918 Bathurst

Wavelength Presents: Marker Starling, Nina Savary, Animatist
2021-11-20 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | 918 Bathurst: Culture, Arts, Media & Education, 918 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5R 3G5, Canada
“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 Solidaridad Strings, with Heyni Solera and Valeria Matzner
2021-11-14 16:00 - 18:00
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.

AMICI CHAMBER ENSEMBLE PRESENTS AMERICAN BERSERK
2021-10-26 16:00
American Berserk celebrates the composers who changed the face of American music: the “American Original” Charles Ives, TJ Anderson and Pulitzer prize-winners John Adams and John Corigliano. Featuring guest artists Jonathan Crow, Katya Poplyansky and Alejandro Valdepeñas. This intimate concert will be presented at Bathurst 918 Centre for a limited audience.
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Program:
John Adams – Gnarly Buttons for clarinet & piano
TJ Anderson – Spirit Songs for cello and piano
John Adams – John’s Alleged Book of Dances for String Quartet
John Corigliano – Soliloquy for clarinet and strings
Charles Ives – Largo
John Corigliano – The Red Violin
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Special Guests:
Jonathan Crow
Katya Poplyansky
Alejandro Valdepeñas
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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.

Wavelength Presents: Bodywash + Polite Society
2021-10-23 19:00 - 23:00
“Welcome Back, Shows!”
Wavelength Monthly Music Series – October 2021
In partnership with Slaight Music
Featuring:
Bodywash (Montreal)
Polite Society (fka Hollow Earth)
Projections by General Chaos Visuals
Decor by Roxanne Ignatius
Art by Stephanie Avery
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Saturday October 23, 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/WLbodywash
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. Proof of full vaccination minimum 2 weeks prior to 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
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“Welcome Back, Shows!” – Wavelength’s first monthly concert of fall 2021 marks our series’ return to in-person, indoor shows. The first of two intimate, seated concerts at the gorgeous, reverberant 918 Bathurst Centre will also see the series return to the sounds of its early years, with a lineup spanning genres like shoegaze, psych-rock and dream-pop.
Fresh off an appearance at this fall’s POP Montreal festival, Montreal neo-shoegaze duo Bodywash return to Toronto for their first in-person show since the pandemic shut down all live performances, just a few months after the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, 2019’s Comforter. Like fellow Montrealers Braids, who contributed mixing-board wisdom to Comforter, Bodywash bring a fresh 21st century perspective to the edgy ambience of the 1990s.
With a lineup including some Toronto indie/psych scene veterans, Polite Society also make their return to the stage for the band’s first concert since the release of their self-titled debut album, on vinyl via UK label Spiral Void.
And a Wavelength show wouldn’t be the same without the trippy visuals of the series’ long-time in-house projection artist, General Chaos Visuals, whose colourful visuals will fill the former Buddhist temple that houses the 918 Bathurst Centre.
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About the artists:
Bodywash was formed in 2014 when Chris Steward and Rosie Long Decter began jamming in a basement rehearsal room at McGill University in Montreal. Bonding over a shared affection for shoegaze and dream-pop, the two found an immediate chemistry. When it came time to make a full-length album, Bodywash enlisted Nigel Ward to record the LP. The album Comforter was mixed by Taylor Smith and Austin Tufts of the band Braids, and was mastered by Evan Tighe. The result is the perfect insomniac’s record, a late-night album of emotional extremes, from the enveloping warmth of shoegaze to the stark electronics of ‘90s trip-hop and IDM. Guitars blur in and out, melodies vanish and appear, synths blinking like lights in a fog. It’s an album of obsessive detail buried in a blur of reverb. It draws you in and pushes you away in equal measure.
Polite Society is a Canadian foursome comprised of psych and avant-rock devotees whose collaborations likely yield the expected and unexpected (but always polite) results. Their name is purely coincidental to the present utopian state of the world.
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Poster design by Juliana Carlevaris

