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X Avant Festival. The Music Gallery, Toronto. October 21–25, 2009.

The fourth X Avant Festival at Toronto’s Music Gallery was entitled Convergence and Collaboration. As noted in gallery artistic director Johathan Bunce’s program notes, the theme was “inspired by ambient music forefather Brian Eno’s idea of ‘scenius,’ . . . the notion of co-operation in modern music making, as opposed to the glorification of individual genius.” TheContinue reading “X Avant Festival. The Music Gallery, Toronto. October 21–25, 2009.”

Toca Loca. P*P.

Toca Loca is a kick-ass ensemble with some of the heaviest performers in new music: Gregory Oh, piano and voice; Simon Docking, piano and voice; and Aiyung Huang, percussion and voice. All of them deserve kudos for this ambitious project of taking on pop music in the context of peer-to-peer sharing in new music. TheContinue reading “Toca Loca. P*P.”