Vancouver New Music celebrates sonic exploration at Whispered Folds, October 16 to 18 — Stir

Vancouver New Music presents its annual VNM Festival from October 16 to 18 at the Annex. This year’s theme, Whispered Folds, is a metaphor for the overlapping layers of identity, experience, and resonance explored by the artists, who invite listeners to consider how sound reflects and disrupts physical, psychological, and cultural borders.

Festival highlights include New York–based Argentinian composer Cecilia Lopez’s handwoven electronic instrument RED, a fusion of architecture, installation, and composition; the return of Montreal’s Erin Gee with her piece In Bloom, an ambient narrative-driven meditation on the afterlife; and JJJJJerome Ellis’s new work on the intersections between music and sound, stuttering, and Blackness. Artist talks start at 7:15 pm each night, and performances start at 8 pm.