The Solidaridad Strings, with Heyni Solera and Valeria Matzner
2021-11-14 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | 918 Bathurst: Culture, Arts, Media & Education, 918 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5R 3G5, Canada
An afternoon of contemporary tango from Buenos Aires to Toronto, featuring the Solidaridad Strings, with Heyni Solera and Valeria Matzner.

About this event

Join the Solidaridad Strings for a special afternoon of tango for string orchestra featuring new music by contemporary Argentinian and Canadian composers. We will feature special performances by the renowned bandoneonist, Heyni Solera, and Toronto’s own Latin Jazz star, Valeria Matzner.
Solidaridad Tango is the only all-woman, diversity-affirming tango ensemble in North America. We invite you to be part of a journey that celebrates the talents of women, and fosters diversity and equity in the arts.
Seating is on a first-come-first-served basis. This event adheres to Ontario COVID 19 regulations. Proof of vaccination, physical distancing, and masks required. Please arrive 30 minutes early to complete COVID 19 Health Screening.

Wavelength Presents: Marker Starling, Nina Savary, Animatist
2021-11-20 19:00 - 23:00
“Novembre en Wavelength”
Wavelength Monthly Music Series
November 2021
In partnership with Slaight Music
With the support of the French Consulate in Toronto
Featuring Tin Angel Records artists:
Marker Starling (Toronto / Stereolab collaborator)
Nina Savary (virtual set from France)
Animatist (Toronto)
Projections by General Chaos Visuals
Decor by Roxanne Ignatius
Art by Stephanie Avery
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Saturday November 20, 2021
@ 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media & Education
918 Bathurst St., Toronto
Doors 7pm, over by 11pm
$15 advance at ShowClix.com
Ticket Link: https://bit.ly/WLmarkerstarling
All Ages / Licensed
SEATED SHOW!
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COVID Protocols:
Your safety is our primary concern. We will have a maximum of 80 tickets on sale. Seating will be accommodated at separate tables. Audience members aged two and older are required to always wear face coverings while on 918 Bathurst property, except when actively eating and drinking in their seats. Contact tracing forms and COVID questionnaires will be available at the door. Proof of vaccination is required to enter.
Accessibility: 918 Bathurst is not currently wheelchair accessible due to stairs (two half-flights to enter the performance space, and one flight to access the washrooms). For all other accessibility requests, please contact us at info@wavelengthmusic.ca
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Wavelength’s series of intimate, seated concerts at the gorgeous, reverberant 918 Bathurst Centre continues this fall, with a transatlantic link-up between two iconoclastic art-pop singer-songwriters: Toronto’s Marker Starling and France’s Nina Savary. Not only do both artists record for UK indie label Tin Angel Records, but Nina Savary’s 2020 debut single for the imprint, “Second Guessing,” was a Marker Starling cover.
A veteran of the Toronto music scene who performed for years under the name Mantler – and who first played the Wavelength series 20 years ago, during our early days at Ted’s Wrecking Yard (RIP) – Chris Cummings aka Marker Starling has had an increasingly international profile in recent years. Since signing with Tin Angel in 2010, Cummings has released six albums of increasingly joyous yet still introspective soft-rock. His 2020 LP High January saw him collaborate with two veterans of the British music scene: producer Sean O’Hagan of The High Llamas, and vocalist Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab, who guested on two songs. Despite the album’s title, High January has a carefree, summery pure-pop vibe throughout.
Bringing the “hybrid” edge to modern-day performance is French multidisciplinary artist Nina Savary, who will present a virtual set that will be projected digitally at the venue as well as on Wavelength’s YouTube channel. Presented with the support of the French Consulate in Toronto and recorded at a country house in the South of France, this performance will pair magically with the shimmering atmosphere of Savary’s Franco-pop recordings for Tin Angel.
Additional special guests will be announced at a later date, and the evening will also feature the trademark psychedelic projections of Wavelength’s in-house lighting artist, General Chaos Visuals.
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About the artists:
After recording and performing for many years as Mantler, Toronto’s Chris A. Cummings renamed himself Marker Starling in 2012. A solo performer for much of his career, Cummings became known for his signature melancholy style, using a Wurltizer electric piano, with drum machine accompaniment.
