Upcoming events:
March 15-16, 2024
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Centenniel Concert Hall
March 20, 2024
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Crescent Arts Centre, Winnipeg
March 23, 2024
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Centenniel Concert Hall
March 27, 2024
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Crescent Arts Centre, Winnipeg
April 10, 2024
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Crescent Arts Centre, Winnipeg
April 15, 2024
Nary A Fang (quartet with Amy Horvey, Alex Eastley, Katelyn Clark)
Presented by No Hay Banda
La Sala Rossa, Montreal
April 20, 2024, 7 PM
Fidem In Fidibus (Faith In Fiddles) Baroque Instrumental Ensemble
Winnipeg Baroque Festival
All Saints Anglican Church, Winnipeg
June 2024
Toninato & Thiessen album production at Hotel 2 Tango studio
July 16-24 2024
S[ILK]S goes to Sound Symposium
St John’s, Newfoundland
August 14-19, 2024
Rosamunde Summer Academy & Festival
Director of Rosamundiade Program
Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg
2024
Launch of Out of Body, a book of poetry in André Cormier’s Piling Sand-Piling Stone project
Hic et Nunc Collection, Moncton
PAST events:
2023-24 SEASON
August 16-22, 2023
Rosamunde Summer Academy & Festival, Winnipeg
Director of Rosamundiade program
September 6, 2023
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Crescent Arts Centre, Winnipeg
September 8, 2023
Hatch Festival: Brandon, Manitoba
Daily Alice, 6 PM
String Quartet Classics By Candlelight, 11 PM
October 4, 2023, 7:30 PM
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Crescent Arts Centre, Winnipeg
October 6, 2023, 6:40 PM
Solo set (Daily Alice songs/improvisations)
Sunset Goose Flights Series, Fort Whyte Alive, Fort Whyte Centre
October 7, 2023, 2 PM & 7 PM
Closer Concerts: A Bird Came Down The Walk
House concert of music for viola, piano and voice with Theresa Thordarson
Winnipeg: Info & RSVP here
January 21-27, 2024
S[ILK]S Creation Residency (Montreal)
January 28-31, 2024
Toninato & Thiessen Planning Residency (Montreal)
February 15-18, 2024
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra / Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Romeo & Juliette, Prokofiev
Centenniel Concert Hall
2022-23 SEASON
August 17-26, 2022
Faculty at Rosamunde Summer Music Academy
September 17, 2022, 7:30 PM
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg
September 28, 2022, 1 PM + 7:30 PM
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Westminster United Church, Winnipeg
October 2, 2022, 3 PM
Pacific Baroque Orchestra & Canzona: JS Bach’s St John Passion
Winnipeg Baroque Festival
Crescent Fort Rouge Church, Winnipeg
October 6, 2022, 7:30 PM
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Westminster United Church, Winnipeg
October 7, 2022, 12:00-1:00 PM
Daily Alice free outdoor solo set for Culture Days
Stephen Juba Park. Exchange District, Winnipeg
October 8, 2022, doors 7 PM
Orbital: Kyriakides & Moor at send+receive festival
Asper Centre for Theatre and Film, University of Winnipeg
[October 19-26: Workshops for The Room by Élizabeth Lima, Montreal]
October 29, 2022, 7:30 PM
Dead of Winter choir: Andrew Balfour’s Medieval Inuit
Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, Winnipeg
October 30, 2022, 3 PM
Virtuosi Concerts presents Virtuosa: Infusion Baroque
St Andrew’s United Church, Winnipeg
November 9, 2022, 7:30 PM
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Westminster United Church, Winnipeg
[November 12-15, 2022: Workshops for Émanant composition commission for Bakarlari/ILÉA & The Room by Élizabeth Lima, Montreal]
