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SUMMARY:Raagaverse + Strings
DESCRIPTION:Vancouver Independent Music Centre Society (VIM) presents: \nRAAGAVERSE + STRINGS \nFeaturing \nShruti Ramani\, vocals | Noah Franche-Nolan\, piano | James Meger\, bass | Trent Otter\, drums\nMeredith Bates\, violin | Joshua Zubot\, violin | Parmela Attariwala\, viola | Marina Hasselberg\,cello \nThursday\, October 15\, 2026 at The Annex\, 823 Seymour\n7:30 pm\, box office/ lobby opens at 6:30 pm; theatre opens at 7 pm \nThis Concert takes place on the traditional and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish)\, and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. \nAbout The Show \nRaagaverse + Strings reimagines the music of Raagaverse through the rich and expressive sound world of\nstring quartet. Raagaverse has long been inspired by the depth\, warmth\, and cinematic possibilities that\nstrings bring\, expanding the palette of its music while deepening the dialogue between Hindustani classical\ntraditions\, jazz harmony\, and improvisation.\nThe inspiration for this project began with Naina featured on Raagaverse’s debut album Jaya\, where Western\ncinematic strings composition combined with Hindustani melodic language and jazz quartet textures to reveal\na compelling new direction for the ensemble. That experience showed how naturally these musical worlds\ncould come together and sparked the vision for a full-length strings project. \nThe program will feature newly imagined arrangements of some of the defining works from Jaya\, alongside\nbrand-new compositions that will be part of an upcoming second release. All of the string arrangements and\nnew works are being created collaboratively by Noah Franche-Nolan and Shruti Ramani\, building on the\nmusical language developed as they explore new sonic possibilities for Raagaverse. \nAbout Raagaverse \nRaagaverse Cultural Society is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to support the creation and\nproduction of innovative music\, poetry\, and art that brings together different cultures\, styles and expressions.\nThe Society supports projects that empower BIPOC\, LGBTQIA2S+ and other marginalized communities to\ncreate and express their experience\, ideas and vision. It curates and presents events and workshops that bring\ndiverse musical traditions from around the world to Canadian audiences. \n \nhttps://raagaverse.com/ \nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/raagaverse-strings/
LOCATION:Annex\, 823 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Miesha And The Spanks + Francis Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:Vancouver Independent Music Centre Society (VIM) presents: \nMIESHA AND THE SPANKS  \nwith Francis Baptiste  \nThursday\, November 5\, 2026\n8 pm\, doors at 7 pm\nFox Cabaret\n2321 Main Street\, Vancouver \nThis Concert takes place on the traditional and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish)\, and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. \nAbout the show  \nPoetic\, leather-jacked and wicked\, the Calgary-based garage rock duo\, Miesha and the Spanks will grace the\nstage of the Fox Cabaret along with Vancouver singer-songwriter Francis Baptiste on Thursday\, November 5\,\nbrought together by VIM curator\, programmer\, musician and community organizer Rob Thomson (Haida). \nAbout Miesha And The Spanks \nSinger/guitarist and beloved fixture on the vast global musical landscape\, front-woman Miesha Louie is the\ndriving force behind Miesha and The Spanks\, supported by her psychic counterpart\, percussionist\,\naccomplished singer/ songwriter Sean Hamilton — intuitively punctuating her soulful choruses with a pounding\nintensity that elevates heart rates and ceiling rafters.\nA mixed-Secwépemc artist living in Treaty 7 Territory\, Miesha is devoted to inventing and playing instrumentally\nbrilliant melodies that unleash her passions and full-throated vocal tones. With a serious dose of spirit and\ncharisma\, Miesha makes every song resonate with her own jagged signature. \nTheir latest album “Unconditional Love In Hi-Fi” was released on Mint Records\,\nand took them across Canada and into the US\, UK\, Germany\, Sweden\, and Poland.\nPerfectly frank\, Miesha and the Spanks don’t shy away from\nthe darkness. With a dark sense of humour and a serious howl\, nothing is beyond their grasp. \n\nhttps://mieshaandthespanks.net/ \nAbout Francis Baptiste \nDescribed by CBC as “unsparingly candid” and “lushly hypnotic”\, Syilx songwriter\, Francis Baptiste covers\ntopics of cultural reclamation\, addiction\, and fatherhood. In 2022 he released his debut album\, Sneqsilx\n(Family) [Snek-silx]\, an album that features songs sung in his native language Nsyilxcən [ne-see-ilk-chen]\, the\nendangered language of the Syilx [see-ilks] people. The 10-song album was his effort to preserve and connect\nwith his heritage. In 2024\, Baptiste released his second album\, Senklip\, the Trickster. The 10 new tracks\ncovered topics like Oral Traditions\, the struggles of being a recovering addict and a father simultaneously\, and\nintergenerational trauma. \nHis new album\, Lived Experience in East Vancouver\, was released in 2025 and focuses solely on his battle\nwith addiction. Currently\, Baptiste works in the Downtown Eastside for a men’s health organization called the\nDUDES Club (https://dudesclub.ca/). \n \nhttps://www.francisbaptiste.ca/ \nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/11479/
