BeatRoute Magazine BC Edition - January 2020

Agenda
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RAPTURE, RHYTHM, AND THE TREE OF LIFE
Emily Carr’s forests and portrayals of Indigenous life are some of her most important work; the latter,
particularly, from a critical standpoint as a glimpse into the colonialism of the late 19th and early
20th centuries. In Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree Of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries,
Carr’s paintings are displayed beside Indigenous creators from the same period — Amy
Cooper (Th’ewá:li), Mary Little (Nuu-chah-nulth), and Placida Wallace (Lílwat Nation) — whose
pieces prominently feature materials from the cedar tree: the “tree of life.” With contributions
from other Vancouver-based artists like Unity Bainbridge and Beatrice Lennie, this exhibition
highlights the prolific contributions women on the West Coast made to modernism in this era.
Until June 28 // Vancouver Art Gallery
WE WILL ROCK YOU
Footloose meets Freddie Mercury in a dystopian future where
music and freedom of thought is forbidden, We Will Rock You
follows a group of rebels — the Bohemians — as they face
off against the all-powerful Killer Queen in a fight to save rock
and roll. The jukebox musical, which includes many of Queen’s
biggest hits, including “Bohemian Rhapsody” and, of course,
“We Will Rock You,” was first staged in 2002 in London’s West
End and is one of its most popular productions.
January 10-11 // Queen Elizabeth Theatre // Tix: ticketmaster.ca
NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL
Viviane Hagner
(re)creations is the theme for the Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra’s seventh annual New Music Festival, with
programming that offers fresh takes on a diverse medley of
music and features celebrated composers, both local and
internationally renowned. Among the highlights include Nicole
Lizée’s reimagining of The Sound of Music, set to cuts from
the Montreal-based artist’s own catalog; VSO Music Director
Emeritus Bramwell Tovey’s rendition of Vivaldi’s The Four
Seasons, with violin, strings, and electronics; and the Violin
Concerto of Korean composer Unsuk Chin, interpreted by
German-Korean violinist, Viviane Hagner and Finnish clarinetist,
Kari Kriikku.
January 11-16 // Various Locations // Tix: vancouversymphony.ca
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