Thurs. Oct. 22nd 7pm
Tim Brady’s "My 20th Century"
Bradyworks ensemble
Live music and video: watch the video at www.timbrady.ca
@CBC Radio Room – 1599 South Park St. $25
in cooperation with the Centre for Art Tapes
Tickets: $25 available through Ticketpro
on-line: www.ticketpro.ca or phone: 1(888)311-9090
Sun. Oct. 11th 8pm
Avant Jazz
Upstream 6.0
Haley, Adam, Linson, Crofts, Waychesko and Cram
Guitar, Drums, Bass, Keys, Trumpet, Sax
@The Paragon Theatre - 2037 Gottingen St. $7
For more information please call or email Dave (Shades Of Colour); 880-0289/shadescolour@gmail.com
Thurs. Oct. 8th
Out of the Abyss
Upstream 8.2 Orch in Concert 9 pm
Composer/performer Circle 7:30 pm
Up close and Interactive w/Upstream artists
@1313 - 1313 Hollis St. $10/$5
SUMMER 09 EVENTS
AUGUST 2009
Parrsboro Citizen’s Band Association, Parrsboro, Nova ScotiaUpstream Music Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
present The Parrsboro Upstream Jazz Sessions
AUGUST 25th to 29th, 2009
Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada
All ages and voice/instruments are welcome.
Good sight reading and some improvisational skill necessary.
Space is limited and applicants will be chosen based on experience, enthusiasm and instrumentation. Please e-mail a letter of interest and experience including instrument played and contact information to: Rob Bentley – Sessions Administrator: 902-254-4669, jrobbentley@gmail.com or mail to:
The Treasurer, Parrsboro Band Assoc. Cultural Campus P.O. Box 712,
Parrsboro, NS B0M 1S0
44 King St Parrsboro, Nova Scotia www.thehall.ca
Registration Fee for complete program is $150 Cdn and
$50 per section
All Sessions will take place at The Hall: 44 King St, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Syllabus, Schedule and Faculty
Welcome to a new concept of summer music fun. This year’s Parrsboro Upstream Sessions will take participants down roads less traveled by the jazz industry to tap well-springs of creativity. The New Jazz Orchestra, The Funk Ensemble and Silent Film Orchestra represent distinct points of departure where experienced musicians of all ages can discover new directions to take home with them for lifelong study. “Like Columbus discovering America…. well, it was already there” Al Neil – be-bop pianist, artist and author - from Changes © 1989. We invite you to join with this year’s faculty and go where no bands have been before……
Session 1
Upstream Jazz Orchestra (UJO)
10 am to 12 pm Tuesday to Friday.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Paul Cram, UJO will start with basic listening and playing exercises, where players reveal their originality through rapid responses in the moment. From there strategies will be developed to organize sounds and effectively harness the forces at hand. The sessions will utilize “conduction”, an approach to conducting that channels the energies of the players into improvisations that can have us charging over grooves with shouting vamps to storms, waves, fire and brimstone. In contrast the sessions will delve into more abstract expressionist solo, duo, trio and free improvisations along with serial compositional methods: One page scores with graphic notation will be developed, played through and analyzed to show what works. Students are encouraged to contribute to a collective composition. We will play, organize and rehearse this work along with faculty compositions into a UJO Concert on Saturday night.
Session 2
Parrsboro Upstream Funk Ensemble
2 PM to 4 pm Tuesday to Friday.
This ensemble will be led by Rick Waychesko , who has extensive knowledge of the fusion jazz funk songbook. The Ensemble will learn the music of Mike Stern and other luminaries of the genre. In contrast to the more freewheeling UJO, the emphasis here will be on precision and getting the music tight. Everyone will be encouraged to participate, although the funk ensemble session could inevitably divide into groups according to experience and skills.
Session 3
Parrsboro Upstream Silent Film Orchestra
8 pm to 10 pm Tuesday to Friday.
There is a school of thought that says that jazz came out of silent movies. If you have never experienced the vertigo and panic of playing to a relentlessly changing medium, this is for you. Even if you have experienced the terror it’s a compelling challenge that never goes away. We will be working primarily with Buster Keaton’s classic 1928 film Steamboat Bill Jr. The score is a “short” written for the film by Upstream’s Paul Cram. The score has lots of thematic material to play but leaves room for improvisation and “Micky Mousing*” with the characters.