LOCATION:Fox Cabaret\, 2321 Main St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Fragile: Handle With Care
DESCRIPTION:Vancouver Independent Music Centre Society (VIM) and SUM gallery present: \nFRAGILE: HANDLE WITH CARE\nMark Takeshi McGregor\, flute & movement | Parmela Attariwala\, violin\, movement & sound design\nSujit Vaidya\, choreography & movement \nFriday and Saturday\, November 13-14: 7:30 pm | Doors and box office opens at 6:30 pm\nSunday Matinee\, November 15: 2 pm | Doors and box office opens at 1 pm\nMorrow\, 910 Richards Street\, Unit 204 \nThis Concert takes place on the traditional and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish)\, and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. \nAbout The Show  \nHow does performance adjust as our bodies age? How do performers change as we age? What becomes more\nimportant\, what is less important? Sujit\, Mark and Parmela explore the physical and sonic shifts time brings.\nFragile: Handle with Care is the first draft presentation of a new collaborative work featuring new movement and music\nby three of Vancouver’s leading creative artists\, composer/ flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor; composer/ violinist Parmela\nAttariwala; and choreographer/ dancer Sujit Vaidya. \nAbout Mark Takeshi McGregor  \nDescribed as a “mind-blowing” musician of “huge physical energy” (Times Colonist)\, flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor is a\nVancouver-based soloist\, chamber musician\, and improvisor. Mark has performed with various ensemble across five\ncontinents including Innovations en Concert (Montreal)\, Ding Yi Chinese Chamber Music Festival (Singapore)\, Museo\nLeonora Carrington (San Luis Potosí\, Mexico)\, Melos-Ethos (Bratislava)\, GroundSwell (Winnipeg) and Núcleo Música\nNova International Symposium of New Music (Curitiba\, Brazil). In 2021\, he was honoured with the Friends of Canadian\nMusic Award\, which recognizes exceptional to Canadian composers and their music. He is artistic director of the Queer\nArts Festival + SUM gallery\, major platforms for 2SLGBTQIA+ art and artists. \n \nhttps://marktakeshimcgregor.com/\n  \nAbout Parmela Attariwala  \nBorn and raised in Mohkinstis (Calgary)\, Parmela Attariwala determined as a toddler that she had to play the violin after\nseeing one on television. She studied music formally in the United States and Europe\, then cultivated an eclectic artistic\npractice over a twenty-five-year sojourn in Toronto\, mixing traditional and non-traditional\, cross-genre and\ninterdisciplinary\, performance and creation\, socially progressive pedagogy and applied ethnomusicology. Parmela is\nparticularly known for working with choreographers (as both composer and movement artist)\, for her Attar Project\nrecordings featuring works for Western strings and North Indian tabla (“a cross-cultural handshake to set the mind\nspinning”)\, and for research on music and identity in Canada. Since moving to Vancouver in 2019\, Parmela’s creative\nwork has expanded to include sound scores for gallery installations (Esker Foundation\, Peter Morin and Ayumi\nGoto’s the Salmon and the Crow are Everywhere and Morin’s NDN Lovesongs)\, dance film (Sujit Vaidya and Robert\nKingsbury’s Sacred/Sacrilegeous)\, and opera (Marion Newman and Yvette Nolan’s Namwayut). She also co-founded the\ncollaborative improvisation web series Understorysound.ca\, and dedicates her spare time to tackling issues of equity\nand ethics in the music sector.  \n \nhttps://parmela.com/ \nAbout Sujit Vaidya  \nChoreographer Sujit Vaidya is an independent Vancouver dance artist trained in Bharatanatyam who works primarily as\nsoloist. His artistic choices reflect the curiosities and experiences he holds as a queer artist of colour\, while deeply\nengaging with an art form rooted in tradition. His choreographies question the narrative and relevance of non-inclusive\ntraditional texts. He aims to create space for queer expression within the context of Bharatanatyam. His works have\nbeen programmed in festivals such as Vancouver International Dance Festival\, Dancing On The Edge and MAI Montreal. \n \nhttps://sujitvaidya.ca/ \nAbout SUM Gallery \nOne of only a handful of permanent spaces worldwide dedicated to the presentation of queer art\, SUM gallery brings\ndiverse communities together to support artistic risk-taking\, incite creative collaboration and experimentation\, and\ncelebrate the rich heritage of queer artists and art. SUM produces\, presents and exhibits challenging\, thought-provoking\nmultidisciplinary art\, including up to six exhibitions a year\, a concert series\, the SUM-AiR artist residency program\, and\nmultiple workshops and public engagement initiatives. From its roots in the Pride in Art Society (PiA)\, SUM gallery was\nfounded in 2018 as a space for year-round programming of the Queer Arts Festival.  \nhttps://sumgallery.ca/ \n  \nShare this:FacebookTwitterPocket
URL:https://vimhouse.ca/event/11482/
LOCATION:Morrow\, 910 Richards Street\, Unit 204\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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