Sixtrum : 2009-2010 Season
 DE LA VITESSE
2 December, 2009, 8:00pm
Salle Claude-Champagne, University of Montreal
From the reverberating resonances of two bass drums in Stèles by Gérard Grisey, to the virtuosic variations of Philippe Leroux in De la vitesse, culminating with the mastery of musical time in the Grisey’s Tempus ex Machina, in this program Sixtrum will explore the entire spectrum of sound and time. To complete the program, Sixtrum will perform a new commission by the ensemble from Canadian composer Wolf Edwards: Ico.
On November 26th from 3:00-4:00pm in Salle Claude Champagne, Sixtrum invites you to an open rehearsal with composer Philippe Leroux – new professor of composition in the Faculty of Music at the University of Montreal – for a workshop and discussion of his piece De La Vitesse.
LE SCORPION
4 February, 2010, 8:00pm
Salle Claude-Champagne, University of Montreal
Martin Matalon has worked on various projects on the relationship between film and music, composing, in particular, scores for three films by Luis Bunuel. After Un chien Andalou comes L'Âge d'or, which inspired the composer to write a piece for six percussionists, piano and live electronics: Le Scorpion.
This concert, which synchronises the projection of the film with the execution of the live music on stage, will be presented as a coproduction with CIRMMT (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Media, Music and Technology), as part of the series Live@CIRMMT.
This concert will also be presented as part of the 2009-2010 season of Le Vivier.
LA GRANDE TORTUE
 28 March 2010, 11:00am
Sons et brioches series by Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, Piano nobile de la salle Wilfrid‑Pelletier
In collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, Sixtrum has teamed up with director Michel G. Barette, to create an original show for young audiences: La Grande Tortue (The Big Turtle). This show has been created as “object theatre” where percussion instruments become characters alongside the percussionists. The main character in The Big Turtle is played by a hang – a percussion instrument in a form that resembles an animal… Generally inspired by indigenous legends, the tableaux of adventures of our turtle will be brought to life through original compositions and arrangements by members of the ensemble.
La Grande Tortue is a show for audiences of all ages, which will be presented throughout the year in primary schools and theatres in Toronto and the Montreal area. Although the show will be presented only in french this year, it will be translated in english for future presentations
THIRD EUROPEAN TOUR
April 2010
The third year in existence and the third European tour for Sixtrum who have the honour to be invited to participate/perform at the festival Printemps des Arts in Monte-Carlo! For the past 25 years, the festival has united international-level soloists, ensembles and symphonic orchestras., On April 2, 2010, Sixtrum will perform works by John Cage and Claude Vivier for the Nuit de la percussion (The Night of Percussion), sharing the program with percussion groups from around the world. Sixtrum will conclude their tour with additional concerts and master classes throughout the Mediterranean.
FESTIVAL ELEKTRA
7 May, 2010
Usine C
The collaboration with Festival Elektra will be an occasion to discover another aspect of the relationship between images and music, with two premieres of hybrid works for video and music by Quebec composers Jean Piché and Sylvain Pohu. Artistic and technological research are of great importance in this project as the new works demand new techniques of coordination and synchronisation between the music and the images: As the percussionists play, they will be able to control the diffusion of the video images in real time.
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