Dennis Kwok Jazz Orchestra "Windward Bound" CD Release
2020-03-29 20:00 - 23:00
A TD Discovery Series Project
(thanks Toronto Jazz Festival!)
Join the Dennis Kwok Jazz Orchestra in celebrating the release of their debut album, “Windward Bound”, as well as the world premiere performance of the “Vija Celmins Suite” for chamber orchestra and jazz ensemble by Toronto-based saxophonist and composer Brenden Varty.
$20 general
$15 students/seniors/arts workers
Advanced tickets include a CD
https://dkjo.brownpapertickets.com
Doors 7:30pm, Music starts 8pm
The Dennis Kwok Jazz Orchestra (DKJO) is a Toronto-based contemporary big band committed to the creation, performance, and showcase of new works composed by the next generation of artists. The group is led by and comprises of 19 of the finest performers, composers and arrangers under 35 in Southern Ontario. Formed in early 2017, DKJO has since developed a repertoire of over 20 original works from within the band and has performed in many of Toronto’s iconic venues including Lula Lounge, Gallery 345 and Burdock. They have also made appearances at the Toronto Undergraduate Jazz Festival as well as had collaborations with JUNO award winners, Allison Au, and Alex Dean.
www.denniskwok.ca
DKJO is:
Dennis Kwok – compositions, woodwind soloist
-Caity Gyorgy – vocals
Reeds:
-Naomi McCarroll-Butler
-Sophia Smith
-Brenden Varty
-Kyle Tarder-Stoll
-Jonathan Lau
Trumpets:
-Megan Jutting – Trumpet
-Alexei Ozerov
-Paul Callander
-Marie Goudy
Trombones:
-Nick Marshall
-Andrew Gormley
-Charlotte McAfee-Brunner
-Inayat Kassam
Rhythm:
-Jay Yoo
-Augustine Yates
-Jonathan Wielebnowski
-Jacob Wutzke

The evening will be opened by the world premiere performance of a new original work for chamber orchestra and jazz rhythm by Toronto-based saxophonist and composer Brenden Varty.
Brenden Varty is a Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist and composer originally from Oshawa, Ontario. He graduated from Humber College with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in 2016 and is currently in the Master of Music Performance program at the University of Toronto. His arrangements and compositions, drawing heavily from both Western art music as well as jazz, have been performed publicly at such venues as the Canadian Opera Centre, The Rex, The Burdock, Lula Lounge, and Humber College.
Brenden has released an EP including his original compositions and arrangements entitled Cloudstream, and is currently working on a second EP of his compositions. In addition to these, he can be found on numerous releases headed by his peers that span genres from jazz to funk to spiritual.

Collage Workshop with Danielle Cole
2020-03-26 19:00 - 21:00
This is a hands-on workshop where you will be shown strategies for creating collages that are seamlessly built. We will go beyond the glue stick, learning techniques for gluing fine and large pieces of collage without causing the material to bubble or tear. Danielle Cole will help you work towards creating a unique piece of art to take home at the end of the evening made from original vintage magazines and books from the 1940s to 1990s.
RSVP Here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/collage-workshop-with-danielle-cole-tickets-90474807585

The Music Gallery Presents: Phth + xLq
2020-03-14 19:30 - 23:00
The Music Gallery presents
Phth + xLq
$18 Regular / $13 Advance / $10 Member/Students
Doors 7:30PM / Concert 8PM
Adventurous new Montreal-based vocal collective Phth (Sarah Albu, David Cronkite, Gabriel Dharmoo, Kathy Kennedy, Elizabeth Lima, Vahram Sarkissian and Andrea Young) brings its mind-bending fusion of improvisation, co-composition and new music interpretation to The Music Gallery. The ensemble features some of the most adventurous vocalists in Canadian contemporary music with practices spanning from extended voice to noise, early music and experimental theatre. The group will present their daring interpretation of Claude Vivier’s “Love Songs” and other works.
For this performance, they invite local emerging pop-art duo xLq as a guest performer.

meta.ksi Presents: Muted Blast (.2)
2020-03-12 19:00 - 23:00
meta.ksi, a collective of composer, artist, and design-curators based between the United States and Greece, presents “Muted Blast (.2)”, for 4 musicians and live electronics. Compositions and sound installations by meta.ksi and affiliated composers are performed in dialogue with poetry responding to austerity measures, and post-crisis Greece. The program explores elements of prepared acoustic instruments, video, and machine learning. Pre and post concert, there is an experimental score exhibition, alongside fixed electronic pieces.

