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 […]
Soundtrack Duo
I've seen The Books before (twice actually), but it was new to the large, enthusiastic crowd here last night at the Gig Theater, who ate up their infectious blend of mashed up
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
(North)west Coast Jazz
Finishing off last night was Vancouver's Hard Rubber Orchestra, which came at the audience like a speedball freight train. Together almost 20 years, these guys were as tight as an
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
Sky As Ceiling
Among the many magical moments encountered along this afternoon's Soundwalk – a flutist duetting with the birds, a clarinetist accompanying a poem about canoeing on the Grand River – the
Quotable
"Living in large cities, we've lost the ability to identify with the sounds of nature – and, by extension, the relationship of music to the natural world. All the sounds
Soundwalk
I'm on a school bus, on my way to the Rare Forest for a "Soundwalk" hosted by Canadian composer/acoustic ecologist R. Murray Schaefer. We've been told that the performance begins