Intersection Presents: Christopher Tignor Live at the Variety Café
Intersection Music & Arts Co-Presents: Christopher Tignor live in London, ON at the Variety Café!
Join us for the London date of acclaimed Brooklyn-based experimental composer and violinist Christopher Tignor’ spring tour where he will wage a self described, “war against what electroacoustic music might be, solo, 100% live, no tracks or loops, just blood, sweat, tears and a lot of rosin.”
With special guests Alex Ven+Andrew Noseworthy’s Ambient Works.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
6:30pm doors, 7pm show
Variety Cafe
466 Dufferin Ave, London, ON, N6B 1Z7
15$/10$ students
Soundstreams Presents: Encounters – Blurred Realities
Soundstreams’ Encounters series aims to bring people together through music and discussion to explore themes that resonate in their communities. New Canadian music stimulates and provokes ‘cultural conversations’, music with underlying themes that resonate with our time and place. A ‘cultural conversation’ is a form of storytelling: multiple participants interpret and respond to themes that ponder identities, values, attitudes and issues; and such conversations unfold over time.
This season, Soundstreams offers programming that aims to broaden these artistic horizons with exciting guest curators. Our Encounters series began in December by featuring a program curated by Métis scholar Rena Roussin. Later this season, we will also feature an evening created by turntablist and first-generation Grenadian Canadian Cheldon Paterson (SlowPitchSound) and composer James O’Callaghan, exploring “sampling” in the hip-hop and new music communities.
On April 13, the series continues with Encounters – Blurred Realities. Composers Maziar Heidari, Saman Shahi and Keyan Emami from the Iranian Composers of Toronto (ICOT) will premiere a new 15-minute work for percussion quartet and electric guitar. Titled Stream of the Unconscious, this work delves into the mind of a displaced person: the ongoing identity battle of a refugee, the constant daydreaming of an immigrant, and their collective efforts to negotiate new meaning in the intersectionality of their lives.
The Encounters series offers a musical experience that is free and accessible to all. Seats are limited, and patrons can reserve their free admission ticket by visiting soundstreams.ca.
Encounters – Blurred Realities
Heliconian Club, 35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto
April 13 @ 8pm
Artists: Richard Burrows, Yang Chen, Jamie Drake, Tim Francom (percussionists) and Andrew Noseworthy (electric guitar)
Maziar Heidari, Saman Shahi and Keyan Emami, curators/ composers
This piece is composed collectively by members of ICOT, Maziar Heidari, Saman Shahi and Keyan Emami in close collaboration with their creative partners: Richard Burrows, Yang Chen, Jamie Drake, Tim Francom (percussionists), and Andrew Noseworthy (electric guitar).
Stream of the Unconscious makes several references to music that was once heard by the composers in various stages of their lives. Some of this music may have been used by the Iranian State media as propaganda, while others may have been lullabies on the radio, or forbidden and underground revolutionary anthems. The aim of the work is to act as a commentary about how these melodies live and breathe as fragmented remains of memory and distant history in an immigrant’s conscious or subconscious psyche.
The piece also makes some use of free improvisation, rendering each performance of it somewhat different. In the spirit of this feature, this evening will include two full performances of the work spaced by a brief discussion among the creative partners and Soundstreams’ artistic team to dig deeper in the meaning, approach, and inspirations behind the work.
ICOT is a non-profit art organization founded by five Toronto-based composers and musicians in 2011 with the mission of creating new works that bridge Canadian and Iranian culture through music and art. ICOT has produced over 60 new works since its inception, and has curated or has been involved as featured artists over 35 concerts.
ICOT has produced 2 operas (Operatic Narrations of Arash the Archer, The Journey: Notes of Hope), 2 ballets (5 Tableaux from Khosrow and Shirin, Trio in Chaargah), 12 orchestral works (Secret of Solstice, Recall The Eden), dozens of chamber works and vocal works, as well as three call for scores that allowed ICOT to collaborate with over 20 composers from 8 different countries.