Women From Space Festival 2020 at 918 Bathurst
2020-03-08 19:00 - 23:30
Women From Space Festival is back this March 2020 with another fantastic line-up featuring both local, national, and international artists!
Sunday March 8, 2020 @ 918 Bathurst St.
8pm: Elizabeth Lima & Meghan Cheng
8:20pm: Sahara Morimoto & Raphael Roter
8:45pm: Heather Saumer featuring Felicity Williams, Alex Samaras, Thom Gill & Robin Dann
9:45pm: Bea Labikova, William Parker & Germaine Liu
10:30pm: Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock
For information regarding the festival, including artists bios, pricing, and venue details, please visit their new beautiful website: womenfromspace.com
Festival pass – 4 nights: $32 (advance) $35 (door) $32 (students/seniors)
One-night pass: $12 (advance) $15 (door) $12 (students/seniors)
For advance ticket sales, please visit:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-from-space-festival-2020-tickets-85316553107

BAM - Books , Art , Music - collective Presents: Climate Change and Art
2020-03-07 17:00 - 19:00
The world needs leadership on Climate Change and the Youth are stepping up to connect, perform and take actions for social change. Secure your seat at this unique event.
March 7th, 2020 is your day to share your thoughts on Climate change, to propose your solutions while participating in a Mosaic workshop led by an art educator, to enjoy live performances by young talented musicians, poets, and photographers. This event was organized for you to meet and support artists from different backgrounds, to connect with climate change leaders to grow your network, to have fun and lead.
Event Agenda:
5:00 – 5:10 PM Opening introduction
5:10- 5:30 PM Mosaic workshop
5:30- 6:00 PM Live performances
6:00 – 6:15 PM Silent Auction
6:15 – 7:00 PM Artists’ booths / Networking
Snacks will be provided if you have any questions or concerns feel free to email bamcollective2018@gmail.com.

R.I.S.E. Thursdays - March 2020 Edition
2020-03-05 18:00 - 23:00
From their weekly open mic showcases in Scarborough to a newly curated monthly showcases in the Annex. Please join RISE in their new cornerstone to Reaching Intelligent Souls Everywhere (RISE).
In partnership with 918 Bathurst Centre, RISE Thursdays is hosting a monthly series every first Thursday of the month, with an open mic and featuring the next generation of Toronto artists!

The Music Gallery presents Emergents II: Bakarlari
2020-03-01 19:30 - 23:00
The Music Gallery presents
Emergents II: Bakarlari
part of the Emergents Series
Curated by Sarah Constant
Sunday March 1
$12 Regular / Advanced $8 Member/Student
Doors 7:30PM / Concert 8PM
In this concert, Montreal-based soloists collective Bakarlari plays in Toronto for the first time.
Active across Canada and internationally as improvisers and performers of experimental music, the members of Bakarlari—trumpeter Émilie Fortin, tubist Michael Mansourati, and clarinetist Charlotte Layec—have come together with a focus on new solo music: performances of rarely-heard pieces for their instruments, the development of new single-instrument projects, and the creation of concerts that bring together their three distinct sonic vocabularies.
At the Music Gallery, Bakarlari will present their latest project, pairing contemporary solo works for trumpet, tuba, and clarinet with new pieces developed with early-career and Toronto-based composers. Between them, the collective will play solo compositions by Olga Neuwirth, Cort Lippe, and Elliott Carter alongside new collaborations with composers Alexandre David, Quinn Jacobs, and Olivia Shortt—as well as a first-ever ensemble appearance for the premiere of a new trio by Toronto/Hamilton-based composer Christina Volpini.

