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May 02, 2004
Spring Fever Festival — outward sounds unbound
A festival of innovation, collaboration and collective music-making with artists from NYC, Paris, Amsterdam, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and the Annapolis Valley. An international convergence of creative musicians. Expect the unique.
Presented by
(All concerts are at the North Street Church (5657 North Street, Halifax) unless otherwise noted.)
May 15 — Sanctuary w/Evergreen Club Gamelan Ensemble (St. Mary's Basillica)
May 16 — Les Poules w/guests
May 17 — Die Laughing!/Les Blancs Brillants
May 18 — Die Digital! / Heikalo/Bull Duo
May 19 — Die Screaming!/Paul Cram Sextet
May 20 — Jerry Granelli Plus
May 21 — Tim Berne's Big Satan Trio
May 22 — Han Bennink and Brodie West Duo/UpStream Guerilla Orchestra
Detailed show listings appear below.
For tickets and information call 492-0288
Saturday, May 15th
Sanctuary with the Evergreen Club Gamelan Ensemble
@ St. Mary's Basilica — Spring Garden Road at Barrington St.
8pm — $15/12
World premieres by Mark Duggan and Jeff Reilly.
Sanctuary (Halifax) is Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet), Peter Togni (organ) and Christoph Both (cello)
Evergreen Club Gamelan Ensemble (Toronto) — a collection of traditional bronze and wooden instruments native to the Indonesian Archipelago by contemporary percussionists Blair Mackay (artistic director), Mark Duggan, Bill Parsons, Andrew Timar, Rick Sacks, Paul Houle, Graham Hargrove & Ryan Scott.
Sunday, May 16th
8pm — $15/12
Les Poules w/guests
Musique actuelle (current music) comes to Halifax weaving an extraordinary fabric of synthetic and acoustic sounds from the crackling and humming of samplers, the churning and chafing of percussion, vocalization, and the mouth play and hissing of saxophones. Les Poules (Montreal) is Diane LaBrosse (sampler/voice), Danielle Roger (percussion/voice) & Joanne Hetu (alto sax/voice) as well as Halifax guests Janice Jackson (voice), Suzanne Lemieux (oboe), Norman Adams (cello) & Paul Cram (clarinet).
Monday, May 17th
8pm — $15/12
Die Laughing
Live Music and Silent Film in co-operation with Paradise Cinema
featuring Steamboat Bill Jr. (Buster Keaton) with the Sunrise Orchestra: Paul Cram (sax/clarinet), Paul Simons (piano), Adam S. Fine (bass), Meredith Bates (violin), Dave Clark (drums)
Les Blancs Brillants
Fire in the moment with Dani Oore (sax/digeridoo), Sageev Oore (piano/electronics), Dave Clark (drums)
Tuesday, May 18th
8pm — $15/12
Live Digital!
Live Music and Real Time Digital Media with The Slinkytones Saxophone Quartet — Dawn Hatfield (baritone sax), David Christensen (alto sax), Mitch LeBlanc (soprano sax) and Paul Cram (tenor sax) with Andrew Duke (live electronics) and live digital imaging by Denyse Karn.
Heikalo/Bull Duo
Nationally famous improvisers from The Valley play Halifax.
Daniel Heikalo (guitar/cittern/recorders/percussion) and Arthur Bull (guitar/chromatic harmonica).
Wednesday, May 19th
8pm — $15/12
Die Screaming
Live Music and Silent Film in co-operation with Paradise Cinema featuring Nosferatu with Dani Oore, Sageev Oore & Dave Clark
Paul Cram Sextet
Free Delivery with Paul Cram (tenor/clarinet/composition), Rick Waychesko (trumpet), John Scott (cello), Shan Arsenault (guitar), Danny Sutherland (bass) & David Burton (drums).
Thursday, May 20th
9pm — $20/15
Jerry Granelli and Friends — Improvise!
International musician Jerry Granelli (drums and electronic percussion) with Don Palmer (sax), Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet) & Paul Cram (sax)
Friday, May 21st
9pm — $20/15
Tim Berne's Big Satan Trio (NYC/Paris)
Special Halifax debut — downtown trio kicks ass
Berne is an internationally renowned leader in the NYC creative music community. Big Satan is Lucifer the charmer — dark and dangerous but also smooth-talking and larger than life. Tim Berne (alto sax), Marc Ducret (guitar), Tom Rainey (drums)
Tuesday, May 22nd
1pm — $10
Improvisation/Conduction/Composition Workshop
For literate musicians with instruments (bring a music stand; piano unavailable)
9pm — $20/15
Han Bennink / Brodie West Duo
Dutch drum legend teams up with Toronto alto sax firebrand
Upstream Guerilla Orchestra
Resident ensemble welcomes guests. Dani Oore (sax), Rick Waychesko (trumpet), Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet), Danny Sutherland (bass), Shan Arsenault (guitar), John Scott (cello), Lee Park (violin), Eric Landry (trombone), Dawn Hatfield (baritone sax), Toni Pigot (voice), Paul Cram (sax)
FESTIVAL PASSES
All 8 shows $110/80 — $25 saving!
1st Weekend Pass: 2 shows $25/19 — $5 saving!
Film Pass: 3 shows: 3 shows $39/30 — $6 saving!
5 day pass: 5 shows: $65/50 — $10 saving!
2nd Weekend Pass: 3 shows $50/35 — $10 saving!
Presented by UPSTREAM
The Upstream Music Association is a not for profit professional arts organization which exists to contribute to the growth of a vibrant cultural community by nurturing the development and presentation of innovative musical works that explore the relationships among composition, performance and improvisation in a cooperative and collective spirit.
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