Starting January 16 I will be in residency at the Banff Centre in the Canadian Rockies primarily focusing on composition as well as preparing for Cluster New Music and Integrated Arts Festival in Winnipeg March (8-10). I will spend seven weeks working in a beautiful and unique Leighton Artists Colony studio, this residency programme was made possible through CALQ Artists Studios programme in collaboration with the Banff Centre. I am also happy to announce that starting in April I will be working with Eva Furrer, the flautist of Klangforum Wien in Vienna, Austria. My lessons and stay in Vienna are supported through a development grant from Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec. 

Going to Boston on December 12th to rehearse our new repertoire by Taylor Brook who had recently finished his piece for us, L'erotisme sacré as well as pieces by Jacob Sudol, Olga Neuwirth and Zosha di Castri all to be given Canadian premiers March 8-10, 2012 during Winnipeg's adventurous Cluster New Music and Integrated Arts Festival. Also putting together a fresh new programme of original works, improvisations and graphic scores for toy piano, flute/piccolo and electronics to be presented at the Open Sound series in Greater Boston on December 17th. Not to be missed if you are in the area!

Just a little note to let you know of the events that marked this summer musically for me. It seems like New York was on my mind a lot! I spent 12 days in June playing in New York and collaborating with various great musicians. In particular: Dominic Lash, Valerie Kuehne, Karl Berger, David Grollman, and Lucio Menegon. I also had a pleasure of playing with the musicians of Yolt when they came through Montreal on their Eastern tour: Nathaniel Morgan, Weston Minissali and David Grollman. I had a great experience in collaborating with an old friend and great bandurist Julian Kytasty when I came back to New York at the end of August. Thus many exciting new musical meetings and performance took place and I am looking forward to posting some sound samples in due time and to future collaborations with these fine folks! (I do believe there is a cabaret-performance with some New York cats planned for October 24 at Casa del Popolo, so stay tuned!) Meanwhile, please enjoy the duo with Nathaniel Morgan recorded at l'envers! 

Un programme éclectique de musique contemporaine, électroacoustique et improvisée
18 juin 2011 / Espace Cercle Carré; événement facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198119200234322

Gabriel Dharmoo et Solomiya Moroz proposent un programme éclectique de musique contemporaine, électroacoustique et improvisée à l'Espace Cercle Carré. Ce projet pilote réunit des improvisateurs et musiciens interprétant l’oeuvre de compositeurs émergeant et établis. Prochainement, les co-directeurs envisagent une série de concerts où des musiciens de divers horizons, moyens d'expression, médiums et esthétiques pourront présenter du répertoire novateur et stimulant à l’Espace Cercle Carré.

Gabriel Dharmoo and Solomiya Moroz propose a programme of eclectic contemporary, electroacoustic and improvised music at Espace Cercle Carré. This pilot concert brings together musicians improvising or performing compositions by emerging and established composers. In the future, the co-directors envision a concert series where musicians from diverse backgrounds, means of expression, media and aesthetics can present new and challenging works at Espace Cercle Carré.

Our duo with electronics, Electric Noise (Keith Kirchoff, piano and Solomiya Moroz, flute), has been accepted to this year's Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition in Amsterdam. We are performing very challenging and exciting repertoire featuring three newly composed works especially for the competition by Fran Cabeza de Vaca (Spain), Jacob Sudol (USA) and Juan Parra Cancino (Chile/Netherlands). We are also playing pieces by Beat Furrer, Olga Neuwirth and Louis Andriessen. We are getting ready to beatbox, piano pluck and ear shatter. That's right it should be a blast! Also looking forward to meeting many instrumentalist and hearing their programmes. See you in Amsterdam! For more info: http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/en/contemporary/projects/gaudeamus-interpreters-competition/competition-2011/

It will be a night of sonic and visual explorations with Burbuja (NYC-Spain)  set openning the night. I will be performing with electronic music artist Juan Parra, Terri Hron (recorder + electronics), Krista Martynes (clarinets) and Kathayoun Dibamehr (visuals). The night will feature graphic score pieces by Juan Parra 'KVSwalk' and 'PLP_Montreal' as well as other graphic score pieces performed by Terri Hron, myself and Krista Martynes. For more info: http://laelastica.org/

I am pretty excited to be going to Graz for workshops at the Impuls Academy! It will be refreshingly different and challenging to work alongside some of the most talented young contemporary performers and composers of Europe. I am also looking forward to lessons with Eva Furrer and Klangforum Ensemble as well as seminars with Beat Furrer. It will be great to perform Presto for him! There are also ensemble and solo pieces, i will be performing in La Nuit en Tete by Aperghis as well as solo piece by Anton Safronov. For more info: http://www.impuls.cc/en/events/2011.html

