Being in the Weather
2020-01-13 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Chalmers Performance Space, 20 St. Joseph Street, Toronto, ON, M4Y 1J9, Canada
Time: Doors 5:00 pm, Event 5:30 pm
Join us for a conversation with Hildegard Westerkamp, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, and Daniel Grimley as we reflect on the role of musical and sonic practices in our current cultural context. The event will include a light reception, music from Westerkamp, and more.
The Canadian Music Centre is an accessible venue through a street level entrance to the right of the main entrance. The CMC has gender neutral washrooms. Contact info@cmccanada.org with any questions pertaining to accessibility.

Innermost Songs
2020-01-16 20:00 - 22:00
Over a year ago, Cheryl Duvall approached seven Canadian composers with diverse voices and practices to write new piano solos while she simultaneously explored the performer/composer relationship. Join Cheryl at the Canadian Music Centre for the world premiere of all seven of these new works together, many of them being performed for the first time!
Programme //
Emilie LeBel, evaporation…blue*
Daniel Brandes, innermost songs*
Kotoka Suzuki, Blue Rising**
Patrick Giguère, Intimes exuberénces**
James O’Callaghan, Piano Reduction
Monica Pearce, Silks**
Anna Höstman, Adagio*+
CLICK HERE to view and download a full programme

Tree Noise & other dreams
2020-01-25 13:00 - 16:00
Tree Noise & other dreams | A presentation and interactive workshop with composer and performer Rebecca Bruton
Doors 12:30 pm | Event 1:00 pm
*THE WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT! We have opened a limited number of additional spots for folks to attend only the opening talk. Should someone registered for the full program (which includes the tape loop workshop) drop out, we will invite someone registered for the talk to take the open spot in the workshop—this will be determined by the order of registration.
Rebecca will discuss her multidisciplinary generative practice, exploring relationships between microecologies & interspecies entanglings within her home in Banff, Alberta, memory and musical sensation, and the freedom found in using older and obsolete technologies to create new work. She will also discuss the politics of desire as a motivating force in both individual and community creative process. Following her presentation, Rebecca will guide participants through an improvised-score-making session, using memory-based techniques from her own practice to generate new materials. She will also teach participants how to make homemade tape loops, which will be integrated into the score and performed as a group.
Participants will be able to take home their completed tape loop, as well as a copy of the performance score created collaboratively during the workshop. Special thanks to our sponsor, Dupe Shop, for providing materials!
Non-professionals, artists from non-musical disciplines, and kids are welcome to attend.
Tape Players! The score-making session will involve a portable tape recorder/player—if you have a portable tape machine that you would like to bring, please let us know by writing in the comments area when you register! Organizers will coordinate bringing additional tape players as required.
The Canadian Music Centre is an accessible venue through a street level entrance to the right of the main entrance. The CMC has gender neutral washrooms. Contact info@cmccanada.org with any questions pertaining to accessibility.

Spirits
2020-01-31 19:00 - 21:00
Spirits is piano/percussion duo SHHH!! Ensemble’s most ambitious project to date. Diversely inspired by composers reflections on the beyond, the nature of creativity, whiskey, and more, Spirits features the world premiere of a new work by John Gordon Armstrong. The programme also features pieces by Andy Akiho, Micheline Roi, Kevin Hanlon, Kelly-Marie Murphy, and John Beckwith.
This recital is the culmination of a one-week residency at the CMC before the duo embarks on a cross-Canada University recital/masterclass tour. Admission is by donation at the door.
About the ensemble //
SHHH!!… a powerful utterance designed to draw attention forward… creating space and awareness… opening ears to something important.
SHHH!! Ensemble is a piano/percussion duo dedicated to the creation and dissemination of new and rarefied sounds. The Ottawa based duo of pianist Edana Higham and percussionist Zac Pulak pride themselves in the presentation of programmes that are as accessible as they are groundbreaking.
The ensemble is committed to creating and exploring works for piano and percussion through commissioning and arranging. Recently, SHHH!! Ensemble commissioned and premiered a major new work by iconic Canadian composer John Beckwith at the Music and Beyond Festival in Ottawa, ON. Other engagements have included residencies at the Vormingscentrum Destelheide (Belgium), Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and the Canadian Music Centre (Toronto).
