micro / MACRO
Joseph Strug Concert Hall, 1385 Seymour St., Halifax
$25 Adult / $20 Senior / $15 Student (+ fees)
Upstream members save $5. Available online at Ticket Halifax or at the door.
Join the Upstream Orchestra Friday, May 10 at the Joseph Strug Concert Hall at the Fountain School of Performing Arts for an evening sure to inspire!
At micro/MACRO, audiences can expect to experience the unfolding of miniature musical models into multiplexities of sonic exploitation, as brave improvisers expand and extrapolate new compositions into unheard forms. The Upstream Orchestra will delve into the possibilities presented by single-page propositions crafted by emerging composers; each musician is literate in contemporary classical and jazz performance techniques, and all are confident extemporizing soloists. The intentionally open-ended arrangements will allow these small seeds of musical concepts to expand in performance to the demands of the moment – from microscopic ideas grow large sonic forms for this large and unconventional ensemble.
The Upstream Orchestra is comprised of many of the finest musicians in Halifax, conducted by the incomparable Jeff Reilly, and for this event, they will be exploring the possibilities of single-page propositions by emerging composers, dexterously guided by JUNO-nominated composer Amy Brandon.
Joseph Strug Concert Hall, 1385 Seymour St., Halifax