09|10
18 CONCERTS |
3 OPEN REHEARSALS |
7 WORKSHOPS |
3 LECTURE/DEMONSTRATIONS |
3 READINGS |
1 CALL FOR SCORES
SEPT. 15 TO DEC. 15/09 + JAN. 5 TO MAY 25/10
SORA PRIANGAN COMMUNITY GAMELAN OPEN REHEARSALS WEEKLY
Array Studio | 6 PM to 9 PM | Free to Public
Learn to play degung gamelan; instruction by Andrew Timar
* an outreach initiative of the Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan co-presented by Array + The Evergreen Club
as part of Array’s Resident Studio Artists Program
SAT. OCT. 03/09
LIFE IN THE FACTORY
Percussionist Rick Sack plays his motorized ‘conveyor belt’
Outside Array Studio where Liberty St. meets Jefferson Ave | 10 PM | Free to Public
* an unofficial Nuit Blanche event
SUN. OCT. 18/09
PERCUSSION WORKSHOP; Rick Sacks Instructor
Array Studio | 2 PM to 5 PM | $45 / $25 returning participants
NEW YORK GUEST ARTISTS PERFORM + INTERPRET
THE THELONIUS MONK CATALOGUE
OVER 3 DAYS OF RECITALS + OPEN REHEARSALS
MON. OCT. 19/09 + TUES. OCT. 20/09 | 8 PM
SOLO: Pianist Jacob Sacks
WED. OCT. 21/09 | 8 PM
DUO: Jacob Sacks + vocalist Yoon Sun Choi
THE MUSIC OF JOE RAPOSO
THURS. OCT 22/09 | 8 PM
DUO: Jacob Sacks + vocalist Yoon Sun Choi
bring to life their new CD, IMAGINATION, which explores the music of the composer
best known for his scores for The Muppets and Sesame Street
IMPROVISING ON FOLK, CLASSICAL + ORIGINAL MUSIC
FRI. OCT. 23/09 | 7:30 PM
TRIO: New York drummer Vinnie Sperrazza joins Jacob Sacks + Yoon Sun Choi
to form an impressive improv’ trio exploring a range of music across the genres.
All presented at The Array Studio | $15 adults / $10 senior/arts-worker / student
* co-produced by Array + Sun Choi
A CONCERT UNVEILING EMOTI-CHAIR:
A New Way of Hearing, Advancing Music + Auditory Research
Music Gallery, 197 John St., Toronto | 416-204-1080
2 PM DEMO | 3 PM Concert | $20 adults / $15 Gallery members / students / hard-of-hearing + the Deaf
Array Ensemble clarinetist Bob Stevenson, percussionist Rick Sacks, violinist Rebecca van der Post perform Martin Bartlett, Claude Vivier, Michael J. Baker + world premieres of music by Rick Sacks + Paul Swoger-Ruston READ MORE
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*co-presented by Array + SMART Lab + The Centre for Learning Technologies at Ryerson University
* part of the X-Avant Festival
* special support from The Music Gallery + The Metcalf Foundation
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*proceeds from this event will benefit the Bob Rumball Foundation for the Deaf, which provides a variety of care and support to Deaf children and adults with a variety of needs, including troubled youth.
OPEN HOUSE
THE ARRAY NEW MUSIC CENTRE OPENS ITS DOORS
AS PART OF THE 60 ATLANTIC AVE. ARTS CRAWL
ALL ARE WELCOME AS THE BUILDING’S ARTISTS OPEN THEIR DOORS!
1. FRI. NOV. 20/09
STEPHEN CLARKE (ARRAY ENSEMBLE PIANIST) + BILLY DEVEAUX (FLUTE) - OPEN REHEARSAL
Pianist Stephen Clarke is one of Canada’s leading pianists. He has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Composers' Orchestra, and has given solo performances in various cities in Europe and North America.
The Array Studio
10:30 AM - 2 PM - FREE
2. SAT. NOV. 21/09
HEAVY ETHICS BAND - OPEN REHEARSAL
Chris Norman, Rommel Reyes and James Scott deliver piano, bass, drum trio. elusive, unabashedly visceral, highly eclectic - 20th century classical, the avant-garde, 60's jazz, 70's rock, and dissonant new age funk in one crazy ear-turner of a band without pretension.
