Société de musique contemporaine du Québec Unveils Montreal/New Music Festival’s 2027 Programming
By Afton MarkaySociété de musique contemporaine du Québec announces the line up for the 2027 Montreal/New Music Festival.
This article only features classical voice works.
The festival opens by honoring the memory of Indigenous women with “Missing” by Métis and Dene librettist Marie Clements and composer Brian Current. Caitlin Wood, Melody Courage, Michelle Lafferty, Andrea Ludwig, Marion Newman, Asitha Tennekoon, and Evan Korbut. Toronto’s Continuum Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Indigenous artists’ collective ATOM perform under the baton of Timothy Long.
Performance Date: Feb. 14, 2027
Magali Simard-Galdès performs with musicians from the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne conducted by Jean-Michaël Lavoie in “Pierre Mercure’s 100th birthday: conference and concert by the NEM.”
Performance Date: Feb. 19, 2027
Sarah Albu, Charlotte Gagnon, and Dominic Lorange solo in Pascal Germain-Berardi’s “Basileus.” The composer conducts the Forestare guitar ensemble, Sixtrum percussion ensemble, and brass ensemble Horizon.
Performance Date: Feb. 21, 2027
New York vocal ensemble Ekmeles and the Montreal saxophone quartet Quasar present “Quasar + Ekmeles: Canada-United States Friendship.” Cristian Gort conducts.
Performance Date: Feb. 22, 2027
Melody Courage performs with the Relatives Ensemble, a brand-new new music ensemble composed entirely of Indigenous artists. Danielle Jagelski conducts the concert of newly commissioned works by Raven Chacon, Jason Alexander Young, Karen Sunabacka. Eliot Britton, and herself.
Performance Date: Feb. 24, 2027
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