Come hear the World

Come hear the World here in Vancouver Big World Band Type: Music $20.00 Big World Band makes New World Music that mirrors Vancouver in the 21st century, with roots in China, India, the Middle East and Europe. More details Date and time April 27 2013, 8:00 p.m. Location Orpheum Annex, 823 Seymour Street near Robson Vancouver Contact 1.800.838.3006 Brown Paper Tickets An ensemble of musicians from the musical traditions of China, India, Persia, Arabia and Spain, augmented by musicians from the traditions of Europe, the Americas and beyond. They explore musical roots and branchings to create new musical adventures that combine to create a New World Music. The Big World Band paints the multicoloured music of French composer Erik Satie, reveals the Byzantine hallucinations of BC composer Scott Godin, along with solos by sitarist Mohamed Assani, Iranian oud player Hossein Behroozinia and Chinese ruan player Zhimin Yu, as well as the cultural mixologies of Vancouver composers Farshid Samandari and John Oliver. Forget the News of the World! Come hear the world here in Vancouver. For those who missed our last few concerts, you're in luck! We are playing several pieces from past programs. Come hear the pieces that people are talking about! Big World Band musicians: Mohamed Assani, sitar & tabla (Indian guitar and drums); Hossein Behroozinia, barbat (Iranian lute); Hamin Honari, tombak, daf (Iranian hand drums); Guilian Lui, pipa (Chinese lute); John Oliver, classical guitar; Farshid Samandari, bass guitar and Zhimin Yu, zhongruan (Chinese guitar).. Event Details. Location: 823 Seymour Street