After a longtime association with Germany’s Tomlab label, Cummings began working with Tin Angel Records in 2010, when they co-released his fourth album Monody and fifth album Rosy Maze to great acclaim in 2015. Since then, Tin Angel have released four more Marker Starling records: I’m Willing (2016), Anchors and Ampersands (2017), Trust an Amateur (2018), and High January (2020), recorded in the UK and produced by Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas, Stereolab). Tin Angel will release the upcoming Diamond Violence in 2022.
Cummings has collaborated with the German band Von Spar, contributing vocals and lyrics to their albums Streetlife (2014) and Under Pressure (2019). “Deep Background,” a song he wrote for Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier appeared on Find Me Finding You (2017) and the French-British vocalist guested on his 2020 single, “Waiting for Grace.” His music is also released on 7e.p. Records in Japan, where he also performed the singing voice of the character Desmond in the popular anime Carole and Tuesday (2019).
French multidisciplinary artist Nina Savary was born into the world of entertainment, taking to performing like a duck out of water, brought up backstage, behind the scenes of theatres across Europe. Making her debut to the stage at the mere age of four years old at La Scala in Milan, touring with her parents’ (Jérôme Savary) explosive and free theatre company Grand Magic Circus. Now an adult, Nina is a renowned performer; a singer, dancer and actress, she has been involved in many artistic projects such as musicals, opera as well as collaborating with musicians such as Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier and Julien Gasc, Eddy Crampes, Marker Starling, and her partner Astrobal, aka Emmanuel Mario, a producer, arranger and composer with whom she collaborates for the band Institut and the project Vivre!.
After the single “Second Guessing” composed by the wonderful Marker Starling, Nina’s first solo album Next Level Soap Opera will be released September 24th on Tin Angel Records. The best advice one could give a happy wanderer to pinpoint Nina Savary’s universe on a map would be to proceed by elimination. Look for where she is not rather than where she actually is; for her place of residency is in the exact opposite direction of the current state of emergency. And omitting to indulge in a tired eulogy for idleness, sloth or rest, we can be sure that the French singer, dancer and actress diligently steers clear from the pangs of chaos.
Animatist is a four piece experimental rock band from Toronto, Ontario led by guitarist Brent O’Toole. The rhythm section, comprised of Steve Cook on bass and Ian Hinds on drums, form the driving foundation of the band’s powerful sound. The picture is completed by the angular melodies and ambient textures of saxophonist and synth player, Danielle Fernandes. Together they perform rhythmically deft compositions that evoke equal parts math, post, and progressive rock. Animatist has toured Ontario and Quebec, sharing the stage with artists including Fet.Nat, ART the Band, and Peripheral Vision. They’ve also performed for the Guelph Jazz Festival, Rock the Coliseum, Kazoo! Guelph and Festival Lingua Franca.
Throughout 2019 Animatist debuted new material woven into gapless sets that were equally energetic and mesmerizing. It was through perfecting their mind altering live performances that they developed the concepts and songs that would eventually become their sophomore release, ‘INVERTED’. Releasing on July 3rd, 2020 on Glue Gun Records, this album continues to explore the polyrhythmic textures, dark atmospheres and progressive compositions they’ve come to be known for.

The Music Gallery Presents: Fusion Point: Sixtrum and Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan, night 1 & 2
2021-11-27 20:00 - 2021-11-28 17:00
A fusion point is the point of equilibrium between two states, liquid and solid. From this point, anything is possible. Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan and Sixtrum join forces for the first time to explore the fusion point between the instruments of Indonesian gamelan and classical percussion instruments, between the sounds of metal, wood and skins. On stage in this spectacular concert, 14 experienced musicians become 14 alchemists in pursuit of an unedited sonic fusion, premiering four new works commissioned for this project by Mark Duggan (orchestration of a work by Alain Thibault), Chris Paul Harman, Melissa Hui and Alithéa Ripoli. As a special feature ECCG will première a collaboration with Wisnu Wicaksono. For the first time in Canada, Javanese dance will be combined on stage with ECCG’s Sundanese gamelan degung. Wisnu is an acclaimed dancer from Central Java, Indonesia known for his adventurous mashups of classical Javanese royal court dance and hip hop styles.

