IN SITU

PERFORMERS: The Vertical Orchestra and the Aeriosa Dancers

PROGRAMMING: New Music by Jocelyn Morlock and Jordan Nobles

DATE: March 17-20, 2010

VENUE: Vancouver Public Library, Downtown Vancouver

ADMISSION FREE

 

Presented in collaboration with the Aeriosa Dancers, the Vancouver Public Library and the 2010 Cultural Olympiad, this free, public event combines the celebrated Vertical Orchestra, spread throughout the seven levels of the cavernous atrium of the downtown branch of the Vancouver Public Library, with the breathtaking choreography of the Aeriosa Dancers, suspended by cables one hundred feet above the audience. With new, original music by Vancouver composers Jocelyn Morlock and Jordan Nobles, In Situ promises to be the most audacious and spectacular Vertical Orchestra event ever. Come experience an "off-the-wall" music and dance extravaganza that is sure to become one of the most talked about cultural events of the year.

 

6 TEAM LEAGUE - A nATIONAL NEW MUSIC EVENT

Featuring the Negative Zed Ensemble
VENUE: Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver

DATE: 7:30 pm; May 15, 2010
ADMISSION: $20/$10

Redshift’s season finale is 6-Team League, a new music event that will be experienced in multiple cities throughout Canada. The brainchild of Redshift’s artistic directors, 6 Team League will be performed on the same night throughout the nation by the country’s leading new music organizations and ensembles. This extraordinary new music event will feature six new premieres by six composers, each hailing from a different region of Canada. This nation-wide event is the first of its kind in Canada, and an unprecedented step towards promoting dialogue, collaboration and fraternity amongst the nation’s new music community.

This concert will be performed on the same night by…
Motion Ensemble (Fredericton)
ECM+ and Bradyworks conducted by Véronique Lacroix (Montréal)
CONTACT Contemporary Music (Toronto)
St. Crispin's Chamber Ensemble (Edmonton)
Negative Zed conducted by Giorgio Magnanensi (Vancouver)

…and will feature new commissions by…

Joel Miller (NB)
Michel Frigon (QC)
Gordon Fitzell (MB)
Juliet Palmer (ON)
Dave Wall (AB)
Jordan Nobles (BC)

6-Team League also serves as the inaugural concert for Redshift's in-house ensemble, Negative Zed. Come join us (and the rest of Canada) for this landmark artistic undertaking.