Morning Music

“Morning Music began in 2012 in an old garage on an industrial street in Guelph, Ontario. Since then, and without missing a week, sonic explorers have gathered at Silence on Monday mornings to drink espresso and immerse themselves in spontaneous musical dialogues. Music is played in a context where professional and amateur, newbie and old pro come together to listen and cocreate with whatever tools areavailable in the moment. Sounds unfold with (and without) relation to genre and convention, and they do so in a spirit of community dialogue where judgment is set aside in the name of the freedom to explore.

In various unpredictable combinations, the sounds of a saxophone French horn or shakuhachi might mingle with a terz guitar, voice, bass clarinet, hurdy gurdy, glockenspeil, a vintage analogue sampling sequencer, a banged-up baritone, a trombone, or a homemade DIY instrument.

Within moments the cinder block walls and exposed I-beams are dripping with resonant exudates of fiery imaginations, creative passion, and residual caffeine. Spontaneous song, poetry, and movement regularly erupt. Rules are regularly broken. Much laughter occurs. And tension and dissonance add urgency to the proceedings.”

–Barcode Free Music