Meredith Bates, violin, Peggy Lee, cello, and Aram Bajakian, guitar, are three highly respected West Coast musicians, making waves on the North…

Brian Borcherdt, Kim Barlow, Mairi Chaimbeul, and Sahara Jane have developed unexpectedly into a new musical entity while they’ve been improvising in…

Joel Miller revisits the music from his ECMA-winning album Dream Cassette and UNSTOPPABLE. Influenced by his daughter’s listening of Virgin Radio pop…

On-Line from Rimouski — Éric Normand and Robin Servant both develop a unique and roundabout way of playing their instrument like you've never…

This year’s Open Waters Festival (OWF) awarded Sam Wilson as the recipient of the Paul Cram Creation Award. The award was presented to Wilson…

If you remove me from the hinge we can swing freely on the breeze Seven pianos you say? In an underground bunker? The answer was immediate…

Open Borders is an international music group based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Open Borders creates original compositions as well as reworks old…

India Gailey is a cellist, composer, and improviser who crosses many eras and genres, most often performing the realms of classical and experimental…

New pieces for piano by Atlantic composers Emily Doolittle, Sandy Moore, Richard Gibson and more. The music on this program comes from an upcoming…

Both a subsection of the larger Upstream Ensemble and a group unto itself, the Upstream Quartet features 4 improvising composers, drawing upon a…

Five guitar improvisors each on their own paths meet for the first time in performance, followed by the audience’s discussion of what is involved with…