Lou Harrison – Ibu Trish (1987), arr. ECCG with dance by Wisnu Wicaksono (2021)
Melissa Hui – Retak (2021)
Alithéa Ripoll – Kālī (2021)
Chris Paul Harman – When time turns around (2021)
Marc Duggan – La machinerie de l’angoisse (2021), arr. of L’angoisse des machines (1989) by Alain Thibault

SIXTRUM- Kristie Ibrahim, João Catalão, Olivier Tremblay-Noël, Julien Grégoire, Fabrice Marandola
EVERGREEN CLUB CONTEMPORARY GAMELAN- Blair Mackay (artistic director), Bill Parsons, Andrew Timar (suling), Mark Duggan, Chris Hull, Nathan Petitpas, Jonny Smith, Daniel Morphy
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COVID POLICY
All of our events will be reduced capacity. Masks will be required to be worn at all times unless explicitly mentioned otherwise. Following government mandating, we will update information around vaccine passports on September 22. For our full policy, click here.
SAFER SPACE
We expect all attendees and community members to respect one another, and to respect the work that was created for you to explore. We will not tolerate harm or harmful behaviour of any kind. For our full policy, click here. 918 Bathurst is not currently wheelchair accessible due to stairs (two half-flights to enter the performance space, and one flight to access the washrooms).

The Music Gallery Presents AWAKE: featuring Joseph Shabason, Emissive and screening of Lucy Cameron Doc
2021-12-04 19:30
The Music Gallery is pleased to present AWAKE, a night dedicated to the delicate dance between daydreams and insomnia with:
Joseph Shabason (supported by: Thom Gill, Bram Gielen, Hugh Marsh, Phil Melanson and Nicole Rampersaud)
Emissive
Lucy Cameron

AWAKE explores the contrast between the beauty your eyes consume in the day, and the struggle in closing them at night.
The night begins with the documentary short, AWAKE, by Lucy Cameron. Emissive will provide live ambient electronic composition dedicated to insomnia following the screening.

Headlining is Joseph Shabason, Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer, best known for playing the saxophone and member of bands such as DIANA, Destroyer and The War on Drugs. As a solo project, he has released experimental ambient jazz albums under his own name. For this special performance, he will be accompanied by his composed band of highly acclaimed musicians (Thom Gill, Bram Gielen, Hugh Marsh, Phil Melanson and Nicole Rampersaud) improvising their daydreams.

Amici Chamber Ensemble Presents: Ritorna
2021-12-05 17:00
Amici Ritorna features Amici’s original trio: clarinet, cello and piano. Three outstanding musicians, and three monumental chamber works featuring the inimitable Joaquin Valdepeñas, David Hetherington and Serouj Kradjian. This intimate concert will be presented at Bathurst 918 Centre for a limited audience.
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Program:
Max Bruch – Eight Pieces Op. 83 for clarinet, cello and pinao
Nino Rota – Trio (1973) for clarinet, cello and piano
Ludwig Van Beethoven – Trio in B flat op. 11 for clarinet, cello and piano
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Amici Chamber Ensemble:
Considered one of the most distinguished clarinetists of his generation, Toronto Symphony Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Joaquin Valdepeñas makes appearances as a soloist, chamber musician and conductor, at festivals & concert series throughout the world. A prolific recording artist, he is a two-time Juno award winner and GRAMMY®-award nominee.
David Hetherington, for years the assistant principal cellist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, performs regularly as a chamber musician as well as working frequently with contemporary music ensembles such as New Music Concerts and Soundstreams Canada. Mr. Hetherington plays his 1695 cello made by Giovanni Grancino of Milan “with rare delicacy and clarity”.
Juno-winning and Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Serouj Kradjian is hailed as a “keyboard acrobat” of “crystal virtuosity” by the press. He has established himself as a versatile artist whose readiness to break boundaries and explore different styles has made him an exciting voice on the international music scene. He is regularly invited to appear as soloist and chamber musician in North America and Europe.

