Music at the Smith
Music at the Smith is a seasonal concert series dedicated to showcasing highly accomplished musical ensembles across a spectrum of genres, including jazz, folk, indie, classical, and world music. Set within the Gordon Smith Gallery, each performance unfolds alongside the current exhibition featuring Canadian artists. This intersection of disciplines offers the audiences a multi-sensory artistic experience where the visual and auditory arts complement each other. Every ticket purchase directly supports Artists for Kids and the Gordon Smith Gallery programming, ensuring the next generation of creative voices continues to be nurtured and inspired.
Upcoming , 1 event
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La Modestine
Join us for an afternoon concert on Saturday, November 7th for Music at The Smith.
La Modestine is a chamber music ensemble formed in 2016 by west coast musicians with a love of playing music of the 17th and 18th centuries together. The members bring a wealth of international experience to playing this enchanting repertoire on period instruments.
Tickets Coming Soon
Past concerts
The Giving Shapes
June 13, 2026
The Giving Shapes is a collaborative project between harpist/vocalist Elisa Thorn and pianist/vocalist Robyn Jacob that formed in fall 2017 at the Banff Centre for the Arts.
Fall 2023
Music at the Smith returns for a season of Jazz and Classical performances by preeminent BC musicians at the Gordon Smith Gallery.
Selected by Guest Music Curator, Sarah Ballantyne.
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October 3rd, 2023
New York State of Mind: American Music for clarinet, violin, and piano
Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet
David Gillham, violin
Jane Hayes, piano -
October 24th, 2023
Rising Stars: Benjamin Millman Piano Trio
Benjamin Millman, piano
Wynston Minkler, bass
Karl DeJong, drums -
November 7th, 2023
Rising Stars: Elysian Trio
Joy Yeh, harp
Paul Hung, flute
Sarah Kwok, viola -
November 21st, 2023
Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five
James Danderfer, clarinet
Bill Coon, guitar
Sharon Minemoto, piano
Atley King, vibraphone
Jodi Proznick, bass
Joe Poole, drums
The Steinway
The Smith Foundation is honoured to be the proud owner of a 100 year old Steinway & Sons baby grand piano, donated by Kathryn Allison in memory of her mother Barbara Allison, a friend and student of Gordon Smith.
The donation of the Steinway piano is in memory of my mother, Barbara Allison. She trained as an opera singer, but when she became a single parent, she went back to school to become a teacher. She met Gordon Smith when she took his Fine Arts Teaching Methods course at UBC. They became great pals and he encouraged her to nurture every child’s creativity, not just the prodigies. Gordon Smith inspired my mother’s teaching practice, and made it possible for me to paint murals all over my bedroom walls. She relented, only because he approved!
