Monday Roundup #253

Community notes:

• Our community recently lost Nobuo Kubota, a connecting thread through something like seven decades of improvised sounds in Toronto. His legacy and artistic practice will be celebrated in I Am the Art, a new full-length documentary that screens November 7th at Hot Docs.

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Concert announcements:

Nick Fraser presents (feat. Special Topics) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-25 (Tuesday)

CCMC [Allison Cameron/Christine Duncan/Cheryl O/Rick Sacks/Mani Manzinani/Casey Sokol/John Oswald)] / Array Space 2025-11-27 (Thursday). livestream available.

All-Set! presents (feat. Molehill) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-28 (Friday – early)

Edgar Breau & Band / Lola 2025-11-29 (Saturday) [FB event]

Stef.in [album release party] (Anh Phung / Spectrum Soundbath) / 1RG 2025-11-29 (Saturday). $22.63. [tickets + more info]

Long Winter 14.2 (feat. Indian Giver / STELLA / Wanda / Toronto Experimental Translation Collective) / St. Stephen-In-The-Fields 2025-12-06 (Saturday). $PWYC / $20 advance tickets (skip the line), all ages. [more info]

10 Year Anniversary / Reunion party (feat. Bill Gilliam/Kayla Milmine/Ambrose Pottie) / Annette Studios 2025-12-10 (Wednesday). $pwyc

Beams (Dusted) / The Baby G 2025-12-18 (Thursday). $23.87, 19+. [FB event]

A Soulful Wintry Evening With Kurdish Kamāncha (feat. Shahriyar Jamshidi) / Burdock Music Hall 2026-01-17 (Saturday). $22.60 advance/$30 door. [FB event]

Soundstreams Encounters: Transoceanic ["works from diasporic composers Corie Rose Soumah, Kotoka Suzuki, and Anthony Tan reimagine sound and light through science-fiction visions that decenter Eurocentric narratives of progress"] (feat. Soundstreams) / Hugh's Room 2026-01-19 (Monday). $free with reservation. [more info]

Soundstreams Encounters: Arvo Pärt at 90 (feat. Erika Raum/Oskar Daniel-Raum/Xin Wang) / Hugh's Room 2026-02-09 (Monday). $free with reservation. [more info]

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Shows this week:

Surface Topographies [music for harpsichord and electronics, works by Linda Catlin Smith, Christina Volpini, Boris Bezemer, Tristan Perich and a world premiere by Bekah Simms] (feat. Wesley Shen) / St George's Grange Park 2025-11-18 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Agnes [Rob Clutton/Bea Labikova/Mira Martin-Gray/Doug Tielli/Kevin Turcotte/Mark Zurawinski] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-18 (Tuesday). [more info]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. Lubomyr Melnyk) / Trinity-St. Paul's 2025-11-19 (Wednesday). $49.91, all ages. [FB event]

Makam Nights (feat. Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma) / Pamenar 2025-11-19 (Wednesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Taste of Iceland in Toronto (feat. Óskar Guðjónsson & Skúli Sverrisson) / Jazz Bistro 2025-11-21 (Friday – 6 p.m.). $free. [FB event]

The Titillators [Ryan Driver/Thom Gill/Tania Gill/Germaine Liu/Nick Fraser/Colin Cudmore] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-21 (Friday – early) [FB event]

Brittany Pitt/Dan Pitt/Laura Swankey / Sellers & Newel 2024-11-21 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

BPM (Big Percussion Meeting) (feat. Charles Spearin / Important Hair / Kristina Guison / Mike Gennaro / Spencer Cole / Tyler Cunningham) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-21 (Friday). $pwyc. [more info]

Future, Past, They Disappear [works by Hannah Ishizaki, Angélica Negrón, Rebecca Bruton, and Ann Southam] (feat. The Array Ensemble) / Array Space 2025-11-22 (Saturday). $25 (or Pay What You Want), livestream: $12.00 (or Pay What You Want). [more info]

Liquid Architecture (feat. Sonia Leung / Zack Goldstein / Arie Verheul van de Ven / Ryan Kinney) / St Matthew's Clubhouse 2025-11-22 (Saturday). $10. [FB event]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents (feat. Down Town / Sweet Lips) / Bootsy’s 2024-11-22 (Saturday). $pwyc. [more info]

people | places | records Residency (feat. Leslie Ting & Germaine Liu / Evan Ziporyn & ContaQt) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-22 (Saturday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Sympathetic String Band & Friends (feat. Sympathetic String Band / The Selkies [Isla Craig/Andrew Patten/Ivy Mairi/Sean Donald]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-23 (Sunday – early). [more info]

Hank the Kid [Henri Fabergé/Drew Smith/Jonathan Pappo/Morgan Waters] (P.S. I Love You / SAP) / Dina's Tavern 2025-11-23 (Sunday). $15. [more info]

Cacophony (feat. Cookie Brunel / Alison Clark / xodkaar x 666pastel) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-11-23 (Sunday). [more info]