More news from the ECSQ
Big thank you to everyone who have come out to our first shows of the season! Moncton, Saint John, Florenceville-Bristol — it was such a warm welcome, what a fantastic way to jumpstart the year!
We have two more shows left on this tour: this Saturday in Fredericton, and Sunday in Sackville. We’ll see you soon!
ECSQ Plays Piazzolla, Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn & Shostakovich
Fredericton - September 26th, 7:30PM:
Wilmot United Church
Sackville - September 27th, 7:30PM:
Mount Allison Chapel via Greenslades
Tickets are available, and there’s still time to grab a season pass!
Congrats to Mark!
Mark recently won a job as the new Principal Viola of the PEI Symphony Orchestra! Their first show is October 18th in Charlottetown. If you’re ever in PEI, check to see if the symphony is having a concert. Don’t worry, we’re not making a move — he just gets to have some island time a five weekends a year. We’re proud of you, Mark!
Emily wrote a string quartet!
This past year the Saint John String Quartet commissioned Emily to write a quartet inspired by our home province of New Brunswick. The piece is a collaboration between her, visual artist/animator Graeme Patterson, and writer Gemma Marr. The Saint John String Quartet are premiering the piece on their tour next week — you can catch it in Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton.
Curious about some of Emily’s other composing exploits? Check out her personal newsletter — while the last one was sent out in 2021 (haha!) there’s one being sent out later today that dives into some more of what she’s been up to!
https://emilykennedy.substack.com
Tonight in Fredericton: a show for the curious & lovers of the organ
There is a special show happening tonight in Fredericton: composer Michael Cloud Duguay is performing his project “Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go” at Gallery 78 at 7:30PM.
Michael Cloud Duguay’s Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go has received plaudits from The Guardian, The FADER, The Quietus, The Wire, Bandcamp, CRACK, Music Tech and beyond. The album chronicles seven different organs found in historic churches scattered across Newfoundland. With over a year’s worth of research and planning behind them, in July 2024, Duguay and his longtime collaborators Jake Nicoll (engineered the sessions, and also appears on flute and voice), Andrew MacKelvie (compositions, organ, saxophones, flute, piano, rocks) and Dave Grenon (field recordings, co-engineer and co-producer), set out on the journey, with photographer Noah Bender documenting the trip. The album was recorded in just nine days, travelling over 1,500 kilometres with a mobile, solar-powered recording studio.
Equal parts unconventional and alluring, Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go unfolds a quietly captivating meditation on community, memory, geography, history, and spirituality, drawing on sacred music, free improvisation, sound art, ambient music, and acousmatic technique. Not unlike the church organs at its centre, the album’s architecture uses the resonant spaces traced by its detailed sound design to reinforce the beauty of its compositions, remaining grounded throughout by the relationships it documents.
Interpretations of the album material will be reproduced on digital midi organ instruments developed by engineer Jake Nicoll, who painstakingly recorded samples of seven organs from across Newfoundland, precisely replicating the sound of those heard on the album. Duguay will be joined by musicians Andrew MacKelvie (Many Worlds, New Hermitage, Scions) Dave Grenon (Joyful Joyful, Scions), and Markus Lake (Markus Floats, Egyptian Cotton Arkestra).
The evening will also feature a set by special guest, Juno-nominated artist Markus Floats.
Tickets & more information: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/piumusicandsound/2365336