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Paysages éphémères
Lundi 6 et mardi 7 décembre 2010, 20h
Fonderie Darling
...745, rue Ottawa, Montréal
Billets à la porte et sur reservation en appalant 514-963-7374 : 15$ (régulier) - 12$ (artistes/travailleurs culturels, étudiants, aînés)
http://www.fonderiedarling.org/

Paysages éphémères est une performance, fruit d’une collaboration entre musiciens, danseurs et vidéastes. S’inspirant du livre d’Italo Calvino, Les villes invisibles, et plus précisément de cinq de ses villes, Valdrada, Eudoxia, Leonia, Melania et Olinda. Paysages éphémères en créé une nouvelle, celle-ci, bien qu’imaginaire, nous renvoie à notre propre ville.

Paysages éphémères est issue d’une collaboration entre Solomiya MOROZ (composition musicale et direction artistique), Julien-Robert LEGAULT SAVAIL (conception vidéo), Marc Genya ST-ARNAUD / Melina STINSON (chorégraphie et mise-en scène) et Maxime BOISVERT(photographie). Le spectacle, par la musique, la vidéo et la danse, fusionnera les 5 villes en une seule vision, laissant une grande place à l’improvisation.

Avec la participation de Adam Basanta – ordinateur (traitements en direct et électronique), Jonah Fortune – contrebasse, Adam Kinner - saxophone, Krista Martynes – clarinette basse, Solomiya Moroz – flûte, Tony Spina – percussion, Ingrid Wissink – violon ; et danseurs: Melusine de Maillé, Melina Stinson, Mellisha Dow et Miriah Brennan.

Le 6 et 7 décembre, ce collectif se produira à la Fonderie Darling, lieu idéal pour découvrir cette étonnante production multidisciplinaire.

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Paysages éphémères
Monday and Tuesday December 6 - 7 2010, 8 PM
Darling Foundry
745, Ottawa Street, Montréal
Tickets at the door and by reservation by calling 514-963-7374: 15$ (regular) - 12$ (artists/cultural workers, students and seigniors)
http://www.fonderiedarling.org/


2 SHOWS - DECEMBER 6 & 7 at 8 PM

Paysages éphémères is based on the book by Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, and it is centered on five cities from the book: Valdrada, Eudoxia, Leonia, Melania and Olinda. The purpose of this collaboration between various musicians, dancers, and video/photo artists is to create an imaginary city inspired by five selected cities that could remind audiences of their own city.

Paysages Ephémères is collaboration between Solomiya MOROZ (direction and music composition), Julien-Robert LEGAULT SAVAIL (live video) and Marc Genya ST-ARNAUD/Melina STINSON (choreography) and Maxime BOISVERT (photography). The details and descriptions of five cities are meticulously interwoven into a multi-media and multi-disciplinary dance, music and video production with improvisations contributing to the interactivity of the performance.

With participation of Adam Basanta - computer (electronics), Jonah Fortune - bass, Adam Kinner - tenor saxophone, Krista Martynes - bass clarinet, Solomiya Moroz - flute, Tony Spina - drums, Ingrid Wissink - violin, and dancers: Melusine de Maille, Melina Stinson, Marc-Genya St.Arnaud, Mellisha Dow and Miriah Brennan.

On the 6th and 7th of December, the group will perform at the Darling Foundry, and this will be a perfect opportunity to experience their multi-media and multi-disciplinary production.

We have 30 days to fundraise $1000 to ensure that our project will happen December 6, 7 at the Darling Foundry in Montreal. Please help by clicking on the link below!! You can also help by spreading the word through Twiter, Facebook, email. Anything counts. Thank you!!!

Performance-installation in the stairwell of Artist Coop Cercle Carré, 36 Queen Street, Montreal.
Performance entitled Dialogue was performed with cellist/composer Gabriel Dharmoo where I used live audio processing while playing the flute. Spacial circulation between floors was encoraged for the audience to gain a different perspective on the acoustics of the stairwell as well as musicians positioning was changed between performances (three presentations of 20 minutes).  The event was well attended with other happenings at Espace Cercle Carré: vernisage, projections of short films, projections of members' auto-portraits.

I have had the honor to be accepted to this year’s Music Omi International Musician Residency where I had the chance to collaborate with diverse high-caliber musicians and artists from around the world. It was a unique research and creation residency as the participants were called on to interact with other musicians/composers in order to create new works and performance projects. I collaborated with eleven other fellows from around the world including Austria, France, Iceland, India, Korea, Mexico, USA, and the UK.
 
Music Omi generously sponsored each fellow’s room and board during the stay at the residency near Hudson Valley, in Ghent, New York.

The residency culminated with a performance at the Art Omi, Ghent, New York campus on August 7, and in New York City at The Roulette venue on August 9.