*Mickey Mousing: where music follows on-screen movement.
Saturday will be a day for dress rehearsals and sound-checks: Schedule TBA
Concert at the Band Hall
Saturday, August 25th, 8 pm
Faculty Ensemble Bios
Paul Cram (bandleader/artistic director) - saxophone/clarinet/composer/conductor
Tenor saxophonist/clarinetist/composer Paul Cram played in R&B bands before earning a Bachelor of Music from the University of British Columbia. Over the years, he has toured Canada extensively and co-founded several cutting-edge orchestras including the New Orchestra Workshop of Vancouver, Hemispheres of Toronto and his own Paul Cram Orchestra. In addition to winning the prestigious FIPA D’OR (France) for his work in film he has been nominated several times for Juno and National Jazz Awards. He now writes for television, film, theatre, dance and concerts and leads the Guerrilla Vacation Octet. He is Artistic Director of the Upstream Music Association, an organization that produces collaborative concerts in Halifax of local, national and international artists who share passion and commitment to exploration. His latest CD “Live in Lisbon” had rave reviews. www.paulcram.com
Rick Waychesko – (Tower of Power alumni) - trumpet/funk specialist
Rick Waychesko has been a professional musician for many years. Initially based in Toronto, He has played for extended periods with the Tommy Dorsey Band, Tower of Power, Lighthouse, the Moscow Circus, and the Philosopher Kings. As a busy session man he has performed on many movie soundtracks and albums. He has also backed shows with artists such as the Rolling Stones, Heart, Boz Scaggs, Herbie Hancock, Eartha Kitt, Junior Walker and many more. Since moving to Nova Scotia Rick has performed with many Maritime artists like Dave James, Barrett’s Big Band, and Paul Cram Quintet/Tentet as well as his own fusion groups. He has also become popular with young musicians as a first rate instructor of jazz-fusion ensembles.
Geordie Haley – (composer/improvisor/educator) - guitar/electronics
Originally from Fredricton, New Brunswick, Geordie studied jazz history, composition and improvisation at St FX and guitar with Oliver Gannon, Bill Frisell and Ted Dunbar. He has won several Awards: The Exclaim Magazine Best Improvised album of the Year, Louis Applebaum. Jazz composition Award Nominee, and numerous grants from Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and New Brunswick Arts Council. His recorded output is prolific: Geordie Haley: Sculptures (solo prepared guitar studio album with Jean Martin) and Seas of Song Trio, East Delta Trio, Rhys Chatham guitar trio, Geordie Haley Trio, Geordie Haley’s Everytime band: The Green Suite and Other Stories, and many more. www.myspace.com/geordiehaley
Adam Linson (USA/Berlin) – contrabass/electronics
Adam Linson is a double bassist, improviser, composer, and developer of real-time interactive systems for live performance. Born in Los Angeles, he has been active on the double bass and with computer technology since age 11. For the past decade, he has been based in Berlin, Germany, working around Europe with innovators in the fields of improvisation and interactive electronics. He has performed, recorded, and been heard on the radio on both sides of the Atlantic, as a soloist and with groups such as the Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble and the John Butcher Octet. Numerous recent collaborations include a quartet with Evan Parker, trumpeter Peter Evans, and composer-performer Richard Barrett, a duet with Lawrence Casserley, and Systems Quartet with Axel Doerner, Paul Lytton, and Rudi Mahall. Before moving to Berlin, he earned a BA in Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, where he also studied music with George Lewis and Bertram Turetzky.
Katie Patterson (Leeds University student) – drums
A Graduate of Cobequid Educational Centre in Truro, drummer Katie Patterson is currently studying for her BA Jazz Degree at the prestigious Leeds College of Music in Leeds, England. Katie has had experience teaching privately, as well as being on the faculty of Nova Scotia Honour Jazz and Acadia University Summer Jazz Camp. She has performed across Canada and in the United States and is very excited to be back in Nova Scotia for the summer.
