Canadian percussionist Philip Hornsey is a versatile musician living in Montreal who performs in a variety of ensembles. His main focus is performing new works in collaboration with composers in a chamber music and solo setting. He also keeps active playing with symphony orchestras, pop music, recordings, and collaborating on composing new music for various projects.


"Special kudos to Philip Hornsey's virtuosic percussion duty"
John Terauds, Toronto Star

"Le pianiste est rejoint par le percussionniste Philip Hornsey (xylophone et marimba) pour 4T-XMP-14m, un autre exercice en nervosité majeure d'une virtuosité époustoufflante" Réjean Beaucage, La Scena Musicale


CONTACT: phornsey@vif.com telephone: 514-831-3480


UPCOMING PROJECTS


Summer is here and as usual there's a variety of stuff going on:
Karen Potje: concerts june 14th and 19th in Montreal
Montreal Baroque Festival: June 20th and 23rd
Orchestre Métropolitain: July 4, 5, 16, 18 20, 30, 31, August 2, 3, 4 and 30th
Ensemble Caprice: July 10th-14th in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, August 11th in N.Y.
Teaching percussion at the Cirque Du Soleil
The Bernard Brothers are mixing in the studio with Claus

New CD by Karen Potje
"Can't help to love you baby"


The SIXTRUM website is looking pretty good, check it out here:
www.sixtrum.com

RECENT PROJECTS

Ensemble Appasionata
aventure en orient
Shih-Hui Chen, Katia Makdissi-Warren, Gabriel Evangelista, Bruno Deschênes, Chen Yi, Toru Takemitsu

30 mai 2008, 20h
Salle Tana Schulich, Université McGill
Billets: 30$-25$-10$
ENSEMBLE KORE

Complètement Marteau!!!
The boulez project continues, this time in Jonquière
Festival des musiques de création, May 23rd

Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal présente: Les Marquises
14 mai, salle Pierre Mercure
Inspirées d’un célèbre tableau que Paul Gauguin a peint en Polynésie française, quatre nouvelles œuvres de compositrices montréalaises d’origines diverses répondent aux questions posées par le tableau D’où venons-nous ? Que sommes- nous ? Où allons-nous ? Un jeu énigmatique entre l’ombre et la lumière... pour un concert haut en couleurs!



Creature release their full length album,
NO SLEEP AT ALL
Claus Frostell recorded and mixed this album
in our studio

Concert with I Musici de Montreal, Ravel piano concerto
April 16th, Théatre Maisoneuve


Saturday April 5 - 8 pm : Montréal – New York Instant Opera Company
with Karen Young, Tom Buckner, Tim Brady, Jason Hwang, Philip Hornsey and Lori Freedman
Two incredible voices combine with four master improvisors in a unique
interactive environment with the public!




Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal presente:
Musique On Tourne!

Trois compositeurs et trois cinéastes de Québec, Montréal et Liverpool racontent une histoire baignant dans l’atmosphère maritime de ces villes. Voyage initiatique vers la musique et le 7e art...
-11 mars, Montréal
-18 mars, Québec
-28 mars, Lennoxville



Concerts with the Orchestre Métropolitain:
-Les mille et une nuits, March 31st
-La France et la Russie, April 3rd
-Mahler: le Chant de la nuit, May 12th

 


Premiere of a new choral piece by Marie Pelletier "Tshakapesh"
with the Ensmble Choral Tactus, February 23rd
Sixtrum presents: Imaginary Landscapes – Percussion by John Cage Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. at Salle Claude-Champagne. This concert will be a journey through the percussion music of one of the most remarkable composers of the 20th century. Sixtrum has chosen eleven of Cage’s pieces written between 1939-199





Bradyworks at the Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur
November 28th


The Cirque Du Soleil's new show opens in New York this week.
Best of luck to all the artists I worked with.


Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
November 22nd and 24th
Salle Claude Champagne, Université de Montréal



New CD by the Orchestre Métropolitain.
Also, I'm playing concerts with them in:
November: 3, 7, 10, 12 and 15th, Opéra de Montréal
November: 14, 19, 20, Haydm à Hétu
December: 10, 11, 14, 15th, Noël à Saint-Petersburg




Here's a picture of the Sixxen that Sixtrum built to play Xenakis' Pléiades,
one of the great percussion pieces.




I'm playing with a brand new group called Sixtrum.
The concerts for the first season are:
Xenakis and Garant, October 17th
Joint concert with the Quasar saxophone quartet, December 13th
Music of John Cage, January 30th

Check out our website at www.sixtrum.com


I've been a little lazy about updating the website since summer has arrived. Here's a look at what I've been up to:
-rehearsing for the Marteau Sans Maître, concert in November
-summer concerts with the Orchestre Métropolitain
-concert in Indianapolis with Ensemble Caprice
-National Film Board project in the studio
-Movie project at Mixart with Michael Oesterle
-major rewiring in the home studio
-Working with acrobats for the Cirque du Soleil Winter Gardens New York project



New developments in the studio!
check them out here




Best of Tentacules presented by Codes D'Accès
Premier of a new work by Martin Bédard
April 26th, Salla Rossa, 20h37

Les Enfants Terribles: THÉÂTRE MUSICAL & OPÉRA PERFORMANCE
April 24th, Espace Dell'Arte



My performance of George Aperghis's "Graffitis" is available on the iTunes music store.

Why did he "retire" this piece from
his catalogue?



Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
April 18th, Salle Claude Champagne

Salvatore Sciarrino (Italie), Archeologico del telefono
John Rea (Canada), Création, commande du NEM
Salvatore Sciarrino, Quaderno di strada,
première américaine / Soliste : Otto Katzameier, baryton



L'Orchestre Métropolitain presents:
Montréal en Musique
19 mars + 20 mars + 22 mars + 23 mars +
26 mars + 28 mars + 29 mars 2007
Concert-hommage à l’occasion du 50e anniversaire du Conseil des arts de Montréal et une incursion chez quatre des peuples fondateurs de la ville: la France, l’Angleterre, l’Irlande et l’Écosse.



Montreal dance company La La La Human steps did a recording session in the studio for their upcoming show

Pictured from left to right:
guitarist Tim Brady
composer David Lang
pianist and musical director Kong Kie Njo



Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
March 2nd, Salle Claude Champagne
program TBA


ECM/Aventa Ensemble
February 27th, Salle Pierre-Mercure
Il suono blu, Giorgio Magnanensi (Italie/Canada)
Pong, Moritz Eggert (Allemagne)
Moon-Pain, Klaus lb Jorgensen (Danemark)
Abysm, Poul Ruders (Danemark)
Adonwe, Michel Gonneville (Canada)



Ensemble Kore
Scott Edward Godin
Joni Mitchell Never Lies
mercredi 14 fevrier, la Sala Rossa
4848 bould. St.-Laurent - 10 $

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