Music
Mark.adam@acadiau.ca
902-585-1778
Wolfville's own Mark Adam (percussion) joins JUNO-nominated Montreal improvising duo Toninato/Thiessen (Ida Toninato, baritone saxophone & Jennifer Thiessen, viola d'amore) for a musical moment not to be missed.
From experimenting in abandoned buildings to performing in concert halls around the world, Ida Toninato and Jennifer Thiessen cultivate an ongoing conversation in sound. Unconcerned with genre, scene or definition, these two skilled musicians confront the contrasts of their individual instruments to speak and listen dynamically. The unexpected union of baritone saxophone and viola d'amore, with opposing idiomatic timbres and tendencies, provides fascinating material for creative debate and surprising agreement. Active in contemporary, classical, improvised, pop and baroque musics, Toninato and Thiessen share a desire to create honest new music. They met in 2010 as members of the on-stage quartet in La La La Human Steps' final show, New Work, and have since worked together with dance, film and sound artists in addition to their own diverse projects. This duo is their treasured tête-à-tête. Their first album, The Space Between Us, was released on Montréal’s Ambiances Magnétiques label in 2018. Its nomination for a Québec OPUS Music Award (musique actuelle et electroacoustic) was followed shortly by a JUNO nomination (Instrumental Album of the Year) in 2019.
Mark.adam@acadiau.ca
902-585-1778
Wolfville's own Mark Adam (percussion) joins JUNO-nominated Montreal improvising duo Toninato/Thiessen (Ida Toninato, baritone saxophone & Jennifer Thiessen, viola d'amore) for a musical moment not to be missed.
From experimenting in abandoned buildings to performing in concert halls around the world, Ida Toninato and Jennifer Thiessen cultivate an ongoing conversation in sound. Unconcerned with genre, scene or definition, these two skilled musicians confront the contrasts of their individual instruments to speak and listen dynamically. The unexpected union of baritone saxophone and viola d'amore, with opposing idiomatic timbres and tendencies, provides fascinating material for creative debate and surprising agreement. Active in contemporary, classical, improvised, pop and baroque musics, Toninato and Thiessen share a desire to create honest new music. They met in 2010 as members of the on-stage quartet in La La La Human Steps' final show, New Work, and have since worked together with dance, film and sound artists in addition to their own diverse projects. This duo is their treasured tête-à-tête. Their first album, The Space Between Us, was released on Montréal’s Ambiances Magnétiques label in 2018. Its nomination for a Québec OPUS Music Award (musique actuelle et electroacoustic) was followed shortly by a JUNO nomination (Instrumental Album of the Year) in 2019.
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32 University Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
botanicalgardens@acadiau.ca
902-585-5242
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