Timi Levy (Calgary Symphony alumni) – violin, electric violin
Timi is a professional violinist originally from Budapest, Hungary. Prior to moving to Parrsboro in 2007, Timi had performed with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, National Ballet, Alberta Ballet, Sarah Brightman and the Tea Party. While in Calgary, Timi also taught private violin to over 40 students at the Mount Royal College and her home. Prior to coming to Canada in 1998 to participate in master classes at the Banff Centre of the Arts, Timi had performed throughout Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. Timi’s education includes the Hungarian State Examination – Master’s equivalence, qualified artist, chamber and violin musician/instructor. Timi currently teaches and performs violin and fiddle here in Parrsboro, Amherst and surrounding areas. In addition to this Timi has been conducting the youth orchestra here in Parrsboro through the Band Hall Association
A Love Upstream
featuring Erin Costelo performing the music of Erin Costelo and more
July 17th, 4 pm
Jazz tent on Spring Garden Road
A Love Upstream is Upstream Music's current houseband. It is: Rick Waychesko – trumpet, Jeff Reilly – bass clarinet/clarinet/conduction, Paul Cram - tenor sax/clarinet/conduction, Dawn Hatfield – baritone and alto saxes/flute, Lee Park – violin, Lukas Pearse – contrabass/electric bass/electronics, Jeff Torbert – guitar/electronics, David Burton/drums. Erin Costelo - piano/conduction
4Xs
PORTER, HALEY, CROFTS, & CRAM
drums/ guitar, electronics/ keys.electronics/sax,clarinet
Thursday July 16th 10 pm
1313
1313 Hollis St., Halifax
Upstream 8.1
featuring
Janice Jackson (voice) and Shauntay Grant (spoken word)
Friday July 17th 10 pm
1313
1313 Hollis St., Halifax
Upstream 8.1 is Lee Park - violin, Ann Davison - cello, Lukas Pearse - bass, Tim Crofts - piano, Jeff Torgert - guitar, Geordie Haley - guitar, Dawn Hatfield - baritone sax/flute, Paul Cram Tenor sax /clarinet, Ryan Veltmeyer - trombone, Doug Cameron - drums - Jacinte Armstrong - dancer.
Jazz Fest review: Love Upstream with Erin Costelo
Costelo's voice and compositional prowess received a fulsome workout.
POSTED BY GRAHAM PILSWORTH ON FRI, JUL 17, 2009 AT 1:19 PM
Who approached who really doesn't matter. The fact that it happened and a large crowd in the Jazz Tent yesterday afternoon got to listen to and thoroughly enjoy Erin Costelo with Love Upstream was, well, beautiful. This was a playback for me of a nervy idea: namely for a group of Costelo's finely wrought original songs to be rearranged by members of Love Upstream.
Gyrated into fresh shapes, textures and colours, Costelo, bravely would then perform these new settings. With the band. In concert. I luckily got to hear that. Bowled me over then. Bowled me over again hearing those numbers reprised. Costelo, unlike many of her contemporary young singer-songwriter peers, is no musical naif. Well-schooled in higher-learning music programs, she knows her stuff. And therefore is cognizant of the wide historical range of styles musical inspiration could be dressed in to show it off to its best advantage. Because of that and her sharp intelligence and stellar talent, her compositions, to me, evoke the cutting lyric smarts, memorable melody-making and stand-out musicianship of one of America's finest songwriters-- the brilliant ironist Randy Newman. With one exception. Vocalizing. Newman's croaky, strained-through-rusty-steel-wool vocals cannot ever compete with Costelo's rich, flexible, dynamic alto voicings.
Costelo's voice and compositional prowess received a fulsome workout. From "The Day Before War" which kicked out the tropes with a jaunty, ol'-timey show tune bounce --talk about irony, given the subject matter--to the achingly beautiful ballad "Go Home," to a rivet-popping, spine-shaking, foot-stomping song setting by arranger/bassist (and Costelo sidesman), Lukas Pearse. A blend of the twist, bossa and trance rock. "Stereolab meets Chubby Checker," he explained. A matchless program of whing, slang, song for a splendid afternoon. My sole complaint? That I couldn't hear it again. And again. And...
4x's Porter, Haley, Crofts and Cram
New free improvisation Quartet tests the limits and goes beyond
Upstream 8.1
at 1313 Hollis St as part of the Atlantic Jazz festival
In the end a 13 piece band with dancer. A wonderful set with enthusiastic crowd..
