Kjel Sidolski, organist and master student in composition at University of Montréal, will perform his piece Élégies at Église Saint-Édouard in Montréal (6500, rue de Saint-Vallier), in the context of the Religious Heritage Days.

FraKCtal se replonge dans les albums de King Crimson sortis en 1973 et 1974. De Lark’s Tongues in Aspic à Starless en passant par Fracture, FraKCtal rend hommage à ce groupe fondateur du rock progressif pour célébrer le cinquantenaire de leur formation.

Concert du séminaire « Composer, interpréter et analyser l’orchestration contemporaine » et présentation des projets de l'Ensemble de recherche en orchestration contemporaine — EROC 3 (2022-2023) à l’Université de Montréal

Space As Timbre enables the collaboration between student composers and performers from two ACTOR partner institutions in the creation of new works for an ensemble of 6 instruments. The purpose of SAT is to use computer-assisted orchestration, as well as the creativity and practical knowledge of instrumentalists in recreating spatial effects of particular target sounds with the medium of an acoustic ensemble, thereby creating the opportunity to treat space as a form-bearing element in music.

Childhood daydreams, shimmering textures, meteorological phenomena, and traditional Persian music were inspirations for four new string quartets written for Quatuor Bozzini. These were workshopped over a multi-phase research collaboration with four composers and four researchers who tested and developed strategies for timbre-based approaches to string quartet composition. Four unique and colourful approaches to string quartet writing. A co-production of ACTOR (Analysis, Creation and Teaching of Orchestration) and Quatuor Bozzini.

The Analysis, Creation and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) Project and the Schulich School of Music invite you to a lecture about the the Composer-performer Orchestration Research Ensemble (CORE) project presented by Professors Stephen McAdams (Music Technology) and Guillaume Bourgogne (Orchestral Conducting) on April 8 at 5:00pm EDT as part of the Research Alive Series. The event will take place in the Music Multimedia Room (Elizabeth Wirth Music Building) and will be followed by a concert at 7:30pm (EDT) involving musicians and composers from two iterations of the project. The lecture portion of the event will be webcast.

The Orchestre Métropolitain will present a symphonic adaptation of Simon Boulerice's children's book Le pelleteur de nuages, a beautiful and immensely poetic tale telling the story of young Elliot, a little boy with an overactive imagination who has vitiligo. The book, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon, addresses themes of difference, diversity, stigma, inclusion and self-esteem. The performance will take place on February 26, 3pm EST, at the Maison symphonique de Montréal.

Anthony Tan's Ways of Returning for amplified string quartet and electronics won the Canada Council 2021 Jules Léger Prize for Chamber Music. The work explores timbre through the historical abstraction of modal and tonal counterpoint. The first movement builds timbre through the imitation of acoustic strings by sampled and synthetically modelled strings. The second movement is a timbre fugue. The third movement explores the micro-synchronicity within a pulsation and its effect on timbral blend. Aesthetically, this work represents the mixing of the classical string quartet genre with Noise, and Dark Ambient genre signifiers.

Jorge Ramos’ BLUR — commissioned by UNESCO.
The second edition of the innovative online collaborative project initiated by the UNESCO Creative Cities in Media Arts is launched in the presence of the artists, UNESCO officials, and civic representatives. Five artworks have been produced by 13 artists working collaboratively across borders and time zones, on the theme of Play! The Media Arts Cities asked artists to imagine a fairer, more sustainable future, to consider how we can use our technologies to help us learn to play again.

Tomás Díaz Villegas' piece 'De vuelta al terruño' for string quartet will be premiered online (pre-recorded broadcast) by Q-Arte (leading chamber ensemble in Latin America) on December 16 at 6 pm EST through the Facebook page of the Luis Ángel Arango Concert Hall (Bogotá, Colombia).

Robert Normandeau's piece for orchestra and speaker dome, Bourdons, was performed by the Orchestre de l'Université de Montréal (OUM), conducted by Jean-François Rivest, on December 4th in the Salle Claude-Champagne at the Université de Montréal.

Jorge Ramos' wind quintet "Prometheus" was performed August 19th by the Bracara Quintet at Festival Solidário organised by Orquestra do Alto Minho in Auditório Professor Lima De Carvalho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The piece was written in 2013 as part of Ramos' composition portfolio at Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian in Braga.

Last April 5th, 2021 IRCAM made available a recording of the Concert "Mécanique de l'intuition" conducted by Sébastien Boin & Guillaume Bourgogne and performed by Ensemble C Barré.

Guillaume Bourgogne announces the live concert broadcast to take place on February 3 at 20h CET on France Musique. The concert will feature the Ensemble Cairn, including Jean Barraqué's La nostalgie d’Arabella for voice and ensemble (premiere), and Pascal Dusapin's Jetzt Genau ! Concertino pour piano et six instruments.

As part of the 50th Anniversary of the New Music Concerts - Commissioning Series, Eliot Britton's Hyperscale Landscapte for distanced chamber orchestra is presented. The work uses machine learning to integrate macro and micro scale audiovisual materials.

“Plug-in” for mixed quartet was chosen for the project Das Tripas Coração! Project by the Cat's Cradle Collective Ensemble in London. This work will be premiered live at the Radio Portuguesa UK on Thursday, 3rd December at 3 pm.

Jorge Ramos' “Hidden gem” for vibraphone solo was premiered by Sergio Yraita from Ensamble NEO in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the 21st of November 2020.

Streaming of "Rouages" with Ensemble Court-Circuit featuring "Cinemaolio" by Francesca Verunelli and "Cassation" by Gérard Pesson. Conducting: Guillaume Bourgogne

Premiere of Excursions intérieures I : Désir de verre, composed for Marie-Annick Béliveau (mezzo-soprano) and Ensemble Paramirabo, on a text by Michaël Trahan, with CALQ support. Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Salle de concert, (most probably) webdiffusion.

Premiere of Falling Man, a piece for solo cello written for Émilie Girard-Charest, with CALQ support. Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Salle de concert, webdiffusion

Point of Depature' by Jorge Ramos. Premiered on the 26th of September 2020 in Festival Prémio Jovens Músicos 2020 at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation by Gulbenkian Orchestra; Conducted by José Eduardo Gomes.

Sous la direction de Guillaume Bourgogne à Montréal le 12 avril 2019, l'Ensemble de musique contemporaine de McGill a créé les Jeux de Chromes de Dominique Lafortune pour 20 musiciens.