Monday Roundup #230

Concert announcements:

The New Symphony Orchestra: Cease and Desist ["for this performance, the orchestra will use excerpts from iconic works in the classical canon as the inspiration for free-improvised pieces, this time accompanied by live collage from artists Madi Cassidy and Zoe Abbott"] (feat. Zack Goldstein/Sara Constant/Sara May/Arie Verheul van de Ven/Adrian Russouw/Connor Crone/Ben Mike/Ryan Kinney/Owen Kurtz) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-16 (Monday). $pwyc/$15 recommended. [more info]

Cassiar Records presents (feat. BLOOP / Josh Cole [solo double bass]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-17 (Tuesday). $15/notaflof. [FB event]

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Arie Verheul van de Ven / Aidan McConnell/Karen Ng/Adrian Russouw) / Wenona Lodge 2025-06-17 (Tuesday) [more info]

The Two Deaths of Ophelia [works by Linda Catlin Smith, Shawn Jaeger, Ann Southam, Wolfgang Rihm, Oliver Knussen, Charles Wuorinen, Thomas Adès, Luis Ramirez, Ryan Chase, Krzysztof Penderecki, Claude Vivier] (feat. The Happenstancers [Simon Rivard/Reilly Nelson/Danika Lorè/Jesse Blumberg/Dion Mazerolle/Luri Lee/Sienna Cho/Hee-Soo Yoon/Hezekiah Leung/Peter Eom/Travis Harrison/Lenny Ranallo/Joonghun Cho/Wesley Shen/Chris James/Aleh Remezau/Brad Cherwin/Nicolas Richard/Ryan Garbett/Declan Scott/Nikki Huang/Thomas Li]) / 918 Bathurst 2025-06-19 (Thursday). $33.28 (general admission), $free (students). [tickets & more info]

Music of Ornette Coleman and Charlie Haden (feat. Lina Allemano/Ben Boye/Nate McBride/Karen Ng/Frank Rosaly/Nick Fraser) / The Emmet Ray 2024-06-19 (Thursday). $15. [more info]

Rock Plaza Central / The Baby G 2025-07-03 (Thursday). $22, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Toronto Electronic Music Open Mic (feat. Caustic Clouds / Garden of Magic / Hozerz / Eye-Duh Kho / Hexwave / Little Vanity/illicit Pulse / Lance Oullette / avisupchurch / dreamSTATE / Alissa Vox Raw / tomorrow tomorrow / BlackSmyth / Broken Pink Umbrella / Gruve Collective / Stefan Powell and Rob Cruikshank) / Handlebar 2025-06-09 (Monday). $11.30, all-ages. [more info]

Nick Adema [presenting his solo trombone album Buiksloterkerk] (Max Donaldson) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-09 (Monday). [more info]

Wesley Shen [works for solo piano by Anna Höstman and Emilie LeBel] / Array Space 2025-06-10 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Olivia Boring / Adam Waito / James Irwin / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2025-06-10 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

A Failed Entertainment (feat. Anh Phung/Tara Kannangara/Leland Whitty/Luan Phung/Chris Pruden/Julian Anderson-Bowes/Mack Longpré) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-06-10 (Tuesday). [more info]

Selkie Sessions [Isla Craig/Sean Donald/Ivy Mairi/Andrew Patten] / Island Cafe 2025-06-11 (Wednesday) [more info]

Brodie West's Double Basses Quintet -1 [Brodie West / Josh Cole / Rob Clutton / Patrick O'Reilly] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-11 (Wednesday – early)

Never Was [Brandon Davis/Bea Labikova//Patrick O'Reilly/Adrian Russouw/Joe Sorbara] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-11 (Wednesday) [more info]

Isla Craig & the Sorry Brothers [Isla Craig/Kurt Newman/Karsten Stryker] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-12 (Thursday). $pwyc.

Audiopollination [please come out to help celebrate Mike Lynn, on his last night hosting the series after thirteen years of crucial community-building!] (feat. David Sait/Marilyn Yogarajah/Magick / cheryl o/Neil Wiernik / Heraclitus Akimbo/Laura Swankey/Judy Zhu / Mickle32 & Rod Campbell) / Array Space 2025-06-13 (Friday) [FB event]

Second Fridays (feat. Lithophonica [Gayle Young/James Harley] / Matt Brubeck & Caylie Staples / Korba Sun Collective [Georgia Korba/Yuzi Sun/Matt Aasen/Dylan Pilcher]) / Canadian Music Centre 2025-06-13 (Friday). $22.63 general admission, $17.31 student. [more info]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Kara-Lis Coverdale [record release] / Joseph Shabason) / 918 Bathurst 2025-06-13 (Friday). $31.56, 19+. [more info]

Hooveriii (The John Denver Airport Conspiracy) / Blood Brothers Brewing 2025-06-13 (Friday). $24.98, 19+. [FB event]

Musica Universalis (feat. William Hunt & Colin Fisher) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-06-13 (Friday) [more info]

The Marker Starling Band (Derrick Anthony Vella) / BSMT 254 2025-06-14 (Saturday – early). $20, 19+. [FB event]

New Chance [A Rock Unsteady record release] (Bile Sister) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2025-06-14 (Saturday). $28.27. [more info/tickets]

Batuki Music Society presents (feat. Coup de Coeur [Sadio Sissokho/Assane Seck/Seydina Ndiaye/ILAM/Pape Ndiaye/Carlo Birri]) / Hugh’s Room Live 2025-06-14 (Saturday). $36.63 (general admission)/$24.42 (students/arts worker/underemployed). [more info]

Art of Improv (feat. Germaine Liu & Mark Zurawinski / future proof [Bea Labikova & Raphael Roter] / Germaine Liu/Mark Zurawinski/Bill Gilliam/Eugene Martynec/Bill McBirnie) / Annette Studios 2025-06-15 (Sunday). $20/pwyc. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on June 13, 2016 at Ratio (Burn Down The Capital Presents).

Cory Latkovich & Robert Grieve - [excerpt 1]

• ...on June 15, 2016 at Monarch Tavern.

The Burning Hell - Men Without Hats

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