ICOT has received commissions from the National Ballet of Canada, Tirgan Festival, Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Toronto, 13 Strings, and has been featured in Ottawa Chamberfest, Hamilton Philharmonic’s What next Music Festival, Nuit Blanche Festival, Canadian Music Centre’s 2017 Season as well as LADOM Ensemble’s 2017 Debut Atlantic’s Eastern Canada tour. In addition to the aforementioned groups ICOT’s music has been performed by Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, Symphony on the Bay and Ton Beau String Quartet.
ICOT’s current members are Maziar Heidari (Music Director), Keyan Emami (Artistic Director), and Saman Shahi (Executive Director).
The Toronto Heliconian Club in Yorkville, will serve as the evening’s venue for the event. It is the oldest association of its kind in Canada, founded in 1909 to give women in the arts and letters an opportunity to meet socially and intellectually. Members range from women who have earned great distinction to those in the early stages of their careers.
Stream of the Unconscious is commissioned with support from the Ontario Arts Council. Encounters: Blurred Realities is supported by TD.
Massa Nera, Cease, Boxcutter, Neck, TPIATW @ The The Killroom
NO FUNERAL RECORDS PRESENTS:
WHERE: THE KILLROOM, HAMILTON, ON (ASK FOR ADDRESS)
TIME: DOORS 8:00PM
COST: $10
CAPACITY LIMITED
ALI'S BIRTHDAY! LETS PARTY
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Massa Nera (Jazzy heart wrenching screamo from new Jersey)
https://massanera.bandcamp.com/
Cease (New Hamilton hardcore with members of Stay Down and Cohezion)
This Place Is Actually The Worst (NY/TO drum machine screamo. Mems of Massa Nera)
Boxcutter (GTA screamo, Loud and intense)
neck (Everyones favourite clown. Emo rap, with a postive twist)
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we strive to make all of our shows inclusive. if you have have questions, please feel free to reach out.
MASSA NERA, TERRY GREEN, TPIATW, TREEHOUSE OF HORROR
NFDIY PRESENTS:
MASSA NERA (NJ)
https://massanera.bandcamp.com/album/derramar-querer-borrar
TERRY GREEN (ON)
https://terrygreen.bandcamp.com/album/lp
THIS PLACE IS ACTUALLY THE WORST (NJ+ON)
https://thisplaceisactuallytheworst.bandcamp.com/
TREEHOUSE OF HORROR (ON)\
https://treehouseofhorrormp3.bandcamp.com/
DOORS AT SEVEN PM
ALL AGES; $15/NOTAFLOF
SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2023
BAR ORWELL @ 1595 DUNDAS W
Massa Nera, Basque, TPIATW, A Perennial Daydream @ The Study Room
NO FUNERAL RECORDS PRESENTS:
WHERE: THE STUDY ROOM, KITCHENER, ON (ASK FOR ADDRESS)
TIME: DOORS 8:00PM
COST: $15-$20 / PWYC
CAPACITY LIMITED
ALI'S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND. LETS PARTY!
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Massa Nera (Jazzy heart wrenching screamo from new Jersey)
https://massanera.bandcamp.com/
Basque (Local screamo, no funeral posterchild, Equal parts angry and sad)
This Place Is Actually The Worst (NY/TO drum machine screamo. Mems of Massa Nera)
A Perennial Daydream (Ethereal indie from Southern Ontario)
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The Study Room is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. There are several steps at the entrance and down to the basement.
we strive to make all of our shows inclusive. if you have have questions, please feel free to reach out.
CMC Presents: Yang Chen and Andrew Noseworthy
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023
Doors at 7:00pm – Show at 7:30pm
CMC Presents: Yang Chen and Andrew Noseworthy
Ticket price:
General Admission. $15 Advance / $20 at the door
CMC Members and Arts Workers. $12 Advance / $15 at the door
Students. $10 anytime
Venue:
Canadian Music Centre
20 St. Joseph Street
Toronto, ON
M4Y 1J9
416-961-6601 x202
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Yang Chen
Yang Chen (they/them) is just happy to be here with you 🙂 They are a percussionist with many side-hustles who prioritizes collaboration, personal growth, and joy. Yang is a grateful nexus of playful curiosity, cross disciplinary yearning, classical training, and loving relationships. All of which influence process & product within their work.
