Trading Places Marathon

Nov 4, 2018
Field:

Concert, Performance

Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

Time:

5:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Description:

While in residence at Western Front, saxophonist Ida Toninato and cellist Émilie Girard-Charest participated in a “marathon” concert in the Grand Luxe Hall alongside twenty-local improvisers. Performing back-to-back sets, the musicians played on affinities between musique actuelle and West Coast improvisation. 

Presented in partnership with Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Music on Main, New Orchestra Workshop (NOW) Society, and Suoni per il Popolo; with support from the Government of Canada and SOCAN Foundation. 

Video documentation of this event is available upon request.

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Western Front is a non-profit
artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.