Calendar

Exhibition running from May 1st to 27th
"I am a deeply superficial person."

-Andy Warhol

A plaque with the quote above has hung in my studio for years. It resonates with my own art practice, which is inspired by decorative art in its many forms. To me, decorative art is more than just surface decoration. It is historically important as an expression of a time, a place or a culture.

My work is inspired by European folk art and the ornate decorative elements of early 20th century architecture. The converted 1920s office building I live in is a rich source of inspiration, as is the Financial District in my hometown, Toronto. In both cases the familiar decorative motifs have strong personal associations with home and roots.

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Looking forward to showing you all how to build a sustainable revenue source with memberships for Silence Sounds!

Come dance and dream with Tom Wolf, Dennis Gaumond, Christine Mills, Sally Ludwig, Fyl Bennet.

Funds raised will go to Project Seahorse and medical expenses for Silence community member, Janet Jephcott

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Presented by Silence and Riverfest Elora & supported by Exclaim!

Riverfest Elora is pleased to announce the Road To Riverfest Tour! #R2R2019

Joined for this show by Natalie Lynn!

JIM BRYSON | Ottawa, ON
www.facebook.com/JimBrysonMusic

“Jim Bryson is a Canadian singer-songwriter / producer / music maker from the Ottawa area. He has been making music and recordings since long before the internetbecame popular.”

KALLE MATTSON | Sault Ste Marie, ON
www.facebook.com/kallemattson

The Road to Riverfest 2019 will see Jim Bryson / Fixed Hinge Recording and Kalle Mattson perform in 9 cities across Southern Ontario! The two artists, both from Ottawa, ON, will be joined for 5 of the dates by Natalie Lynn (Toronto, ON)

Guelph @ Silence

This year’s edition of the tour will feature extended lineup of performers joining the Jim, Kalle and Natalie for a special Canadian Music Week showcase at the Rivoli on May 9th

Tour Dates:

April 25 • Kingston • SideDoor House show
April 26 – Uxbridge • Springtide Festival @ Tin Mill Restaurant
April 27 • Elora @ Elora Brewing Co.*
April 28 • Merrickville • SideDoor House Show
May 2 • Ottawa @ NAC (Just Kalle Mattson)
May 3 • Guelph @ Silence*
May 9 – Toronto • CMW @ The Rivoli*+
May 10 • Hamilton @ Mills Hardware*
May 11 • St. Catharine’s @ Warehouse*
With Natalie Lynn*
With Lee Watson and Royal Castles+

Tickets on sale: Friday, March 22

The tour kicks off another year of the Road to Riverfest Music Series, which will see past, present and future Riverfest Elora performers visit various venues throughout the summer as a part of the festival’s 11th annual celebrations and as a lead in to Riverfest Elora’s 11th edition, happening August 16-18 at Bissell Park in Elora, ON

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https://www.facebook.com/events/2299989073410678/

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Silence Presents: Jadea Kelly wsg Kennedy Road
May 5th, 2019
Doors: 7:30
Show: 8:00

Tickets: $15.00

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/silence-presents-jadea-kelly-tickets-57612188607

Described by CBC as 'one of the shining jewels in the crown of Canadian songwriters' Jadea Kelly spends her time writing and living between Toronto and Los Angeles CA. In 2016 she was awarded 'Contemporary Singer of the Year' at the Canadian Folk Music Awards for her heartfelt 2016 release 'Love & Lust'. Its featured single 'Beauty' was placed on the Lifetime Network feature 'No One Would Tell' and the 2017 CBC Rio Paralympics; an opening montage with over 900,000 views. Set for release on May 17, 2019, the MWI soundtrack EP has already received 'Best Score & Music' accolades from the Hollywood Independent Documentary Awards. MWI is the official soundtrack for 'Met While Incarcerated the Film', airing on the Documentary Channel and CBC in March 2019.

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Tickets available on Eventbrite

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A solo presentation by Gary Diggins.
Current poems with soundscapes.
Donation Basis

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Falcon Jane:
https://falconjane.bandcamp.com/

Cherry Blaster:

Cherry Blaster started as Iulia Ciobanu's solo electronic/synth project, but like any music baby/child it is perpetually growing into new forms. Juggling the desire to break hearts, blow minds, achieve the optimal shred, and make you dance/feel badass, her music is always only temporarily definable. Cherry Blaster released Sleep Depraved in 2017, her first album to see the light of day after years of discarded bedroom attempts. Since then her music has been featured on Exclaim!, IX Daily, Live in Limbo, and Canadian Beats among others. She hopes one day to be able to concoct something deliciously genre-less, and also to shriek like Courtney Love without expiring into cough attacks.

Fauna:

bandcamp: https://faunasongs.bandcamp.com/
insta: @faun.alyse

Fauna is intentionally minimalist, in her use of stage set up and melodies. by adding layers of organic and electronic loops, fauna forms a full atmospheric sound you can close your eyes to. fauna is a drawn out daydream, and an embodiment of healing. fauna croons songs about every feeling ever, power imbalances, buried over bouncy beats under a blanket fort of forget-me-nots.

Doors: 7:30PM
Show: 8:00PM
New Hermitage imagines a future in which pollution has decimated the population of the Earth, and dangerously high levels of toxicity have rendered the cities of the world uninhabitable. The surviving humans are forced to live in nomadic clans that wander the sparse wilderness, struggling to claim what little natural resources remain. However, a few solitary people have returned to the cities. With patience and tenderness, these new hermits balance technology with ancient wisdom to work with nature and restore the planet. The music of New Hermitage imagines the soundtrack to their survival, incorporating what these lone individuals might hear among the crumbling cities they call home.

As an ensemble, New Hermitage embodies the work of these hermits by listening to, and improvising with, their immediate environment, like the hermits of their speculative imaginings, their work is shaped by the environment as they in turn give shape to it. Recently split between Halifax and Montreal, New Hermitage is a collection of musicians who individually have been nominated for multiple ECMA and Juno awards and can list Jerry Granelli, the Upstream Orchestra, Gypsophilia, and Symphony Nova Scotia, among others, on their resumes. The group is led by Andrew MacKelvie (woodwinds), and features Ellen Gibling (harp), Ross Burns (guitar), and India Gailey (cello).

Their first release, one, is a collection of compositions by Andrew MacKelvie that came out in September, 2017. Of one, Andrew Patterson, creative director of the OBEY Convention said; “.... one of the best records I've heard come out of Halifax in a good while. Very sumptuous, contemplative chamber jazz”. In 2018 they performed a concert with internationally renowned improviser and bass clarinet virtuoso, Jeff Reilly, which they documented on their Bandcamp page.

They also performed and recorded at the 11th OBEY Convention in Halifax, Nova Scotia. OBEY Convention XI is their second recording and it was released in February of 2019. Their third record is due out later this year on Tombed Visions Records (UK) and features predominantly spontaneously composed pieces and two offerings by Gailey and Gibling. Currently, Andrew is working on a series of new pieces built on climate change data from the IPCC’s 2014 Synthesis Report.

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