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Upstream Archive Project

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Concert

Tom Easley Quartet

Sun, Jan 6 2019, 10pm

 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…

Concert

Way North

Sun, Jan 6 2019, 8:30pm

 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…

Concert

Modum Trio

Sun, Jan 6 2019, 3pm

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

Concert

Teleet Ensemble

Sun, Jan 6 2019, 2pm

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

Concert

Gillian Smith and Jennifer King

Sun, Jan 6 2019, 1pm

 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…

Concert

Jeri Brown with the JB Arkestra

Sat, Jan 5 2019, 10pm

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

Concert

'Noise Knitting' with Sarah Albu

Sat, Jan 5 2019, 3pm

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

Workshop

Improvisation Talk Back

Sat, Jan 5 2019, 12pm

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

Festival

Open Waters Festival '19

Fri, Jan 4 2019, 7:30pm

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Concert

Open Company: Uncharted

Mon, Oct 15 2018, 8pm - Mon, Nov 19 2018, 8pm

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…

Concert

Halifax Jazz Festival: Open Company

Wed, Jul 11 2018, 11pm - Sat, Jul 14 2018, 12am

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…

Concert

Saxophone Performance Workshop

Fri, Mar 16 2018, 1 - 3pm

Saxophone Performance Workshop Friday, March 16, 2018 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Room 406, Dal Arts Centre With Quasar Saxophone Quartet from Montreal Fr…

Concert

Composition Reading Session

Thu, Mar 15 2018, 2:30 - 4:30pm

COMPOSITION READING SESSION with QUASAR SAXOPHONE QUARTET  Reading Session Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:30 - 4:30 pm, Room 409, Dal Arts Centre…

Concert

Open Waters Festival '18

Fri, Jan 5 2018, 7:30pm - Wed, Jan 10 2018, 11pm

Never the same river twice… Open Waters Festival celebrates the flow of new and surprising music. While water brings life, music enlivens life…