SPRING 09 EVENTS
At 1313
Ugly Beauties - Marilyn Lerner, Matt Brubeck and Nick Fraser
Toronto pianist, cellist and drummer play each other’s compositions
8 PM Fri/Sat May 15th &16th
1313 Hollis Street
$15 advance/ $20 at the door - students free with rush seating
Advance Tickets at Ticketpro 1(800)888-311-9090 or On-line at:
08/09 HALIFAX EVENTS
COMPOSER/PERFORMER CIRCLE
Interactive Open Rehearsal and Performance
with
Upstream Guerrilla Orchestra 2.0
THURSDAY, May 7th, 8:30 pm
@
The 1313 Music Space
1313 Hollis St., Halifax
Pay what you think
SUNRISE ORCHESTRA*
performs with
BUSTER KEATON'S STEAMBOAT BILL jr.
1928 silent film
Monday May 11th at 9:00 pm
@
The 1313 Music Space
1313 Hollis St., Halifax
$10
*The Sunrise Orchestra is:
Lee Park/violin, Paul Cram/sax&clarinet, Paul Simons/piano, Lukas Pearse/bass,Dave Burton/drums
Marilyn Crispell Workshop
7:30 - 9:30pm – Friday, April 10, 2009
Saint Mary's University Art Gallery
$20 adult/$15 student
Upstream Music and suddenlyLISTEN team up to present an improvisation workshop for all musicians led by Marilyn Crispell. Here is a great opportunity to get up close to the music making of Crispell, and get a chance to learn from a master! Bring your ears and your instrument. Contact sL or Upstream 461-1232 for more information.
Upstream Music presents
2009 Winter Summit Events
CONCERT - A Love Upstream featuring Lori Freedman - World Premieres of new compositions by guest clarinetist Freedman, A Love Upstream's Paul Cram amd Lukas Pearse and Dalhousie Music student Alice Hanson, as well as works by Jeff Reilly (Klangfarben Waltz), Frederic Rzewski (Les Moutons de Panurges), John Woolrich (A Frank Exchange for Frank Zappa) and John Zorn (Cobra).
2 performances Friday/January 9th and Saturday/January 10th - Sir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre 6101 University Avenu, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Doors - 7:15 PM Artist Talk w/ Lori Freedman and Upstream composers - 7:30 PM Performances - 8:00 PM Tickets $10 advance/$15 at the door/students free with rush seating Tickets available through Ticketpro online at www.ticketpro.ca or phone 1-888-311-9090 For Further information 1(902)461-1232
IMPROV w/Lori WORKSHOP with Lori Freedman - Wednesday, January 7, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Sir James Dunn Theatre. This is a public workshop. Performers at all levels interested in techniques and organization of free improvisation are invited to participate (bring your instrument). Participants $20 /free for Dalhousie Music students/Auditors $10.
STATE OF THE ART - Panel discussion with Lori Freedman, Lukas Pearse and others - January 10th - 3 pm to 5 pm Room 406 - Dalhousie Art Centre - free admission . A discussion session focussing on the state of contemporary improvised and composed music: latest currents, challenges and opportunities. Free Admission. Audience participation is encouraged.
A Love Upstream is Upstream Music's current houseband. It is: Rick Waychesko – trumpet, Jeff Reilly – bass clarinet/clarinet/conduction, Paul Cram - tenor sax/clarinet/conduction, Dawn Hatfield – baritone and alto saxes/flute, Lee Park – violin, Lukas Pearse – contrabass/electric bass/electronics, Jeff Torbert – guitar/electronics, David Burton/drums. Erin Costelo - piano/conduction
FALL 2008
At 1313
The Song Project - Erin Costelo with A Love Upsteam
Singer/songwriter’s music gets a “makeover” with A Love Upstream Band
1313 Hollis Street
Fri, Sat, November 14-15
Evening shows - 8:00 PM
Saturday Matinee
1:30 PM - ARTIST TALK with Erin Costelo
2:00 PM - Interactive Performance
$10 advance/$15 at the door/students free with rush seating
ticket orders on-line www.ticketpro.ca and phone 1 888 311 9090
At ALL SAINTS
Magical Mobiles - Barry Guy – contrabass, Maya Homburger – baroque violin, Jeff Reilly – bass clarinet. Halifax's Reilly on tour with Euro new and early music superstars
Bonus trio with Guy, Reilly and Halifax saxist Paul Cram
8 PM, Tues/Wed, September 9th & 10th
Cathedral Church of All Saints, 5732 College Street
7:30 Artist Talk with Jeff Reilly, Barry Guy and Maya Homberger 8:00 Performance
$10 advance / $15 door / students free
At the ATLANTIC FILM FESTIVAL The Academy Soundstage After Party - Live Music & Atlantic Shorts Together Paul Cram, Lukas Pearse, Marsha Coffey and Phil Sedore perform their scores for films by Chuck Clark, Jim McSwain, Lisa Moore, and Amanda Dawn Christie9:30 PM, Tues, September 16, 2008Top floor NSCAD University Alliance Atlantis Academy Building, 1649 Brunswick St. $10/Students free. Cash bar.Sponsored by the Guild of Canadian Film Composers, AFCOOP, NSTC Industries, AFF
2008
Lovers of music Seekers of artful morsels
You are invited to Friday the 13th at 1313
An Upstream Fun Raiser
Friday, June 13, 2008 1313 Hollis Street 7-9 PM
A Party Where Music Means Food!