November 15, 2022, 20h
Mardi Spaghetti improvised music series
Casa del Popolo, Montréal
November 18, 2022, 7:30 PM
Virtuosi Concerts presents Marina Thibault & Janelle Fung
St Andrew’s United Church, Winnipeg
November 20-21, 2022
Ensemble Caprice in Manitoba with Canzona: Messe de Minuit
Nov 20, 3 PM, St Boniface Cathedral, Winnipeg
Nov 21, 7:30 PM, Knox United Church, Brandon
December 3, 2022
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg
December 10, 2022, 7:30 PM
Virtuosi Concerts presents Andriana Chuchman
with Craig Terry, Hoosli Ukrainian Male Chorus
St Andrew’s United Church, Winnipeg
January 15, 2023, 3 PM
Virtuosi Concerts Presents The Mentorship Concert Project
Eckhardt-Gramattée Hall, University of Winnip
January 25 – February 3 (concerts Jan 26, 28, Feb 1, Feb 3)
Winnipeg New Music Festival: Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
February 10, 7:30 PM
A Room In This House: Marika Galea & Claire Morrison
Brandon Chamber Players: Prairie Fire Hall, Brandon, Manitoba
[February 13-21, 2023: Creation/Rehearsal with Toninato/Thiessen]
No Fun Club studio, Winnipeg
February 22, 2023
Toninato/Thiessen premiers Winter[City]Speaks
GroundSwell New Music series
West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg
February 24, 2023, 7:30 PM
Virtuosi Concerts presents Ensemble Made In Canada
Eckhardt-Gramattée Hall, University of Winnipeg
March 2, 2023
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Westminster United Church, Winnipeg
March 24 & 26, 2023
Continuum project by Didem Basar
March 24, 7:30 PM, Brandon University Pro Series, Brandon
March 26, 3 PM, Virtuosi Concerts, Winnipeg
April 15, 2023
Monteverdi Vespers
Winnipeg Baroque Festival, Winnipeg
April 30, 2023, 3 PM
Virtuosi Concerts presents Maximum Velocity: Maxim Lando
Eckhardt-Gramattée Hall, University of Winnipeg
May 16-17, 2023
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra: Featuring James Ehnes
Crescent Arts Centre, Winnipeg
May 23, 2023
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra: Featuring Marc-André Hamelin
Crescent Arts Centre, Winnipeg
May 25, 2023
Park Sounds duo premiers Time Piece program
Ottawa New Music Creators, Ottawa
June 15 & 17, 2023
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra: Handel’s Alcina
Crescent Arts Centre, Winnipeg
2021-2022 season
June-July, 2021:
Moved from Montreal to Winnipeg
July-August, 2021
Mini Opéras Santé: Outdoor duos project with Sandra Bender + Zohreh Gervais
Live pop-up mini-concerts, Winnipeg, MB
August 7, 2021
DAILY ALICE (solo voice/viola/live-electronics)
Red Haus Live (Zohreh Gervais), 944 Dorchester avenue, Winnipeg MB
August 14, 2021
Ruby Street Quartet (Elation Pauls, Chris Antsey, Alyssa Ramsay)
Red Haus Live (Zohreh Gervais), 944 Dorchester avenue, Winnipeg MB
August 21, 2021
DAILY ALICE Live at The Brick House Music Night (Jeff Thiessen)
Austin, Manitoba
September, 2021
Feature article published in Musicworks Magazine
September, 2021
Composition of new work: other/ether for voice + delay
For Andrea Young’s Echo to the Sense album
October 3, 2021
S[ILK]S (voice + electronics with Andrea Young): For You, Alone
Live show, presented by No Hay Banda, La Sala Rossa, Montréal QC
October 28, 2021
Ratchet Orchestra (avant garde chamber band led by Nicolas Caloia)
Live show in Montréal QC
December 3-5, 2021
Constantinople: Clair-Obscure
Vancouver, Maple Ridge, Victoria, British Columbia
December 15, 2021
Seminar for the Composition studio of Gordon Fitzell, University of Manitoba
December, 2022
New job as Artistic Director of Virtuosi Concerts Inc.
