wednesday may 7 | thursday may 8 | friday may 9 | saturday may 10 | sunday may 11 | full schedule Sonic Playtime in Victoria Park! 12 noon - 6:00pm, Roos Island, Victoria Park Come open your ears in a free day of activities in Victoria Park. Concerts, workshops, busking and lots of fun for all ages! Main stage concerts: 12:00 noon CréaSon (Montréal)
1:00 pm Carol Ann Weaver and Rebecca Campbell (Waterloo/Toronto)
2:00 pm John Sobol, Jason Sorbeau, sound/beatbox poets
3:00 pm Barmitzvah Brothers (Guelph)
4:00 pm Kiyoshi Nagata Taiko Drum Ensemble (Toronto) | Other activities and performers include Silver Elvis, Drum Circles, buskers, and more! |  the Penderecki String Quartet
2:30pm @ Zion United Church $18 / $12 Local performing heroes, the PSQ take time out from their world touring to perform a concert of new and recent music in the funky confines of Zion United. The Quartet is a devoted champion of the music of our time, and has premiered and commissioned new quartets from numerous Canadian composers. Today’s programme features a new work by Toronto’s Alice Ho, Shulamit Ran’s ‘Vistas’ and a recent work by Barbara Croall. (click the photo to visit their web page) Programme: String Quartet N0.2: Vistas (1989) Shulamit Ran
String Quartet #2 (2003) (World Premiere) Alice Ping Yee Ho
Gathered Evidence (2002 ) Peter Hatch
for amplified string quartet and sampled sound
| | David Mott, Evan Ziporyn, and Jesse Stewart 4:30pm @ the Registry Theatre $18 / $12 Three outstanding musicians gather for a concert of improvisation. David Mott (baritone saxophone) and Evan Ziporyn (clarinet and bass clarinet) are both masters of extended wind techniques, able to produce growling bass rumbles, dizzying clouds of multiphonics, percussive effects, infinitely sustained tones, and many other sounds which seem to emanate from somewhere outside the realm of possibility. Guelph's Jesse Stewart is a dynamic and versatile award-winning percussionist who has played with with many jazz greats as a free-lance percussionist and with the cutting-edge Guelph Jazz Festival. All three of these musicians are also composers in their own right, and bring strong individual voices to their instruments. click for audio excerpt of (724 k @ 128 kps) excerpted from Evan Ziporyn's piece "Tsmindao Ghmerto," from the CD "Bang on a Can Classics" on Cantaloupe Music click for audio excerpt (509k @ 128 kps) excerpted from David Mott's piece "Meditation 2," from the CD "The Sky Ringing in an Empty Bell" on York Fine Art click for audio excerpt (1.3 MB @ 128 kps) from a private solo recording by Jesse Stewart |  Schubert Re-mix! - the Canadian Chamber Ensemble plays "Schubert's Die Winterreise"
Martin Fischer-Dieskau, conductor Hans Peter Blochwitz, soloist 8:00pm @ the Centre In The Square $25 / $18 Hans Zender’s unusual and colourful interpretation of Franz Schubert’s epic song cycle ‘Die Winterreise’ transforms this luscious classic into a 21st century feast. Certain to be recognized as one of the vocal events of the year, our performance features the voice who premiered the Zender work conducted by the son of one of the most famous interpreters of Schubert’s lieder. click for audio excerpt (1.4 MB @ 128 kps) excerpted from the piece "Der stürmische Morgen / The Stormy Morning," from the 2CD set "Schubert's Winterreise" on RCA Victor | |  DJ Spooky
10:30pm @ the Registry Theatre $25 / $18 Don’t even think of waiting to buy a single ticket to this event! Guaranteed to sell out! Paul D. Miller is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician working in NYC. He has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians and composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Butch Morris, Kool Keith a.k.a. Doctor Octagon, Killa Priest from Wu-Tang Clan, Yoko Ono, and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth. In this performance Spooky remixes Pierre Boulez’s classic avant-garde work ‘Pli Selon Pli’. click for audio excerpt (985 k @ 128 kps) excerpted from the piece "Optometry," from the CD of the same name on Thirsty Ear | |
