About Us
https://youtu.be/ShOronNgm9k Upstream in 1992: Inaugural concert
For over 30 years, the Upstream Music Association has been creating pan-genre orchestral nujazz, beyond classical, cyber world, experimental music improvisation, composition & conduction ensembles, concert series, festivals, recordings, workshops and symposia in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Membership
You can support Upstream Music by becoming a member. Donate $10.00 and you will receive a $5.00 discount to all Upstream Music events in the 2020-21 season.
Make a donation
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Board of Directors - 2020/21
Chair
Chris Elson
Executive
Dr. Chris Elson - Chair
Nancy Morgan - Treasurer
Dr. Marilynne Bell - Secretary
Members at Large
Brian Crawford - Director
Tom Donovon - Director
Geordie Haley - Director
Dawn Hatfield - Director
Mike Lee - Director
Shelley MacPhail- Director
Lelland Reed - Director
Management
Lukas Pearse - Artistic Director
Gay Hauser - Administrator
Sebastien Bezeau - Publicist
Lyle Tilley Davidson - Accountant
Our Supporters and Sponsors
Musicians (past and present)
Norman Adams – Cello
Karin Aurell – Flute
Alexandra Bates – Viola
Meredith Bates – Violin
Bob Bauer – Guitar (Founding Member)
Howard Beye - Viola
Jerome Blais - Composition
Ruth Boggild - flute
Christoph Both – Cello
Tim Brady - Guitar
Arthur Bull - Guitar
Gina Burgess - Violin
David Burton – Drums
Rosanna Burrill - Violin
David Christensen – Clarinet
Steven Dann – Viola (Toronto)
Ann Denny - vocals, keyboard
Doug Cameron - drums
Paul Cram - Tenor Saxophone and Clarinet (Founding member)
Patti Creighton – Flute
Tim Crofts - Piano
Tim Elison - Trumpet
Zachary Fairbrother - guitar
Adam Fine – Bass
Nick Fraser - Drums
Lori Freidman – Clarinet (Montreal)
Mark Frewer – Violin (Toronto)
Jamie Gatti - Electric Bass and Contrabass
D'Arcy Gray - Drums
Geordie Haley - Guitar
Dawn Hatfield – Baritone Sax
Maya Homberger – Violin (Ireland)
Francois Houle – Clarinet (Vancouver)
Margaret Isaacs - Clarinet
Janice Jackson - Soprano
Andrew Jackson - Trombone
Bruce Jacobs - Electric Bass
Dave James - Drums
Celeste Jankowski - Violin
Max Kasper - Contrabass
Eric Landry - Trombone
Phillippe Lauzier - Bass clarinet, Soprano saxophone
Mitch LeBlanc - Alto Sax
Suzanne Lemieux - Oboe
Lisa Lindo - voice
Steve MacDonald - Guitar
Andrew Mac Kelvie - Saxophone
Donald MacLennan - Violin
Danny Martin - Bass
Joe McPhee - Saxophone
Chris Mitchell - Saxophone
Kirsty Money – Violin
Sandy Moore - Accordion, Irish Harp, Piano (Founding Member)
Steven Naylor - Piano, Synthesizer (Founding Member)
Eric Normand - Electric Bass
Daniel Oore - Tenor Sax
Chris Palmer - Bassoon
Don Palmer - Alto and Soprano Sax, Flute (Founding Member)
Tena Palmer - Voice – (Iceland)
Lee Park - Violin
Danny Parker - Double Bass
Lukas Pearse - Double Bass
Anna Plaskett - French horn
Paul Plimley - Piano, spoken word
Jeff Reilly - Bass Clarinet and Clarinet (Founding Member)
Tom Roach – Drums (Founding Member)
Susan Sayles - Viola
John Scott - Cello
James Southcott - Viola
Darcy Spidle - Jaw Harp
Steve Tittle - Trumpet (Founding Member)
Jeff Torbert - guitar
Liam Tucker – Bass
Richard Simoneau - Trumpet
Anne Simons - Violin
Seth von Handorf - Alto Sax
Ellen Waterman - Flute
Rick Waychesko –-Trumpet
Mitchell Weibe - Vocal
Devin Wesley - Bassoon
Chris Wilkinson - Violin