Dear Friends of Upstream,
Upstream's 18th season is at an end and we are ready to unleash a new one. To delight you, we have chosen a meshing of improvised music and inspired food.
MUSIC: Daring musicians have agreed to mill about and await the call to improvise. As guests, you are the conductors of the night. At any time, you may turn to musicians and for a small donation request a solo, duo, trio etc. "Play for us the letter M, Play the colour orange…." prompting the spirit of improvisation.
FOOD: The Handicraft Hash House performs "Variations on a Theme." Local painter and epicure Ted White has designed canapés, soups and salads especially for the night. The Bayou, The Waldorf, and The Salt Peanut are his creations and are available for a small price. He may be enticed to improvise more on the spot.
SEASONING: A new season is beginning in July with A Love Upstream at the Atlantic Jazz Festival, and we want to tell you all about it. Paul Cram, our Artistic Director, has a special and fitting presentation prepared.
FUN RAISING: Like a true party, we are not charging at the door, but like a true fundraiser we are accepting donations. With solos etc. you can pledge an amount to be tallied at the end of the night. Remember, we are a charitable organization; we will issue a tax receipt for all donations $25 and over. See you there!
Upstream Music Association board and staff
The Cross-Canadian Ad Hoc / Ensemble
featuring
Halifax's Dani Oore
on Tour with
musicians from Vancouver , Montreal, and Toronto
Halifax Date:
Sunday, April 20th — doors 8:30 pm, concert 9:30 pm
Marquee Club, 2037 Gottingen Street
$20 regular/$15 (students + seniors)at the door
Advance Tickets available at: www.ticketpro.ca $18/$13
More info @ 461-1232
The Ad Hoc / Ensemble
Guillaume Bourque - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet (Montreal)
Christine Duncan - Voice (Toronto)
Jean Martin - Drums (Toronto)
Jean Félix Mailloux - Bass (Montreal)
Dani Oore - Saxophones & Oorophones: ABS Didgeridoo Constructions (Halifax)
Jesse Zubot - Violin (Vancouver)
Lina Allemano Four
(Toronto)
meets
Upstream 5
(Halifax)
March 8th, 2008, 8 pm
St. Mary's University Art Gallery
5865 Gorsebrook Avenue (street address)
The Gallery is located on the 1st floor of the Loyola Academic Complex on the Saint Mary’s University Campus, accessible from Gorsebrook Avenue or off Robie Street south of the McNally Building. Lina Allemano Four: Lina Allemano/trumpet,Brodie West/alto, Andrew Downing/bass, Nick Fraser/drums Upstream 5: Toni Pigott/voice, Lee Park/violin, Jeff Reilly/bass clarinet, Paul Cram/tenor/clarinet, Lukas Pearse/bass
January 2008
Toronto pianist/composer
In concert* with the Upstream
Ensemble**
2 nights only
fri & sat - jan 11 & 12 - 8:00 pm
The Sir James Dunn Theatre/Dal Arts Centre
*premiering a new Marilyn Lerner composition
Ding un Sich
(Ger.) The Thing of It
with works by Upstream Ensemble members: Paul Cram, Jeff Reilly, Dawn Hatfield, Lukas Pearse and Dalhousie student composer Zachary Fairbrother
**Lee Park/violin, Rick Waychesko/trumpet, Paul Cram/tenor sax/clarinet, Dawn Hatfield/baritone and alto sax/flute. Jeff Reilly/bass clarinet, Jeff Torbert/guitar, Lukas Pearse/bass, David Burton/drums
Marilyn Lerner IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP
3:30 pm to 6 pm, Wednesday, January 9th,
$15 participants/ $10 auditors/free for Dalhousie Music students
Room 121, Dalhousie Arts Centre
musicians at all levels and instruments welcome
Marilyn Lerner PIANO MASTERCLASS
Thursday, January 10th 11:30 am to 1:30 pm auditors $15/students $10 Dal Music students free
