RCA and ClassicalValley Present: Standing Wave Ensemble

May 24, 2025

Location: Rotary Centre for the Arts
Address: 421 Cawston Avenue
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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2025-05-24 19:30:00 2025-05-24 21:00:00 America/Vancouver RCA and ClassicalValley Present: Standing Wave Ensemble Saturday, May 24 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Mary Irwin Theatre | $45 Intermission: Yes VIP post-concert reception: $15 (free for Theatre Members) Juno-nominated contemporary chamber ensemble Standing Wave ventures into a panoply of musical worlds with passion and assurance. Modern classics by Murail, Glass, and Vivier are staples of the ensemble’s repertoire, along with commissioned works by pioneering Canadian composers such as Nicole Lizee, Jocelyn Morlock, Bekah Simms Giorgio Magnanensi, and Jordan Nobles. This evening's repertoire is selected especially for Kelowna audiences, and includes contemporary works that are simultaneously innovative and accessible. Audiences will experience completely original compositions, as well as some that remake works by Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen. In its 30-year history, Standing Wave has commissioned and premiered well over 100 works. The ensemble presents an annual season of concerts in Vancouver, has toured across Canada, and has collaborated with luminary artists such as Kokoro Dance, Ballet BC, Mina Shum, Peter Anderson, Talking Pictures, Veda Hille, and the Git Hayetsk Dancers. Standing Wave’s latest album, 20C Remix (2021), received a Juno nomination for Classical Album of the Year (small ensemble). Standing Wave was named Artist/Ensemble of the Year at the West Coast Music Awards in 2017 and 2022. Celebrated on stages across Canada, Standing Wave has been featured as part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, the Modulus Festival, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival, the Victoria Symphony’s New Currents Festival, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the Montreal New Music Festival, and Ottawa’s Chamberfest. In 2022 the ensemble performed on Winnipeg’s venerable Groundswell Concert Series as well as New Music Concerts in Toronto. Dedicated to fostering the next generations of Canadian composers, Standing Wave created Compocon in 2019. Compocon is a summer intensive for composition students. Mentor composers join ensemble members during this week-long program that culminates in the development of new works by the students for Standing Wave’s ‘Pierrot + Percussion” instrumentation. Standing Wave has been an ensemble in residence at the University of British Columbia School of Music since 2004, working with members of the Composition Faculty to provide readings of student works, offering feedback and suggestions from the standpoint of a conductorless chamber ensemble, as well as open rehearsals and workshops. Elusive Things Program: Stone’s Throw (2018), Jocelyn Morlock Le Merle Noir (1952, arr. 2013), Olivier Messiaen, arr. Jennifer Butler Still Life with Avalanche (2008) Missy Mazzoli Intermission Of All Things Elusive (2023), Dorothy Chang Walking in Claude’s Footsteps (1910, arr., 2014), Claude Debussy, arr. Jordan Nobles Raven Tales (2012), Marcus Goddard Learn more about Standing Wave Ensemble. About Classical Valley. Join us for a VIP post-concert reception in the South Atrium of the Rotary Centre for the Arts where you will have the chance to meet the performers of Standing Wave Ensemble. A visiting musician from the ClassicalValley chamber music and wine festival will perform during this informal gathering. Each ticket includes a complimentary glass of wine. Rotary Centre for the Arts 421 Cawston Avenue events@kelownanow.com
Saturday, May 24 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Mary Irwin Theatre | $45
Intermission: Yes
VIP post-concert reception: $15 (free for Theatre Members)

Juno-nominated contemporary chamber ensemble Standing Wave ventures into a panoply of musical worlds with passion and assurance. Modern classics by Murail, Glass, and Vivier are staples of the ensemble’s repertoire, along with commissioned works by pioneering Canadian composers such as Nicole Lizee, Jocelyn Morlock, Bekah Simms Giorgio Magnanensi, and Jordan Nobles. This evening's repertoire is selected especially for Kelowna audiences, and includes contemporary works that are simultaneously innovative and accessible. Audiences will experience completely original compositions, as well as some that remake works by Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen.

In its 30-year history, Standing Wave has commissioned and premiered well over 100 works. The ensemble presents an annual season of concerts in Vancouver, has toured across Canada, and has collaborated with luminary artists such as Kokoro Dance, Ballet BC, Mina Shum, Peter Anderson, Talking Pictures, Veda Hille, and the Git Hayetsk Dancers.

Standing Wave’s latest album, 20C Remix (2021), received a Juno nomination for Classical Album of the Year (small ensemble). Standing Wave was named Artist/Ensemble of the Year at the West Coast Music Awards in 2017 and 2022.

Celebrated on stages across Canada, Standing Wave has been featured as part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, the Modulus Festival, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival, the Victoria Symphony’s New Currents Festival, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the Montreal New Music Festival, and Ottawa’s Chamberfest. In 2022 the ensemble performed on Winnipeg’s venerable Groundswell Concert Series as well as New Music Concerts in Toronto.

Dedicated to fostering the next generations of Canadian composers, Standing Wave created Compocon in 2019. Compocon is a summer intensive for composition students. Mentor composers join ensemble members during this week-long program that culminates in the development of new works by the students for Standing Wave’s ‘Pierrot + Percussion” instrumentation. Standing Wave has been an ensemble in residence at the University of British Columbia School of Music since 2004, working with members of the Composition Faculty to provide readings of student works, offering feedback and suggestions from the standpoint of a conductorless chamber ensemble, as well as open rehearsals and workshops.

Elusive Things Program:

Stone’s Throw (2018), Jocelyn Morlock
Le Merle Noir (1952, arr. 2013), Olivier Messiaen, arr. Jennifer Butler
Still Life with Avalanche (2008) Missy Mazzoli

Intermission

Of All Things Elusive (2023), Dorothy Chang
Walking in Claude’s Footsteps (1910, arr., 2014), Claude Debussy, arr. Jordan Nobles
Raven Tales (2012), Marcus Goddard

Learn more about Standing Wave Ensemble.
About Classical Valley.


Join us for a VIP post-concert reception in the South Atrium of the Rotary Centre for the Arts where you will have the chance to meet the performers of Standing Wave Ensemble. A visiting musician from the ClassicalValley chamber music and wine festival will perform during this informal gathering. Each ticket includes a complimentary glass of wine.