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Meredith Bates

from Vancouver BC
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Meredith Bates

Instruments: Violin details
A talented improvisor and performer, award-winning violinist Meredith Bates is known for her elegant and virtuosic sound.

She has spent most of the past twenty years recording and performing around the world in celebrated ensembles, such as Pugs and Crows (JUNO winner 2013, WCMA 2016), Gentle Party, and projects led by Vancouver music icons Tony Wilson, Ford Pier, Leah Abramson, and Peggy Lee. She is a collaborator at heart and relishes any opportunity to join forces with other likeminded artists.

Recently, Meredith has been focusing on her own projects. She has founded a new instrumental sextet ‘Like the Mind’, with renowned improvisors from Canada and Sweden (Peggy Lee, Lisa Ullen, Lisen Rylander Love, Elisa Thorn, and Emma Augustsson).

In the Fall 2020, Meredith’s artist residency at Western Front in Vancouver culminated with the composition and performance of an immersive multi-disciplinary work called Sound Migrations.

In December 2020, she released an epic ambient and experimental debut solo album, ‘If Not Now‘, produced by Chris Gestrin on Phonometrograph. Featuring layers of processed violin and viola, it is inspired by our relationship to one another and our natural surroundings.

Meredith lives on unceded Coast Salish territory. She is the artistic director of the Vancouver Improvised Arts Society (VIAS), a non-profit organization aimed at supporting the creation and presentation of improvised works by womxn, BIPOC, and LGBTQ2S+ artists.
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31
Jul
2021
14:00 17:00
Wonderment Festival 2021 - Outdoors & In-Person: Alexandre Klinke, Meredith Bates
Wonderment 2021 - 6th Edition - Free Outdoor In-Person Events Wonderment's 2n...
Free
Fisherman's Wharf Park
Event is live streamed / online.Event can be attended in person
01
Nov
2019
10:30
Modulus Late Night: Joshua Zubot, Meredith Bates, Jesse Zubot, Peggy Lee, James ...
Building connections between Vancouver’s artistic communities through unexpect...
The Gold Saucer
Event can be attended in person
01
Nov
2019
22:30
Modulus Late Night: Joshua Zubot, Meredith Bates, Jesse Zubot, Peggy Lee, James ...
The night is young. Keep the good times coming during this late-night concert wi...
$10-$25
The Gold Saucer
Event can be attended in person
11
Apr
2017
21:30
Sawdust Collector weekly concert/performance series: Ron Samworth, Barbara Adler...
Sawdust Collector is a weekly concert series taking place on Tuesday nights at T...
$5-$10
The Gold Saucer
Event can be attended in person
03
Nov
2016
20:30
Peggy Lee's Echo Painting: Peggy Lee Band, Cole Schmidt, Meredith Bates, Bradsha...
Live at The WISE is proud to presents ... Peggy Lee's Echo Painting & J.P Carte...
$20
WISE Hall
Event can be attended in person
19
Aug
2016
21:00 12:00
Pugs and Crows, Tony Wilson, only a visitor, Jenn Bojm & Khingfisher
Pugs & Crows & Tony Wilson: http://pugsandcrows.com/ Only A Visitor: http://onl...
$15
WISE Hall
Event can be attended in person
17
Dec
2015
20:00 23:00
Pugs & Crows & Tony Wilson Album Release Show: Pugs and Crows, Tony Wilson, Inha...
Pugs and Crows are back and bolder than ever with their new album – Everyone K...
$15
The Western Front
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10
Jul
2014
16:00 01:00
Dixie's Death Pool, David P. Smith, Rob Nesbitt, Malibu Kens
DIXIE'S DEATH POOL http://dixiesdeathpool.com/ https://www.facebook.com/dixies...
Copper Owl
Event can be attended in person
22
Jun
2013
21:00 23:00
Pugs and Crows
 
$10
Electric Owl
Event can be attended in person
22
Jun
2013
17:00 19:00
Pugs and Crows
 
$10
Kozmik Zoo
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21
Jun
2013
13:00 15:00
Pugs and Crows
 
Free
Performance Works
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23
May
2013
21:00
The Living, Pugs and Crows, e.s.l.
 
$9
Rickshaw Theatre
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02
Mar
2013
20:00
NoMeansNo, Invasives, Ford Pier and Strength of Materials
NoMeansNo have been creating their own unique brand of progressive punk rock sin...
$22
Rickshaw Theatre
Event can be attended in person
07
Jan
2013
21:00 00:00
FORD PIER AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS / we just stole a car / PUGS AND CROWS: Ford...
Ford Pier Strength of Materials / Pugs and Crows / we just stole a car live at T...
The Biltmore Cabaret
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19
May
2012
20:00 01:00
Dixie's Death Pool, Dirty Spells , Shimmering Stars
 
$10-$12
Rickshaw Theatre
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27
Feb
2012
21:00 00:00
Cornshed, Whiskey Chief, Pugs and Crows
 
$6
The Media Club
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28
Oct
2011
20:00
Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People, Pugs and Crows
 
The Western Front
Event can be attended in person
24
Sep
2011
21:00 01:30
Pugs and Crows, The Red Hot Icicles Burning on Fire
 
$10-$50
Cafe deux Soleils
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23
Apr
2011
21:00
Delicious Jazz at the Fort Street: Pugs and Crows, Cast
The Pugs and Crows Band is a Jazz trio from Vancouver. Cast is a newly formed V...
The Fort Cafe
Event can be attended in person
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Current Projects

Dixie's Death Pool
Violin
2009 - present
heartwarmongering
violin
2005 - present
Pugs and Crows
violin
Ford Pier and Strength of Materials

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