Modern Composition

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  Sylvain Chauveau

  Simple

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2020

  Now into his third decade as a composer and experimentalist in the constellation of interconnected musical forms dubbed everything from pos...

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  Valgeir Sigurðsson

  The County

  PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2020

  Something is very wrong at "The Dairy Farm," or at least this is the sentiment Valgeir Sigurðsson evokes with his soundtrack for The County...

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  Cheryl Duvall / Anna Höstman

  Harbour

  PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2020

  It is not difficult to imagine that in a different pair of hands, this collection of six works by Victoria, BC-based composer Anna Höstman...

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  Local Talent

  Higienópolis

  PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2020

  So much of jazz and modern composed music is recorded with crisp clarity and high sonic fidelity, but this is not necessarily Higienópolis'...

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  Doon Kanda

  Labyrinth

  PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2019

  Better known as a visual artist who's worked with Björk, Arca and FKA twigs, Jesse Kanda has established himself as a go-to hand behind som...

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  Anne Müller

  Heliopause

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2019

  There are two kinds of classical music lovers. For the traditionalists, new music is primarily about (gently) reinterpreting the masters. N...

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  exclusiveOR / International Contemporary Ensemble / Architeuthis Walks on Land

  Modules

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2019

  It's not often that a contemporary work presents such a seamless integration of so many elements in such an inspired fashion. exclusiveOR (...

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  Owen Pallett / Carmen Elle

  27 Club, Ottawa ON, November 15

  PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2019

  Five years and counting since his last full-length, and just as long since his most recent solo appearance in the nation's capital, Owen Pa...