Emergents I: Community Sound featuring Naomi McCarroll-Butler
2021-12-14 18:00 - 21:00
The Music Gallery is pleased to present EMERGENTS I, a 4-part series entitled Possible Worlds December 14-17. The events are dedicated to the notion of musical world-building, participating artists are encouraged to explore and improvise with instruments and experiment with collaborative performances.

Night one is a workshop led by saxophonist, clarinetist, instrument maker, and MG family member Naomi McCarroll-Butler, who will be leading us through a series of guided improvisations using graphic scores and conduction. Aimed at community members and early-career artists interested in exploring collective music-making, this will be a space for people with different artistic interests and backgrounds to meet, speak and create together.

All levels and forms of musical experience are encouraged, and knowledge of musical notation is not required. There will be space to participate or to observe, and sound making objects will be provided onsite. If you play an instrument, bring it!

EMERGENTS I: Skin Tone and Stephanie Castonguay
2021-12-15 19:30 - 22:00
Night two of Possible Worlds is a concert diving into hacking, breaking and reinventing. Stephanie Castonguay opens the night with her self-built light-scanner instruments in a reflective audio/visual set, co-presented with artist-run centre PIX FILM. Followed by a performance by Skin Tone (James Goddard), who uses voice, saxophone, mbira, and electronics to lean into the beauty and clarity of distortion.

Part of the Emergents series, curated by Sara Constant.

Stephanie’s performance was developed as part of PIX FILM’s studio immersion program, with support from The Petman Foundation.

Emergents & You In Mind I: Parallel Playground
2021-12-16 18:30 - 22:00
Curated by Unit 2, night three is a collection of experimental performances exploring noise, improvisation and different textures of sound. Featuring performances by Sa.resi, Deidre, and Vixu, Parallel Playfields aims to offer a new perspective on the landscape of contemporary experimental music.

The evening includes a pre-performance discussion, facilitated by Sameen and including all performers, with a focus on the creative process, the present culture of experimental music and the ways in which it can evolve.

This event is a collaboration between Unit 2, Emergents, and You In Mind, a new 5-part series by the Music Gallery dedicated to artists whose projects or organizations are not supported by public funding or otherwise do not have the means to present in venues of our scale.

DESIFEST Presents: Art of Music: Reimagine Classical Music
2021-12-18 19:00 - 21:00
Join us for Art of Music – reIMAGINE: Classical Music!
Produced by: Desifest
Funded by: Factor
The first in its series, this intimate concert event will be a unique, multi-disciplinary experience as we reIMAGINE South Asian classical music through multimedia, live performance and audience participation.
Be part of the musical journey presenting traditional classical compositions, infused and invigorated with experimental influences, and sing along to your favourite classical Bollywood numbers. A talented lineup of artists from around the world come together on stage including Santosh Naidu, Hasheel Lodhia, Pratik Rao, Puja Thaker, Ramona Sylvan, Nathan Khan, Ian De Souza, Anton Apostol and Shivani Patel.
Tickets include a pre-packaged snack and drink.

Proof of Vaccination + Photo ID will be required to enter the premises, and temperature check will be taken at the door.
Purchase Tickets Here

The Music Gallery Presents: Beverley Johnston – Finding HER Voice
2022-03-08 20:00 - 22:00
‘Finding HER Voice’ A celebration on International Women’s Day with Canadian percussionist Beverley Johnston featuring works by Alice Ping Yee Ho, Holly Winter, Christos Hatzis, Norbert Palej and Frederic Rzewski. All the works are based on iconic or historic female figures including Baba Yaga, Mother Earth, Eris, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Yoko Ono. The fusion of live percussion and audio playback will be complemented with slide projections and video. A percussive feast for the eyes and ears!
All ticket sales for this performance will be donated to Nellie’s Shelter.
IN-PERSON CAPACITY FOR THIS EVENT IS EXTREMELY LIMITED, however we will be livestreaming this concert from this website (http://musicgallery.org) at 8PM on March 8.
Program:
Woman Runs with Wolves (2010)- Alice Ping Yee Ho
(multiple percussion, voice and audio playback)
To the Earth (1985)- Frederic Rzewski
(flowerpots and voice)
Eris (2021, world premiere)- Christos Hatzis
(vibraphone, audio playback)
Ser con El (2018) Norbert Palej
(vibraphone and voice)
wild with the music of color (2021, world premiere)- Holly Winter
(percussion and audio playback)
Witch on Thin Ice (2019)- Alice Ho
(multiple percussion with audio playback and video)