Website: www.yangchen.ca
Instagram:instagram.com/yango.bongo
Bandcamp: peopleplacesrecords.bandcamp.com
Recordings: longing for _
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Andrew Noseworthy
Andrew Noseworthy (he/him/his) is a multidisciplinary artist whose music reflects upon the acceptance/rejection of “locality,” while addressing ideas of post-regional spaces and questions of accessibility for the musical voices within them. His genre-fluid projects coalesce wide-ranging styles and distinct artistic practices, while building sustainable relationships through communal collaboration. Recent collaborators include The Metropolis Ensemble, The 21C Guitar Conference, Angie Moon Dance Theatre, Saman Shahi, India Gailey, Yang Chen, Tim Brady/Bradyworks, Phong Tran, Adam Cuthbért, SlowPitchSound, Greg Bruce, The St John’s International Sound Symposium, Bekah Simms, Tanea Hynes and Andrea Lodge. He is a member of the post-genre duo laydøwn (with Yaz Lancaster) and the Toronto-based contemporary ensemble Contaqt. With Aeryn Santillan, he is a co-founder of the experimental hardcore duo this place is actually the worst and independent digital label people | places | records. Andrew is currently a PhD candidate at Western University.
Website: www.anmusiccomposer.com
Twitter: twitter.com/anmusiccomposer
Facebook: facebook.com/anmusiccomposer
Instagram: instagram.com/anmusiccomposer
Bandcamp: anmusiccomposer.bandcamp.com
YouTube: youtube.com/anmusiccomposer
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/anmusiccomposer
Track Could Bend #75
Track Could Bend #75
Wenona Lodge / 1069 Bloor St. W.
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Doors around 8:30, music around 9, done around 11
PWYC
1) Chapped Lips
Annie Elgie - Voice
Patrick O'Reilly - Guitar
PT Sandberg - Bass
Three Shoppers Drug Mart self-sponsored product testers making sounds that are xtra xtra chapped or our number isn't 533-3311
2) Ambient Works
Alex Ven/Andrew Noseworthy/Yang Chen/Adrian Irvine/Zain Solinski
Winter flavours to warm your insides.
Let's be careful and considerate in the performance space! Please wear a mask when not performing/imbibing.
Alkali Collective Presents: Four | Three
Alkali Collective Performs “I’m sure you will” as part of this concert program
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Alkali Collective Presents: Four | Three
Join three fourths of Alkali Collective for an evening of contemporary trio and quartet music. Featuring a music by Monica Pearce, Nico Muhly, Yaz Lancaster and more!
Tickets: $20/adults, $15/students, $10/ages 12 and under
Live-Stream Tickets: $15/per household, link to be emailed before concert.
All tickets available online at eventbrite.ca and at the door.
About Alkali Collective:
Named for the salt water that surrounds our province, Alkali Collective is a new and dynamic ensemble dedicated to the creation, performance, documentation, and educational outreach of 21st-century music.
Beth Morrison Projects: Song Cycles
Joining Beth Morrison Projects on electric guitar for the premiere of Yaz Lancaster’s new song cycle.
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In a special collaboration with Harlem Stage, join us for an evening of song cycles by three power-house women and non-binary composers showcasing a diversity of musical languages: electro-acoustic, rock-infused, and Zimbabwean classical inspired.
Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa – Nzou Mambano is a Zimbabwean gwenyambira, scholar, composer, and singer whose creative practice centers African healing and self-liberation. Tanyaradzwa’s music is grounded in the ancestral, Chivanhu canon taught to her by the generations of Svikiro (spirit mediums) and N’anga (healers) in her bloodline. Her internationally performed opera “The Dawn of the Rooster” tells of the stories of her family during Zimbabwe’s Liberation Struggle of 1965-1980 and features Mbira dzaVadzimu, a sacred Zimbabwean instrument used in mapira ceremonies to commune with the ancestors. Tanyaradzwa is currently a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University and has held residencies as a Toulmin Creator with National Sawdust and as the inaugural Creative-in-Residence with Castle of Our Skins.
