November 2017 Music
James Gordon and Jeff Bird: 40 Years Down In The Folk Mines Sunday November 26, 2017 Yes, it was 40 years ago that two young U of G students met in the Carden Street Cafe, (which James happened to own )- and they started a musical friendship that has endured. They played as a duo for a year, then with Randy Sutherland formed Tamarack. Jeff left that band to join Cowboy Junkies, which is still going strong, and he’s played on many of James’ solo projects over the years. This anniversary concert will feature music that spans their entire musical journey together, along with road stories, surprises, and a stage-full of instruments. This promises to be a memorable evening! Onion Honey and Shawna Caspi with Special Guest Keenan Reimer-Watts Sunday November 19, 2017 Onion Honey makes folk music, sharp and sweet and mixed in are banjo and mandolin, washboard and…
Silence 1st Annual Miniature Exhibition
November 22 – December 20 Please join us at our 1st Annual Juried Miniature Exhibition as we celebrate the artworks of local and regional artists! All works of art are no larger than 6 x 6 inches!
October 2017 Music
Silence Presents: Kitchen Orkestra and CROW Friday October 27, 2017 Influenced by tastes of Balkan, Celtic, Bluegrass, and Latin music,Toronto-based Kitchen Orkestra engages, entertains, and entices audiences with surprising Folk arrangements and lively original music. Proud of their unique mix of fiddle, mandolin, vocals, upright bass, cajon, and percussion, these four inspired musicians enjoy testing the creative possibilities of their instruments and combining them artfully, cooking thoughtful blends of grooves, textures, instrumental melodies, and vocals. By casting strong flavours and vivid stories into musical moods – ranging from danceable, to contemplative, to cinematic – Kitchen Orkestra delivers an engaging experience that will whet any musical appetite. This quirky Canadian folk quartet released their first album, Entree, as a heartfelt snapshot of the music the band has been creating and performing in the past year. While their repertoire is diverse, their performance ultimately offers a quality of raw danceability, musical expression, and…
Silence 2nd Annual Mystery Art Sale
October 28 – November 10, 2017 What’s the mystery?More like ‘who’s’ the mystery!All works of art will be priced at $100. Artists’ names will not be identified. You will discover who created the piece *after* you buy it! Silence hopes to create a level playing field where art is valued based purely on the reaction and emotion the work of art elicits within the viewer. The artwork price tag is split between artist and Silence. By attending the event and purchasing a work of art, proceeds support artists both directly and through what Silence does — offering an affordable, accessible space and creating opportunities for these and other artists. Silence’s proceeds will support music and art events in 2018.
Open Night at Silence!
October 2017 – Venture Guelph Silence: Guelph’s Portal for Adventurous New Sound Events is pleased to announce its new Open Night series. Open Jam is held on the 1st Wednesday of every month and Silence welcomes all musicians and skill levels. Open Mic is held on the 3rd Wednesday, and open to all media such as poetry, music, dance-anything is possible! The cost is pay-what-you-can. Sign up is 6:00-6:30 PM and performances from 7:00-9:00 PM. Musicians, artists of all kinds and spectators are welcome!
September 2017 Music
Kazoo! Presents: Jerusalem in My Heart & Scattered Clouds Saturday September 30, 2017 Jerusalem In My Heart (JIMH) is a live audio-visual performance project, with Montréal-based producer and musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and Montréal-based filmmaker Charles-André Coderre at its core. Jerusalem In My Heart release their music on Montreal label Constellation Records. JIMH have released three studio albums, Mo7it Al-Mo7it (2013), If He Dies, If If If If If If (2015) and a self-titled album with Suuns, released on Secretly Canadian. Freedom Singer Thursday September 28, 2017 A Project: Humanity Production Embarks on a Fall 2017 National Tour featuring JUNO nominee Khari Wendell McClelland, JUNO nominee Tanika Charles and acclaimed Vancouver guitarist Noah Walker KASHKA Saturday September 23, 2017 KASHKA presents her new album, Relax. With special guests LCON. Star Triptych Thursday September 21, 2017 Star Triptych is Elisa Thorn (harp), David Riddel (guitar) and Laura Swankey (voice). The trio explores…
‘Freedom Singer’ comes to Silence in Guelph this Thursday
September 26, 2017 – Guelph Mercury An acclaimed musical cocreated by Juno-nominee Khari Wendell McClelland and Project: Humanity’s Andrew Kushnir is coming to Silence in Guelph this Thursday, Sept. 28. Freedom Singer is described in a news release as a rare musical journey through the history of the Underground Railroad and the songs that carried freedom seekers northward to Canada. Performed by McClelland along with Juno nominee Toronto soul singer Tanika Charles and acclaimed Vancouver guitarist Noah Walker, the production was inspired by McClelland’s effort to retrace the steps of his great-great-great grandmother Kizzy.Read the full article here.
The apprehension engine: beautiful and terrifying
September 18, 2017 – Guelph Today Not for the faint of heart, Canadian film composer Mark Korven played one of his newer instruments, the apprehension engine, for the first time as part of an ensemble. Created by renowned guitar maker Tony Duggan-Smith and commissioned by Korven, the apprehension engine is part bass and six-string guitar, hurdy-gurdy, percussive instrument and much more. It was designed to create sounds that would help score horror films and has since been used in the film The Witch.Read the full article here.
Dennis Gaumond with Nora Ruddock & Nathan Saliwonchyk
Gaumond, a professional musician for forty years, is also an author, a songwriter and a visual artist. His painting, “Cheap Room in Cuba”, was part of a three-month exhibition at the Wellington County Museum. Paintings in this phase were done using a thick paint applied with painting knives. In the past several years Gaumond has begun a new line of paintings using painted tissue. The style is mostly non-representational abstracts, emphasizing color relationships. This new style is the result of a search for a process that allows the artist to relinquish a certain amount of creative control to chance. “Tinderbox” (2017), Nora Ruddock & Nathan Saliwonchyk Tinderbox generates a random sequence of 30-second videos; simultaneously, a random audio sequence of poems is heard; every 30 seconds, a new set of images and sounds follows the old. By mimicking the random connections created by dating apps, Tinderbox experiments with the ephemeral…
Silence announces the Canadian premiere of the Apprehension Engine in Guelph
August 16, 2017 – Venture Guelph “What happens when you combine a Canadian composer who specializes in horror film soundtracks with a guitar maker who is respected around the world for his innovative approach to acoustic instruments? The resulting collaboration is an unprecedented, fear-inducing instrument called The Apprehension Engine.”Read the full article here.