Musical presentation scans belief systems

Live music and animated images are combined in a presentation on Thursday that explores the belief systems of Canadian and Indigenous societies.

UBC Okanagan’s Centre for Culture and Technology is teaming up with Vancouver’s Orchid Ensemble for Music of the Heavens, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Rotary Centre for the Arts’ Mary Irwin Theatre.

Music of the Heavens is a multicultural, multimedia presentation in which characters from the heavenly world travel through time and space highlighting different cultural beliefs.

The team of the Centre for Culture and Technology at UBC Okanagan, including associate professor in creative studies Aleksandra Dulic, artists Jessica Dennis and Amberley John, worked with media artist and composer Kenneth Newby to create this a multimedia presentation.

The Orchid Ensemble and media artists Dulic and Newby have been collaborating since 2006, creating interdisciplinary projects of critical acclaim.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Orchid Ensemble is known for its cross-cultural, innovative works, performing diverse styles ranging from Taiwanese, Chinese, world and new music to jazz and creative improvisation.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students or $50 for a family of two adults and two students, available at the RCA box office.