Yaz Lancaster (they/them) is a Black transdisciplinary artist most interested in practices aligned with relational aesthetics and the everyday; fragments and collage; and liberatory politics. Yaz performs as a violinist, vocalist, and steel pannist in a wide variety of settings from DIY and popular music to chamber ensembles; and their work is presented in many different mediums and collaborative projects. It often reckons with specific influences ranging from politics of identity and liberation, to natural phenomena and poetics. Yaz has had the privilege and opportunity to create with artists like A Far Cry, ContaQt (with Evan Ziporyn), Contemporaneous, Donia Jarrar, JACK Quartet, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Skiffle Steel Orchestra, and Wadada Leo Smith. They are in post-genre duo laydøwn with guitarist-producer Andrew Noseworthy; write for ICIYL; and are the visual editor at Peach Mag. Yaz holds degrees in violin and poetry from NYU; and they love chess, horror movies, and bubble tea.
Brooklyn born and bred artist Tamar-kali is a second-generation musician with roots in the coastal Sea Islands of South Carolina. As a composer, Tamar-kali has defied boundaries to craft her own unique alternative sound. 2017 marked her debut as a film score composer. Her score for Dee Rees’ Oscar-nominated MUDBOUND, garnered her the World Soundtrack Academy’s 2018 Discovery of the Year Award and has been classified by Indiewire as one of the 25 Best Film Scores of the 21st Century.2019 was a hallmark year for her work as a composer. In addition to debuting her 1st symphonic commission, she scored 4 films total; 3 which were featured at the Sundance Film Festival 2020. They include Dee Ree’s THE LAST THING HE WANTED, Kitty Green’s THE ASSISTANT and Josephine Decker’s psychological drama SHIRLEY; the latter whose soundtrack was named The Guardian’s Contemporary Album of the Month in June 2020. The 4th film was the documentary JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE.
SUPPORT
Presented by Beth Morrison Projects and Harlem Stage.
Commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects and Lynn Loacker. Developed by Beth Morrison Projects. Co-Produced by Beth Morrison Projects and Harlem Stage. Additional production support was provided by Virginia B. Toulmin Charitable Foundation and Marian Godfrey. This production is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
INTERSECTION DAY 5: “There’s No Place Like Home”
DAY 5: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Intersection Music & Arts Festival with the Canadian Music Centre and Arraymusic Presents:
LMNL: "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME"
A multi-locational interactive in-person/online hybrid concert performance of "Rainbow," created by Jerry Pergolesi and Louise Cambell.
Facebook Event Page
FREE and open to the public at both locations.
2pm @ the Canadian Music Centre (20 St. Joseph St.), Arraymusic (155 Walnut Ave.) and streaming online.
Performance livestreaming on:
https://www.facebook.com/intersectionfestival
https://www.twitch.tv/intersectionfestival
Workshops and rehearsals happening on Day 2 and Day 4 (https://intersectionfestival.org/festival/day-4)
Toronto performances led by Andrew Noseworthy (CMC) & Yang Chen (Arraymusic)
Toronto in-person performance featuring: Naomi McCarroll-Butler, Mary-Katherine Finch, Sara Constant, Sarah Fraser Raff, Joyce To, Adrian Irvine and more...
Online performers featuring: Tina Pearson, Yaz Lancaster, Adam Cuthbert, Phong Tran, An Laurence, Priscilla Smith, Paulino Cravens, Bert Power and more...
