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Soundstreams Announces Garden of Vanished Pleasures

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September 1, 2021 // Toronto, ON – Lawrence Cherney, Founding Artistic Director, Soundstreams, today announced additional details about the company’s 2021/22 season premiere, Garden of Vanished Pleasures, produced as part of Soundstreams’ 2021 Digital… Read More

Soundstreams Announces 2021/22 Season – Renewal & Rebirth

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WORLD PREMIERE WORK DEVISED BY MICHAEL GREYEYES, TIM ALBERY, LIEKE VAN DER VOORT, CHRISTOPHER MAYO & MORE  August 3, 2021 // Toronto, ON – Lawrence Cherney, Founding Artistic Director, Soundstreams, today… Read More

Soundstreams Announces the World Premiere of Quiet Time Curated by Robin Dann

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July 13, 2021 // Toronto, ON – Soundstreams has announced details of the world broadcast premiere of Quiet Time, featuring new music from Canadian composers Robin Dann, Allison Cameron and Matthew Pencer. An audiovisual experience to be released on… Read More

‘Wanny’ – the binaural microphone

Behind the Scenes

Quiet Time, our production put together by New Voices guest curator Robin Dann, is an audio-visual experience inspired by the Arctic. Great headphones are a must, according to Dann –… Read More

My Memory of the Dragon Boat Festival

Behind the Scenes

by Zoe Lin, Manager of Advancement and Patron Experience Growing up in Taipei, Taiwan, Dragon Boat Festival is one of the four most celebrated Chinese traditions, along with Lunar New… Read More

Soundstreams Announces Emma Fowler as Interim Executive Director

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 (Toronto, ON): Soundstreams Board of Directors President Daniel Weinzweig has announced the appointment of Emma Fowler as the organization’s Interim Executive Director, as previous E.D. Menon Dwarka steps down to pursue new opportunities.   Emma joined Soundstreams in 2016 as Production and… Read More

Composer Spotlight: Bruce A. Russell, Part 3

Press Releases

We’re pleased to be featuring composer Bruce A. Russell this February as part of Black History Month.  Piece: Linea Nigra, for string octet (2015) Watch: On Vimeo. From the Composer: Linea… Read More

Composer Spotlight: Kevin Lau

Composer Spotlight

In honour of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, we’re pleased to feature Toronto composer Kevin Lau.  Piece: Between the Earth and Forever (2020) From the Composer: Between the Earth… Read More

Composer Spotlight: Bruce A. Russell, Part 2

Composer Spotlight

We’re pleased to be featuring composer Bruce A. Russell this February as part of Black History Month. Check in for deep dives on works specially chosen by him. Piece: Companion,… Read More

Composer Spotlight: Bruce A. Russell

Composer Spotlight

We’re pleased to be featuring composer Bruce A. Russell this February as part of Black History Month. Check in for deep dives on works specially chosen by him. Piece: Kalimba… Read More

MEDIA RELEASE: Soundstreams Announces the World Premiere of Electric Messiah 2020

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TO BE BROADCAST THIS DECEMBER Friday November 27, 2020 // Toronto, ON – Soundstreams has announced its original reimagining of Handel’s masterpiece Messiah in a special broadcast event airing for free on December 17, 2020 at 8 PM EST. This… Read More

Curated Playlist – Electric Messiah artist Teiya Kasahara

Artist Spotlight Playlists

The following is a special guest post from Electric Messiah 2020 artist Teiya Kasahara. Learn more about Electric Messiah here! An album I’m listening to a lot right now that… Read More

A New Approach to Concert Production – Electric Messiah 2020

Behind the Scenes

By Tim Crouch, Director of Marketing & Patron Experience, and Emma Fowler, Director of Artistic Planning This year’s Electric Messiah is unlike any other, but the spirit of innovation has… Read More

SoundStories: Spotlight on James Rolfe

Composer Spotlight

We hope you enjoy this edition of SoundStories, with a deep dive into the music of James Rolfe. Composer Spotlight: James Rolfe “One of our most gifted composers of new… Read More

SoundStories: Spotlight on Cecilia Livingston

Composer Spotlight

We hope you enjoy this edition of SoundStories, with a deep dive into the music of Cecilia Livingston. Composer Spotlight: Cecilia Livingston “this vast and curious creative mind” – Wholenote… Read More

SoundStories: Spotlight on Morton Feldman

Composer Spotlight

We hope you enjoy this edition of SoundStories, with a deep dive into the music of Morton Feldman. Composer Spotlight: Morton Feldman “Art in relation to life is nothing more… Read More

We Have a New Home

News

  Soundstreams now has a new home, and it couldn’t be a more perfect fit – we are excited to announce we are now the proud tenants of the third floor of… Read More

SoundStories: Spotlight on Max Richter

Composer Spotlight

We hope you enjoy this edition of SoundStories, with a deep dive into the music of Max Richter.  Composer Spotlight: Max Richter One of the classical repertoire’s best-known standards gives birth… Read More

SoundStories: Spotlight on Christopher Mayo

Composer Spotlight

We hope you enjoy this edition of SoundStories, with a deep dive into the music of Christopher Mayo. “I’m so grateful to have been given the opportunity to participate in the Seven Deadly Sins project… Read More

SoundStories: Spotlight on Ana Sokolović

Composer Spotlight

We hope you enjoy this edition of SoundStories, with a deep dive into Ana Sokolović, recent Juno award winner for the classical composition of the year. Composer Spotlight: Ana Sokolović Composer Ana Sokolović was born in Belgrade… Read More

The Rise of Minimalism

Composer Spotlight

(the following is an article from the Winter 2012 edition of Listen Magazine, reprinted with permission) A short history of the people and gestures that made a movement. By Menon… Read More

SoundStories: Spotlight on Steve Reich

Composer Spotlight

We hope you enjoy this edition of SoundStories, with a deep dive into the world of Steve Reich. Composer Spotlight: Steve Reich “American composer Steve Reich has strong links to Toronto: 2… Read More

SoundStories: Spotlight on John Cage

Composer Spotlight

by Soundstreams Staff We hope you enjoy this edition of SoundStories, with a deep dive into the music of John Cage. Composer Spotlight: John Cage “History of Western music can be… Read More

Soundstreams COVID-19 Update – March 26, 2020

News

To our Soundstreams family, Soundstreams believes that music has the ability to bring people together, and break down barriers. It’s a mark of our collective humanity. The recent spread of… Read More