August Concerts

Hear AND see junctQín in action!

Music Mondays:  August 9th, 2010 at 12:15pm

10 Trinity Square (behind the Eaton Centre), Toronto

Take your lunch hour to Church of the Holy Trinity!
Suggested donation to Music Mondays is $5-15

See junctQín share keyboard space and ESP in music for 3 hands by Mauricio Kagel and Morton Feldman. Watch and listen to the Canadian première of Wood Music for piano, 3 players and 2 pairs of chopsticks by Finnish composer Tomi Räisänen.
This concert also features humourous pieces, including the Canadian première of German composer Moritz Eggert’s hilarious Nasentanz (yep, a piece for piano and NOSE) and hysterical tour de force:  One Man Band 2 for piano, toy piano, harmonica, squeaky object and foot pedal with wood block.
Hear Shhhhh…..then…..Bounce, Rattle’n Squeak:  selections from Toronto composer Susan Griesdale’s Out of the Box, and David Rakowski’s brilliant étude, Touch Typing
AND witness Thierry de Mey’s Musique de table!  Yes, junctQín will play 3 acoustically engineered tables!

Plein Air Garden Concerts:  August 11th, 2010 at 7:30PM

Raff Pavilion of the Sky at 345 Balliol St., Toronto

Join us outdoors after dinner!

North American première of Australian Matthew Hindson’s Monkey Music for Toy Piano and Cymbal Monkey.  Meet our new toy, Charley Chimp!
East Broadway for Toy piano and Toy Boombox (aka iDog)
John Cage and ice cream trucks
Canadian première of Exposiciones for Toy Piano and Tape by Andrián Pertout
Tristan Perich’s qsqsqsqsqqqqq for 3 Toy Pianos and 3-channel 1-bit tones
Thierry de Mey’s Musique de table in the dusk

and finally fulfilling an audience request for a piece for one player and two toy pianos:

Canadian première of Dreamgate for 2 Toy Pianos and Voice by Finnish composer Tomi Räisänen

Admission is $10.  Reservations are recommended as space is limited.  Call Plein Air Garden Concerts at (416) 487-2917 for more info or visit www.artistsgarden.blogspot.com

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