Earmark // Jeff Smallman
"Hearing that music in a real concert hall, and watching the 'choreography' of the orchestra, had a giant impact on me."
"Hearing that music in a real concert hall, and watching the 'choreography' of the orchestra, had a giant impact on me."
"...what I heard absolutely blew my mind—it was the most disjunct, dissonant, non-tonally centred music I’d ever been exposed to. Growing up taking classical piano lessons had never led me to this sort of contemporary music, but I wanted to know more."
The third in a series of avant-garde performances, in this instance showcasing young Canadian filmmakers and composers, Synesthesia III was a captivating event that worked to redefine how we perceive film and music. Presented by FAWN Opera and New Music, in collaboration with The Seventh Art, the performance illustrated some of the innovative and ambitious minds at work in Toronto’s contemporary art scene.