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Why does Vivier matter?

Composer Spotlight

by Lawrence Cherney, Founding Artistic Director, Soundstreams It has been said that as a composer, Claude Vivier had the purity of a child, and as a man, he played with fire. He was murdered one fateful… Read More

Soundstreams Announces Beth Brown as New Executive Director

News Press Releases

Soundstreams Announces New Additions to Team: Beth Brown is named New Executive Director; Coco Chen and Rebecca Cuddy elected to Board of Directors  Beth Brown. Photo by Dahlia Katz. October 25, 2021 (Toronto, ON) // Soundstreams… Read More

Soundstreams Announces World Premiere of Love Songs

News Press Releases

October 18, 2021 // Toronto, ON – Lawrence Cherney, Founding Artistic Director, Soundstreams, today announced additional details about the company’s world premiere production of Love Songs, as part of the company’s 2021/22 season. The digital… Read More

Soundstreams Announces RBC Bridges Showcase

Press Releases

October 5, 2021 // Toronto, ON – Soundstreams was pleased today to announce the world premiere of the RBC Bridges Showcase, featuring six world premieres written by RBC Bridges emerging… Read More

Coco Chen & Rebecca Cuddy join the Soundstreams Board of Directors

News Press Releases

September 29, 2021 – Soundstreams today announced the appointment of Coco Chen and Rebecca Cuddy as new members of the Soundstreams Board of Directors. Coco Chen began playing the violin… Read More

Music and Gardens

Support

As the AIDS plague took his friends one by one and he himself faced an increasingly uncertain future, English artist, filmmaker, and queer rights activist Derek Jarman discovered his own form of… Read More

Soundstreams and R. Murray Schafer — A 30-Year Collaboration

Composer Spotlight

We mourn the loss of R. Murray Schafer. He was one-of-a-kind, one of the most remarkable artists ever to come out of Canada. He was the Wagner of the North:… Read More

Who is Derek Jarman?

Behind the Scenes

by Tim Crouch, Soundstreams But the ultimate gift of gardening is the way it concentrates and consecrates time, grounding the gardener in a present both conscious of and undistracted by… Read More

Soundstreams Announces Garden of Vanished Pleasures

News Press Releases

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

News Press Releases

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

News Press Releases

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

News Press Releases

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

News Press Releases

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