Dunn Theatre/Dal Arts Centre
STATE OF THE ART SYMPOSIUM
Saturday January 12th, 3 pm to 5 pm
MacAloney Room 406 , Dalhousie Arts Centre
2007
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18th 8:00 pm
World Class Improvised Chamber Music
with
2 TRIOS!
KAUFMANN/GRATKOWSKI/deJOODE
(HOLLAND)
Achim Kaufmann (piano), Frank Gratkowski (alto sax/clarinet)
Wilbert deJoode/bass
meet
ADAMS/CRAM/PEARSE
(CANADA)
Halifax's own: Lukas Pearse(bass), Paul Cram (tenor sax/clarinet) Norman Adams (cello)
@
St. Mary's University Art Gallery
St. Mary's University Campus
Loyola Building, 5865 Gorsebrook Avenue off Tower road, Halifax
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18th 8:00 pm
World Class Improvised Chamber Music
with
2 TRIOS!
KAUFMANN/GRATKOWSKI/deJOODE
(HOLLAND)
Achim Kaufmann (piano), Frank Gratkowski (alto sax/clarinet)
Wilbert deJoode/bass
meet
ADAMS/CRAM/PEARSE
(CANADA)
Halifax's own: Lukas Pearse(bass), Paul Cram (tenor sax/clarinet) Norman Adams (cello)
@
St. Mary's University Art Gallery
St. Mary's University Campus
Loyola Building, 5865 Gorsebrook Avenue off Tower road, Halifax
MICHAEL VLATKOVITCH QUARTET
(USA)
feat. David Mott
Original compositions by Vlatkovich
for trombone, baritone sax, cello and drums
FRIDAY OCTOBER 26th, 2007 - 8:00 pm $20/15
Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street
TROMBONE-A-RAMA CREATIVE ORCHESTRA WORKSHOP
with Michael Vlatkovich/David Mott and Jonathan Golove
1:00 pm Bus Stop Theatre: $20/15
Bring instruments, music stand and enthusiasm:
Free public recital at 3:30
info@upstreammusic.org to register
The SUNRISE ORCHESTRA
accompanies
THE BLACK PIRATE
(1926 colour silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks)
with a new score by Paul Cram
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19th 8:00 pm $20/15
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
1675 Lower Water Street/Halifax Waterfront, Halifax
Paul Cram's GUERRILLA VACATION Octet
Saturday Sept 29th 10:00 pm $15/10
@ The Bus Stop Theatre
2203 Gottingen Street , Halifax
Upstream Music’s 5th Annual
SONIC COURAGE International FESTIVAL
of pan-genre orchestral music
presents
Fred Frith and friends sounds photos
June 20th to 23rd, 2007 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Sir James Dunn Theatre, Dal Arts Centre - 6101 University Avenue
Bus Stop Theatre - 2203 Gottingen Street
Concerts $20/$17 – All Events Pass: $50/$45 (not incl workshops) TICKETS: www.jazzeast.com
EVENTS SCHEDULE
Thursday, June 21st 8 pm - Bus Stop Theatre - $20/$17
OPENING RECEPTION
Live Animal Trio Lukas Pearse - bass/electronics, Tim Crofts - keyboards/electronics, Doug cameron - drums/electronics ETC Trio Lisle Ellis - bass/electronics, Pierre Tanguay - drums, Paul Cram - tenor sax/clarinet Fred Frith solo guitar
Friday, June22nd 8 pm – Sir James Dunn Theatre - $20/$17
ENCOUNTERS Freedom in Fragments for sax quartet (Fred Frith) duos, trios, octets
Fred Frith , Lisle Ellis, Pierre Tanquay, Wolfville guitarist Daniel Heikalo Halifax Sax - Dani Oore - soprano sax/abs pipe, David Christensen - alto sax, Paul Cram - tenor sax, Dawn Hatfield - baritone sax
10:30 pm – Bus Stop Theatre - $5
LATE NIGHT JAM
w/ TFC Trio - Jeff Torbert, guitar, Adam Fine/bass, Doug Cameron/drums Saturday, June23rd 3 pm – MacAloney Room, Dalhousie Arts Centre - Free
THE STATE OF THE ART
Panel with Fred Frith, Lisle Ellis,Pierre Tanguay and moderator Lukas Pearse
8 pm – Sir James Dunn Theatre, Dal Arts Centre - $20/$17
ORCHESTRAL MANUEVERS