The Music Gallery Presents Continuum Contemporary Music: Brush Line
2022-03-25 19:45 - 22:00
Continuum presents Brush Line, a spectacular mixed chamber music concert featuring its internationally-renowned core ensemble in Commedia Della Musica (2017) by Jimmie LeBlanc, Cold mountains, one belt, heart-break green (2017) by Carolyn Chen, In Memoriam: Muhal Richard Abrams (2018) by Tyshawn Sorey and with mezzo-soprano Marion Newman in Linda Smith’s Brushline (2004, a Continuum commission). Also featured is Continuum’s 6th annual Teen Composer Award recipient, Britney Dawn Do, whose world premiere work can be heard in a pre-concert presentation at 7:45pm.

DESIFEST
2022-03-26 19:00 - 21:00
The first in its series, this intimate concert event will be a unique, multi-disciplinary experience as we reIMAGINE South Asian classical music through multimedia, live performance and audience participation.

Be part of the musical journey presenting traditional classical compositions, infused and invigorated with experimental influences, and sing along to your favourite classical Bollywood numbers. A talented lineup of artists from around the world come together on stage including Santosh Naidu, Hasheel Lodhia, Pratik Rao, Puja Thaker, Ramona Sylvan, Nathan Khan, Ian De Souza, Anton Apostol and Shivani Patel.

Tickets include a pre-packaged snack and drink. Proof of Vaccination + Photo ID will be required to enter the premises, and temperature check will be taken at the door. Masks permitted for the duration of the event.

IANNUS by The Happenstancers
2022-03-31 19:30
IANNUS pulls the audience back and forth through time, juxtaposing the 17th and 18th century music of John Dowland, Henry Purcell, and Mary Dering with the contemporary works of Judith Weir, Oliver Knussen, and Thomas Ades, and others.
Using the music of the past as a guide, these modern British composers draw inspiration from their predecessors, quoting their music directly, referencing their forms, and sourcing ideas from their shared history. With dramatic staging and lighting, Judith Weir’s micro-opera King Harald’s Saga is woven throughout the programme, forming the dramatic core of this performance.
Performers for IANNUS include — Hillary Jean Young, voice; Katya Poplyansky, violin; Sarah Gans, cello; Aleh Remezau, oboe; Kevin Ahfat, keyboards; and Brad Cherwin, clarinets.
IANNUS is presented with the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts.

New Music Concerts: Future Resonance Festival
2022-04-30 19:00
Part I (PWYC at the door, no advance sales): April 27, 2022, Event 7PM

Open Rehearsal and Audience Q&A for A Toronto Śabdagatitāra – A New Collective Creation Initiated and Led by Sandeep Bhagwati in preparation for the April 30 Swara Sutras concert.

Part II (PWYC at the door, no advance sales): April 28, 2022, Doors 7:30 / Event 8PM

A solo multimedia piece by Sandeep Bhagwati titled Dhvanivala – A Merchant of Sounds

Part III (tiered pricing): April 30, 2022 Doors 7PM / Pre-concert talk 7:15PM / Concert 8PM

A concert showcasing the collective creative process of 11 musicians.

Policies

COVID: Masks are required at all times in the venue, vaccine passports will be checked at the door.
Accessibility & Safer Spaces: 918 Bathurst is not currently physically accessible, discover ways we’re making our venue kinder.

