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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 |
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New CD by Karen Potje "Can't help to love you baby" |
Ensemble Appasionata
aventure en orient Shih-Hui Chen, Katia Makdissi-Warren, Gabriel Evangelista, Bruno Deschênes, Chen Yi, Toru Takemitsu 30 mai 2008, 20h |
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Complètement Marteau!!! The boulez project continues, this time in Jonquière Festival des musiques de création, May 23rd |
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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! |
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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 |
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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! |
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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 |
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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 |
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 The Cirque Du Soleil's new show opens in New York this week. Best of luck to all the artists I worked with. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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My performance of George Aperghis's "Graffitis" is available on the iTunes music store. Why did he "retire" this piece from his catalogue? |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Ensemble Kore Scott Edward Godin Joni Mitchell Never Lies mercredi 14 fevrier, la Sala Rossa 4848 bould. St.-Laurent - 10$ |
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Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal Smetana et Tchaïkovski: la Moldau et l’esprit slave November 15, 17, 26 and 27th various venues in Montreal |
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Catherine Potter Duniya project at CINARS November 16th at the Théatre Corona |
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Ensemble Kore presents: STRATA, the music of Anthony Genge October 30th at the Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur |
Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal presents: Generation 2006 Canadian Tour October 9th, Montreal October 11th, Calgary October 12th, Victoria October 14th, Edmonton October 15th, Toronto |
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New recording I played drumset, vibraphone, marimba, various percussion instruments and it is the first big project to be done in the STUDIO |
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New recording The music of Ana Sokolovic Recorded by the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal under the direction of Véronique Lacroix |
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The Kore Ensemble plays music by Peter Adriaansz: Battle Hymns Wednesday may 24th, 2006, 20h la Sala Rossa more info at: Ensemble Kore |
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The NFB production cNote has won a Genie award for BEST ANIMATED SHORT Animation by Chris Hinton Music by Michael Oesterle |
Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal presents: DÉTOURNEMENT DE MAJEURS April 25th 2006 at the Salle Pierre Mercure Music Oesterle, Ristic, Lizée and Gonneville more info at: ECM |
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Sunday 2 April, 3:00 pm Edmonton, Alberta Janet Smith, soprano |
This concert includes music by University of Alberta faculty composers and features several works being premiered by the Kovalis Duo. Bashaw's works continue his virtuoso tactile exploration of the piano and other instruments couched in Baroque, abstract and eccentric characterizations. Steenhuisen's Vorwissen explores material from JS Bach's Musical Offering and Talpash's Chasing Twelve O'Clock offers a
postmodern look at the constant flux of moving time. |
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January 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 The clear, rhythmic structure of the music performed by two ECM musicians, Philip Hornsey and Pamela Reimer, is the perfect complement to the explosive fragmented construction of the dance |
The Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal is presenting it's Generation 2006 composers in a series of open workshops. Here are the dates: Saturday december 3rd, 2pm, Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur Wednesday february 8th, 12h30, Vincent d'Indy Wednesday february 22nd, CEGEP Saint-Laurent |
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