Under the leadership of Artistic/Executive Director, and internationally acclaimed soprano, Suzie LeBlanc, C.M., Early Music Vancouver (EMV) has been a vibrant contributor to Vancouver’s cultural scene for nearly 55 years.  With a full season of concerts, a summer festival and a  large selection of digital concerts, EMV features the most  renowned artists of the international early music scene.  It also presents concerts in Victoria on Vancouver Island. Early Music’s outreach and educational activities include an artist-in-residence programme, an emerging artist competition, a baroque mentorship orchestra (BOMP) and presents intimate concerts and lectures at Green College (UBC) and at Hodson Manor. The Pacific Baroque Orchestra (PBO), under the direction of  Alexander Weimann, is EMV’s ‘house band’. It has achieved recognition as one of Canada’s most exciting and innovative  early music ensembles and has toured extensively throughout Canada and the U.S. The phrase ‘early music’ often refers to European music from the Medieval Period through to the Baroque (about 1800). At EMV it also encompasses music from outside the western European tradition to that of other cultures within the same period – Tang Dynasty China and the Ottoman and Persian empires for instance. EMV also explores music from the 19th century with historically informed performances on its restored fortepianos – re-creating the original sound of the music as the composer heard it. EMV concerts offer a platform for cross-cultural dialogue and exploration of diverse perspectives and relationships with the past. Live performances take place in Vancouver at venues such as Christ Church Cathedral, the Chan Centre (UBC), St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church, and Kay Meek Arts Centre (West Vancouver). In Victoria, concert venues include Christ Church Cathedral Victoria and First Church of Christ Scientist.