Showing posts with label musica reflecta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label musica reflecta. Show all posts

Monday, March 16, 2026

Monday Roundup #270

Concert announcements:

bangs!bangs!bangs! (Woolworm, Ontario / Mammalian Body Plan) / Houndstooth 2026-03-23 (Monday). $PWYC ($10 suggested/NOTAFLOF). [more info]

No Octopus Dancing [Allison Cameron/Germaine Liu/Stephen Parkinson/Mark Zurawinski] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-24 (Tuesday – early) [more info]

Samantha Richter [Samantha Richter/Pat Lefler/Andrew O’brien/Ben Rositsan] (Elrichman [solo piano]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-24 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [more info]

Brandon Davis's Stations Quartet [Brandon Davis/Patrick O'Reilly/Luan Phung/Germaine Liu] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-25 (Wednesday) [more info]

Karen Ng Presents: Lucky Vicky (feat. Kate Nankervis and Vic Cheong Create a Breathable Space / Nifty) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-26 (Thursday) [more info]

Sympathetic String Band (ARTU) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-29 (Sunday – early). $pwyc. [more info]

Minta & The Brook Trout (Sarah Greene & Paul Kolinski / Justin Orok) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-30 (Monday) [FB event]

Batuki Music Society and Small World Music present (feat. Kimi Djabaté / Daby Touré) / Small World Centre 2026-04-03 (Friday). $31.31, all-ages. [more info]

Ministry of Phonic Services presents (feat. The Specky Blokes / Toanche Dwelling) / The Jama 2026-04-03 (Friday). $15/$20. [tickets + more info]

Track Could Bend #115 (feat. Brian Abbott & Paul Newman / Ben Mike & Owen Kurtz) / Wenona Lodge 2025-04-07 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Riverrun [Tom Richards/Peter Lutek/Scott Peterson/Jake Oelrichs] / Reid's Distillery 2026-04-08 (Wednesday). $23.73 (advance)/$25 door. [FB event]

Labyrinth Ontario 2026 Fundraiser (feat. Iranian Folios of Dastgāh / Yahya Geylan & Canan Sezgin Geylan) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2026-04-09 (Thursday). $25 (or more with donation!), under 18 free. [FB event]

Jo Passed (Gift Idea / Sad Francis) / Dina's Tavern 2026-04-24 (Friday). $17.62 advance, $20 door. [tickets + more info]

Not Dead Yet presents (feat. One Leg One Eye / Efrim Menuck) / St. Stephen-In-The-Fields 2025-05-13 (Wednesday). $26.67, all-ages. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Bill Harris (William Hunt) / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-16 (Monday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

Thin Edge New Music Collective: Solitudes [15th anniversary celebration! 2026 season launch! Works for solo performer and electronics by Kaija Saariaho, Rebekah Cummings, Chiyoko Slavnics, Gayle Young, and Paolo Griffin] (feat. Amahl Arulanandam / Cheryl Duvall / Nathan Petitpas / Justin Massey) / Array Space 2026-03-17 (Tuesday). $20 (arts/seniors/students), $25 (regular). [more info]

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Bill Harris/Colin Fisher/Karen Ng/Raf Wilcot / fossa/Bibibi) / Wenona Lodge 2025-03-17 (Tuesday). $15/pwyc. [more info]

Agnes [Rob Clutton/Bea Labikova/Mira Martin-Gray/Doug Tielli/Kevin Turcotte/Mark Zurawinski] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-17 (Tuesday). [more info]

Motorists [album release!] (Deadbeat Beat / Automania) / Dina's Tavern 2025-03-18 (Wednesday). $20, 19+. [more info]

The Daniel Easty Quartet [Daniel Easty/Brodie West/Harley Card/Chris Banks] / The Emmet Ray 2026-03-18 (Wednesday). $15. [more info]

Sub-Sessions #14 (feat. Nozma / Por Flavor / Shel Khan) / BSMT 254 2025-03-18 (Wednesday). $PWYC/$15 recommended. [FB event]

Labyrinth Musical Workshop Ontario presents Makam Nights (feat. Mariam Shakaa) / The Tranzac (Living Room) 2025-03-19 (Thursday). $pwyc. [FB event]

