Sahara Jane is a vocalist, songwriter, and sarangi player. Ken Shorley is a multi-instrumentalist who plays tabla, percussion, guitar and electronics…

A rare and rarified meeting of accomplished musical explorers who each make a practice of straying far beyond the bounds of expectation. Sara…

This performance is generously sponsored by John and Lois Thompson  Tom Roach’s new project, The Between Times, features compositions inspired by his…

Featuring: Karl Hirzer, conductor (Vancouver) Soloists: Geordie Haley, Matthias McIntire, and Shanti Sivarulrasa. Symphony Nova Scotia Nova Scotia…

A reception celebrating the start of another fabulous Open Waters Festival. An opportunity to meet the artists that make the Open Waters Festival the…

Chance Variations by Pierre-Yves Martel, composed in September 2023, incorporates chance operations and explores repetition through superimposed…

The New Music Ensemble (NME) at Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts (FSPA) defies categorization by traditional standards. The NME blurs…

January 8-12 at the Strug Concert Hall and The Stage at St. Andrew’s. For festival passes, please email [email protected] or phone (902) 452-3461…

Toronto-based saxophonist and composer Brodie West is a tireless creative force—both within jazz spheres and well beyond them. He's one of those rare…

Please join us as we celebrate another successful year of new music activity at the Upstream Music Association. We welcome new members, and we are…

&Fusion is Musique Acoustique Machine’s latest creation, developed with virtuoso Senegalese guitarist Hervé Samb. It is a moving and jubilant…

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!…

Inspired by earlier mentors such as Upstream co-founder and past Artistic Director, Paul Cram, as well as his current pursuits of both travel and…

Composition by Sandy Moore. Conducted by Denise Grant. Performed by Paula Rockwell (mezzo soprano), Michael Donovan (baritone), Jennifer King (piano)…

Gilhespy & Crofts is a new improvising duo based out of Halifax. Meghan Gilhespy (voice) and Tim Crofts (piano) traverse through texture, poetry…

Janice Isabel Jackson, vocalist, improviser, new music specialist, composer. Click here for a preview of the night. Vocalypse presents a rare…

Improvisor, composer, educator and guitarist Geordie Haley will be hosting and curating an open invite improvisation session at The Propeller Taproom…

Nicola Miller is a jazz and experimental saxophonist and composer based on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. Her strange tender playing is lyrical and…

Intimacy is at the heart of SILVERVEST’s vibrant and melodic music, toggling between swagger and sweetness, caressing and careening. Their music…

Brass Knuckle Sandwich Marilyn Lerner (piano), Nicole Rampersaud- (trumpet), is both a conversation and an exploration of a percussive, wind-swept…

Canadian violinist Gillian Smith is known across Canada as an enthusiastic advocate for new music and is excited to collaborate with composers of…

Exploratory improvised performance and discussion facilitated by Upstream’s Artistic Director, Lukas Pearse and featuring five OWF 2024 musicians who…

With a blend of classical, electro, and jazz, Dr. Jordan Institute presents their new show SIREN. Using spoken word and song, soprano Nicole Jordan…

Also known as new music composer and interdisciplinary artist Gabriel Dharmoo, drag artist Bijuriya presents a set of live vocal performance…