Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Festival of New Trumpet Music Canada 2015!!!

FONTMusic Canada is coming to Montreal in March 2015.
We need your help in raising funds for travel and accommodation for our visiting artists.
Please make a donation today!!

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Rainer Wiens, Malcolm Goldstein, Thom Gossage, Frank Lozano: Résonance November 26

 Rainer Wiens & Malcolm Goldstein + Electric Spring Trio 
 Résonance Café, mercredi le 26 novembre
21h, $10


Rainer Wiens a finement taillé un son unique et immédiatement reconnaissable avec kalimbas et guitare préparée. Goldstein et Wiens ont formé un duo et ils jouent ensemble à Montréal et en Allemagne depuis vingt ans.

Malcolm Goldstein est un violoniste, compositeur et improvisateur qui a revisité la façon de jouer le violon, en élargissant l'éventail des possibilités de l'instrument et en révélant de nouvelles dimensions d’expressivité. Goldstein  a fait de nombreuses tournées à travers l'Europe et l'Asie et il a été directeur de l’Ensemble for New Music de Francfort.

Le Electric Spring Trio est composé de Thom Gossage à la kalimba électrique à ressorts, Rainer Wiens à la guitare préparée ainsi que la kalimba basse électrique, et Frank Lozano au saxophone et flûte alto.

Thom Gossage, mieux connu en tant que batteur et compositeur et chef de Other Voices a joué avec Wiens dans l’ensemble Follow Follow, Dream Algebra et dans le duo de kalimba Mella Mella. Frank Lozano collabore avec Rainer Wiens depuis le milieu des années ‘80 à Toronto, en jouant pour Sound Image Theatre et Silk Stockings, ainsi que dans Follow Follow et Dream Algebra.

Le trio, formé en 2014, est reconnu pour son expérimentation avec les sons uniques et envoûtants de la kalimba électrique à ressorts, ce qui confère aux créations du trio un son facilement identifiable.

Rainer Wiens has quietly carved out a unique and instantly identifiable sound on prepared guitar and kalimbas.As a duo they have been performing in Montreal and Germany for twenty years. Malcolm Goldstein is a violinist,composer ,and improviser who has reinvented violin playing,extending the range of possibilities on the instrument and revealing new dimensions of expressivity.He has toured extensively throughout Europe and Asia and was the director of The Ensemble for New Music in Frankfurt.

The Electric Spring Trio consists of Thom Gossage on electric spring kalimba, Rainer Wiens on prepared guitar and electric bass kalimba and Frank Lozano on saxaphones and alto flute.

Thom Gossage best known as a drummer and composer and leader of Other Voices has performed with Rainer in the group Follow Follow,Dream Algebra and in the kalimba duo Mella Mella.Frank Lozano has played with Rainer Wiens since the mid 80s in Toronto,performing with him in Sound Image Theatre and Silk Stockings as well as in Follow Follow and Dream Algebra.

The trio was formed in 2014 to take advantage of the unique,haunting,other worldly sounds of the electric spring kalimba, and already has a readily identifiable sound.


Thursday, November 6, 2014

FONTMusic Canada Soirée Benefice 12 novembre


Benefit Concert for the second annual Festival of New Trumpet Music Canada

En vedette: 4 trompettistes extraordinaires!!
Joe Sullivan
Aaron Shragge
Bill Mahar
Craig Pedersen


Café Résonance, 5175a, ave du Parc
20h30/830pm
$10-15 Suggested donation

Le Festival de musique nouvelle pour trompette au Canada à reçu des fonds du Conseil des Arts du Canada pour la deuxième année consécutive!! Le 12 novembre, nous commençons notre campagne de levée de fonds pour couvrir les frais de déplacement et d'hébergement des artistes (ceux-ci ne sont pas couverts par notre bourse). SVPvisitezwww.fontmusic.org/canada pour plus d'informations. Le festival sera présenté 12-15 mars, 2015.

FONTMusic Canada has received funding for the second year in a row from Canada Council for the Arts. On November 12th we will be begin our fundraising campaign for travel/accommodations expenses that are not covered by our grant. Please visit www.fontmusic.org/canada for more info. The festival will be presented March 12-15 2015.

