November 7, 2024
Doors 7:30pm
Show 8-10pm
$20/PWYC
ft. The Imaginary Percussion Ensemble (Germaine Liu, Joe Sorbara, Mark Zurawinski)
Established in 2012 by bassist and composer Alex Fournier, Triio has grown from a quartet featuring local canadian composers and modern jazz to a sextet featuring cinematic compositions that focus on the interplay and mutual influence shared between written music and free/collective improvisation. Contrasting intricate written sections with open ended improvisation, the music allows for total freedom of expression while still maintaining a distinct direction from piece to piece, with the goal of continuously creating a living score that is always open to the moment.
This concert will feature music from Triio’s second album, Six-ish Plateaus, plus music from their previous self-titled release.
Bea Labikova – Alto/Soprano Saxophone
Naomi McCarroll-Butler – Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Tom Fleming – Guitar
Michael Davidson – Vibraphone
Stefan Hegerat – Drums
Alex Fournier – Double Bass/Compositions
The Imaginary Percussion Ensemble is a chameleon-like entity that grows and sheds limbs; changes colouration, shape, and configuration; and otherwise adapts to the creative possibilities dreamed up by three creative percussionists—Germaine Liu, Joe Sorbara, and Mark Zurawinski—who come together to share in one another’s dedicated, joyous, and seriously playful curiosity around sound-making and performance. Instigated by Liu, the ensemble’s music is rooted in a deep concern for gesture, for physicality, for tactility. They are invested in performance as visceral exploration and co-creation, performance as an ongoing process of (re)discovering ideas and vocabulary, always in the hope of creating an inviting and inclusive space for audience and participants. For this opening set at Silence, the trio will perform on three drum sets. Don’t miss out.