Elektra presents If the Earth Could Sing – featuring the world premiere of Andrew Staniland’s Songs from the Lytton Fire

Elektra, Vancouver’s internationally acclaimed adult treble voice choir, presents If the Earth Could Sing (March 28–29, 2026), a multimedia choral program centred on Canadian voices responding to climate change, place, and landscape. Projected landscape imagery accompanies the music throughout the concert.

A major highlight is the world premiere of Songs from the Lytton Fire by 2026 JUNO Award nominee Andrew Staniland, setting texts by poet Meghan Fandrich, a survivor of the 2021 Lytton wildfire. The work approaches wildfire as a lens rather than a subject, reflecting on community, vulnerability, and resilience.

The program also features Unsung: If the Earth Could Sing by Vancouver composer Katerina Gimon, a five-movement work for choir with cello and percussion, setting texts by poet Lauren Peat. Each movement gives voice to a different Canadian landscape, sung from the perspective of the land itself.

Additional works by Don Macdonald, Mari Esabel Valverde, Gerda Blok-Wilson, and Luke Wallace broaden the program’s perspectives on climate and place.

Saturday March 28 | 7:30pm
Sunday March 29 | 4pm
Pacific Spirit United Church
2195 West 45th Ave (at Yew)
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Tickets and details: elektra.ca