January 14, 2022
Park Sounds, release of new audio/video work: Time Piece
GroundSwell Winnipeg’s online “LINKED” series
January 20, 2022, 8 PM EST
Understory (Cross-Canada collaborative improvisation project)
Online release of three new audio/video works with Bea Labikova + Brandon Auger
Various Dates
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, viola section
Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg MB
April, 2022
Feature article published in Musicworks Magazine
March 8-9, March 22-23, April 26-27, May 5-6, May 25-26, May 31-June 1, June 8-9
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
June 13-21, 2022
No Hay Banda project
Montréal QC
June 2022
Feature article published in Musicworks Magazine
2020-21 Season
September 22, 2020
Ensemble Paramirabo, Lo Spazio
Le Vivier, Montréal
November, 2020
Basia Bulat Recording of The Garden album
February 11, 2021 (live stream)
Park Sounds + Natsuki Hiratsuka, piano
Presented by Le Vivier, Innovations en Concert + Festival Accès Asie
Le Gésù, Montréal, QC
February 24, 2021
Ensemble SuperMusique Cabaret
Montréal Nouvelle Musique
March 22, 2021 (online release of recorded work, postponed from May 2020)
S[ILK]S: duo with Andrea Young
Presented by No Hay Banda, Montreal, QC
April, 2021 (online release)
Li’l Andy with string quartet
Presented by Suoni Festival, Montréal, QC
May 21, 2021
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb band
Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville
May 23, 2021
Ensemble SuperMusique, Le Fleuve
Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville
2019-2020 Season
September 14-22, 2019
Daily Alice + Plumes (Veronika Charnley) tour
Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo
October 6, 2019, 7 PM
Park Sounds Premier Concert @ Canadian Museum of Human Rights
Presented by GroundSwell New Music Series
Winnipeg, MB
October 8, 2019, 7:30 PM
Park Sounds @ Brandon University
Presented by Brandon University Pro Series
Brandon, MB
October 27, 2019, 2:30 PM
Bach Cantatas with Clavecin en Concert @ Salle Bourgie
Montreal, QC
November 13, 2019, noon
Park Sounds @ U of Waterloo: concert and student workshop
Waterloo, ON
November 25, 2019
Bach Cantatas with Pallade Musica @ Salle Bourgie
Festival Bach de Montréal
Montréal, QC
Nov 30+Dec 1, 2019
Ensemble Caprice with the Ottawa Bach Choir
Toronto+Ottawa, ON
December 10-18, 2019
Ensemble Caprice Bach Christmas Oratorio Tour
Québec
January 5, 2020
Open Waters Festival: subSet 2+2 w/ Ida Toninato, Jeff Reilly, Steven Naylor
Dunn Theatre, Halifax, NS
January 7, 2020
Mardi Spaghetti Improvised Music Series with Anna Atkinson
Casa del Popolo, Montréal
January 17, 2020
Terri Hron’s Medusa Selfies Project
Montréal, QC
January 18, 2020
Toninato/Thiessen @ SPEAK Music Be Kind Festival
The Transac, Toronto, ON
January 19, 2020
Toninato/Thiessen @ NUMUS series
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
January 26, 2020
Dan Taylor’s Theatre of Early Music
Salle Bourgie, Montreal
February 1-15, 2020
Ensemble Caprice tour: Vivaldi/Maute Montezuma
Montreal, Seattle, Minnesota, Miami
February 18, 2020
Mardi Spaghetti Improv series with Ida Toninato
Casa del Popolo, Montreal
March 3-13, 2020
SuddenlyListen Solo Improv Residency
Halifax, NS
March 17-26, 2020
Baroque choir tour: details TBA
Moncton, NB
April 2-6
Ensemble Caprice on tour: Montezuma
Minnesota, Washington
April 12-18
Park Sounds: Root Systems Program
Presented by The Little Chamber Music Series That Could
Vancouver, BC
April 25, 2020, 7:30 PM
Les Boréades de Montréal
Montréal, QC
April 26, 2020, 2:30 PM
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal
Montréal, QC
May 10, 2020
Park Sounds + Natsuki Hiratsuka, piano
Presented by Le Vivier, Innovations en Concert + Festival Accès Asie
Le Gésù, Montréal, QC
May 11, 2020
S[ILK]S: duo with Andrea Young
Presented by No Hay Banda
La Sala Rosa, Montreal, QC
May 27, 2020
Ensemble SuperMusique
Montréal, QC
June 1-15, 2020
Ensemble Caprice on tour: Les Gitans Baroques
France
July 21-26, 2020
Festival de musique baroque de Lamèque
Lamèque, NB
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