{"id":95489,"date":"2023-03-24T13:21:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T17:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=95489"},"modified":"2023-03-24T13:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T17:21:56","slug":"preview-soundstreams-new-voices-project-finishes-waiting-godot-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/03\/24\/preview-soundstreams-new-voices-project-finishes-waiting-godot-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Soundstreams\u2019 New Voices Project Finishes With Waiting For Godot Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arlan Vriens (Photo: Bo Huang); Graphic courtesy of Soundstreams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Soundstreams latest New Voices project will culminate with Waiting For Godot?, a concert that will celebrate \u201cthe small, the immediate, and the intently observed\u201d. New Voices is a mentorship program for early- to mid-career music curators.<\/p>\n

Music curation is an aspect of the live music industry that’s seldom discussed in the media. Simply put, it’s the process of matching different pieces of music together in order to create a specific experience for concert goers. There is an overarching idea, mood, or even brand when it\u2019s used for marketing purposes, that runs through all the selections.<\/p>\n

When it comes to programming for a mid-sized arts organizations like Soundstreams, it involves not only the artistic and aesthetic aspects of production, but also marketing and budgeting. Arlan Vriens, the New Voices candidate, was selected by a jury to work with Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney and others to develop the skills required for Main Stage programming.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Soundstreams we\u2019re always looking for new ways to promote new voices and perspectives in our series,\u201d says Lawrence Cherney, Artistic Director. \u201cIt\u2019s also a great opportunity for new curators to \u2018level-up\u2019 in their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n

New Voices: Waiting for Godot?<\/h3>\n

Arlan Vriens<\/strong> is the guest curator for Waiting for Godot? The concert\u2019s theme reflects the reduction in scope that our lives took during the pandemic, a world that was largely reduced to the immediate neighbourhood. Arlan\u2019s experience led him to a renewed appreciation for the everyday, the trees in the park, and even Toronto\u2019s ubiquitous raccoons. The concert he\u2019s curated features music that is attentive to the small details with the same revelatory perspective.<\/p>\n

The program includes Canadian composers whose works come from the time before the pandemic, as a way of re-examining their message from a new point of view. A new commissioned work by Beverley McKiver is the only one written after the pandemic. It reflects a changed world, and a new way forward.<\/p>\n

All of the composers are female-identifying, and come from across Canada.<\/p>\n