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Rainbow is a post-modern deconstruction and re-imagining of the classic popular song “Over the Rainbow” sung by actress Judy Garland as the character Dorothy Gale and featured in the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz.” In the queer community, the song “Over the Rainbow,” the actress Judy Garland, and the character Dorothy Gale function as signifiers and enduring symbols of vulnerability and defiance, both of which are deeply entrenched in queer life. “Over the Rainbow,” Garland and Dorothy represent a sense of utopian wonder and longing for a place where one belongs. The song appears in the movie when Dorothy is in conflict, unable to control her own circumstances. Her aunt tells her to “find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble" to which Dorothy muses to her small dog Toto, “Do you suppose there is such a place?” and then proceeds to sing “Over the Rainbow.”
The queer community has forever constructed its own “place” both physical and metaphysical, where “trouble” is a slippery and subjective term; where one creates their own reality on their own terms by re- appropriating contemporary culture for their own purposes. A lasting euphemism derived from the film: the ubiquitous “we're not in Kansas anymore" serves as a commentary on the sense of displacement and belonging in a strange yet familiar place of one’s own making.
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This event would not be possible without support from the Toronto Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Foundation, the City of Toronto, the Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, and The SOCAN Foundation.
“Rooted” Hear Here
We could not be more excited to announce that our first in-person Hear Here show at our new gallery will be taking place next weekend on Saturday May 28th !
“Rooted” features both local and Toronto-based artists, and showcases free improvisation and noise art, paying homage to FCG's “roots”.
Date: Saturday, May 28th
Performances By: Andrew Noseworthy, Alex Ven, and Jury Kobayashi
Doors Open: 7:30 PM
Show Start: 8:00 PM
Cover: $5.00
There will be a cash bar with snacks available. Stay tuned for more details about our featured artists!
Hear Here is generously supported by the Bowden Family Fund through the London Community Foundation.
PLANÈTE BONHEUR • CONCERT #2
« La guitare électrique comme vous ne l’avez jamais entendu. »
~ Tim Brady, direction artistique
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CONCERT 1 🎸 Lundi, 9 mai
19 h 30 : performance solo par François Couvreur, guitariste (Belgique)
20 h 30 : Kevin O’Neil et le quatuor teotwawki (Montréal)
CONCERT 2 🎸 Mardi, 10 mai à 19 h 30
Instruments of Happiness, quatuor de guitares électriques (Montréal)
8 œuvres, 5 créations
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Espace Bleu, Édifice Wilder, Montréal
20 $ en prévente • 30 $ régulier • 18 $ réduit
Offre spécial ! Rabais à l'achat des deux concerts du festival :
25 $ en prévente • 35 $ régulier • 22 $ réduit (Le rabais s'applique automatique dans le panier d'achat à l'ajout des deux concerts.)
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Découvrez la programmation complète :
https://mailchi.mp/09f41f796c3d/planete
Interprètes : François Couvreur (BE) ● le quatuor de guitares électriques teotwawki (CA) : Kevin O’Neil, Nick Kuepfer, Jean-Michel Leblanc, Arnaud G. Veydarier ● Instruments of Happiness, quatuor de guitares électriques (CA): Tim Brady, Simon Duchesne, Jonathan Barriault, Françis Brunet-Turcotte.
Œuvres de : Fausto Romitelli (IT) ● Alithéa Ripoll (BE/CA) ● Andrew Noseworthy (CA) ● Jean-Yves Colmant (BE) ● Michel Fourgon (BE) ● Kevin O’Neil (CA) ● José Segura (CA) ● Amy Brandon (CA) ● Corie Rose Soumah (CA) ● Robert Davidson (AU) ● Felipe Alarcón (CL) ● François Couvreur (BE) ● Ida Toninato (CA)
Une co-production Bradyworks / Instruments of Happiness et Le Vivier
PLANÈTE BONHEUR • CONCERT #1
François Couvreur premieres “loss is itself lost” as a part of this co-production of Bradyworks/Instruments of Happiness and Le Vivier
« La guitare électrique comme vous ne l’avez jamais entendu. »
~ Tim Brady, direction artistique
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CONCERT 1 🎸 Lundi, 9 mai
19 h 30 : performance solo par François Couvreur, guitariste (Belgique)
20 h 30 : Kevin O’Neil et le quatuor teotwawki (Montréal)
CONCERT 2 🎸 Mardi, 10 mai à 19 h 30
Instruments of Happiness, quatuor de guitares électriques (Montréal)
8 œuvres, 5 créations
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Espace Bleu, Édifice Wilder, Montréal
20 $ en prévente • 30 $ régulier • 18 $ réduit
Offre spécial ! Rabais à l'achat des deux concerts du festival :
25 $ en prévente • 35 $ régulier • 22 $ réduit (Le rabais s'applique automatique dans le panier d'achat à l'ajout des deux concerts.)
