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About Upstream

For over 34 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.

Upstream's Board of Directors - 2023/24

Executive

Tom Donovan - Chair

Dr. Chris Elson - Past Chair

Andre Bellefeuille - Treasurer

Brendan Melchin - Secretary

Members at Large

Marilynne Bell - Director

Bernard Boxill - Director

Brian Crawford - Director

Geordie Haley - Director

Dawn Hatfield - Director

Brendan Melchin - Director

Rebekah Powell - Director

Lelland Reed - Director

Management

Lukas Pearse - Artistic Director

Gay Hauser - Administrator

Liana Oh - Publicist

Lyle Tilley Davidson - Accountant

 

Musicians (past and present)

Norman Adams – Cello

Parmela Attariwala - Violin

Karin Aurell – Flute

Alexandra Bates – Viola

Meredith Bates – Violin

Bob Bauer – Guitar (Founding Member)

Ian Bent - Piano

Howard Beye - Viola

Jerome Blais - Composition

Ruth Boggild - flute

Christoph Both – Cello

Tim Brady - Guitar

Amy Brandon - Guitar

Bill Brennan - Percussion

Arthur Bull - Guitar

Gina Burgess - Violin

David Burton – Drums

Rosanna Burrill - Violin

David Christensen – Clarinet 

Steven Dann – Viola 

Ann Denny - vocals, keyboard

Simon Docking - Piano

Erin Donovan - Percussion

Doug Cameron - drums

Paul Cram - Tenor Saxophone and Clarinet (Founding member)

Patti Creighton – Flute

Tim Crofts - Piano

Shauna DeGruchy - Trombone

Tim Elison - Trumpet

Zachary Fairbrother - guitar

Adam Fine – Bass

Michael Formanek - Bass

Nick Fraser - Drums

Lori Freedman – Clarinet (Montreal) 

Mark Frewer – Violin (Toronto) 

India Gailey - Cello

Matt Gallant - Drums

Jamie Gatti - Electric Bass and Contrabass

Ellen Gibling - Harp

D'Arcy Gray - Drums 

Ryan Gray - Percussion

Geordie Haley - Guitar

Dawn Hatfield – Baritone Sax

Karl Hirzer - Conductor

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

Jennifer King - Piano

Eric Landry - Trombone

Phillippe Lauzier - Bass clarinet, Soprano saxophone

Mitch LeBlanc - Alto Sax

Suzanne Lemieux - Oboe 

Lisa Lindo - voice

Steve MacDonald - Guitar

Andrew MacKelvie - Saxophone

Donald MacLennan - Violin

Carl Mayotte - Bass 

Danny Martin - Bass

Joe McPhee - Saxophone

Behrooz Mihankhah - Piano

Chris Mitchell - Saxophone

Andrew Miller - Drums

Joel Miller - Saxophone

Kirsty Money – Violin 

Sandy Moore - Accordion, Irish Harp, Piano (Founding Member)

Mark Morton - Piano

Yousef Mousavi - Guitar

Mike Murley - Saxophone

Taral Naik - Percussion

Steven Naylor - Piano, Synthesizer (Founding Member)

Eric Normand - Electric Bass

David Occhipinti - Guitar

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

Rob Power - Percussion

Pat Reid - Bass

Jeff Reilly - Bass Clarinet and Clarinet (Founding Member)

Tom Richards - Trombone

Tom Roach – Drums (Founding Member)

Mohammad Sahraei - Tar

Susan Sayles - Viola

John Scott - Cello

Tara Scott - Piano

James Southcott - Viola

Darcy Spidle - Jaw Harp

Megan Thibeault - Piano

Scott Thomson - Trombone

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

Sam Wilson - Guitar 

Jeff Zeigler - cello