More Noise Please! presents: Lose Yourself To Noise (feat. Jabe LeDoux / Woolworm / Bucket With Hole / NewTel / Brian Fog / Smoqeh / Mo:delic Arts) / BSMT 254 2026-03-19 (Thursday). $17.31/pwyc. [tickets + more info]

Mehdi Rostami / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2025-03-20 (Friday – early) [more info]

David Occhipinti & Christine Bougie / Sellers & Newel 2026-03-20 (Friday). $20 minimum donation. [more info]

BPM (Big Percussion Meeting): Residency Finale (feat. Colby Richardson / Colin Fisher / Jabe Ledoux / Philippe Melanson / Rick Sacks / Stella Tago) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-20 (Friday). $pwyc. [more info]

LAL & Unit 2 Present: A Practice of Love [album preview, single release, and film screening] (feat. LAL / Folke [EP launch]) / The Tranzac (Main Hall) 2026-03-21 (Saturday). $12 to $25 sliding scale at door, $17.31 advance [more info]

Story Time with Myk Freedman ["explor[ing] a long lost manuscript written by Myk's Romanian grandmother. [...] Excerpts from the manuscript will be read accompanied by an adventurous musical explorations of klezmer tunes from places where she lived"] (feat. Myk Freedman/Dave Clark/Rebecca Applebaum) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-21 (Saturday) [more info]

Cacophony: The Finale (feat. Dsouziate × cellsync / Erin Corbett × dorraa) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2026-03-22 (Sunday). $pwyc. [more info]


It happened this week...

  • ...on March 21, 2014 at The Imperial Pub.

Astral Gunk - I'm Tryin' + Scrotum City

  • ... on March 22, 2014 at The Tranzac (Main Hall) – "Continuous Events (clapping optional)".

Musica Reflecta - Arbitrage II [fragment recombination edit]

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Recording: Ryan Driver + Musica Reflecta

Artist: Ryan Driver + Musica Reflecta

Song: Once

Recorded at The Tranzac (Main Hall) – "Continuous Events (clapping optional)", March 22, 2014.

Ryan Driver + Musica Reflecta - Once

Full review to follow. This lovely evening was a joint effort by chamber ensemble Musica Reflecta and Thom Gill and Colin Fisher's Love Nation. Mixing compositions, improvisations, orchestrated pop tunes, readings and more, the night was presented as a non-stop suite.

Having a chance to hear Ryan Driver with full-on orch-pop backing was one of the night's big treats — hopefully this will be more than a one-off.

Recording: Thom Gill + Musica Reflecta

Artist: Thom Gill + Musica Reflecta

Song: Consider Me Gone [Reba McEntire cover]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Main Hall) – "Continuous Events (clapping optional)", March 22, 2014.

Thom Gill + Musica Reflecta - Consider Me Gone

Full review to follow. This lovely evening was a joint effort by chamber ensemble Musica Reflecta and Thom Gill and Colin Fisher's Love Nation. Mixing compositions, improvisations, orchestrated pop tunes, readings and more, the night was presented as a non-stop suite.

With strings and winds behind him, Thom Gill went countrypolitan, bringing tunes by Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire, pulling the night's juxtapositions of styles in a completely unexpected direction.

Recording: Musica Reflecta

Artist: Musica Reflecta

Song: Arbitrage II [fragment recombination edit] (Composer: Jason Doell)

Recorded at The Tranzac (Main Hall) – "Continuous Events (clapping optional)", March 22, 2014.

Musica Reflecta - Arbitrage II [fragment recombination edit]

Full review to follow. This lovely evening was a joint effort by chamber ensemble Musica Reflecta and Thom Gill and Colin Fisher's Love Nation. Mixing compositions, improvisations, orchestrated pop tunes, readings and more, the night was presented as a non-stop suite.

After leading off the evening with some of his music box pieces, this new piece by Jason Doell (the recent winner of the Toronto Emerging Composer Award) was performed by Musica Reflecta's ensemble. This carried its momentum with distributed string-plucks and a series of quietly imposing textures. [Do note that because of the limitations of my recording gear, I couldn't really capture the quiet bits in proper fidelity, so consider this a "condensed books" version of the piece, stitching together some of the segments.]