Spring 2025 Improvisation Workshop 2pm-3:30pm Saturdays March 15 - May 10 At 8EAST FREE for up to 15 participants with NOW Membership Donations gratefully accepted (here). Workshops are drop-in! Please bring your instrument Since 1978, the New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) has presented music improvisation workshops, offering space for exploration and participation. Our workshops are […]
Spring 2025 Improvisation Workshop 2pm-3:30pm Saturdays March 15 - May 10 At 8EAST FREE for up to 15 participants with NOW Membership Donations gratefully accepted (here). Workshops are drop-in! Please bring your instrument Since 1978, the New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) has presented music improvisation workshops, offering space for exploration and participation. Our workshops are for […]
On the last Wednesday of every month... Come play improvised music in a collaborative setting! Open to improvising musicians of all genres and experience levels. Small ensembles will be randomly created from musicians that register (that’s you!) to play short sets together. Free/$10/$20/$xx Admission is free; donations are welcome at the door (cash only). Cash […]
Friday, March 28th, 2025Doors 7:45pm, Music 8pmBy donation $20/$10/freeAt 8EAST Mustafa Rafiq - guitar and saxophone (Edmonton)Johanna Hauser - bass clarinetJP Carter - trumpetMatthew Ariaratnam - guitarLisa Cay Miller - pianoJesus Caballero - drumsAdrian Avendaño - drums Mustafa Rafiq is a person and self-taught guitarist and saxophonist. Using these instruments with voice, field recordings and […]
Spring 2025 Improvisation Workshop 2pm-3:30pm Saturdays March 15 - May 10 At 8EAST FREE for up to 15 participants with NOW Membership Donations gratefully accepted (here). Workshops are drop-in! Please bring your instrument (and/or amp) and be ready to play! Since 1978, the New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) has presented music improvisation workshops, offering space […]
Spring 2025 Hand Drum and Singing Workshop April 5th, 2pm-3:30pm At 8EAST FREE for up to 30 participants 25 RSVP (Now sold out) and 5 Drop in! Donations gratefully accepted (here). Please sign up on Eventbrite here! New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) and Vancouver Youth Choir (VYC) proudly present the Hand Drum and Singing Workshop […]
Presented by NOW Society and Barking Sphinx Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 Doors 7:45pm, Music 8pm By donation $20/$10/free At 8EAST Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio Satoko Fujii - piano Natto Maki - bass Oden - drums + James Meger - bass Lisa Cay Miller - piano Cole Schmidt - guitar Jesus Caballero - drums Satoko Fujii […]
BIG FUN ON THE CORNER A monthly series celebrating electricity in improvised music! Brought to you by JP Carter & the NOW Society, every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 8EAST. 14th edition: Set 1~ JP Carter amplified trumpet/effects Set 2~ Alvaro Rojas guitar, effects JP Carter trumpet, effects Kai Basanta drums Wednesday April 9th, 2025 […]
Spring 2025 Improvisation Workshop 2pm-3:30pm Saturdays March 15 - May 10 At 8EAST FREE for up to 15 participants with NOW Membership Donations gratefully accepted (here). Workshops are drop-in! Please bring your instrument (and/or amp) and be ready to play! Since 1978, the New Orchestra Workshop Society (NOW) has presented music improvisation workshops, offering space […]
comin up soon! Tuesday April 15 8pm at 8EAST $20/$10/XX/FREE Set 1 Aidan Edwards - Solo Clarinet Set 2 how to survive a high rise hotel fire Haley Bird - oboe Nikko Whitworth - bass Set 3 JP Carter - Trumpet Grace Murphy - Bass Lisa Cay Miller - Moog and Piano Lee Hutzulak - […]