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May 24, 2005
Toronto -
Esprit Creates New Waves in Queen West Gallery District
New music orchestra takes the next guard of great Canadian composers into contemporary art territory.
Esprit Orchestra’s three-day New Wave Composers Festival begins with a free evening at the DeLeon White Gallery in Toronto. At 7:30 pm on Tuesday May 24th a public reception to “meet and greet” the composers will be followed by New Music in New Placesat 9:00 pm, an event featuring works by hot Toronto composers Brian Current, Rose Bolton, Micheline Roi and Chris Paul Harman. The New Wave Composers Festival is now an annual “hangout” for young composers from across Canada – providing a forum for interaction with the public and a wide range of professionals in the music business. It’s a fantastic place to break down barriers between audiences and artists. Full festival details are available through the Esprit Orchestra website at www.espritorchestra.com.
This event is one of CMC’s series of national performances called New Music in New Places, designed to bring Canadian contemporary music out of concert halls and into the lives of Canadians.
EVENT DETAILS
WHO: Composers Brian Current, Rose Bolton, Micheline Roiand Chris Paul Harman.
Musicians of the Esprit Orchestra
Music Director Alex Pauk
WHAT: The Canadian Music Centre’s New Music in New Placesconcert series presents Esprit Orchestra’s New Wave Composers Festival opening event.
WHEN: Tuesday May 24, 2005 at 9:00 PM
WHERE: The DeLeon White Gallery
1096 Queen StreetWest
Toronto, ON
New Music in New Places acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund, administered by The SOCAN Foundation. All New Music in New Places events are sponsored by Bowdens Media Monitoring Limited, CNW Group Ltd. and The Communications Group Inc.
ABOUT THE CANADIAN MUSIC CENTRE
Founded in 1959, the CMC is Canada’s primary place to find scores, parts and recordings of Canadian contemporary music composers. Housing Canada's largest collection of Canadian classical music works, the CMC exists to promote the works of its Associate Composers in Canada and around the world. The Centre makes available on loan more than 16,000 scores and/or works of Canadian contemporary classical music composers through its library.
