Your queer sax player based in Montréal with a fondness for New Music and improvisation.  
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An important figure in contemporary music, Quebec-based composer Ana Sokolović has distinguished herself internationally through her imaginative, rhythm-driven music, with repertoire that ranges from critically acclaimed operas and orchestra works to powerful solo and chamber pieces. 
 
Originally from Serbia, Sokolović writes music infused with Balkan rhythms and influenced by multiple artistic disciplines. She recently won two back-to-back JUNO Awards for “Classical Composition of the Year”: in 2019 for Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes for countertenor, chorus, and orchestra; and in 2020 for her violin concerto Evta. Her four operas have been performed internationally, including at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; and her 2010 opera Svadba won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for “Outstanding New Opera.”  

Recently, the prestigious, international music publishing house, Boosey & Hawkes, has added the works of Ana Sokolović to its catalogue. For the next three seasons, she serves as composer-in-residence with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. In addition to her activities as a composer, she teaches composition at the University of Montreal. 
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Figure importante de la musique contemporaine, la compositrice Ana Sokolović se distingue sur la scène internationale par ses compositions rythmées et pleine d’imagination. Son répertoire s’étend des œuvres opératiques ou orchestrales acclamés à de puissants solos et pièces pour ensembles de chambre.
Originaire de Serbie, Sokolović compose une musique teintée du folklore des Balkans et influencée par différentes formes d’expression artistique. Elle était récemment lauréate de deux JUNO consécutifs dans la catégorie « Composition classique de l’année » : en 2019 pour son œuvre Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes (pour contre-ténor, chœur et orchestre) et en 2020 pour Evta, son concerto pour violon. Ses quatre opéras ont été interprétés à l’international, notamment au Royal Opera House Covent Garden, au San Francisco Opera et au Festival d’Aix-en-Provence ; tandis que son opéra Svadba remportait le Dora Mavor Moore Award en 2010. 
En 2020, Sokolović a rejoint la prestigieuse maison d'édition Boosey & Hawkes. Pendant les trois prochaine saisons, elle sera en résidence à l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. En plus de son activité de compositrice, elle est également enseignante en composition à l’Université de Montréal.

Florence M. Tremblay, compositrice/composer. (elle/she/her) Montréal/Rimouski.

https://florencemtremblay.com

Tom Lachance (b. 1998) is a Montreal based Canadian composer whose research is
grounded in synesthesia, which is the perception of associations between different 
sensations. He notably uses visual or tactile input to generate musical structures and ideas. 
This exploration takes place in different forms using visual art and landscapes, or natural 
processes.
His works have been commissioned and performed by various ensembles, including the 
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Paramirabo Ensemble, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, 
Cobalt String Quartet, the TorQ Percussion Quartet, the Texas New Music Ensemble and 
Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal.
His music has been recognized by numerous grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, 
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec and LOJIQ. 
He is currently pursuing a PhD of Music Composition with Chris Paul Harman. He 
completed a Master’s at the University of Montreal in 2022, studying with Ana Sokolović

Based in Montreal, percussionist David Therrien Brongo has carved out a career as a performer, a pedagogue, and a researcher. He collaborates regularly with a number of ensembles; he holds the position of timpanist and principal percussionist with the Orchestre de l’Agora and the Orchestre symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. From 2016 to 2023 he held the principal percussion position in Ensemble Paramirabo. Therrien Brongo also plays in numerous other ensembles like the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble, and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne.

Therrien Brongo obtained his doctorate in music performance from the Schulich School of Music of McGill University under the tutelage of Fabrice Marandola, where he conducted research, financed by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, pertaining to solo percussion works in Quebec. He previously studied at the Université de Montréal as well as at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya in Barcelona.

Over the course of his career, Therrien Brongo has earned several prizes and grants: fourth place at the 2021 Prix d’Europe competition, a grant from the Fondation Père Lindsay as well as various Prix Opus and JUNO award nominations with Ensemble Paramirabo. Therrien Brongo is an artist endorser of Bergerault and Dream Cymbals and Gongs.

Acclaimed for his “ethereal saxophone playing” (Vital Weekly), Dylan Ward is a musician/improviser/sound artist specializing in contemporary and electroacoustic music. Ward has released recordings on the Neuma, Mother Brain, and XAS record labels that have been described as “meditative, jarring, and cosmic…highly creative” (Take Effect Reviews) and praised for presenting music that is “clear and coherent in its discourse, original in its sounds, and as beautiful and intellectually stimulating as it is playful” (Pan M 360). Ward has performed nationally at the Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend Festival, Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab, Northwestern University New Music Conference (NUNC!), and NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival and appeared in venues including Lincoln Center, Constellation Chicago, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Mesa Arts Center, and Sheen Center for Thought and Culture.

In July 2022, Ward released his debut solo electroacoustic album, Tourmaline, through Neuma Records. The album explores ideas of sonic transmutation and alchemy, featuring music by Alexandra Gardner, Viet Cuong, Seth Andrew Davis, Kenneth Michael Florence, and Emma O’Halloran. From the Cave of Crystals to the cosmogonic Ogdoad, from Paul Klee’s depiction of the Angel of History to the structure of a Michael Jordan documentary, Tourmaline covers a wide range of creative concepts in pursuit of the alchemical magnum opus. 

Ward's creative work has received support from the NC Arts Council, Charlotte Arts & Science Council, City of Charlotte, Infusion Fund, Foundation for the Carolinas, UMKC School of Graduate Studies, Charlotte Street Foundation, Semans Art Fund, Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, and William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. 

https://dylan-ward-saxophone.squarespace.com

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