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Découvrez la programmation complète :
https://mailchi.mp/09f41f796c3d/planete
Interprètes : François Couvreur (BE) ● le quatuor de guitares électriques teotwawki (CA) : Kevin O’Neil, Nick Kuepfer, Jean-Michel Leblanc, Arnaud G. Veydarier ● Instruments of Happiness, quatuor de guitares électriques (CA): Tim Brady, Simon Duchesne, Jonathan Barriault, Françis Brunet-Turcotte.
Œuvres de : Fausto Romitelli (IT) ● Alithéa Ripoll (BE/CA) ● Andrew Noseworthy (CA) ● Jean-Yves Colmant (BE) ● Michel Fourgon (BE) ● Kevin O’Neil (CA) ● José Segura (CA) ● Amy Brandon (CA) ● Corie Rose Soumah (CA) ● Robert Davidson (AU) ● Felipe Alarcón (CL) ● François Couvreur (BE) ● Ida Toninato (CA)
Une co-production Bradyworks / Instruments of Happiness et Le Vivier
CHIMAERA
Join The Happenstancers for CHIMAERA, an evening of 3 micro-concerts showcasing the most exciting music of the 21st century.
About this event
Evoking the 3-headed mythological beast, CHIMAERA features three distinct musical modules, stitching them together to form one beautiful and unexpected musical body.
This modular performance pulls the listener through vibrant sonic worlds — the rock-inspired sounds of Julia Wolfe, the kaleidoscopic Korean folk-fusion of Nahre Sol, and the ethereal sketching of Kaija Saariaho will be heard alongside the brilliant music of Oliver Knussen, Gyorgy Kurtag, and WA Mozart.
This performance of CHIMAERA is presented with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.
Julia Wolfe - Reeling (for electric guitar, bass, piano, percussion, clarinet, electronics)
Nahre Sol - Chunhyang - World Premiere, commissioned by The Happenstancers
W.A. Mozart - Quartet in F, k. 370 (for oboe, violin, viola, and cello)
Oliver Knussen - Cantata (for oboe, violin, viola, and cello)
Gyorgy Kurtag - Selections from Signs, Games, and Messages (for english horn and bass clarinet)
Kaija Saariaho - Cloud Trio (for violin, viola, and cello)
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Hee-Soo Yoon, violin - Madlen Breckbill, viola - Sarah Gans, cello - Ben Finley, double bass - Andrew Noseworthy, electric guitar - Nahre Sol, piano -Joyce To, percussion - Aleh Remezau, oboes - Brad Cherwin, clarinets
Alkali Collective: NETWORKS
Alkali Collective Presents: NETWORKS
March 12th at 7:30pm at The Peggy Corkum Music Room, Halifax
Enjoy an evening of contemporary chamber music highlighting works by both established and early career Canadian and Atlantic composers.
Featuring works by the winners of Alkali Collective's Call for Scores: Andrew Noseworthy, Hsiu-Ping (Patrick) Wu and India Gailey
Alongside works by: Ann Southam, Derek Charke and Jared Miller
Limited in person tickets as per NS government regulations. Ticket holders will be required to show proof of vaccination.
Tickets: $20/adults, $15/students, $10/ages 12 and under
Live-Stream Tickets: $15/per household.
Link to be emailed before concert.
All tickets available online at eventbrite.ca and at the door.
About Alkali Collective:
Named for the salt water that surrounds our province and shapes our way of life, Alkali Collective is a new and dynamic ensemble dedicated to the creation, performance, documentation, and educational outreach of 21st-century music.