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Patricia Rozario to headline “Song for Athene”

News

Our next choral concert in April will feature the works of the late Sir John Tavener, and we are delighted to announce that Patricia Rozario will be our featured performer… Read More

Giving Tuesday is December 2

Support

You've heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Tuesday, December 2 is a new day in the holiday season – a day to give back! Giving Tuesday is a new… Read More

Lawrence Cherney honoured as Alumni of Influence

News

On Thursday, November 6, our Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney was named one of University College’s Alumni of Influence of 2014 (above, on left, accepting his award from Professor Donald Ainslie, Principal… Read More

Soundstreams donors make our music possible

Support

Soundstreams donors are arts enthusiasts, people who believe in Soundstreams' mission to foster exciting new Canadian music, encourage Canadian talent, and enrich the lives of music lovers everywhere. We asked… Read More

Emerging Composer Workshop 2015

Community Engagement and Outreach

Applications to Soundstreams’ 2015 Emerging Composer Workshop are now open! We are thrilled to share that we will be hosting two visiting international guest mentors in 2015: prominent Finnish composer Kaija… Read More

Q&A with David Fallis

Artist Spotlight

We caught up with David Fallis over the phone, to discuss the themes of Vespers, comparing the differences and similarities of the Monteverdi and Tremblay pieces, as well as some… Read More

Program Notes: Vespers

Program Notes

The Christian service of Vespers or evening prayers, refers to the earliest office in the Roman Catholic Liturgy, dating from the second century. It was also referred to as the… Read More

Inviting all choral and vocal music lovers

Behind the Scenes

A message from Artistic Director, Lawrence Cherney Our next three concerts are a glorious back-to-back celebration of choral and vocal music: Vespers on November 25 at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, The… Read More

Encore Q&A with Norman Woo

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Norman Woo (second-from-left in above photo), Soundstreams Board Member and Director of Corporate Development, Manulife Insurance, is a proud member of our new Encore program. Norman sat down with us to… Read More

Q&A with Soundmakers Composer In Residence Aaron Gervais

Community Engagement and Outreach Composer Spotlight

Our new SoundMakers Composer In Residence is Canadian Aaron Gervais. Based in San Francisco, Aaron enjoys frequent performances of his work by leading ensembles, presenters, and festivals in North America and… Read More

Video of The Seasons

Playlists

Missed our season-opening concert on September 30? Watch our concert footage, filmed Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at Koerner Hall in Toronto. Repertoire: Max Richter: Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi's Four Seasons (Toronto… Read More

Videos from Salon 21: The Four Seasons

Playlists

Our first Salon 21 of the new season, on Friday, September 19, was a resounding success. A sold-out crowd at the Gardiner Museum enjoyed Vivaldi's Four Seasons reimagined and performed… Read More

Program Notes: The Seasons

Program Notes

Antonio Vivaldi’s Op. 8, published in 1725, is a collection of 12 concertos grouped under the collective title The Contest Between Harmony and Invention. The first four of these concertos… Read More

From the Seasons to Mojave Dreaming

Program Notes

Music inspired by the seasons or by The Four Seasons. Nature, weather, the seasons, atmospheric phenomena… all have long been sources of inspiration for artists and composers. I can count… Read More

Q&A with Susan Worthington

Behind the Scenes

Susan Worthington joins Soundstreams this week, officially taking over as Executive Director at the beginning of September. We chatted with her via email to find out about her inspiration for… Read More

Composer Q&A: Jordan Pal

Composer Spotlight

Did you know Soundstreams Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYOC) from 1964-1966? Our Salon 21 on July 17 features five talented… Read More

Music and Sport

Behind the Scenes

In the summer we become much more active. The weather is nice and we feel the need to get outside and move around, or attend outdoor games. I know many… Read More

Program Notes: Airline Icarus

Program Notes

Airline Icarus was commissioned by a small Vancouver opera company, Opera Breve, in 2001. Soundstreams’ Artistic Director, Lawrence Cherney, was among those who witnessed the project’s first public workshop. The… Read More

Artist Q&A: Krisztina Szabó

Artist Spotlight

Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó has become highly sought after in both North America and Europe as an artist of supreme musicianship and stagecraft. Soundstreams is thrilled to be working with… Read More

Reflections from a Composer and Perpetual Tinkerer

Composer Spotlight

In April the second annual Soundstreams Emerging Composer Workshop brought six talented composers from across Canada and abroad together in Toronto for an intensive ten-day workshop. The composers spent full… Read More

What to do when the lights go out

Behind the Scenes

This concert was very different for Soundstreams in that it was one of the first occasions were the music was a mixture of the composed and the improvised. This style… Read More

How do you define Improvisation and Composition?

Behind the Scenes

The definition between improvisation and compositions isn’t as objective as you might think. There as many definitions of the two practices as there are people practicing them. There are two… Read More

Artist Q&A: Paul Grabowsky, Australian Art Orchestra

Artist Spotlight

In 1994, Paul, with the assistance of a small group of committed Melbournians, founded the Australian Art Orchestra, and remained its director for almost 20 years before passing the baton… Read More

Program Notes: Passion after St. Matthew

Program Notes

A musical setting of the Passion of Christ can be an ambitious and possibly daunting undertaking. To reinterpret the greatest historical example of such a setting, namely J.S. Bach’s St…. Read More