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SUMMARY:Toronto Summer Music | Allison Au
DESCRIPTION:Allison Au\, saxophone \nThe Migrations Ensemble:\nTodd Pentney\, piano\nJon Maharaj\, bass\nFabio Ragnelli\, drums\nAlex Samaras\, voice\nMichael Davidson\, vibraphone\nAline Homzy\, violin\nAysel Taghi-Zada\, violin\nCatherine Gray\, viola\nAmahl Arulanandam\, cello \nMigrations is a musical exploration of why people leave their homes to pursue life in a new land\, and the reverberating impact it has on future generations. It is an acoustic tribute to the complex but universal human act of migration\, weaving lush\, mosaic-like dreamscapes with poignant\, heartrending lyrics. \nA suite of music conceptualized by the JUNO Award-winning saxophonist and composer Allison Au (pronounced “ow”)\, Migrations draws emotion and depth from Au’s family history of immigration to Canada: from Southern China and Malaysia on her father’s side and war-torn Poland and Israel on her mother’s side. A biracial descendant of migrants\, Au’s compositional process is also informed by her personal experience of reconciling displacement\, cultural identity\, family legacy\, and the notion of home. “Migrations is one of the most important pieces of music I have created because it is so personal. It speaks to my identity as a Canadian born to immigrant parents and delves into subject matter that I previously attempted to articulate\, but never found the project through which to do so.” \nCommissioned by the Royal Conservatory of Music in 2019\, Migrations premiered in January 2020 at the 21C Music Festival at Toronto’s Koerner Hall\, and was recorded as Au’s fourth studio album in 2022 in Toronto. \nAu’s most ambitious compositional work to date\, the suite marks the first time Au has featured both vocals and string quartet in her writing. As a testament to the sentiments of traumas and upheaval shared by migrants of different backgrounds and circumstances\, the lyrics of Migrations feature the words of poets including Emma LaRocque\, Ruth Padel\, Rae Marie Taylor\, Duncan Mercredi\, Chief Dan George\, Langston Hughes\, and Wanda Coleman.
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LOCATION:Walter Hall – University of Toronto\, 80 Queens Park\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 2C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Chamber music,Festival
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