Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Workshop #1, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Bekah Simms (N.L./Ont.)
Mini-concert*: The Formula | wind quintet conducted by Véronique Lacroix
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Workshop #2, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière (Que.)
Mini-concert*: Parlando, ma troppo (premiere) | Émilie Girard-Charest, cello
Workshop #3, 1:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.: Stefan Maier (B.C.)
Mini-concert*: RARE EARTH II | Stefan Maier, electronic and Daniel Añez, piano
Workshop #4, 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.: Matthew Ricketts (B.C./NY)
Mini-concert*: In Partial View (excerpt), for string quartet
*Note: the Mini-concerts' works will be played at the beginning of each workshop.
Gabriel Dharmoo, host
Véronique Lacroix, conductor
ECM+, 11 musicians
Presented with the generous support of the Steven R. Gerber Trust, the Azrieli Foundation and the RBC Foundation.
A Canadian project now become a legend, the latest edition of Generation will give four young composers the opportunity to explore sound with the musicians of the ECM+ and Véronique Lacroix. Mini-Concerts and public composition workshops led by Gabriel Dharmoo will give music lovers a glimpse into the musical writing process behind the work of Bekah Simms (N.L./Ont.), Gabriel Dufour-Laperrière (Que.), Stefan Maier (B.C.) and Matthew Ricketts (B.C./NY), each of which were selected by a prestigious national jury in the summer of 2019.
Adrienne-Milotte Hall of the Cégep Saint-Laurent (E Pavilion)
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Studio multimédia du Conservatoire
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