The Array Studio
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM - FREE
3. SUN. NOV. 22/09
ARRAY ENSEMBLE PERCUSSIONIST RICK SACKS IMPROVISES WITH PIANIST JOHN FARAH
Rick Sacks is a contemporary percussionist whose movements within his intricately designed set-ups of metal, wood, and skins have been described as a dance. With extensive experience as an interpreter of contemporary music, he reconciles elaborate structure with the freedom of intuition. And celebrated Canadian pianist John Farah has been fusing electronic beats with future
jazz and classical composition since 2005.
The Array Studio
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - FREE
MANI MAZINANI (PROPRIETOR OF FREEMARKET RECORDS) PRESENTS A SURPRISE MUSICAL ACTIVITY
A musical artist who thinks about thinking, Mani is known for evoking dialogue.
The Array Studio
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM - FREE
FRI. NOV. 27/09
THE GLASS ORCHESTRA - A ‘HANDS-ON’ DEMONSTRATION + CONCERT
Array Studio | 6:30 PM Lecture/Demo / 8 PM Concert | by donation
Otherworldly glassware music you’ve got to see-and-hear to believe!
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*This concert is part of Array’s new Resident Studio Artists Program.
DEMONSTRATION: The performers will demonstrate their instruments and techniques revealing the secrets to playing on glass culled from over 30 years of experimentation and performance. Audience members will be able to get their h
hands on the instruments to make beautiful evocative sounds.
CONCERT: The Glass Orchestra will perform two sets; their music ranges from high energy abstract to hypnotic gamelan-like passages, all infused with humour and eloquence.
SAT. DEC. 12/09
AN EVENING OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC WITH ELECTRONICS
FEATURING: NICK STORRING, InsideAmind + JOHN FARAH
Array Studio | 9 PM (sharp) || $8 or pwyc
It's been a while since the ridiculously talented pianist John Farah has played with iNSidEaMind, or since Torontonians have seen them play in Toronto -- as they are just returning from NYC --so here’s a chance to hear what they've been working on. Farah will perform new works.
1st SET
Nick Storring - Cello, vocals, small instruments, laptop & electronics, freeform psychedelic dance music (cello, vocals, electronics)
http://www.myspace.com/nickstorring
2nd SET
InsideAmind - Magical turntablism duo
3rd SET
John Farah - Piano + electronics piano-ism with intense electro-orchestral backings.
http://www.myspace.com/jkfarah
SAT. DEC. 19/09
MUSICAL READING BY THE ARRAY ENSEMBLE
of commissioned works from Array’s Library of Scores
Music by Ronald Bruce Smith, Jose Evangelista + Michael J. Baker
Array Studio | 3 PM | Open to Public | by donation
* special support by The Metcalf Foundation
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SAT. JAN. 16/10
MUSICAL READING BY THE ARRAY ENSEMBLE
of commissioned works from The Array Library of Scores
Music by Jo Kondo + Scott Godin
Array Studio | 3 PM | Open to Public | by donation
* special support by The Metcalf Foundation
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EVERGREEN CLUB CONTEMPORARY GAMELAN – OPEN REHEARSALS
New Works by Rick Sacks, Gord Monahan Daniel Janke + Erik Ross
Contemporary music played on beautiful ancient indonesian instruments.
FRI. JAN. 15/10
*note: Fri. Jan. 15 represents a changed date (this date WAS Fri. Jan. 10)
Array Studio | 2 PM to 5 PM | Open to Public / donations accepted
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+SUN JAN. 17/10
Array Studio | 5 PM to 7 PM | Free to Public / donations accepted
* co-presented by Array + Evergreen Club as part of Array’s new Studio Resident Artists Program
ARRAY YOUNG COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOP CALL FOR SCORES - FINAL DAY FOR SUBMISSIONS
For information on how to apply to the Young Composers’ Workshop, please see MORE DETAILS
Four young composers will have the opportunity to work with members of the acclaimed Array Ensemble in an intensive month-long workshop to create a new work for a concert performance - See SAT MAY 29/10
* composers will write for a piano, double pass, trumpet | RESULTS ANNOUNCED: FRI. FEB. 19/10
FRI. JAN. 29/10
CLARA ENGEL CONCERT WITH (Montreal) GUEST-ARTIST MEKELE
Two ‘beastly angelic’ voices will sing and Clara’s band of cello, drums, and horn will perform for you. Her aching, unsettling work has been described as 'apocalyptic folk', 'dark soul', 'minimalist holy blues from another galaxy'. She plays mostly in NYC, Montreal and Toronto and occasionally tours. Her promotional materials beacon: “Come and warm your feathers and whiskers in the heat of these hymns, doo-wops, dirges and boleros.
