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Spotlight on Indie New Music Presenters – Part 3/3

Community Engagement and Outreach

The Toy Piano Composers This is the last of a three-part series highlighting some of the most exciting big music coming from small places, featuring some of Toronto’s foremost “indie”… Read More

Spotlight on Indie New Music Presenters – Part 2/3

Community Engagement and Outreach

FAWN Chamber Creative This is the second of a three-part series highlighting some of the most exciting big music coming from small places, featuring some of Toronto’s foremost “indie” new… Read More

Spotlight on Indie New Music Presenters – Part 1/3

Community Engagement and Outreach

Music in the Barns This is the first of a three-part series featuring some of Toronto’s foremost “indie” new music presenters. Check out part two, and part three. One of… Read More

Seven Must-See Shows at SummerWorks

Community Engagement and Outreach

Since this is my first Soundstreams blog post I thought I would quickly introduce myself. My name is Katerina (Kat) and I am interning at Soundstreams this summer. I am… Read More

James Parker on Music for Multiple Pianos, The Beatles and Career Stamina

Artist Spotlight

James Parker is one of Canada’s most accomplished pianists. As a member of the acclaimed Gryphon Trio, he has become known as a premier performer of contemporary music. On April… Read More

GUEST BLOG: Ryan Hofman shares his University Voices Experience

Community Engagement and Outreach

This was my third time during University Voices with the Calixa Lavallee Singers from the University of Ottawa. One thing I can confidently say about this project is that it… Read More

GUEST BLOG: Simeon Rusnak shares his University Voices Experience

Community Engagement and Outreach

Last week, for five days, 120 choristers came together for 21 hours of rehearsal to create University Voices. Under the direction of Kaspars Putnins, this group sang alongside the Latvian… Read More

Everything you ever wanted to know about Soundstreams Salon 21

Press Releases

We get a lot of question from patrons, new audience members and even our artists about Salon 21. We thought that we could take a moment to answer some commonly… Read More

What does it take to Celebrate Soundstreams?

Behind the Scenes

2 conductors 1 pianist 1 flutist 2 trumpeters 2 contrabassists 4 cellists 4 violists 4 percussionists 12 violinists 22 singers   24 hours of rehearsal over 5 days in 4… Read More

Q&A with Kaspar Putnins

Artist Spotlight

On November 11, Soundstreams welcomes back The Latvian Radio Choir and Kaspars Putnins, the choir’s conductor since 1992. A leader in the promotion of new choral music, Kaspars also regularly… Read More

What is Sound Stories?

Behind the Scenes

Within our new site we thought that we’d introduce a blog to showcase Soundstreams’ inner world. The posts on Sound Stories will not be written in one voice but will… Read More