Music by Reilly, Ellis and Frith with the 17 piece Upstream Orchestra Internal Combustion - Jeff Reilly Homeland suite - Lisle Ellis Friendly Gestures for the Upstream Orchestra - Fred Frith This year Joining Fred Frith (guitar) , Lisle Eliis (bass) and Pierre Tanguay (drums)will be Janice Jackson/voice, Lee Park/violin, Ruth Boggild/flute, Suzanne Lemieux/oboe, Chris Palmer/bassoon, Jeff Reilly /bass clarinet, Rick Waychesko/trumpet,Dani Oore/soprano sax, Chris Mitchell/alto sax, Paul Cram/tenorsax, clarinet, Dawn Hatfield/baritone sax, Tim Crofts/piano, Lukas Pearse/bass, David Burton/drums, Jeff Torbert/guitar. Wednesday, June 20th
SONIC CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS
At the Dalhousie Arts Centre
Master-classes: - 11 am to 12:30 pm $20
Guitar Master-class: Room 121 – Fred Frith.
Percussion Master-class: Room 111 – Pierre Tanguay
Bass/circuitry Master-class: Room 409 – Lisle Ellis
Orchestral Improvisation Workshop: 2 pm to 4:30 pm $30
with Frith, Ellis, and Tanguay – Room 121
All day pass - $40
E-mail: info@upstreammusic.org to register.
The Frost Byte
WInter-music Mini-fest
Fri/Sat, January 19th & 20th, 2007
@ The Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia
featuring internationally renowned American improvising violinist:
Malcolm Goldstein
with visiting artists Montreal guitarist Rainer Weins and Toronto's Ken Aldcroft Convergence and core members of Halifax's Upstream Orchestra.
The Frost Byte WInter-music Mini-fest is presented by Upstream Music Association in association with the Dalhousie Music Department. Positioned during the academic year, its mandate is to treat music students, musicians and the listening public to a shot of white-hot musicality within the warmth of the Dalhousie Arts Centre in January.
Friday, January 19th, 8 pm $20/$15
Sir James Dunn Theatre
Ken Aldcroft Convergence (T.O.) & Wiens/Goldstein Duo (Montreal)
Saturday, January 2Oth, 3 pm $15/$12
MacAloney Room/Rm 406
Sounding the Full Circle with speaker Malcolm Goldstein
Saturday, January 20th, 8 pm $20/$15
Sir James Dunn Theatre
Music of Malcolm Goldstein directed by violinist/Malcolm Goldstein
with Rainer Wiens/guitar, Ken Aldcroft/guitar, Evan Shaw/alto sax, Scott Thomson/trombone, Wes Neal/contrabass.Joe Sorbara/drums, Paul Cram /tenor sax/clarinet, Daniel Oore/ sopanino/soprano sax, Lukas Pearse/contrabass
Sounding The Full Circle
- Concerning music improvisation and other related matters
Collecting the thoughts and perceptions that have evolved from his past twenty-five years of music making and observation of the natural world, Malcolm Goldstein offers a very particular view of improvisation: "the musician as one centered in the process of discovery, unfolding moment to moment, that is realized in the gesture of enactment/sounding." Through articles, previously published in various periodicals, interspersed and embellished with excerpts from journals, interviews, letters, and music scores, the author touches on social, political, educational, aesthetic and economic considerations as he explores the "expression of the wholeness of our humanity."
http://www.philmultic.com/artists/goldstein/
2006 Saturday, December 9th, 9:00 pm Upstream Jam Party featuring The Grassroots Orchestra performing Upstream classics and new works!! with Lisa Lindo/voice, Ruth Boggild/flute, Jeff Reilly/bass clarinet, Lee Park/violin, Jeff Torbert/guitar, Doug Cameron/drums, Zack Miller/guitar, Adam Fine/bass, Paul Cram/sax/clarinet, Dawn Hatfield/baritone sax, Christian Murray/voices and .... Free Food!!