Array Studio | 7 PM Doors to 12 Midnight | $5
http://www.myspace.com/claraengel
http://www.myspace.com/mekelenocturne
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=226776556612&ref=mf
SUN. JAN. 31/10
MADAWASKA STRING QUARTET EMERGING COMPOSERS’
DEMONSTRATION + WORKSHOP/OPEN READING
Array Studio | 10 AM to 1 PM DEMO
All composers are welcome
2 PM to 5 PM WORKSHOP/OPEN READING
Participants write musical sketches + the MSQ reads / discusses them
Composers participate by donation | Readings Free to Public
* co-presented by Array + MSQ as part of Array’s new Resident Studio Artists Program
FRI. FEB. 19/10
THE ARRAY SESSIONS - AN EVENING OF IMPROVISATION
by some of Toronto’s finest musicians along with their friends + guests from out-of-town. This event heralds a return to the Columbia U Radio jams or the great tradition of CCMC Music Gallery evenings.
Array Studio | 7:30 PM | | FREE / PWYC
A new series, The Array Sessions will be recorded and made available on the net.
To participate in future sessions, contact interim artistic director Rick Sacks at artdir@arraymusic.com
FEATURED PERFORMERS:
Lara Solnicki + Andrea Koziol vocals
Ian Desouza, bass
Nic Murray, computer
Jim Pugliese, drums / percussion
Rick Sacks, drums / percussion
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SAT. FEB. 20/10
STEPHEN CLARKE SOLO PIANO CONCERT
An evening of contemporary music for piano featuring Array Ensemble pianist Stephen Clarke
Gallery 345: 345 Sorauren Ave., Toronto, ON | 8 PM | $20
Piano Sonata (1951 | premiere) + Koch Curve (1996) by Udo Kasemets
In the Hothouse (1918) + Toccata (1920) by Kaikhosru Sorabji
Third Piano Sonata op 86 (1992 / 99) “you will endure forever” by Horatiu Radulescu
This concert opens with the premiere of Udo Kasemets’ Piano Sonata. Written in 1951 after studies of twelve-tone composition with Ernst Krenek, this is the first music of Udo’s upon his arrival in Canada. Koch Curve is a solo piano section from “fraCtal fibONaCciERTO” recently performed by New Music Concerts to honour Udo’s 90th birthday. Parsi-British composer Kaikhosru Sorabji (1892 - 1998) created some of the most unique and uncompromising works in the entire piano literature. These two early short pieces reveal Sorabji’s influences at the time (Busoni, Ravel, Scriabin) and are like seeds that would develop into the colossal piano compositions of subsequent decades. Romanian composer Horatiu Radulescu (1942 - 2008) is considered by many to be the originator of the “spectral” approach to composition. With a structural sense that can be described as elegantly transparent, Radulescu’s piano sonatas are at once new, yet convey a mysterious connection to antiquity.
SUN. FEB. 21/10
LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION:
COMPOSING AWAY FROM THE WESTERN EUROPEAN TRADITION
Martin Arnold, Instructor
The Array Studio | 2 PM to 5 PM | *PWYC
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*all proceeds go to the composer
CHRISTIAN KESTEN (Berlin) + THE FAKE NEW AGE MUSIC BAND
Array Studio | 8:00 PM Doors | PWYC ($5 to $10 suggested)
Christian Kesten from Berlin will perform a new work that involves video-as-field-recording in addition to live, quiet voice performance. We haven't witnessed the work first-hand but the last time Kesten came to Toronto, he blew us away! Christian Kesten is a composer, vocalist, sound and performance artist based in Berlin, Germany. He has developed a repertoire of extended vocal techniques that focus on noise and subtle nuances of sound colours. His vocal practice is abstract and "instrumental." Sounds have space to be perceived in their specifics.
The Fake New Age Music Band with Ryan Driver (pieces of balloons), Justin Haynes (harp), Andrew Wedman, (sounds of nature). It's not a joke or an act, it's beautiful improvisation based loosely upon the textures of the new age. This is not music for massage, this is the massage.