The Freesound Series and the Music Gallery present: Freesound 02
2020-02-28 19:30 - 23:00
$20 Regular / $17 Advance / $15 Members, Students, Arts Workers, Seniors
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From text scores and improvisation, to calm, stable chords, Freesound kicks off its second season by exploring the experimental music of America and Europe. With works by Pauline Oliveros, Laurence Crane, Maya Verlaak, and Paolo Griffin, Freesound 02 presents an ensemble of 13 musicians, navigating the ins and outs of music that makes you think.

GOOD BEAUTIFUL MORNING: A Multidisciplinary Arts and Performance Endeavour
2020-02-22 20:00 - 23:30
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Experience an immersive, edgy journey evoking a diverse range of emotions based on the original works and performance of Artist/Writer/Activist/Performer Mello Ayo in collaboration with a community of like-minded burgeoning performing artists.
February 22, 2020
VIP Soiree by Invitation Only 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Doors open for general admission 8:00 p.m.
Exploration – Art Installation Viewing: 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Performance: 9:30 p.m. – 10:30 pm
After Party Fete: 10:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

SymphRONica and The Music of Louis Simão
2020-02-15 19:00 - 23:00
FEBRUARY 15 – 07:30 PM
TICKETS: $20 advance/ $25 door; students/seniors $10 (All prices HST included.)
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Ron Davis’ Symphronica is all about the collaborations between Ron Davis and many great musicians, in Toronto and beyond. One of those musicians is the multi-talented, multi-faceted Portuguese-Canadian Louis Simão. Bassist, guitarist, accordeonist, composer, arranger, vocalist – it seems as though there’s nothing Louis cannot do. And he does them all with profound musicality.
Louis has been working with SymphRONica for several years. This includes stints on bass, contributions as an arranger, and one stellar contribution as a composer/arranger with his gorgeous tune A Luz (da Partida), which appears on the 2019 release SymphRONica UpfRONt.
This show is a celebration of SymphRONica‘s work with Louis, featuring his playing and arrangements. Come hear the energy and beauty of the music via SymphRONica‘s rewiring of jazz, in the words of what one U.K. reviewer “jazz like you’ve never heard it before“.
#SymphRONica

Raise The Spirit Tour 2020 - With Chicago’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
2020-02-14 19:30 - 23:00
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Kahil El Zabar – Percussions
Corey Wilkes – Trumpet
Alex Harding – Baritone Saxophone
The legendary Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, has toured internationally, as well as recorded numerable celebrated projects over the last 45 years. The current line up, featuring Corey Wilkes (trumpet), Alex Harding (baritone sax) and the band’s founder, Dr. Kahil El’Zabar (multi-percussion/ composition), is guaranteed to inspire audiences.
Friday February 14, 2020
Doors: 7:30pm
Show: 8:30pm
$30 – Early Bird Tickets (available until Sunday January 26 at 5pm); $40 – Advance (available until show date, 5pm)

Continuum Contemporary Music and The Music Gallery present: Inside Us
2020-02-09 19:00 - 23:00
Doors: 7:30PM,
The 4th Toronto Teen Composer Award: 7:45PM
Concert: 8PM
Door: students/arts workers/seniors/members $15, general $20
Online: students/arts workers/seniors/members $12, general $18
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Inside Us charts the delicate and dramatic convergence between technology and the human body. The concert features the premiere of Juliet Palmer’s The Choreography of Trauma, Palmer’s personal response to the Trauma Bay, oscillating between technical virtuosity and the emotional and physical stress of this life-and-death area of medicine.

We feature The Element Choir under the direction of Christine Duncan, and Jazz Soprano Laura Swankey with video and audio. Martijn Voorvelt‘s Frederick’s doctor, for tenor Christopher Mayell and ensemble, rounds out this exploration of music and health sciences.
Continuum is delighted to participate in this interdisciplinary engagement with collaborators at Sunnybrook Research Institute.
Composers:
Juliet Palmer* (CA)
Martijn Voorvelt† (NL)
* World premiere
† Commissioned by Continuum

Kyra Millan Presents: Piano Recital
2020-02-06 18:30 - 20:30
More information TBA

