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2026_10_16
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
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Saturday, October 17th
The Beaver Lake Project @ The Western Front
By Donation
sound 8pm
303 East 8th Ave, Vancouver
In development since 2021, The Beaver Lake Project derives its musical structure from motion observed in relation to a fixed point of listening. Drawing on recordings made at Beaver Lake in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, the work translates relationships among pitch, amplitude, timbre, and duration into a performance framework for an ensemble. Rather than using field recording to reproduce or preserve a sonic environment, Clément considers how sound behaves in relation to space, site, and listening. Through sustained attention, temporal relationships embedded in the recordings are measured, interpreted, and translated into music.
The performance brings together twelve local musicians selected through an open call to realize a durational score of sustained tones, gradual pitch movement, and extended listening. Arranged for three quartets, the performance unfolds over 100 minutes, with each quartet temporally staggered so that both silence and simultaneity is compositional.
The musicians are Khalil Alomar (synth), Julie Andreyev (theremin), Héloïse Auvray (electric bass with ebow), Adrian Avendaño (percussion), Jaiden Christie (violin), Anat Elkayam (electronics), Elisa Ferrari (prepared zither with ebow), JT Gladysz (synth), Sam Meadahl (lap steel), Alvaro Rojas (guitar), Nikko Whitworth (double bass), and Rafael Zen (electronics).
https://westernfront.ca/events/the-beaver-lake-project
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Sunday, October 18th, 2026
Free Time @ KW Studios
Sound: 8pm
$25
111 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
FREE TIME was formed by drummer Kevin Romain with Dominic Conway (tenor saxophone) and Nikko Whitworth (double bass) in 2015 which feels like a very long time ago now.
Opening the night for the band George as a part of the VanJazz festival.
https://www.van-jazz.ca/events/freetime-george
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
8EAST Recording Project Launch Party @ 8EAST
Doors: 8pm
by donation $10/$20/xx/FREE
8 East Pender St, Vancouver
Live at 8EAST: April 11, 2026, is a collaboration between friends Feven Kidane, Nebyu Yohannes, Matthew Ariaratnam, Nikko Whitworth, and Adrian Avendaño joined together in an improvised meeting that takes place at 8EAST. A space on the corner of Pender and Carrall between Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside. Run by the New Orchestra Workshop (NOW) Society that has hosted many nights, workshops, and festivals of improvised music from musicians all over the world and is home to a diverse community of improvisors in Vancouver, BC. This will be a first release on the 8EAST Recording Project that is archiving recordings at 8EAST and other performances curated by the NOW Society.
Feven Kidane – Trumpet, Nebyu Yohannes – Trombone, Matthew Ariaratnam – Guitar, Nikko Whitworth – Double Bass, Adrian Avendaño – Drums
https://www.8east.ca/event/8east-recording-project-launch-party/
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
Evan Cribb's Coercion @ Blue Light Studios
Doors: 8pm
$26.50
1839 Franklin Street, Vancouver
Vancouver-based saxophonist and composer Evan Cribb leads Coercion, a band featuring some of the city’s most dynamic musicians. Cribb’s original music incorporates rhythmic complexity into accessible long-form frameworks for exploration, with ambient passages, pulsing grooves, expansive melodies, and explosive improvisation taking the listener on a journey with the band through a series of diverse soundscapes.
Evan Cribb - saxophone
Jordy Mcintosh - drums
Thad Bailey-Mai - trumpet
Thomas Hoeller - guitar
Max Huberdeau - piano
Nikko Whitworth - bass
https://www.van-jazz.ca/events/evan-cribb
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Thursday, October 29th, 2026
Tall Brain @ Lanalou's
Doors: 7pm, Sound 8pm
$20 door, $15 online
1839 Franklin Street, Vancouver
Hear music while competing to be the friendliest person.
Also featuring Gooner Patrol and Boarnana.
https://gigpit.ca/shows/event:lSbiubOOu0A
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Sunday, November 1st, 2026
Elisa Thorn @ The Erratics Indie Arts Club
Doors: 7pm, Sound 8pm
Tickets starting at $40
Students: $24
Seniors: $25
#150, 625 11 Ave SW, Calgary
A special partnership between New Works Calgary and Springboard Performance, this evening brings together three radical interdisciplinary arts innovators: Vancouver harpist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist Elisa Thorn, alongside Calgary movement artists Alexandra Contreras and Jennifer Clarke.
Each artist brings a distinctly contemporary creative language to the stage, while sharing an appetite for experimentation, risk, and unexpected connections. The evening features an experimental song cycle by Thorn and her collaborators Nikko Whitworth and Trent Freeman, a solo dance/theatre work by Contreras, and a newly commissioned improvisational collaboration between Thorn and Clarke.
Known for her radical and contemporary approach to the harp, Thorn creates music that, as Rhythm Changes writes, “electrifies your expectations.” Clarke brings her own “adventurous spirit” and “improvisatory verve” (Georgia Straight) to a practice that moves fluidly between choreography, movement, and sound. Contreras completes the trio with a deeply human choreographic voice that explores the stories and experiences we carry in our bodies.
Together, these three radical interdisciplinary arts innovators create an evening of music, movement, and spontaneous exchange where composition meets improvisation, the personal meets the experimental, and three singular artistic voices come together to discover what can happen in the space between them.
Theirs is the song by Elisa Thorn with special guest Jennifer ClarkeLa Vieja Astronauta by Alexandra Contreras
https://springboardperformance.com/events/theirs-is-the-song-la-vieja-astronauta
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