Improvisor, composer, educator and guitarist Geordie Haley will be hosting and curating an open invite improvisation session at the Marquee Club.

 Sbot N Wo ("Spoiled Brats of the New World Order" (thank you, Pat Robertson!), (voice and electronics) presents "Qu'Appelle". Communication, memory…

The work of bold and innovative young composers, performers and improvisors studying at the Fountain School of Performing Arts will come to life in…

The Canadian New Music Network (CNMN) / Réseau canadien pour les musiques nouvelles (RCMN) is a network of artists, ensembles, orchestras, production…

 Bassist, composer, and educator Tom Easley has earned a reputation as one of Eastern Canada's finest jazz bassists. Two-time East Coast Music Award…

 Way North is the best kind of musical collaboration, one born out of the joy of playing together. Way North was formed in Brooklyn in 2014 by three…

Voice Dance II – Tectonic Shift is a choreography, an opera, and a performance art piece created and performed by Janice Isabel Jackson on metalsmith…

The Modum Trio mark their premiere performance with unrestrained artistic facility, and with a propensity to turn what’s inside “out”.  With an…

In vernacular Farsi the word Teleet, borrowed from Persian cuisine, is used to imply a blend, mix, or collage of different, even unlikely, ingredients…

 Gillian Smith, violin and Jennifer King, piano will perform works for solo violin and solo piano as well as violin and piano duos by contemporary…

Jeri Brown is Professor Emeritus of Concordia University (Montreal).  Having led the vocal studies area from 1990 to 2016 Brown now resides in Halifax…

In a SPECIAL EDITION of the Upstream Ensemble, composer/improviser/educator/guitarist Geordie Haley presents a long form improvised piece, some guided…

 Noise Knitting is a solo version of the collaborative project Rokkur, developed by Sarah Albu, Reuben Fenemore and Heðin Ziska Davidsen. Vocal loops…

Five improvisors from different genres playing together for the first time, performing a collective improvisation. The audience is invited to question…

Featuring new compositions by Fiona Ryan, Derek Charke and members of the Upstream Ensemble. Performed by Jeff Reilly, Andrew Jackson, Geordie Haley…

Drop by to check out some of Halifax’s most adventurous musicians, playing with or without charts, where sitting in is accepted and the unexpected is…

Mark Your Calendar: Upstream's 2018-2019 Season Launch! Come find out in advance what we have in store for the next 12 months!  WHEN: Wednesday…

Upstream Music Association and the Halifax Jazz Festival present Open Company at the Art Bar 1873 Granville Street in Halifax, NS from 11 pm - 2…