"title pending": video/audio field recordings and vocal sounds
During an ongoing process of field research, Christian has been making a series of video-audio field recordings: Places where he happened to be, which sounded interesting, were filmed and recorded. The camera angle remains static. Back doors, side walks, corners, unobtrusive places. The main sound sources are often not visible. Listening becomes more important than seeing.
http://www.christiankesten.de/
FRI. MAR. 5/10
DIVAS OF THE 21st CENTURY - A SPECIAL EVENT
**POSTPONED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE**
THE RIVOLI, 334 QUEEN ST. W., Toronto 416.596.1908 | 8 PM
SAT. MAR. 13/10
ARRAY SESSIONS #2 - A NEW IMPROV CONCERT SERIES
Improvisations featuring special guest multi-instrumentalist Jaron Lanier (California) and Array Ensemble percussionist / interim artistic director Rick Sacks on percussion. Array Sessions #1 was mind-blowing and with Jaron in the Studio, we expect no less from #2.
The Array Studio | 3 PM | $10 / $pwyc unemployed / underemployed
VIOLIN FOR COMPOSERS WORKSHOP
Rebecca van der Post instructor
Array Studio | 1.30 PM to 5.30 PM | $45 / $25 returning participants / pwyc (unemployed)
Space is limited - All participants must reserve a place by 5pm on March 25th
THE ARRAY STUDIO
Array Ensemble violinist Rebecca van der Post shares her wide-ranging experience in solo, chamber and orchestral performance of contemporary music in both North America and Europe. Ms. van der Post’s workshop will, through a question and answer format, explain traditional and contemporary techniques and how best to notate them, and provide the participants with the opportunity to have short excerpts of their own composition performed and discussed.
This workshop proceeds in two parts:
The first part explores a detailed approach to traditional and experimental techniques as well as their notation. Rebecca draws on her personal experience in performing standard and contemporary repertoire, and provides examples from contemporary music for violin to illuminate the best solutions composers have developed for exploring and notating new sounds for the instrument. Ms. van der Post will also explain the differences in writing for the violin in different contexts, showing how composing for violin in the contexts of solo, chamber and orchestral music require a special approach in each situation.
The second part of the workshop provides participants with the opportunity to compose short fragments exploring the techniques and discussion in the first half of the workshop. Rebecca will play through these excerpts, offering suggestions as to what will make them sound better, and how they can best be notated.
For all enquiries, and to reserve a place please contact Rebecca van der Post at 416 712 9454, or by e-mail at beckyvdp@sympatico.ca
TUES. MAR. 30/10
ARRAY MINIATURES CONCERT
Hear diverse short works written by celebrated composers for the Array Ensemble’s 25th Anniversary.
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W, Toronto 416.363.8231 | 12 NOON | Free to Public
* special support by The Metcalf + SOCAN Foundations
* part of Canadian Opera Company’s 2009|10 Free Concert Series
SUN. APR. 18/10
CURRENT CLASSICS CONCERT
Curated by Linda Catlin Smith
The Array Ensemble performs world premiere of a new work by Catlin Smith + music by Jo Kondo, Scott Godin, Rudolf Komorous, Marc Sabat + Gerald Barry
Music Gallery, 197 John St. | 416-204-1080 | 8 PM | $20 / $15 gallery members
* special support from The Music Gallery + The Metcalf Foundation
ARRAY YOUNG COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOP (Closed to selected participants)
Four emerging composers chosen as part of Array’s Call For Scores spend the month working intensively with three Array Ensemble members and the workshop leader to create a new work for a concert presentation
on SAT MAY 29/10
Array Studio | Toronto, ON
* special support from The SOCAN Foundation
FRI. MAY 7/10
ARRAY’S SOLO / DUO CONCERT
Featuring Array Ensemble pianist Stephen Clarke + violinist Rebecca van der Post
performing works by Charles Ives, Claude Vivier + Arvo Part
The Music Gallery, 197 John St., Toronto | 416.204.1080 | $20 adults / $15 Gallery members / arts-workers / students
20TH+21st CENTURY NEW MUSIC WORKSHOP
Allison Cameron, instructor
Listen, study scores, come up with your own scores and then perform them as a group.
The Array Studio | 12 PM to 3 PM |$35 or PWYC
ARRAY YOUNG COMPOSERS’ WORKSHOP CONCERT
Experience new music compositions so new the ink is barely dry...
Featuring the Array Ensemble’s Stephen Clarke, Anita McAlister + Rick Sacks performing young composer works written as part of Array’s month-long Young Composers’ Workshop
* special support by The SOCAN Foundation
SORA PRIANGAN WORKSHOP OPEN TO PUBLIC
Array Studio | 2 PM | Free
Drop by to see and discuss degung gamelan music as it is ‘workshopped’;
a hands on demonstration and experience led by Andrew Timar
* held in concurrence with Doors Open Toronto
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*presented by Array as part of its Resident Studio Artists Program
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