The Music Gallery Presents: When Did Transparency Become So Opaque?
2020-02-02 19:00 - 23:00
When Did Transparency Become So Opaque?
Panel Discussion and Performance
Curated by Olivia Shortt
PWYW ($10 suggested)
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The Music Gallery presents a panel on transparency in music and arts programming in Tkarón:to. There is a deep need in this city and beyond to speak honestly about programming, curation and producing in a way that organizations can both benefit and learn from the discussions. This panel will explore questions around what programmers and curators (ie. people with power) from multiple artistic disciplines are doing (as well as not doing) in their organizations to program, hire and work in a more inclusive and intersectional manner. The evening also features a performance by Carly Gordon and friends’ work which combines ASL and opera.
Curatorial statement:
“Personally, I am both frustrated and incredibly hopeful for the future of the arts in Toronto. There is a beautiful community in this city so willing to make changes and contribute to the artists who live here. We are so afraid to have both our errors become public. Failure is not allowed
Let’s make mistakes and be honest about it. Hindsight is 2020 as they say.
This is a period of time where equity-seeking folks are struggling to be heard without fear of pushback from the art forms that they exist and create within, which are often white-led organizations. Can we as the audience, the granting bodies, the foundation funding arts, the donors funding art, ask for art that reflects not only the people in our communities but also the voices and opinions of those art-makers? We are in a period of time where any questions that arise around what the intention of an organizations’ programming can become heavily scrutinized. Where is the transparency? Who are the voices leading these organizations? How are they supporting artists in their programming? When arts programmers look inward and criticize ourselves, do they end up patting ourselves on the back because of checked-off boxes, or do they realize that there is more hard work to be done?
Making mistakes in the arts feels difficult but is a very necessary part of growth. Let’s take space to discuss the successes of art-makers and organizations who are making the necessary efforts to do better, grow and what success looks like after making mistakes. This is an opportunity to hear and discuss examples of positive success in working to be more transparent in our efforts to develop arts programming.”
Moderator: Cole Alvis
Panelists: Ian Cusson, Menon Dwarka, Teiya Kasahara, Asad Raza
Performance: Carly Gordon and ASL + Opera Project

Fit for the Stage: With Leigh Graham
2020-01-26 14:30 - 19:30
Elevated Performance for Singers

A Comprehensive Mind and Body Workshop
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2020
Time: 2:30pm – 7:30pm

This 5-hour workshop delivers a step-by-step guide to stage preparation. It focuses on managing your mindset and state using various tools including original meditations and NLP (Neurolinguisic Programming).

You will also hone your body awareness and gain physical fitness through singer-specific exercises and take-home materials. Finally, you will have the chance to put it into practice singing!
To learn more and register, click here: https://fitforthestage.com/workshops/?fbclid=IwAR04tPjOdXh7nwvpHppoGyo5nHhQXPAPuJS6PGA21IF4B0iXyo7SkDTl74g

The Music Gallery Presents: Ziibiwan “Giizis” Album Release with Phedre and Melody McKiver
2020-01-25 19:00 - 23:00
$15 Regular/$13 Advance/$10 Students, Members
add $5 to your ticket for a download code for Giizis

Purchase tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/ziibiwan/listing?fbclid=IwAR0JE4h7SMCZamvUAuH7ClV3VdHA-DoycEUJPSwXC2T6E2XmAkGBXHPtp0Y
Anishinaabe experimental-electronic producer Ziibiwan has travelled a long road in just a few short years. Whether in their own music or in DJ sets, their spacious rhythmscapes evoke tranquility, the natural world and wisdom from elder generations within modern contexts. For their much-anticipated debut album release Giizis, Ziibiwan has gathered a few of their close allies to celebrate the occasion.
Some of Toronto’s most brilliantly experimental pop comes from Phedre. Their richly-textured compositions have grown into instrumental sets of high-bpm rhythmic soundscapes, performed live using sequencers and synthesizers. The ever-changing bass-heavy sets pay tribute to club, breakbeat, jungle and techno, while maintaining Phèdre’s own unique sense of musical beat exploration.
Melody McKiver has worked with Ziibiwan for a number of years and is no stranger to the MG, having last appeared on our stage alongside Lido Pimienta six years ago. Melody’s musical work integrates electronics with Western classical music to shape a new genre of Anishinaabe compositions. Their debut EP Reckoning was nominated for an Indigenous Music Award, and they were a participant in the Banff Centre for the Arts’ inaugural Indigenous Classical Music Gathering. Melody is involved in their community as a mentor with the Indigenous Music Mentorship Program, and is employed as a youth worker in Sioux Lookout, providing mental health and cultural supports to First Nations students.

