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Ini­ti­at­ed by musi­cian and Par­tic­i­pa­to­ry Cre­ative Music Hub’s Project Lead, Louise Camp­bell, the GIFT project presents works for solo clar­inet, solo trum­pet, elec­tron­ics and video pro­jec­tion, and is infused with the gen­eros­i­ty of shared expe­ri­ences and co-cre­ation processes. 

On the occa­sion of GIFT and as part of FLUX, we are pleased to invite you to the dou­ble launch par­ty of CNM­N’s Cre­ative Music in Health resource as well as Revue Cir­cuit’s issue 34.2 on Par­tic­i­pa­to­ry Cre­ative Music. The evening’s events will include:

• A lec­ture on Social Pre­scrib­ing as an Impro­visato­ry Prac­tice and asso­ci­at­ed health out­comes, mod­er­at­ed by Dr. Rebec­ca Barnstaple;
• A Round Table dis­cus­sion fea­tur­ing guests Pierre Vachon (La SAMS’ Cofounder), Ter­ri Hron (Edi­tor of Revue Cir­cuit) and Louise Camp­bell (GIFT’s Artis­tic Director); 
• An inter­ac­tive demon­stra­tion of arts and health ani­ma­tion, led by Dr. Rebec­ca Barn­sta­ple and Louise Campbell.

Doors open at 5:30pm for snacks at 5:30pm with dis­cus­sions and activ­i­ties at 6:00pm!On Octo­ber 8 and 9 at Édi­fice Wilder, join us for the GIFT con­cert and its post-con­cert talk!

The Cana­di­an New Music Net­work is delight­ed to announce the launch of FLUX, a new fes­ti­val that aims to fos­ter greater inclu­siv­i­ty and to val­ue the diver­si­ty of our music and sound communities. 

From Octo­ber 4 to 10, 2024, five venues and sev­en local orga­ni­za­tions invite you to reimag­ine Montréal’s sound­scape around the theme: Sound and Col­lec­tive Reflections 

For sev­en days, FLUX will present a diverse line­up of local and inter­na­tion­al artists, offer­ing a rich tapes­try of sounds and expe­ri­ences for every­one who per­forms and lis­tens to exper­i­men­tal music.

The fes­ti­val will also host work­shops, artists talks, com­mu­ni­ty round­ta­bles, and an aca­d­e­m­ic con­fer­ence, encour­ag­ing dia­logue and col­lab­o­ra­tion with­in and across communities. 

Ini­ti­at­ed by Arts in the Mar­gins, FLUX is the out­come of reflec­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion between sev­er­al cre­ative music orga­ni­za­tions, includ­ing Inno­va­tions en con­cert, Mar­di Spaghet­ti, Le Vivi­er, the Cana­di­an New Music Net­work, McGill’s Lab­o­ra­to­ry of Urban Cul­ture, and the Inter­na­tion­al Insti­tute for Crit­i­cal Stud­ies in Impro­vi­sa­tion.