Tranzac
After hanging out with my new friend Nick for the better part of the evening, we ended up at the Australian/New Zealand social club Tranzac around 11:30 last night to find these two Quebecois […]
New Music
Church Music
Smack in the middle of downtown Toronto, there is a church which, on some nights, doubles as Toronto's leading new music venue. (Sound familiar?) The Music Gallery, which has been a
The Art of (New) Song
"Often, when people hear new classical music for the first time, they react by saying: 'Oh, that was interesting.' But, when it comes to vocal music, people react very viscerally.
Town Hall Meeting
This year's Open Ears Festival ended with a concert by /~spin~/ in the City Hall Rotunda, featuring a mix of flute, theremin and live and recorded electronics. Ellen Waterman and James Harley
Music Install
In addition to all the live performances happening in Kitchener this past weekend, Open Ears visitors could encounter a number of sound installations in galleries and other public spaces around
Blue Dot
After a piano recital, a gamelan concert, and a performance by The Books, you could either: a) Go to bed or b) Attend Blue Dot: an all-night art party featuring
From Bali to Kitchener
I've heard Indonesian gamelan music on numerous recordings over the years, but never had the chance to hear one live before Saturday night in Kitchener, where Toronto's Evergreen Club Gamelan played a
Projecting Sounds
At the Registry Theatre in Kitchener, a performance by pianist Eve Egoyan, one of Canada's leading new music artists (and, coincidentally, the sister of filmmaker Atom Egoyan.) She performed the
Canadian Quartets
I doubt New York – or any other North American city – could lay claim to an all-world-premiere program of string quartets last night. But, that's exactly what I heard