New Music Concerts and the Music Gallery present The Mouths That Roar: Gabriel Dharmoo + Janice Jackson
2020-01-10 19:00 - 23:00
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$35 Regular
$25 MG Members, Seniors, Arts Workers
$10 Students
An outrageous double bill of vocal pyrotechnics featuring Gabriel Dharmoo and Janice Jackson. Montreal composer/performer Gabriel Dharmoo’s Anthropologies imaginaires (Imaginary Anthropologies) is a solo vocal performance that interacts with a video mockumentary. Various odd or isolated vocal expressions from around the world are woven together and revisited through imaginary folklore and experimental voice techniques, showcasing the virtuosity, versatility, and strangeness of the human voice. The result is a humorous and disturbing exploration of post-colonialism, post-exoticism, cultural extinction, globalization, normalized racism and cultural appropriation. Halifax-based soprano Jackson’s Voice Dance is a program of solo vocal compositions, many written especially for her. Over the past 30 years Jackson has performed and perfected a large body of solo voice pieces from composers around the world. From pure extended vocal techniques (Marie Pelletier) to theatre without words (Alice Ping Yee Ho) to solo mini opera (James Rolfe) these pieces are guaranteed to excite, stimulate, and amuse.

Lemon Bucket Orkestra Presents: Oy Holy Night
2020-01-05 18:30 - 21:30
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A Slavic-Balkan-Klezmer-Party-Punk-Super-Christmas Special
Toronto’s favourite guerrilla-folk party-punks settle into a selection of carols and seasonal songs from across the Slavic world and beyond. Inspired by their travels across Eastern Europe and yearly caroling through the Ukrainian community in their home “village”, expect a wide array of traditional polyphony and original arrangements by the award-winning globetrotters plus some recognizable classics from the western canon.
This is the pilot, with new video design by Roman Lubiy and projection mapping by David Mesiha in the beautiful 918 Bathurst.
Only 200 tickets available! $40 advance, $50 door

The Trane Live Events Presents: Trilogy: Part 2 - A Holiday Concert and Tribute to Herbie Hancock
2019-12-21 19:00 - 23:00
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With The Brown/Occhipinti Quartet and Friends
feat. Adrean Farrugia on Piano
Alexander Brown – Trumpet
Roberto Occhipinti – Bass
Adrean Farrugia – Piano
Ahmed Mitchell – Drums
Doors @ 7pm
Concert @ 8pm
Early bird $25 until December 14 @ 5pm
Advance $35 until December 21 @ 5pm

Impromptu Concert Series Presents: Movie Music - A Holiday Concert
2019-12-13 19:00 - 23:00
Impromptu Concert Series is delighted to announce the beginning of our 2019/2020 season with:
Movie Music – A Holiday Concert!

For those who embrace and those who reject holiday music, this concert serves the perfect mix of different and traditional holiday music. Enjoy our talented company sing selections of the most iconic songs from all of cinema, with a touch of great holiday classics for good measure!
Featuring: Ardavan Taraporewala, Brayo Bryans, Chantel Kuli, Dante Toccacelli, Dionisio Silva, Gabriel Hudson, Hailey Balaz, Jennifer Wren, Mathew Mac Lean, Melanie Herbin, Rosie Callaghan, Serena Hajee, Suzette Newton – Janse van Rensburg, and Taryn Wichenko.
Music Director: Ethan Rotenberg, Director: Eddy Isenberg