@ The Bus Stop Theatre - 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax $7 & $5 (student/seniors)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30th, 2006, 8 pm
@ Alderney Landing Theatre/Dartmouth
The Upstream Ensemble*
performs
CONVOY HFX by Paul Cram
with special guests the Shop Girls & multi-media artist Denyse Karn
presented in Association with
Eastern Front Theatre and the Canadian Music Centre's New Music in New Places Initiative
on the set of Michael Melski's new play: Corvette Crossing
Tickets: $20 & $15 are available at the Alderney Landing Box Office. Tel: 461-8401
*The Upstream Ensemble is:
Toni Pigot/voice, Lee Park /violin, Rick Waychesko/trumpet, Paul Cram/sax/clarinet, Lukas Pearse/electronics, Paul Simons/piano, Jamie Gatti /bass, Tom Roach/drums
Upstream Music presents
SONIC COURAGE FESTIVAL
June 14th to 17th, 2006
featuring
Artist-in-residence British bassist and composer Barry Guy www.mayarecordings.com
"nothing short of a phenomenon" - CADENCE MAGAZINE
FESTIVAL PASSES NOW AVAILABLE!!
$45, $30 and $25 (limited supply)
Tickets: Dalhousie Box Office: (902) 494-3820 
Toll Free 1(800) 874-1669
www.artcentredal.ca
For further information call 429-1899
Wednesday - June 14th - 8 pm
Sanctuary with Barry Guy and Maya Homburger
St.Mary's Basilica on Spring Garden Road at Barrington St
$20/$15/$13 (Upstream members)
Thursday, June 15th - 9:00 pm
Guerrilla Vacation
Stayner's Wharf, 5075 George St, Halifax Waterfront - $5
Friday, June 16th - 8:00 pm
THE SOUND OF SURPRISE
Barry Guy - solo bass
Conductus 1 by Jerome Blais for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, bass clarinet,
violin, baroque violin, viola, cello, contrabass
Improvisations TBA
Ondaatje Hall, Marian McCain Building, Dalhousie Campus,
6135 University Avenue, Halifax
$20/$15/$13 (Upstream members)
Saturday June 17th 8 pm
Upstream Orchestra with Barry Guy
World Premieres by Dani Oore and Harris Eisenstadt / Witch-Gong Game by Barry Guy
The 22-piece Upstream Orchestra with Barry Guy, Maya Homburger, Lori Freedman, Mark Adam, Matt Brubeck,Jean Rene, Janice Jackson, Ruth Boggild, Suzanne Lemieux, Chris Palmer, Rick Waychesko, Chris Mitchell, Paul Cram, Dawn Hatfield, Jeff Reilly, Steven Naylor, Sageev Oore, Adam Fine, Lukas Pearse, Gina Burgess, Harris Eisenstadt, Dani Oore, and Tom Daniels
Sir James Dunn Theatre - Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia
$20/$15/$13 (Upstream members)
SONIC FORUM
Saturday June 17th 3 pm to 5 pm
MacAloney Room, Dalhousie Arts Centre
The state of creative music in the 21st Century.
TBA Keynote speakers.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN.
OPEN REHEARSALS
Sir James Dunn Theatre
Upstream Orchestra - June 15th - 12 pm to 4 pm
Upstream Orchestra - June 16th - 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm
Upstream Orchestra (dress rehearsal) - June 17th - 11 pm to 2 pm
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
IMPROVISATION/PERCUSSION WORKSHOP
W/ NEW YORK DRUMMER/COMPOSER HARRIS EISENSTADT
June 15th - 7 PM to 9 PM Buckley's Music Education Centre 6208 Quinpool Rd
$15 - All levels and instruments welcome. Limited enrollment. Call 461-1232 to sign up.
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