Concerts

Our bimonthly concert series is held every other Sunday (usually the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month but often more) at 7pm at Umi Café (610 Somerset Street W, Ottawa). Admission is always a suggested donation of $5 or pay what you can.

Upcoming Concerts

February 19, 2012: #46 – Instant Places

  • Laura Kavanaugh – electronics
  • Ian Birse – electronics

Laura Kavanaugh and Ian Birse create intermedia artworks on location using
software instruments they design. In their work Laura and Ian focus on the
moment of creation, combining improvised actions in performance with sound
and image sequences generated in real time. In 2003 they began Instant
Places, a series of location-specific works which they have realized
across Canada, Australia, Japan, the United States, and South America. A
full project archive is available at www.instantplaces.ca

March 4, 2012: #47 – Jeff Morton

  • Jeff Morton – electronics

Jeff Morton is a composer and performer currently based in Regina, SK. His music and media art are playful, experimental explorations of sound, sound-making, and compositional processes using found and musical objects and materials. His work includes traditional and graphic notation for instrumental chamber music, DIY audio building and bending, and electroacoustic performance. Jeff has a Masters Degree in Music Composition from the University of Victoria in 2008, and he has performed in festivals, concert halls, and off-site locations around Canada and Europe. Find Jeff Morton online at: www.nuthre.ca

March 18, 2012: #48 – Elwood Epps & Josh Zubot

Details TBA

Past Concerts

2011/2012 Season

February 12, 2012: #45 – Vartan Mamagonian
February 5, 2012: #44 – Sounds Like Poetry
January 29, 2012: #43 – Saul Goodman
January 22, 2012: #42 – Titanium Trio
January 8, 2012: #41 – Bruce/Wayne: the other dynamic duo
December 18, 2011: #40 – A Very Ayler Christmas!
December 4, 2011: #39 – Warren/Charbonneau/Pedersen/Wellman
November 27, 2011: #38 – Elwood Epps/John Geggie/Jesse Stewart
November 20, 2011: #37 – Generator (Molnar/Gullikson/Higney/Broscoe)
November 6, 2011: #36 – Craig Pedersen’s Birthday Concert
October 30, 2011: #35 – Heather Roche
October 16, 2011: #34 – Bean
October 2, 2011: #33 - Scott Warren/Linsey Wellman
September 18, 2011: #32 – First Anniversary Party / CD Release

2010/2011 Season

September 4, 2011: #31 – Very Quiet Music
August 21, 2011: #30 – Essoudry/Wellman
August 7, 2011: #29 – Pedersen/Wellman and Covic/Wellman
July 31, 2011: #28 – Craig Pedersen
July 17, 2011: #27 – Jesse Steward and Linsey Wellman
June 19, 2011: #26 – Bernard Stepien’s PianoLessMonk
June 12, 2011: #25 – Pedersen/Jackson
June 5, 2011: #24 – Mike Dubue
May 15, 2011: #23 – Broscoe/Gullikson/Molnar
May 8, 2011: #22 – Quentin Tolimieri and Jason Mears
May 1, 2011: #21 – Radar
April 27, 2011: SPECIAL – Mille Bayous
April 17, 2011: #20 – Ryan Purchase’s Musée
April 3, 2011: #19 – Eagles/Stewart
March 27, 2011: #18 – Jesse Stewart + Carleton U Contemporary Music Ensemble
March 20, 2011: #17 – The Kyle Brenders Quartet
March 6, 2011: #16 – Eldritch Priest’s The Brown Study
February 20, 2011: #15 – Linsey Wellman’s Ephemera/ Craig Pedersen Stuart Lake
February 13, 2011: #14 – Set 1: Sainct Laurens (Pierre-Yves Martel and Philippe Lauzier)
February 6, 2011: #13 – Adam Saikaley
January 23, 2011: #12 – Uzumaki (Broscoe, Wellman, Priest, Magill)
January 16, 2011: #11 – SBOT N WO
December 19, 2010: #10 – Bernard Stepien Orchestra Ayler/Xmas Carols Project
December 12, 2010: #9 – Darren Williams Trio
December 5, 2010: #8 – The Craig Pedersen Quartet
November 28, 2010: #7 – Litster/Marshall Rhythm Experience
November 21, 2010: #6 – Essoudry/Fairfield Percussion Duo
November 18, 2010: SPECIAL – Linsey Wellman Ephemera CD release – Club SAW
November 7, 2010: #5 – Virgule
October 17, 2010: #4 – Craig Pedersen’s Broken Compass
October 3, 2010: #3 – Ryan Purchase’s I Am Agree
September 19, 2010: #2 – Wellman/Charbonneau/Warren
September 5, 2010: #1 – Pedersen/Wellman/Purchase/Essoudry