Women from Space
2022-05-01 19:00
Pre-show panel and chats presented by Musicworks.
8pm – Kathryn Merriam, Isabelle Clermont, Grace Scheele, Elysha Vorstenbosch
8:45 pm – Marilyn Lerner
9:30 pm – PIQSIQ
10:15pm – Sook-Yin Lee

The Music Gallery Presents: Pierre Kwenders' José Louis and The Paradox of Love Album Launch
2022-05-04 20:00
José Louis and The Paradox of Love is singer-songwriter Pierre Kwenders’ most personal project to date. At the intersection of Congolese rumba, electronic music and jazz-infused progressions, this new album is both an embrace of African musical tradition and a swerve into immaculate emotional territory. From the sensual beats, to the mellow yet powerful singing, by way of intimate interludes, the 13-song collection offers more than a simple window into the world of José Louis Modabi (aka Pierre Kwenders). The door is wide open and floating in the air is this everlasting feeling of hope and complete sense of freedom.
Tickets: $23 – Door, $18 – Regular Advance, $15 – Early Bird/Music Gallery members
ACCESSIBILITY
918 Bathurst, is not currently wheelchair accessible due to stairs (two half-flights to enter the performance space, and one flight to access the washrooms). This event will have projected visuals, includes amplified sound and will not include additional scents
We will have ear plugs, sunglasses, and a ‘therapeutic room’ for those that need it. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to david@musicgallery.org.
COVID POLICY
Proof of full vaccination or vaccination exception supported by a valid certificate issued by the Ontario Ministry of Health is required at the door. Except in our bar area, masks are required to be worn at all times unless explicitly mentioned otherwise.
For our full policy, click here.
SAFER SPACE
We expect all attendees and community members to respect one another, and to respect the work that was created for you to explore. We will not tolerate harm or harmful behaviour of any kind.
For our full policy, click here.

Don't Stop the Music by SoundCrowd
2022-05-07 20:00
After over two years online, SoundCrowd will be performing LIVE and in-person for you! Limited seating, proof of vax and masks required.

Arabic Stand Up Comedy with Alaa Abu Diab
2022-05-21 18:00
About this event

Show information

Show #1: 6pm (doors open 5:15pm)
Show #2: 8:30 pm (doors open 7:45pm)

*العربي بالأسفل*
Arabic Stand Up Comedy: “Lockdown” with internationally acclaimed Alaa Abu Diab
Almost 2 years since the beginning of COVID, internationally-acclaimed Comedian Alaa Abu Diab returns to Canada with a brand new stand-up show. This time, he speaks about his experience during the lockdown: family, society, how life is under the pandemic, and other social issues that highlight the difference between Sweden and the Arab world.
Please note that this show will take place in Arabic only.
This show is 14+
Follow Alaa on Social Media:

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“لوكداون” – عرض كوميدي مع علاء ابو دياب
بعد أكثر من سنتين على بداية جائحة كورونا، يعود علاء أبو دياب إلى كندا بعرض ستاند أب جديد عن تجربته في فترة الإغلاق، عن العائلة والمجتمع وكيف هي الحياة في ظل الوباء ومواضيع أخرى إجتماعية تضيء على الفرق بين السويد والوطن العربي.
ملاحظة: يقدم العرض باللغة العربية فقط
ملاحظة :هذا العرض ل ١٤ و ما فوق
تابعوا علاء على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعى:
فيسبوك, الانستغرام, تويتر, يوتيوب