See the highlights from last years festival here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJIW32bvidY

Presented by FONTMusic Canada and l'Envers
www.lenvers185.blogspot.com

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Pink Saliva vs. Klaxon Gueule


Pink Saliva est:
Ellwood Epps (((trompette
Michel F. Côté (((batterie, micros
Alexandre St-Onge (((basse electrique, laptop

Klaxon Guele est
Bernard Falaise )))guitare electrique
Alexandre St-Onge )))basse electrique
Michel F Côté )))batterie


Résonance Café 5175a, ave du Parc


Pink Saliva just played at L'OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal, having won the prix François Marcaurelle in 2012. Klaxon Gueule have been on the scene in montreal since 1847. You can't find very much on the internet about either one, but that says more about the internet than about music.

Venez assister à un spectacle unique, probablement la suele fois dans l'histoire de la pensée que les deux groupes jouent la même soirée. As if thought had a history!! Les idées, peut-être....

Musique commence à 21h pour devrai.
C'est $10 pour la musique. Oui, plus qu'une pinte de bière. Mais moins que deux pintes. Et le musique et vraiment, vraiment mieux pour votre santé mental/physical/spirituel, etc.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Melissa Pipe Quintet! September 24 at Résonance Café



Melissa Pipe – saxophone baryton & basson
Philippe Côté – sax tenor et clarinette basse
Geoff Lapp – piano
Joel Kerr – contrebasse
Zen Nakamura - batterie


mercredi le 24 septembre 
Résonance Café, 5175a, ave du Parc
2 sets, starting at 9pm.
$8

Earthy grooves and evocative sounds.
The contrasting moods of the writing and instrumentation provide a rich and colourful tapestry giving this group a unique, soulful sound.

Grooves bien ancrés et sons évocateurs.
L'écriture et l'instrumentation contrastés tissent une tapisserie riche et colorée qui donne à ce groupe son son unique.

L’Envers, présentateur vétéran de musique improvisée organise des concerts le dernier mercredi de chaque mois au Résonance Café.

L’Envers, veteran presenter of improvised music, curates the last Wednesday of each month at Résonance Resonance Café

Friday, May 30, 2014

Yves Charuest! Peter Valsamis! Nicolas Caloia! June 25!



Yves Charuest, alto saxophone
Peter Valsamis, drums
Nicolas Caloia, bass

Montreal homeboy Peter Valsamis is visiting from California to make some fantastic music with friends Yves Charuest and Nicolas Caloia!


Yves Charuest has played with many canadian musicians since the early 1980s: Michel Ratté, Jean Beaudet, Lisle Ellis, Jean Derome, Nicolas Caloia, Lori Freedman, John Heward, Sam Shalabi, Scott Thomson, Josh Zubot. He also played with many international musicians: Peter Kowald, Louis Moholo, William Parker, Agustí Fernández, Marshall Allen and Mathias Schubert. He toured in Canada, USA and Europe with several groups and long-term collaborations: I Like Jazz, Évidence, Charuest/Ratté, Peter Kowald Trio, Trio Michel Ratté, Wreck’s Progress, Duo Charuest-Caloia, Murray Street Band, Ratchet Orchestra, The Disguises, Charuest/Shalabi/Caloia, and Four-sided circle. Charuest performed solo concerts in Quebec and Europe, and collaborated with canadian electroacoustic composers Jean-François Denis, jef chippewa and Jean Piché. He is part of Susanna Hood’s choreographic project The Muted Note.

Since the early 1990s Nicolas Caloia has worked as a performer, composer, and organizer in Montreal and has toured in North America, Europe, and Asia. He has performed and recorded in a vast array of contexts with the most important members of Montreal’s creative music community as well as with internationally renowned musicians like Marshall Allen, John Butcher, Joe McPhee, Steve Lacy, Hassan Hakmoun, Tristan Honsinger and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. His concerts and recordings have been critically acclaimed both at home and abroad. Currently, the majority of his work as a composer and improviser finds a voice in: The Ratchet Orchestra – a 30 piece bigband, Tilting – the Nicolas Caloia Quartet, Ring – a sextet, Spell – a 10 piece marching band, Mercury - a duet Lori Freedman, and Duo Charuest-Caloia.

