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Spotlight on Indie New Music Presenters – Part 1/3

Community Engagement and Outreach

Music in the Barns This is the first of a three-part series featuring some of Toronto’s foremost “indie” new music presenters. Check out part two, and part three. One of… Read More

Seven Must-See Shows at SummerWorks

Community Engagement and Outreach

Since this is my first Soundstreams blog post I thought I would quickly introduce myself. My name is Katerina (Kat) and I am interning at Soundstreams this summer. I am… Read More

2015 Emerging Composer Workshop Recap

Community Engagement and Outreach

The participants of the 2015 Emerging Composer Workshop, from left-to-right: mentors Jean-Baptiste Barrière and Kaija Saariaho; composer James O'Callaghan; Soundstreams Associate Director of External Relations Ben Dietschi; flutist Leslie Newman;… Read More

Q&A with Emerging Composer James O’Callaghan

Community Engagement and Outreach Composer Spotlight

James O'Callaghan will be one of six composers chosen for this year's Emerging Composer Workshop, taking place May 14 to 24, and featuring guest mentors Kaija Saariaho and Jean-Baptiste Barrière. James is… Read More

Q&A with Emerging Composer Tawnie Olson

Community Engagement and Outreach Composer Spotlight

Tawnie Olson will be one of six composers chosen for this year's Emerging Composer Workshop, taking place May 14 to 24, and featuring guest mentors Kaija Saariaho and Jean-Baptiste Barrière…. Read More

ICE, ICE, baby…

Artist Spotlight Community Engagement and Outreach

The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) Photo credit: Carrie Schneider The Drama Department of Etobicoke School for the Arts (ESA) is presenting A Doll’s House from February 20 to 28 at The… 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 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

Guest Post: Alec Hall and ‘Death in Venice’

Community Engagement and Outreach

Alec Hall, one of the participants in the 2014 Soundstreams Emerging Composer Workshop, discusses Death in Venice, his new work composed expressly for the workshop and gives us clues that… Read More

Guest Post: André Mestre on ‘Corpo Confesso’

Community Engagement and Outreach

André Mestre is one of the 6 participants in the upcoming Soundstreams Emerging Composer Workshop under the direction of composers Ye Xiaogang, Juliet Palmer and the Cecilia Quartet as resident… Read More

Storytelling through Music: A Discussion on Musical Theatre with Mitchell Marcus

Community Engagement and Outreach

Kyle Brenders: I have a tendency to think of musicals as Fosse and Broadway but I have a feeling this isn’t what Acting Up Stage produces. Could you tell us… Read More

Nic Gotham

Community Engagement and Outreach

Nic Gotham, a wonderfully inventive composer and performer, died last Thursday, July 25, 2013. Nic had an insatiable curiosity about all things musical and otherwise – his enthusiasm was infectious –… 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