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TorQ Subscription UPGRADE
If you've purchased a single ticket to MODULATIONS and wish to convert that to a full series ticket, look no further!
Subscription prices: $70 general/$50 arts worker/$30 student
Concert 1: "Modulations" 8pmpm, Saturday September 8, 2012 The Great Hall Black Box Theatre [formerly the Theatre Centre] (1087 Queen Street West enter off Dovercourt Road) Single tickets $20 general/$15 arts worker/$10 student
"Modulations" features a range of new music from local, national and international composers. Repertoire includes Christos Hatzis' remarkable new mallet work Modulations, the world premiere of TorQ member Jamie Drake's The Blue Guitar, the Ontario premiere of Newfoundlander Rob Power's Cappahayden, the John Luther Adams snare drum quartet "dust into dust" from Strange and Sacred Noise, and Ann Southam's playful Natural Resources.
Concert 2: "Notes from Brazil" 7:30pm, Sunday November 11, 2012 Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas Street W) Single tickets $20 general/$15 arts worker/$10 student
Featuring special guest, Toronto percussionist and composer Mark Duggan, the second concert will focus on the music of Brazil (and other areas close to it). Repertoire will include Mark's arrangements of Brazilian choro tunes for mallet instruments, his composition Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea, arrangements of tunes by Airto, Chick Corea, and more.
Concert 3: "Off the page" 8pm, February 7, 2013 Gallery 345 (345 Sorauren Avenue) Single tickets $20 general/$15 arts worker/$10 student
Taking place in the beautiful, intimate performance space of Gallery 345, this concert is all about the tradition of improvisation in its many forms. Featuring both structured and free improvisation, "Off the page" will explore the myriad of textures and sounds that can result from spontaneous music making on everything from talking drums to kalimbas, cowbells to whirly tubes.
Concert 4: "New Manoeuvers" 8pm May 3, 2pm & 8pm May 4 Dancemakers Performance Space (9 Trinity Avenue, Distillery District) Single tickets $30 general/$20 arts worker/$10 student
"New Manoeuvers" marks the first time TorQ has collaborated with dancers and choreographers in a concert setting. Choreographers Linda Garneau, Louis Laberge-Coté, Jacob Niedzwiecki and Lauren Van Gijn will present new dances to a mixture of old and new percussion music: John Cage's seminal Third Construction, Steve Reich's Mallet Quartet, and premieres of works by James Rolfe and TorQ's Daniel Morphy.
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