you've set aside! Homemade, non-conventional, and electronic instruments welcome! 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 - […]

Improvised music @ 8EAST Monday June 5, 2023 8pm two sets and a third of combinations Johanna Hauser • bass clarinet Torsten Müller • bass Jeff Younger • guitar Lisa Cay Miller • piano Donate at the door $xx/$20/$10/Free Masks recommended. Bar. Please do not come to this event if you are unwell. 8EAST ventilation: […]

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 art of improvised interpretation and conduction. Bring your instruments and your creativity. All levels of experience, all genres are welcome! This ensemble may include beginners […]

Come watch your hosts perform! Andrea Wong, piano Spencer Schoening, drums Mike WT Allen, saxophone Matthew Ariaratnam, guitar This event series is presented as part of the NOW Society sponsored Society In Residence Program at 8EAST. Throughout this residency, the Improv Karaoke team will be experimenting with more fun ways to connect people from different musical communities […]

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 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 Andromeda Monk, synthesizer Cordelia Donovan M'Sadoques, vocals Eric Hadley, piano Matthew Ariaratnam, electric guitar Mike WT Allen, saxophone Morgan Sidky, drums Nikko Whitworth, double bass […]

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 art of improvised interpretation and conduction. Bring your instruments and your creativity. All levels of experience, all genres are welcome! This ensemble may include beginners […]

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, […]

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 • piano Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa • piano last set: group improvisation(s) Donate at the door $xx/$20/$10/Free Masks recommended. Bar. Photography: SMARTEX/Natural History Museum/NOOA Please do […]