Wavelength Presents: Circuit des Yeax & Picastro
2022-06-13 20:00
Circuit Des Yeux (Chicago / Matador Records)
Picastro (Toronto / slowcore pioneers)
June 13, 2022
Projections by General Chaos Visuals
Decor by Roxanne Ignatius
Monday, June 13, 2022
@ 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media & Education
918 Bathurst St.,Toronto
$20 advance at ShowClix.com
Tickets on sale February 7th, 10:00 AM
*Note: tickets currently held at 50% capacity, to be reassessed in the future.
All Ages / Licensed
“Waiting for Summer” is feeling like a solstice-bearing catharsis to look forward to during these frigid months. With the expectation of returning to full capacity by June, Wavelength is excited to be presenting Chicago’s Circuit Des Yeux and Toronto’s own Picastro at 918 Bathurst.
Chicago’s Circuit Des Yeux is a singular experimental-epic-pop weaver and brainchild of Haley Fohr. Her sixth album and debut for seminal indie label Matador Records, -io, was released in October 2021 to widespread critical acclaim (Pitchfork, Mojo, Uncut, Dusted, The Wire, The Quietus, Beats Per Minute). Expansive and emotional, the album is a sonic footprint of how grief becomes a landscape. Written for a 23-piece orchestra and created during the pandemic, Haley Fohr’s performance is bound to be arresting and poignantly transformative.
Starting the evening will be Toronto’s slowcore staples, Picastro. If you are not acquainted with the brilliance of Liz Hysen, then today is your lucky day. Started in 1998 as a solo project by Hysen, Picastro expands to include an ever-evolving array of collaborators, who have included Owen Pallett, Nick Storring, and Brandon Valdivia (aka Mas Aya). Picastro’s latest release, I’ve never met a stranger, is an EP of touching covers, created by friends; cultivated by the uncertainty of life during a pandemic and harnessing the magic of not knowing.
COVID Protocols:
Your safety is our primary concern. Live event protocols are likely to change month to month. At this time, audience members aged two and older are required to always wear face coverings while on the venue property, except when actively eating and drinking. Proof of full vaccination minimum 2 weeks prior to the event is required to enter.
Accessibility:
918 Bathurst is not currently wheelchair accessible due to stairs (two half-flights to enter the performance space, and one flight to access the washrooms). For all other accessibility requests, please contact us at info@wavelengthmusic.ca
Audience Policy:
Wavelength respects the rights of each member of our diverse audience and is committed to providing an environment in which everyone can feel safe. Any behaviour which could reasonably be perceived as physically, emotionally, or mentally harmful to individuals at Wavelength events will not be tolerated. This includes: racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, body shaming, ableism, ageism, and all forms of violence.
Please be respectful of others and help Wavelength create a fun and safer space for everyone. If you need help, or see others in need of help, please talk to a Wavelength staff member or volunteer.
For information on Wavelength’s Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment and Violence policies, please go here.

Garner Theatre Productions Presents: Bright Star
2022-08-25 - 2022-08-26
7:30pm
On August 25 and 26, 918 will host the Toronto Premiere of the Broadway
musical Bright Star, “the story of a successful literary editor forced to confront
her past after meeting an ambitious young soldier just home from World War II.
Together they discover a stunning secret with the power to transform their
lives.”
Garner Theatre Productions’ interpretation of Bright Star will highlight this
show’s incredible music through Actor-Musicians who do it all – act the roles,
sing the songs and play the instruments simultaneously.
Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind show! Tickets are available on a “Pay What You
Can” basis and can be reserved here.

Screening: Affairs of the Heart, Jamie Day Fleck
2022-09-23 20:00 - 23:00
On September 23, 918 will host a screening of Jamie Day Fleck’sAffairs of the
Heart: The Life and Music of Marjan Mozetich. The documentary explores “the
challenges and triumphs of famed Canadian classical music composer, Marjan
Mozetich, with glimpses into his interior world spanning the vast reaches of the
heavens and the dark depths of the human heart. His most well-known work,
Affairs of the Heart, captivated Canadian radio listeners when it premiered
depicting joys and sorrows, pain and bliss. The film features his life story while
presenting his catalogue of music to the audience through performances by
world-renowned musicians.”
Stay tuned to our social media for information on ticket sales.
In the meantime, watch the trailer for this beautiful film here.

Confluence Concerts Presents: Drawing Room: A Dialogue for Three Voices and One Shadow
2022-09-24 03:00 - 17:00
On September 24, join us at 918 for the world premiere of The Drawing Room
by Ian Cusson and André Alexis, a take on the moments before the beginning
of King Lear and performed by Marion Newman, Patricia O’Callaghan and Suba
Sankaran.
Confluence Concerts creates “joyous, daring and thought-provoking musical
experiences within a warm atmosphere of intimacy and discovery… a company
of diverse creative artists dedicated to personal, thought-provoking, and moving
presentations.”
Tickets to become available late August.

