June 2019 Music
Silence Presents: Eguiluz Trio Monday, June 24, 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM Doors: 7:30 PM Show: 8:00 PM Tickets: $15 With Ontologies, Géraldine Eguiluz and her accomplices, violist Jean René and bassist Stéphane Diamantakiou, interrogate the very nature of being. Nine musical drawings are at the root of this twelve-part work, which is further animated by diverse influences: Quantum physics, the symbolic language of biology, and the YI King. This trio, between its silences, pursues a musical equilibrium with the sacred numerological implications of multiples of three and the Holy Trinity. It balances the intimacy of chamber music; the folk-music earthiness of the Bulgarian flute, kalimba and guitar; and the strength and vulnerability of the pocket trumpet, two male voices, and one female voice. The trio evokes the cosmos within the freedom of listening without intention and of playing away from the roots of tonality. These are spontaneous, improvised compositions…
Silence Presents: Mingjia / Pomes / Samson Wrote
Thursday August 1, 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM Mingjia (pronounced MING-jee-yah) is a vocalist, improviser, composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, & active contributor to the ever-growing Toronto arts scene. Recognized for her technical & stylistic versatility as a vocalist & her fresh sound as a composer, Mingjia has performed with, composed for & recorded with a plethora of musical groups. These include her own group the Tortoise Orchestra, as well as James Fernando, the science of what ?, David Occhipinti, Juliet Palmer, GREX (led by Alex Samaras), Pleasurecraft, SonuSkapos Jazz Orchestra, Obsolete Vernacular, Makes Shapes, Celeste, Andi, & more. She has performed at various venues and festivals across Canada, China & the United States, & has produced 2 releases as a band leader. Feel Seen, her most recent EP, is described by the WholeNote as “beautiful, mature and exceptionally coherent”. A graduate & the Oscar Peterson Prize recipient of Humber College’s Bachelor of…
Silence Open Mic feat: Carla Reimer
Wednesday June 26, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Doors and sign-up at 6:30 PMEvent at 7:00 PM $5/PWYC Calling beginning, intermediate and advanced artists, poets, musicians, magicians (and more!) to come out and perform on the first and third Wednesday of every month! Sign up at Silence begins at 6:30 pm, performance between 7-9 pm. Silence provides P.A., piano, drum kit, mics, bongos and atmosphere!
May 2019 Music
Doors at 7:30Music at 8pmThis show will be operating on time! It’s a school night y’all$10 Silence Presents: Jadea Kelly Sunday May 5, 2019 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…
April 2019 Music
PipeDown! Presents: Teleportoise wsg HIVE/ Concavity Saturday April 13, 2019 Doors at 7:30pmShow at 8:00pmAdmission is $10 This one will be HEAVY!HIVE – Open your ears to the crushing drudgery of EMERGENCE coupled with the Brood Mother’s bellowing howls of worship.Become part of the swarm, and pledge your allegiance to the Brood Mother. Facebook:www.facebook.com/H-I-V-E-456637797755888/?fref=ts Concavity – Concavity is a Canadian darkwave/post-punk duo formed in 2018 by Beth de Jong & Graham Bucci. On beds of dark rhythms lilt sad melodies with a grim outlook. They sing songs of pain and pessimism. Teleportoise – A proggy doom band from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Silence Presents: TOC Sunday April 7, 2019 Toc invited Dave Rempis to join the trio in February 2018 for the release concert of “Will Never Play These Songs Again” at the malterie, Lille France. The meeting is instantaneous, the agreement immediate. Could it be otherwise?The saxophonist is today a…
March 2019 Music
Silence Presents: Canadian Women Composers Project Sunday March 24, 2019 Doors at 1:30 PMConcert at 2:00 PM Tickets available here. The Canadian Women Composers (CWC) Project is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing greater awareness to vocal music by Canadian women founded in 2016 by Canadian soprano Clarisse Tonigussi. In the 2018/19 Toronto season, The CWC Project is continuing to support the music of Canadian women in a concert series spanning multiple genres: from folk to opera. The CWC Project concert with Silence Presents features Toronto based jazz singer Laura Swankey and a band of Canadian female jazz musicians behind her. The music on the programme is written by local female/ female-identifying/ non-binary composers including Lieke van der Voort, Tova Kardonne, and Juliet Palmer, some of whom have been commissioned by The CWC Project to write works for the performance. Laura SwankeyCanadian vocalist/ composer/ improviser Laura Swankey is known for her…
