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CONCERT/EVENT CALENDAR | Past
Performance Highlights: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2000-2003
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SPRING 08
March 19th
Maison de la Culture Frontenac
Montreal, QC
March 24th
Mankato State University
Elias J. Halling Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center
Mankato, MN.
March 25th
Riverland Community College
Frank W. Bridges Theatre
Austin, MN
March 26th
730 Concert
Owatanna Arts center
Owatonna, MN
March 29th
Music Alive Series
Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute
Vankleek Hill, ON
March 30
SUNDAY RENDEZ-VOUS
Stewart Hall Cultural Centre
Lakeshore, Pointe Claire, QC
April 1st
Wilfred Laurier University
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall
Waterloo, ON
April 5-6
Orchid Ensemble performing with the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra
Dreams of the Wanderer
Saturday April 5, 2008, 8pm
Sunday April 6, 2008, 3pm
Capilano College Performing Arts Theatre
North Vancouver
April 10
Orchid Ensemble performing works by Mark Armanini and Michael Vincent
Sonic Boom - Festival of BC composers
Presented By Vancouver Pro Musica Society
http://www.vancouverpromusica.ca/
Western Front
Vancouver, BC
http://www.front.bc.ca/
April 11 - May 5
Lan in Amsterdam studying with Violinist Mary Oliver
Big thanks to the BC Arts Council
May 21 - June 1
Multiple performances
Collaboration with Pangaea Arts:
he Life of Paper is an innovative new theatrical work developed in collaboration with origami artist Joseph Wu. Pangaea Arts will fuse the ancient art of paper folding with live theatrical performers from a range of artistic backgrounds, as well as renowned world music group Orchid Ensemble. The Life of Paper will be an visual feast, featuring a stunning world made entirely of paper, and combining elements of East and West.
Roundhouse Community Theatre, Vancouver
June 6-7
Detroit Festival of the Arts
Detroit, MI
http://detroitfestival.com
Summer 08
'Summertime...and the livin' is easy...' (hopefully!)
August 16-17
Revelstoke Railway Days Festival
Revelstoke, BC
http://www.railwaydays.com/
August 22-24
TELUS TAIWANfest: World in an Island
Harbourfront Centre
Toronto, ON
http://www.taiwanfest.ca/home.php
Aug 30-Sept 1
Telus Taiwanfest: World in an Island
Plaza of Nations
Vancouver, BC
http://www.taiwanfest.ca/home.php
September 11th
Community College of Denver
Denver, Colorado
September 13th
College of Santa Fe World Music Day
Santa Fe, NM
September 18th
Brooks/Isham Performing Arts
Kirtland, NM
Fall 08
September 20th
Globalquerque - New Mexico's annual celebration of World Music and Culture.
Albuquerque, NM
www.globalquerque.com/
September 23rd
Western State College of Colorado
Gunnison, CO
October 3rd
Cap Classics Series
Capilano College
North Vancouver, BC
October 25-26
Orchid Ensemble Presents: The Ghost Project
Guest Artists:
Indonesian master musician Sutrisno Hartana
Media Artists Aleks Dulik and Kenneth Newby
Madrigal Singers of VCC, directed by Gerald van Wyck and conducted by Jin Zhang
World Premieres of new works by Sutrisno Hartana, Barry truax, Kenneth Newby, and Jin Zhang
The JUNO nominated Orchid Ensemble’s 2008 production “Ghost Project” will transform the Roundhouse into a world where mystical creatures and spirits from Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Europe and Canada roam across the stage. Inspired by a shared curiosity of the after-life in different cultures, the artists search for a common ground through the practices of music, mask dance, media arts, shadow puppets, and scenographic installations.
Roundhouse Theatre
Vancouver, BC
November 6-9
Illinois Wesleyan University
Symposium of Contemporary Music and Residency
Featuring world premieres of David Vayo's 'Moon and Sun' and John Sharpley's 'A Dream Within a Dream', both for the IWU Collegiate Choir, directed by Scott Ferguson, and the Orchid Ensemble
Nov 10th
Carrol College
Waukesha, WI
Nov 11th
Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI
Nov 13th
Minnesota West Technical College
Worthington, MN
Nov 14-15
Gustavus Adolphus College
Residency
St Peter, MN
Nov 16th
Ashland Chamber Music Series
Ashland, WI
Winter/Spring 09 dates coming soon!
All Details Subject to Change
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We are grateful to, and acknowledge, the following organizations for their invaluable support of our touring activities.
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