Soundstreams Presents: Keyed Up!

KEYED UP! FESTIVAL Variations on Goldberg Variations (Keyed Up! #1)Thu, Apr 18, 2024 – 7:30pmJANE MALLETT THEATRE J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations is one of the most famous works in the… Read More

Soundstreams announces Electric Messiah

Toronto’s Electric Messiah Returns with a Captivating Reboot at Theatre Passe Muraille Toronto, ON – November 20, 2023 – Soundstreams’s 41st season continues this December with Electric Messiah, the company’s… Read More

Soundstreams Announces The Bright Divide

SOUNDSTREAMS ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR THE BRIGHT DIVIDE FEATURING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF mark BY CECILIA LIVINGSTON WITH TEXT BY DUNCAN MCFARLANE OCTOBER 5, 2023 (TORONTO, ON): Lawrence Cherney, Founding Artistic… Read More

Soundstreams Announces Mark Rothko & Music

SOUNDSTREAMS ANNOUNCES MARK ROTHKO & MUSICMusic Inspired by Rothko: Morton Feldman & Cecilia LivingstonA FREE TD ENCOUNTERS EVENTPresented in collaboration with Koffler Arts OCTOBER 4, 2023 (TORONTO, ON): Lawrence Cherney,… Read More

Artist Spotlight: Composer Donnacha Dennehy

Called “thrilling” by the Guardian, and “arrestingly beautiful” by the New Yorker, Donnacha Dennehy’s music has featured in festivals and venues such as the Edinburgh International Festival; Carnegie Hall, New… Read More

Artist Spotlight: Torq Percussion Quartet

Described as “outstanding – no, make that astonishing!” (Ottawa Citizen) and as having a “sense of unbreakable continuity and energy” (Toronto Star), Canada’s TorQ Percussion Quartet continues to bring new… Read More

Season-at-a-Glance – Announcing Soundstreams’ 2023/24 Season

Soundstreams aims to use the power of music to tell stories that resonate with our time and place. Music can bring us many rewards – inner peace, enlightenment, a moment… Read More

Artist Spotlight: Cecilia Livingston

photo credit: Daniel Alexander Denino Bio: Cecilia Livingston specializes in music for voice. She is composer-in-residence at the Canadian Opera Company (2022-) and composer-in-residence at Glyndebourne Opera (2019-2022). Her music… Read More

Soundstreams announces New Voices: Waiting for Godot?

Soundstreams 2022/23: 40 years of Excellence in Canadian Music New Voices: Waiting for Godot? March 21, 2023 // Toronto, ON – New Voices is a unique mentorship program for early… Read More

Soundstreams announces Encounters – Blurred Realities

Soundstreams 2022/23: 40 years of Excellence in Canadian Music Encounters – Blurred Realities March 9, 2023 // Toronto, ON – Soundstreams’ Encounters series aims to bring people together through music… Read More

Colin Eatock’s Benedictus es: Alleluia

Much like other composers who have written Alleluias, Colin Eatock conceived of this piece as a kind of choral vocalise, and he has used the word as a vehicle to… Read More

Steve Reich Clapping Music World Premiere

SOUNDSTREAMS PRESENTSA WORLD PREMIERE VERSION OF “CLAPPING MUSIC”FROM ATOM EGOYAN, STEVE REICH, RUSSELL HARTENBERGERAT STEVE REICH: Now & Then on MARCH 25, 8 PM, Meridian Arts Centre March 6, 2023… Read More

Composer Spotlight: Steve Reich

Steve Reich has been called “the most original musical thinker of our time” (The New Yorker), and “among the great composers of the century” (The New York Times). Starting in… Read More

Soundstreams presents STEVE REICH: Now & Then

Soundstreams presents STEVE REICH: Now & Thenfeaturing NEXUS, TorQ , SlowPitchSound and Ensemble Soundstreams and the Canadian Premiere of Reich/Richter for chamber orchestra and film February 8, 2023 // Toronto,… Read More

Artist Spotlight: Nexus Percussion

The first, entirely improvised NEXUS concert in 1971 formed a group that touches and entertains people worldwide. Bob Becker, Bill Cahn, Russell Hartenberger and Garry Kvistad are virtuosos alone and… Read More

Artist Spotlight: Lieke van der Voort

Composer and vocalist Lieke van der Voort’s works have been described as having “rare dramatic intensity”, “a strong signature” and “a voice that is important within the new generation of… Read More

Artist Spotlight: Cheldon Paterson (Slow Pitch Sound)

SlowPitchSound (Cheldon Paterson) is an award winning Toronto-based composer, mentor, and explorer of sound & visuals. He has collaborated with creators from a wide range of disciplines including opera, jazz,… Read More

Artist Spotlight: TorQ

Described as “outstanding – no, make that astonishing!” (Ottawa Citizen) and as having a “sense of unbreakable continuity and energy” (Toronto Star), Canada’s TorQ Percussion Quartet continues to bring new… Read More

Artist Spotlight: Composer Donnacha Dennehy

Called “thrilling” by the Guardian, and “arrestingly beautiful” by the New Yorker, Donnacha Dennehy’s music has featured in festivals and venues such as the Edinburgh International Festival; Carnegie Hall, New… Read More

Soundstreams 2022/23: 40 years of Excellence in Canadian Music

World Premieres from Michael Greyeyes, Chan Ka Nin, Paul Frehner, Lieke van der Voort, SlowPitchSound plus appearances by Tōnu Kaljuste, Soundstreams’ Choir 21, NEXUS Percussion, Penderecki String Quartet, Elizabeth Shepherd,… Read More

Artist Spotlight: Conductor Tõnu Kaljuste

Born in Tallinn, Kaljuste is the son of Heino Kaljuste (1925–1989), an Estonian choral conductor, and Lia Kaljuste, a radio journalist. Tõnu sang in his father’s choirs as a child,… Read More

Artist Spotlight : Composer Arvo Pärt

He was born on 11 September 1935 in Paide, Estonia. After studies in Heino Eller’s composition class at the Tallinn State Conservatory, he worked as a sound engineer for Estonian… Read More

Season-at-a-Glance – Announcing Soundstreams’ 2022/23 Season

Our 2022-23 season explores provocative themes that resonate within our communities. It reflects a spectrum of genres ranging from unique instrumental music to soaring vocal and choral music, along with… Read More

The Wall Street Journal: Book of Mountains & Seas is an exquisite masterpiece of suggestion

From the article: “Book of Mountains & Seas is an exquisite masterpiece of suggestion, a tapestry of sound and image that weaves itself into your consciousness and makes its point… Read More