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Get to Know Juro: An Artist Q&A With Composer Juro Kim Feliz

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…them more through other means: in visual art (Yves Tanguay and the absence of perspective still haunts me), in natural landscapes (a residency spent in the mountains of rural Wyoming…

NOW MAGAZINE: Prolific violinist Jesse Zubot finds release through improvisation

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…playing with Tanya Tagaq for over 10 years. Along with percussionist Jean Martin, Zubot’s musical explorations form a foundation for Tagaq’s throat singing. Fluttering tones and electronic transformations render his…

The Sounds & Influence of South Asian Music

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…cultural integration. A student of the tabla since the age of three, Chana has played internationally and worked alongside artists including Nelly Furtado, Tanya Tagaq, Jorane, DJ Starting from Scratch and Bally…

Squeezebox

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…and contemporary “squeezebox” music accompanied by a small chamber ensemble. Including tangos and works by Canadians R. Murray Schafer, Marjan Mozetich, and Alexina Louie, the program also features a world…

Composer Spotlight: Kevin Lau

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…me of other, less tangible spaces: the space between the familiar and the unknown, between the earthly and the transcendent, between the preciousness of nature and the abyss of environmental…

THE WHOLE NOTE: “Choral Crossroads: Canadian and Latvian Composers on Display in November”

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“Soundstreams’ presentation of the Latvian Radio Choir (LRC) with artistic director Sigvards Klava, in concert at Metropolitan United Church on November 17 at 8pm, has significance in a number of…

Navigating the Modern Composer’s Journey: Insights from Industry Leaders

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…music festival, with most events taking place at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, Manhattan. In his role as Director of EBMF, Mr. Fichter established the basis for research of…

Inside the Music: Letters to God by Akira Miyoshi

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…book Letters to God, which was created by known Japanese poet Syuntaro Tanizaki and illustrator Syomei You. The original book is a collection of short letters to God from children…

How do you define Improvisation and Composition?

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…you need to serve whatever is on the page. Composition is permanent and tangible. You can actually touch a composition and you can see it. Aaron Gervais: http://aarongervais.com/ Both are…

Composer Q&A: Jordan Pal

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…deeply passionate about music, well at least as far back as I can remember. It’s such a powerful art form: the colours, textures, limitless possibilities of this art, its rich…

Soundstreams Announces Emma Fowler as Interim Executive Director

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…Outreach. She brings a decade of skilled arts industry experience to the position of Interim Executive Director, as well as a proven passion for new music development. “Emma is uniquely…

Arranging for Art of Time

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…AOTE and Tom Wilson I absolutely love the gig, for several reasons. While my professional reputation is that of a contemporary composer, I have a life long passion for rock,…

Q&A with David Fallis

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…but their passion jumps off the page. What are some of your exciting future projects that you can share with us? DF: With the Toronto Consort, there’s an absolutely wonderful…

Giving Tuesday is December 2

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…donate through Canada Helps, and you will be provided with a charitable tax receipt on the spot. On behalf of everyone here at Soundstreams, THANK YOU for your continued passion…

Program Notes: The Whisper Opera

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…are there, listening very, very closely. David Lang received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for the little match girl passion, commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the vocal ensemble Theater of Voices,…

ICE, ICE, baby…

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…see things from others’ eyes, and I feel compassion, or at least understanding for people I’d never thought I would have going in. As a person in the world, it…

Meet the Soundstreams Team: Felix Mills

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…with Soundstreams as a Metcalfe intern as well?] Why did you choose to work at Soundstreams? As a performing musician and arts event coordinator, I’ve had a lifelong passion for…

Introduction to Salon 21: Q&A with percussionist Sarah Thawer

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…on May 24. We caught up with Sarah over email to discuss her passion for percussion, the many instruments she plays, and her popular Youtube channel. Soundstreams: How did you…

SoundStories: Spotlight on James Rolfe

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…is a deeply moving work that was premiered in 2018 by Soundstreams at our presentation of The Little Match Girl Passion WATCH– Excerpts from an archival shoot of his opera…

Hell’s Fury, The Hollywood Songbook

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…these passionate songs of nostalgia, horror and longing, adapting lyrics by Brecht, Goethe and Shakespeare. Despite his troubles, this song cycle established Eisler’s reputation as one of the 20th century’s…

Four Things You Need to Know About Claude Vivier

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Written by: Katerina Gimon Montreal-born composer, Claude Vivier was not your typical Western classical composer. He lived a short, intense, and passionate life driven by his yearning for new experience…

Spotlight on Indie New Music Presenters – Part 3/3

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…present their craft passionately and directly to you, up close and personal, just as they intend it. Tell us what you think and give anyone that we missed a shout-out…

Staff Q&A: Jessica Whitford, Director of Development

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…of work. JW: In recent years, I’ve taken up flamenco dance, which has combined my shared passions of dance, language, culture and travel. I’m learning Spanish alongside my studies and…

Encounters in Exile

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…McCarthy era. Between film scores, he wrote passionate songs of nostalgia, horror and longing, adapting lyrics by Brecht, Goethe and Shakespeare. Despite his troubles, this material established Eisler’s reputation as…