The Music Gallery presents X AVANT X: MG40

The Music Gallery presents X AVANT X: MG40 OCTOBER 15-18, 2015 ALL SHOWS AT THE MUSIC GALLERY, 197 JOHN ST Tyondai Braxton/Absolutely Free/Lori Freedman CCMC/New Chance/Keita Juma/Pantayo The Music Gallery, Toronto’s Centre for Creative Music, presents the tenth edition of the X Avant New Music Festival of cutting edge, thought provoking music from October 15 to 18, 2015. This year we celebrate X Avant X: MG40, our 40th anniversary season, by reconsidering our past while always presenting sounds of the future. Artistic Direction at the Music Gallery https://www.facebook.com/events/888682767889646/ https://www.musicgallery.org/artistic-direction-at-the-music-gallery/ Thursday 10.15.15 6PM FREE EVENT Musicworks Magazine editor Jennie Punter moderates a discussion between all the Music Gallery’s Artistic Directors Jim Montgomery, John Gzowski, Jonathan Bunce, and David Dacks (with Casey Sokol pinch-hitting for our first AD, Al Mattes) to explore how each has shaped the Music Gallery over the years. Lori Freedman: The Virtuosity of Excess + CCMC https://www.facebook.com/events/888682767889646/ https://www.musicgallery.org/lori-freedman-ccmc/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxYcoARPqL0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_x3s2kcdU8 Thursday 10.15.15 Doors 7pm | Concert 8pm | Tickets $20 regular | $10 member, student | $15 advance Our founders, the mighty CCMC, open our festival. Lori Freedman, returns with a show entitled The Virtuosity of Excess, which travels throughout the clarinet family through six works. Improvisuals by John Creson and Adam Rosen. MG Encore https://www.facebook.com/events/525826700925982/ https://www.musicgallery.org/mg-encore/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7m9mOhBSAk Friday 10.16.15 Doors 7pm | Concert 8pm | Artists interview with Martin Arnold & Allison Cameron 7:15PM Tickets $25 regular | $15 member, student | $20 advance We take you on a journey spanning forty years of compositions, musicians, and history rooted in the walls of the Music Gallery: MG Encore, where we revisit four decades worth of commissions, partnerships, and works from members of our extended musical community. Town Hall: The Music Gallery At 40 https://www.facebook.com/events/444940779041256/ https://www.musicgallery.org/town-hall-the-music-gallery-at-40/ Saturday 10.17.15 1PM FREE EVENT This town hall is the heart of the X Avant festival. Our last town hall in 2006 helped us to renew our vision and move forward; the public’s input is vital to the strategic plan that will guide us for years to come. Tyondai Braxton + New Chance + Pantayo https://www.facebook.com/events/629186770517963/ https://www.musicgallery.org/tyondai-braxton-new-chance-pantayo/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYnK7ID9nI4 https://vimeo.com/80394757 http://pantayo.bandcamp.com/ Saturday 10.17.15 Doors 7pm | Concert 8pm Tickets $20 regular | $10 member, student | $15 advance Tyondai Braxton (ex-Battles) deploys modular synthesizers, samples and visuals to bring his HIVE project to life. Healing Power Records’ Victoria Cheong creates expansive electronics as New Chance. Pantayo is an all-women gong ensemble based in Toronto whose music is grounded in the kulintang music traditions of the Philippines. Absolutely Free + Keita Juma https://www.facebook.com/events/1666717020241803/ https://www.musicgallery.org/absolutely-free-keita-juma/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i25Co2jEgRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3SxoohUUdU Sunday 10.18.15 Doors 7pm | Concert 8pm Tickets $15 regular | $10 member, student | $13 advance Absolutely Free creates a hypnotic, patient music that integrates analog electronics, African polyrhythms, psychedelia, Bollywood, and Krautrock. Keita Juma is a Mississauga-based rapper/producer whose new EP Nights In Space hits the street in advance of X Avant. Absolutely Free will taked the visual design reins for the evening.