Town Choir and Sea2City pop-up event

Event details

Free event; attend in-person.

The event will include:

Information about adaptation design concepts from the two Sea2City design teams
A live choral performance about living on the coast by the Vancouver Youth Choir at 1pm (The performance will run once for 55 minutes.)
A display of photographs of Vancouverites and their thoughts about sea level rise

Before and after the performance, we will be showcasing design ideas that respond to the challenge of sea level rise in False Creek.

What is Town Choir

In four different coastal cities: Vancouver, New York, Mumbai, and Tokyo, four writers type out observations of the world unfolding around them.

At the same time, the Vancouver Youth Choir in Olympic Village receives these observations about sea level rise and community through a large screen and sings them out to the public.

The thoughts of the writers are transmitted to the choir and then performed as part of an epic choral declaration.
Who is a part of Town Choir
Town Choir:
- Is performed by the Vancouver Youth Choir, under the artistic direction of Carrie Tennant and composed and conducted by Robbie Blake
- Features an international team of writers: Rosemary Georgeson (Galiano Island), Ranjit Hoskote (Mumbai), Yuki Kedoin (Tokyo), and Tanya Marquardt (New York)
- Directed by Theatre Replacement Artistic Director Maiko Yamamoto
Organization in attendance
- Theatre Replacement
- Vancouver Youth Choir