Born in Montreal, Peter Valsamis began playing the piano at the age of six, but his sensitivity to sound unrestricted by pitch relations drew him to play the drums and manipulate sound on tape. Now based in the Bay area, Valsamis continues to nurture a wide range of interests. As a drummer, he has presented his music to concert audiences in Europe, Asia and North America, performing with Malcolm Goldstein, Steve Lacy and Don Preston. He has been Artist-in-Residence at the Banff Center for the Arts and has recent CD releases with Dana Reason, Tom Nunn and Trance Mission. Valsamis' electroacoustic compositions include a soundtrack for the award winning experimental film re:Cycle by Ken Doolittle.

Wednesday June 25, 9pm
Résonance Café, 5175a ave du Parc
$8

Friday, May 16, 2014

Nicolas Caloia's TILTING, lancement de disque!


l'Envers présente  TILTING de Nicolas Caloia
C'est le lancement de leur disque 'Holy Seven' sur Barnyard Records de Toronto.

Jean Derome :: Alto/Baritone saxophones, flutes
Guillaume Dostaller :: Piano
Nicolas Caloia :: Doublebass
Isaiah Ceccarelli :: Drums

This is one of the most exciting jazz bands working anywhere today!

Entre rigueur et éclatement, la musique de Caloia offre un défi stimulant à ses musiciens et à son public : une musique multi-facettes, presque cubiste, très vivante et riche à tous points de vue ; forme, rythme, harmonie, mélodie.

Between rigor and delirium, his compositions offer a stimulating challenge to both his musicians and his public. His multifaceted music, almost cubist, is extremely alive and rich from all points of view: form, rhythm, harmony, and melody.

Résonance Café, 5175a ave du Parc
2 sets: 21h30 et 23h00
$10 à la porte (inclue CD!)

Lots of music and video at http://www.nicolascaloia.net/tilting.html

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Josh Zubot's Mend Ham: April 30 @ Résonance Café


Josh Zubot's Mend Ham!!!


Hard swinging!
Hard hitting!
Hard hard hard working!
The real deal and one of the best working jazz bands anywhere!

Josh Zubot ::: violon
Jason Sharp ::: sax baryton
Nicolas Caloia ::: contrebasse
Isaiah Ceccarelli ::: batterie


30 avril at Résonance Café
5175a ave du Parc
2 sets: 21h et 22h30
$8 a la porte

www.joshzubot.ca
www.nicolascaloia.net
www.isaiahceccarelli.com
www.jasonsharp.ca

l'Envers presents the best in creative improvised music on the last Wednesday of each month at Resonance Cafe.
www.lenvers185.blogspot.com

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Daniel Carter with Waldman, Zaldivar, Lambert and Heslop at Resonance Café, April 12!


This Saturday Suoni Per Il Popolo, Friends of Freedom #5 & L'Envers together present a "Resonance Per Il Popolo" event with the great NYC multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter (http://www.aumfidelity.com/carter.html)

9PM, $10

Joining him are the wonderful veteran MTL jazzmen Michel Lambert (drums) and Rafael Zaldivar (piano) - and young guns Martin Heslop (bass) and Brahja Waldman (alto sax)

Top notch DJ Andy Williams will provide grooves to start the night and will resume in true dance party fashion after the live set..

The night will launch the album Say Hello To Anyone I Know (featuring Daniel Carter and Brahja Waldman) [Fast Speaking Music, 2014]. CDs $5

Resonance Cafe 5175a ave du Parc

Friday, March 21, 2014

Wednesday March 26 : Rosasharn's Dream @ Résonance Café


A new version of an old dream! Resurrecting a group from 11 years ago: www.soundcloud.com/elwoodepps 
Nothing new under the sun, nothing ever the same.

Ellwood Epps trompette
Scott Thomson trombone
Félix-Antoine Hamel tenor saxophone
Yves Charuest alto saxophone
Olivier Prud'homme-Richard guitar
Faye MacCalman tenor saxophone
Ivan Bamford drums


5175a ave du Parc, 2 sets: 21h et 22h15, $8 à la porte

Sunday, February 2, 2014

FONTMusic Canada Needs your help!

