IN SITU

PERFORMERS: The Vertical Orchestra and Aeriosa

PROGRAMMING: New Music by Jocelyn Morlock and Jordan Nobles

DATE: March 17-20, 2010

VENUE: Vancouver Public Library, Downtown Vancouver

ADMISSION FREE

Dynamic live music and aerial dance combine in the breathtaking performance In Situ!

In Situ starts outdoors at Vancouver’s Central Library, the serene grandeur of Library Square setting the scene for dynamic interaction between musicians, dancers and the striking architecture. Artists from Aeriosa and the Vertical Orchestra, presented by Redshift Music Society, work three-dimensionally, presenting suspended dance and original spatial music throughout the venue at various heights. The performance moves indoors as it progresses, unfolding in the seven-storey concourse, and audiences will be enticed to flow through the building, led by artists and guides who will interact with them along the way.

This outstanding team of diverse artists collaborates to create a full-length interdisciplinary site work: Julia Taffe, Artistic Director of Aeriosa, BC composers Jocelyn Morlock and Jordan Nobles, and choreographer Amelia Rudolph, founding Artistic Director of the internationally renowned vertical dance company Project Bandaloop.

In Situ is inspired by physical expression, engagement with the environment, and societal contrasts — themes that permeate Vancouver's cultural landscape and shape urban life on the West Coast.

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to witness this FREE, public event combining the celebrated Vertical Orchestra and the breathtaking grace of the dance artists from Aeriosa, suspended by cables one hundred feet above the audience!

In Situ is family friendly and takes place on four evenings:
Performance 1: Wednesday, March 17th at 10pm
Performance 2: Thursday, March 18th at 10pm
Performance 3: Friday, March 19th at 8pm
Performance 4: Saturday, March 20 at 8pm

6 TEAM LEAGUE - A nATIONAL NEW MUSIC EVENT

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

DATE: 8:00 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.