HORROR-RAMA
2022-10-01 - 2022-10-02
Toronto’s Only All-Horror Convention is back with dozens of celebrity guests
(This year’s include Lynn Griffin and Thom Matthews), artists, filmmakers,
authors, and vendors, as well as special performances and a short film festival.
For full details and to purchase tickets, click here.

The Music Gallery Presents XAvantXVII: LifeWorld
2022-10-12 - 2022-10-16
The Music Gallery have just announced their seventeenth edition of the X Avant
Festival, entitled X Avant XVII: LifeWorld.
“LifeWorld dives deep into various global and local cultures and encourages
collaboration. It is intergenerational. It is traditional. It is experimental. It dreams
of a world where we can hold the past, present, and future at the same time.”
More details to be announced. Sign up for the festival’s newsletter here.

The Music Gallery Presents: You In Mind: Aurora Jade + Sandrine Masse
2023-01-20 19:30 - 22:00
“Combining traditional Indigenous art with modern influences, Aurora Jade and Sandrine Masse bring an evening of sonic and visual storytelling through the lens of Indigenous perspectives. Melding together experimental jazz, blues, and darkwave, Plains Cree singer and pianist Aurora Jade transports us to a unique sonic landscape that embodies traditional and modern sounds. Also a visionary visual artist, her original art blending psychedelic graphic style with Indigenous art will be displayed in The Sun Room, adjacent to the performance space. Travel through atmospheres of timeless soundscapes blending folk, traditional rhythms, and alt rock with Sandrine Masse as she weaves stories from her perspective as a Wendat and Québecoise artist.”
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R.I.S.E. Presents: The 9th Annual Educationment Summit: The Business of Art
2023-01-27 - 2023-01-28
RISE established its annual ‘Edutainment Summit’ aimed to enhance access to resources for underprivileged youth, musicians, poets, rappers and other performing artists; essentially “bridging the the gap between emerging and professional artists”.
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The Bedford Trio Presents: The Bedford Trio and Friends
2023-01-29 19:00 - 22:00
Featuring selections from Bach’s Goldberg Variations for string trio, Dohnanyi’s Serenade for string trio, and Brahms’ epic Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, and featuring guest violist Maxime Despax.
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The Happenstancers Present: HYPERSUITE
2023-02-18 19:00 - 22:00
“HYPERSUITE deconstructs the forms of J.S. Bach’s beloved solo instrumental suites, creating a concert-length work comprised of movements from his sonatas and partitas and connecting them with electrifying works from the contemporary repertoire. This peformance features 4 solo artists performing music for violin, cello, english horn and clarinet. HYPERSUITE interweaves the new and the old, connecting ideas across time and illuminating an intimate music lineage.”
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The Music Gallery Presents: Sounding Difference / Listening Care
2023-03-01 19:00 - 23:00
“An open level listening and sounding event for a collective creative experience. The text scores of Pauline Oliveros are spoken word instructions that are accessible to all: they propose listening strategies and voice toning based on the universal system of seven vowels, the breath, and one’s own senses as sources for collective improvisation. We use Oliveros’ thought on listening as multi sensory perception as care, as a map for social and environmental evolution, and as self-organizing sonic beauty.
This will be an experiential gathering to focus on well being and inclusivity in relation to listening attention: to our environment and the more than human sound field, in a memory archive and creative imaginative world making sense.
In this resonant space, we begin with land and body of water acknowledgement, internal listening, a warm up for sounding, toning in microtonal difference tones, exploring the Sonic Meditations and improvisatory Text Scores of Oliveros, with simple phrases that show the way into a sound field.”
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Artists in Motion Present: 1234: A Showcase and Artisan Market
2023-03-03 19:00 - 22:00
“1234dancearts is a dance and arts event dedicated to artists (established and emerging) from across Ontario. It is a multidisciplinary project to connect emerging and established artists; break down barriers between artistic genres and create an inclusive space for marginalized individuals. Hosted by Hollywood Jade, Music by DJ Blackcat, and featuring many local artist and vendors.”
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