Sunday, August 28, 3:00 pm

Omianan featuring Thad Bailey-Mai

Original music blending elements of jazz, rock, avant-garde, and pop.

Sara Kim: vocals
Thomas Hoeller: guitar
Nikko Whitworth: bass
Jesus Adrian Caballero: drums
Thad Bailey-Mai: trumpet

Omianan is a Vancouver-based band that was formed with the intention of playing a variety of music together. Their debut album Paper Dream was released in February thanks to the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. The band was recently nominated for Global Artist of the Year at the 2022 Western Canadian Music Awards.

omianan.com

For more information and tickets: www.firehallartscentre.ca or call the Firehall Box Office at 604.689.0926

Thursday, September 1, 7:30 pm

Michael Red + Tsimka

Deep meditative soundscapes and atmospheres inspired by dub, nature and non-physical life.

Michael Red: live electronics, sound objects
Tsimka: vocals

Michael Red is a Vancouver-based music producer, composer, curator, performer and DJ. He is founder and lead for Low Indigo, ambient/experimental artist under the name Souns, one half of LA FE, one half of Chambers, former collaborator and touring artist with throat singer Tanya Tagaq, founding member of Lighta! Sound, and collaborator with a long list of other notable artists. Michael's performed across Canada, and internationally and has been written about in The Wire, XLR8R, Resident Advisor, and Vice's Thump. Tsimka Martin, rooted in nuučaan̓uł territories, morphs millennia-old oral and drumming traditions into contemporary sonic vibrations. Inspired by the dualities of the ancient and the modern, Indigenous and settler identities, ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ and English languages, Tsimka playfully reinterprets spiritual wisdom, natural elements, and cultural stories to remind listeners of the rhythms alive in us all - breath, heart, and joy.

michael-red.com

soundcloud.com/tsimka

For more information and tickets: www.firehallartscentre.ca or call the Firehall Box Office at 604.689.0926

Friday, September 2, 7:30 pm

Saxophilia

Home-Grown Saxophones: Canadian music for classical saxophone quartet, with works by Fred Stride, David Branter, Violet Archer, and Beatrice Ferreira.

Julia Nolan: soprano saxophone
Kris Covlin: alto saxophone
David Branter: tenor saxophone
Colin MacDonald: baritone saxophone

Formed in 1996, the Vancouver-based saxophone quartet Saxophilia has been committed to giving the highest quality performances of classical saxophone repertoire. All of the quartet members are active performers in Vancouver’s music community, as soloists and as band members in a wide variety of styles from classical to jazz to popular music. This appreciation of a diversity of music informs the group’s choice of repertoire, which ranges from the standard repertoire of classical saxophone quartet, to contemporary music, to jazz arrangements and lighter fare. In 2018, the ensemble released their self-titled recording Saxophilia, featuring the music of BC composers Dorothy Chang, Peter Hannan, and Colin MacDonald.

saxophilia.com

For more information and tickets: www.firehallartscentre.ca or call the Firehall Box Office at 604.689.0926

Saturday, September 3, 7:30 pm

Eagle Ex Machina

Alternative rock and roll with blazing fiddle solos.

Matt Cook-Contois: vocals, fiddle, guitar
Erik Severinson: vocals, lead guitar
Tom Kuzma: bass
Mark Kerrey: drums

Eagle Ex Machina is an alternative rock band founded in 2020 by multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Matt Cook-Contois as a vehicle to combine his love of rock music with a traditional fiddle upbringing. The soundscape of Eagle Ex Machina pays homage and draws on influences such as the Foo Fighters & City and Colour while incorporating a modern approach to Canadian Fiddling. Their debut album features an aggressive approach to song writing, guitar and violin proficiency, and a diverse set of influences to create a unique sonic signature. Matt Cook-Contois’s musical journey started on his traditional territory of Misipawistik Cree Nation through the Frontier Fiddling Program. A combination of classroom learning, the tutelage of his musician Grandfather, and years of practice culminated in back-to-back finals appearances at the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship.

eagleexmachina.com

For more information and tickets: www.firehallartscentre.ca or call the Firehall Box Office at 604.689.0926

Sunday, September 4, 3:00 pm

Whelming

Bohemian rock music for the overworked and under-stimulated.

Erik Severinson: guitar, vocals
Eric Wettstein: guitar
Markus Abramzik: bass
Mark Kerrey: drums, electronics

Whelming is a Vancouver music outfit developed for the purpose of exploring the creative capabilities of its members. With 20th century rock music as a jumping off point, the band lets their aesthetic wander with the current of each piece; landing elsewhere, feeling at home.

whelming.bandcamp.com/album/plant-your-lightning

For more information and tickets: www.firehallartscentre.ca or call the Firehall Box Office at 604.689.0926