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Vancouver, a city in British Columbia, is one of the major cultural centres of Canada. The music of Vancouver is diverse, representing the many peoples that live in the city, ranging from classical and modern avant-garde orchestras and composers through a wide range of pop, rock, rap, jazz, world and country, and also including performers of classical and popular Chinese, Hong Kong and Indian music.〔(World Music Guide to Vancouver )〕 ==Festivals, institutions and venues== Vancouver is home to a number of music festivals. The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is one of the biggest folk festivals in North America. The Vancouver International Jazz Festival features a diverse line-up of international performers. Music on Main's Modulus Festival presents BC-based artists with international top-flight musicians.〔 The Vancouver Children's Festival will be in its 36th year in 2013. MusicFest Vancouver occurred in August every year and featured world, classical and jazz music. In the fall of 2012, MusicFest Vancouver announced that it was suspending its festival. Music institutions include the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Cantata Singers, Vancouver Opera Association, City Opera of Vancouver, Vancouver New Music Society, Vancouver Chamber Music Society, Vancouver World Music Collective, Music in the Morning, and the Caravan World Rhythms Society, which promote world music, and the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, which mixes the musical traditions of Vancouver's population. Music Intima, a popular professional vocal ensemble, has recorded classical and popular music, including works by Canadian and modern composers and arrangers. New Music West, along with staging upcoming talent also host workshops for those in the music industry, or those trying to make it in the music industry. A protest to that festival's entry fee, Music waste, has now become an important alternative music festival in its own right. UBC's radio station CiTR hosts an annual battle of the bands called Shindig, along with a monthly arts and culture magazine called Discorder. The Rogue Folk Club is a part of the Vancouver scene, and puts on shows at the St. James Community Centre and the Capilano University Theatre for the Performing Arts. Popular music venues in the city include the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, the Vogue Theatre, the Croatian Cultural Centre, Italian Cultural Centre, The Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts theatre at West Vancouver Secondary School, the auditorium of the Vancouver School of Music and the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.〔 Bars that regularly host live music include The Railway Club, The Lamplighter, The Media Club, The Red Room, the Bourbon, Anza Club, The Astoria, The Biltmore, Pub 340, Venue (formerly the Plaza), the Rickshaw Theatre and Pat's Pub. Many venues have been closed due to Vancouver's notoriously strict licensing policies, such as the Cobalt, The Sugar Refinery and the Mesa Luna. The Starfish Room and Richard's on Richards have been demolished to make way for condos, and The Waldorf Hotel ceased operating as a live venue in January 2013 for the same reason.〔()〕〔()〕 The tough licensing and high-priced real estate in Vancouver have also caused the city to have an illegal underground venue scene which is regularly at odds with City Hall and the police.〔〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Music of Vancouver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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