Horror-Rama 2019
2019-11-30 10:00 - 2019-12-01 16:00
Purchase Tickets Here: http://www.horrorramacanada.com/tickets/?fbclid=IwAR1JvrYNMvy_3eGhj5i6LbxWV6J-kECMak1qXnXIaZDNE-5iVydFl2CFlMM
Entering its SIXTH sinister year, HORROR-RAMA is Toronto’s ONLY all-horror and cult movie convention and celebration!
Bringing legendary international artists, actors, creators and composers together along with some of the wildest vendors around, HORROR-RAMA is a fun, exciting weekend of fantasy and film culture delirium, with panels, signings, screenings and our very own short film festival.
We return to the wild and labyrinthine art space and converted Buddhist temple at 918 Bathurst Street. Two levels of killer guests, vendors and attractions and a whole mess of weird rooms with cool stuff inside them!
Enjoy beer, wine, coffee and snacks in our “Creep Cafe” bar and restaurant!
HORROR-RAMA runs November 30 & December 1, 2019. The show was founded by Suspect Video’s Luis Ceriz and filmmaker/writer Chris Alexander in 2014.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Collective Arts Brewing Presents: Audio/Visual Toronto Concert Series Kickoff Show
2019-11-27 19:00 - 23:30
RSVP Here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/audiovisual-toronto-concert-series-kickoff-show-tickets-80926442167?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR1Ok_d6Kq6cfyw5pfQAqF3ivy6xBRs_YoK8B8patdO5Tom1HqEQ4R3U0wE
Collective Arts Brewing is having a week of concerts in Toronto to celebrate their new music-inspired lager, Audio/Visual!
To kick things off, they’re hosting a free show at 918 Bathurst featuring a Secret Guest Headliner (No, this is not clever marketing. They’re legally not allowed to announce the artist. Trust us, it will be good.)
There will be $5 cans of Audio/Visual, a Collective Arts gin bar, and you’ll be able to sample up to 10 limited-edition Collective Arts releases.
Make sure you get there for 7PM for “Darkness Hour”, where you’ll be able to sample all four of this year’s Origin of Darkness releases.
RSVP for your free ticket. Venue is subject to capacity, so make sure to get there early!
Nov. 27 | 7PM-MIDNIGHT | FREE

Akin Collective Presents: Anti-Black Racism Workshop
2019-11-20 18:00 - 21:00
November 20 / 6:00-9:00pm / Location: 918 Bathurst
$45, PWYC Option (Suggested Donation $15-$30) / Please RSVP at https://bit.ly/33RzdeF
*All proceeds from this event will be put towards the development of the Akin Studio Rent Relief Fund, providing artists short term financial aid towards their studio rent in unexpected situations or times of financial instability.
Event Description:
This session uses the anti-oppressive framework and an intersectional approach to explore anti-Black racism within a Canadian cultural context. Internalized, interpersonal and institutional manifestations of anti-Black racism are contextualized through the lens of intergenerational trauma, systemic barriers and monolithic narratives. The impact of anti-Black racism, as it interacts with other sites of oppression is explored through case studies, personal reflections, quantitative and qualitative data. Systemic power structures and their impact on the spiritual, emotional, physical, financial and mental well being of Black communities as well as profound institutional inequities will be introduced and contextualized. Participants will critique and problematize current models for allyship and community engagement as well as explore interpersonal interventions and systemic transformations that cultivate liberation.
About the Presenter:
Rania El Mugammar is a Sudanese Canadian, Artist, Arts Educator, Equity, Anti-oppression, Liberation and Meaningful Inclusion Educator & Consultant, performer, speaker and published writer.
Rania is an experienced anti-oppression, equity, inclusion and liberation educator and consultant who is unflinchingly committed to decolonization and freedom as the ultimate goals of her work. She has worked extensively with contemporary arts institutions, STEM based enterprises, media organization, GBV advocacy, health initiatives, educational institutions and community/grassroots spaces.