We had a very successful launch/fundraiser night at Résonance. 8 trumpeters performed 5 sets to a full house, and we raised nearly $400! Thankyou!! We still have a long way to go in covering the travel and accommodation costs for this first-ever Festival Of New Trumpet Music Canada. Please visit our campaign page and make a donation. We can do this with you!

On a eu un bon succes avec notre devoilement/levée de fonds au Résonance. 8 trompettistes à jouer 5 performances pour un bon publique, et on à gagné presque 400$! Merci! On a encore besoin de votre aide pour payer le déplacement et hébergement pour nos artistes pour ce tout-nouveau Festival de la nouvelle musique de trompette au Canada. SVP visiter notre page et faire un don. Avec vous, c'est possible!


Wednesday, January 22, 2014

8 Trompettes pour un festival !!!!!!!!



l'Envers is proud to announce a fundraising event for the first-ever Festival of New Trumpet Music Canada, coming up from March13-16!

l'Envers est fière d'annoncer une levée de fonds pour le tout premier Festival de la Nouvelle Musique de Trompette au Canada, qui se déroulera  du 13 au 16 Mars 2014!

mercredi le 29 janvier
Résonance Café 5175a ave du Parc
8pm Unveiling
9pm-12am Music
$10-$15

(English follows)

Participez à cette levée de fonds et assistez au dévoilement officiel de la programmation du Festival avec 5 concerts offerts par 9 superbes trompettistes , le 29 janvier 2014 au Résonance Café!

Craig Pedersen (tpt) & Joel Kerr (basse) ''It's a Free Country''
Amy Horvey (tpt) Pièces Solo
Bill Mahar (tpt) & Dave Watts (basse)
Jacques Kuba Séguin (tpt), Frédéric Alaire (basse), Martin Auguste (batterie)
Ellwood Epps, Paul Serralheiro, Craig Pedersen, Eric Lewis, & Philippe Battikha (5 trompettes!)


Le Festival de la Nouvelle Musique de Trompette au Canada a pris comme modèle le FONTMusic Festival de New York qui a eu un grand succès. Quatorze des trompettistes les plus créatifs et novateurs sont réunis durant  quatre soirs, ici, à Montréal. Le Festival inclut des sonorités du monde du jazz, de l’ improvisation, l’ électro-acoustique, et la composition contemporaine avec des influences du globe entier. Venez nous rejoindre le 29 janvier et découvrir tout ce que nous avons à vous offrir!

La programmation sera dévoilée à 20h, et la musique commencera à 21h pile.
$10- $15  prix d’ entrée.
Les gains serviront aux frais de  transport et hébèrgement  à la cinquantaine d’ artistes invités au Festival. Les membres de la presse doivent  réserver leur place de courtoisie au courriel suivant: bellmahar@sympatico.ca

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Join us for the official unveiling of the festival program, as well as 5 performances by 9 great trumpet players on January 29th at Résonance Café!

Craig Pedersen (tpt) & Joel Kerr (bass) ''It's a Free Country''
Amy Horvey (tpt) Solo pieces
Bill Mahar (tpt) & Dave Watts (bass)
Jacques Kuba Séguin (tpt), Frédéric Alaire (bass), Martin Auguste (drums)
Ellwood Epps, Paul Serralheiro, Craig Pedersen, Eric Lewis, & Philippe Battikha (5 tpts!)

The Festival of New Trumpet Music Canada is modeled after the highly successful FONTMusic festival in New York. 14 of Canada's most creative and innovative trumpeters will assemble for 4 nights in March right here in Montreal. The festival includes sounds from the worlds of jazz, improvisation, electro-acoustic, and contemporary composition with influences from around the globe. Join us on the 29th to discover all that we have in store for you!

The program will be unveiled at 8pm, with music starting promptly at 9pm. $10-$15 cover charge will help us to cover the travel and accommodation costs for our nearly 50 artists. Members of the press who would like to be on the guest-list please write tobellmahar@sympatico.ca.

mercredi le 29 janvier
Résonance  5175a ave du Parc
8pm Unveiling
9pm-12am Music
$10-$15