February 2019 Music
Place For Bands Presents: Nicolette and the Nobodies wsg Matt Monoogian February 16, 2019 Celebrating Nicolette & The Nobodies debut record release, “Devil’s Run”. Fronted by Nicolette Hoang, The Nobodies are a hand-picked assortment of Guelph locals who bring their surf, punk, and pop sensibilities to Nicolette’s appreciation of ’60s and ’70s country music. Devil’s Run, was recorded at Lincoln County Social Club in Toronto in the summer of 2018. It will be released independently on February 15, 2019. Listen to their single “Roses” on bandcamp now! Matt Monoogian has been sitting in the shadows; honing his craft, searching for his voice and percolating disparate influences for his sophomore album, and it shows. The cinematic full-length from this unassuming sideman has the depth of singer-songwriter contemporaries such as Patrick Watson or Destroyer while harkening to the dark-folk of Timber Timbre and Okkervil River. His sweetly pining vocals reach deep into…
January 2019 Music
Silence Presents: Karen Ng & Scott Thomson January 29, 2019 Doors at 7:30Show at 8:00Tickets available $15 at the door or on Eventbrite Karen Ng Toronto based improviser Karen Ng can be found in many different projects across a wide range of music. She has appeared on stage with Andy Shauf, L CON, Happiness Project, Do Make Say Think, Fresh Snow, Bry Webb, Woodshed Orchestra and Broken Social Scene. Currently Karen is involved in several improvising ensembles in the city including Josh Cole Quintet, Craig Dunsmuir and the Dun Dun Band, DELVE, In Between, Rob Clutton Trio as well as various ad hoc duos, trio and quartets. In 2015 she was awarded the Chalmers Professional Development Grant by the Ontario Arts Council to study with the saxophone section of the ICP Orchestra in Europe as well as the OAC National/International Residency grant in 2018 which took place in New York. In 2017 she was a finalist for the Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist award. Formerly…
December 2018 Music
Silence Presents: Pat Maloney w Ivan Rivers December 21, 2018 Doors at 7:30 PM Show at 8:00 PM Tickets $15 https://patmaloney.ca/ “Soulful, honest, hilarious and smart” – Fingers on Blast That’s Ottawa, Ontario’s Indie-Folk artist Pat Maloney. The happily independent singer-songwriter encapsulates the Canadian spirit of a humble, passionate storyteller, with an often self-defaming sense of humour. In a rich baritone, he sings heartfelt “story songs” based on his experiences on tour, his personal life and his place in the big blue world. Three full-length albums deep since 2013, Pat’s catalogue is inclusive and free of pretention. However genre hopping, he draws cohesion from master storytelling at his live performances. It’s hard to pin down Pat’s musical influences. Although he considers himself akin to adult alternative songwriters like Father John Misty, Ryan Adams or Tom Waits, he refuses to betray the influence from his years as a drummer in punk…
November 2018 Music
Silence Presents: Grüvology November 30, 2018 Doors at 7:30 PMShow at 8:00 PM Admission $15 at the door Grüvology was founded in 2006 by pianist Walter Kemp and guitarist Bernard Kunz.Grüvology has published 3 cds, First Set (2008), Unbridled (2010) and Freeway (2015). All our music consists of original compositions. Our compositions are influenced by gospel, blues, folk, latin and middle eastern music. Our music is available on iTunes. Clips are also on our youtube channel, on our facebook page and our website gruvology.com Some clips are also on Sound cloud bernard kunz.Grüvology has been named best Western New York Jazz Fusion group every year since 2012. Walter Kemp was best keyboard player for 2012 and 13. Our current bassist, James Benders, was named rising star in 2015. Our new drummer is Ravi Padmanabha, an extraordinary improviser not only on drums and percussion but also on sitar and sarangi. Guitarist Bernard Kunz…