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On the Road Again: Soundstreams Tours to China

Behind the Scenes

  This May, Soundstreams will make Canadian music history with the first significant tour of Canadian contemporary music to Taiwan and China. The ensemble, which features Canadian musicians alongside Chinese-born… Read More

James Parker on Music for Multiple Pianos, The Beatles and Career Stamina

Artist Spotlight

James Parker is one of Canada’s most accomplished pianists. As a member of the acclaimed Gryphon Trio, he has become known as a premier performer of contemporary music. On April… Read More

Inside the Music: Letters to God by Akira Miyoshi

Behind the Scenes Program Notes

We have been enchanted in the office by Haruka Fujii’s copies of the Japanese Children’s Letters to God books. On March 5 at our Fujii Percussion and Voices concert, Rika… Read More

Soundstreams Annual Fundraising Gala

Support

Last Tuesday, I had the privilege of participating in Soundstreams’ 30th Anniversary gala, which was held on the glamorous 68th floor of First Canadian Place at King & Bay St…. Read More

The Poetry and Music of The Three Faces of Jerusalem

Behind the Scenes Program Notes

We have had a lot of great feedback about the concert last Sunday, and a lot of curiosity about the poetry and music presented, so we wanted to share some… Read More

New Year, New Face at Soundstreams

Behind the Scenes

It’s a new year and Soundstreams is happy to welcome Ben Dietschi to the team as the new Metcalf Foundation Intern. Ben has worked with Soundstreams in a volunteer capacity… Read More

The Beauty of Bridges

Behind the Scenes

Five and a Half Bridges, James Rolfe’s new composition, will premiere at The Three Faces of Jerusalem concert on Sunday January 27 at Koerner Hall. James worked with poet André… Read More

A Glimpse into a Percussionist’s World

Artist Spotlight

In the last few decades, the use of percussions has exploded onto the contemporary music scene, redefining the very definition of percussion instruments, as well as percussion composition and performance…. Read More

Q & A with Composer James Rolfe

Composer Spotlight

James Rolfe’s long history with Soundstreams has included performances of 8 new works. This January, he premieres his latest as part of The Three Faces of Jerusalem concert. He recently… Read More

GUEST BLOG: Ryan Hofman shares his University Voices Experience

Community Engagement and Outreach

This was my third time during University Voices with the Calixa Lavallee Singers from the University of Ottawa. One thing I can confidently say about this project is that it… Read More

GUEST BLOG: Simeon Rusnak shares his University Voices Experience

Community Engagement and Outreach

Last week, for five days, 120 choristers came together for 21 hours of rehearsal to create University Voices. Under the direction of Kaspars Putnins, this group sang alongside the Latvian… Read More

How to Tell your LOL from your ROFL: A Text Messaging Cheat Sheet

Behind the Scenes

We commissioned Ana Sokolovic to write a new work for our upcoming Latvian Radio Choir concert. Ana created ASAP 4 SATB, a new choral work with text based on the… Read More

Everything you ever wanted to know about Soundstreams Salon 21

Press Releases

We get a lot of question from patrons, new audience members and even our artists about Salon 21. We thought that we could take a moment to answer some commonly… Read More

What does it take to Celebrate Soundstreams?

Behind the Scenes

2 conductors 1 pianist 1 flutist 2 trumpeters 2 contrabassists 4 cellists 4 violists 4 percussionists 12 violinists 22 singers   24 hours of rehearsal over 5 days in 4… Read More

Schafer & Soundstreams: The Architecture of Big Ideas

Behind the Scenes

R. Murray Schafer has a special place within Soundstreams. He shares, with our artistic director, Lawrence Cherney, a passion for the larger architectural possibilities of music, the ‘big ideas.’ Schafer’s… Read More

Q&A with Kaspar Putnins

Artist Spotlight

On November 11, Soundstreams welcomes back The Latvian Radio Choir and Kaspars Putnins, the choir’s conductor since 1992. A leader in the promotion of new choral music, Kaspars also regularly… Read More

What is Sound Stories?

Behind the Scenes

Within our new site we thought that we’d introduce a blog to showcase Soundstreams’ inner world. The posts on Sound Stories will not be written in one voice but will… Read More