D.D. Jackson Solo and with Guests - Toronto CD Release
2019-11-16 19:00 - 23:00
Caliban Arts and Trane Live Present:
The Trane Trilogy Concerts : Part 1 – D.D. Jackson and Guests
Live at 918 Bathurst Street Centre
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Caliban Arts and Trane Live in association with 918 Bathurst Street Toronto launches The Trane Trilogy Concerts in 3 Parts. Three concerts for each Part. The concerts present the incredible creative and influential works of both local and international recording artists. Please stay tuned and connected for more details on upcoming presentations.
Part 1/Concert 1 Features:
EMMY- AND JUNO-AWARD-WINNING CANADIAN JAZZ PIANIST/COMPOSER D.D. JACKSON RELEASES FIRST JAZZ CD AS LEADER IN OVER 12 YEARS
Toronto Release: “Live at Freedom of Sound”, Saturday November 16, 8pm. Doors at 7pm
Tickets: Early Bird $25 (to November 8); Advance $30 (November 16)
More on D.D. Jackson and launch or “Live at Freedom of Sound”:
Ottawa, Canada-born, New York area- based D.D. Jackson’s new CD “Live at Freedom of Sound” captures a recent solo piano performance that took place at the Montclair-based festival organized by drummer Pheeroan Aklaff’s Seed Artists. “I had actually just gotten off a plane from L.A. after winning an Emmy Award the night before and was definitely tired. However, something that evening just clicked, and the performance became an enjoyable and surprisingly effective representation of where my solo piano playing is today.”
That journey has taken him from a career that’s now included 13 CD’s as leader or co-leader (including two for the major label BMG), performing all over the world with prominent artists ranging from David Murray, Jack De Johnette, and Billy Bang, to MacArthur Genius Grant drummer Dafnis Prieto and James Carter. But why the long gap since his last jazz recording as leader? “The making of my last CD (Serenity Song, 2007 Justin Time Records) was right around the time I began settling down and raising a family, and it was appealing to finally be in one place for extended periods of time instead of constantly on the road touring”, Jackson states. “At the same time, I was also gaining an increasing fascination with technology and began writing more and more for media, which was a perfect gig for a homeward-bound dad.”
Jackson’s work, in fact, culminated in his 2nd Emmy Award as a television composer just this past May (among his 5 total Emmy nominations to date), and he also struck up a regular working relationship with New York-based The Roots on various projects (and appeared on two of their most recent CD’s, participating as arranger, pianist, and producer on different tracks). Jackson has also been passionate about teaching during this period, first as an award-winning professor at Hunter College; at the Harlem School of the Arts (where he taught jazz prodigy Matthew Whitaker and the “The Voice” finalist We’ McDonald, among many); and now at Brooklyn College, where he’s been helping with their new Global Jazz Masters degree and also teaching Media Scoring.
All the while, though, Jackson continued playing and performing. “Live at Freedom of Sound” is a tight set of 5 compositions, ranging from re-imaginings of older material (including “For Don” – originally written by Jackson in tribute to his late mentor, the jazz pianist/composer Don, now re-dedicated to another great influence on Jackson, the late baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett; and “ Richard’s Tune” – a Don Pullen composition Don originally wrote for Muhal Richard Abrams)…
For tickets and more for information please visit www.calibanartstheatre.com .
CDs will be available at the show and at http://ddjackson.bandcamp.com.
More info on D.D. at: http://ddjackson.com

SymphRONica Season 7 (2019/20): The Opener!
2019-11-09 19:30 - 22:00
Fresh from a successful run of August shows at the world’s largest arts festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Ron Davis and Ron Davis Music / SymphRONica embark on a seventh (!) season of – in the words of one U.K. Fringe reviewer – “jazz like you’ve never heard it before“.
SymphRONica was chosen as a Fringe Critics’ Pick by The Herald. Best of Fringe by Out of Hand Scotland. Four Stars from the prestigious The Wee Review. Audience reviews on the Fringe website included such raves as “Phenomenal” and “Jazz genius at work”.
For this season opener, SymphRONica will be offering new music and some old favourites, but always featuring Ron’s and SymphRONica‘s commitment to the energy and beauty of the music via their rewiring of jazz with other influences. Come hear what all the buzz in the U.K. was about!
Special Guest MC: Jaymz Bee.
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