
Chalk Talk: Meet the Artists of the Performer-Composer Residency
Wednesday, July 10, 7 pm- at The Westben Schoolhouse
Imagine nine musicians, each with a unique musical and cultural background—many who have never met before—coming together for a week to create a concert of music. How does this happen? At the Performer-Composer Residency (PCR), we start by getting to know each other.
We warmly welcome you to an informal behind-the-scenes experience to get to know this year’s ten Performer-Composer Residency participants. Each of the participants will share a musical topic that brings them joy for ten minutes—it might be in the form of a performance, a live demonstration, sharing their creative work, or telling a personal story—who knows?
It is sure to be a fun and creatively inspiring evening to experience and learn about a variety of perspectives on collaborative and intercultural compositional practices, improvisation, and approaches to original music-making.
All are welcome; no musical background is necessary!
Free Event
Check Out The 2024 Performer Composer Residents Below
Electro-acoustic composer, pianist and percussionist. Through the lens of decolonization, Pablo Leñero explore the symbiosis of indigenous, folkloric, and contemporary expressions of the Americas with Western art practices.
Danika Lorèn is a vocalist and composer from Saskatchewan, now based in Toronto. Their compositional work focuses art song and opera, with improvisation and extended vocal techniques.
Taiwanese percussionist Nikki Huang is passionate about exploring the realm of story-telling and attempts to portray different characters through her performances. She is involved in diverse performance settings, including original music, jazz vibraphone, children’s percussion musical theater, and interdisciplinary workshops.
Jaeyoung Chong is a Montreal-based cellist, composer, and improviser currently pursuing his Doctorate in Music Performance at McGill University, where he researches improvisational methods with live electronics.
Matt Nguyen is an instrumentalist-composer specializing in electric bass guitar with effects. Under the halfdecentheart moniker, Matt's work includes a combination of composed works and improvisational passages, sewn together and presented as an exploration of emotional thoughts and motifs.
Composer, improviser, and visual artist Borey Shin makes synth ballads, ambient music, animations, chamber music, and love songs. As a pianist, accordionist, and synthesizer player, he has also collaborated with many members of the international experimental and improvised music scenes.
Michael Palumbo (MA, BFA) is a musician, producer and concert promoter. He improvises as a soloist and in ensembles, and is the artistic director of Exit Points which presents free-improvised music in concerts that are thoroughly well-produced and attended. Michael also runs the Exit Points record label with monthly releases mixed in Dolby Atmos.
Nigel Deane most often performs on and teaches violin and/or viola and has produced one electro-acoustic multi-media religious ceremony, among other things. Most recently, they've been experimenting with musical forms in pedagogical spaces to engage student orchestras and string classes in more culturally relevant ways.
Thomas Fleming is composer and improvising musician specializing in electric and acoustic guitar.
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