GroundSwell presents the best new music from Winnipeg and around the world.

 

 

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WHO WE ARE

GroundSwell is a Winnipeg-based new music organization that presents work in three related series: GroundSwell Live (live concerts of new music from around the world); GroundSwell-Learn (a wide range of outreach and educational activities); and GroundSwell-Linked (radio and online events).
For over three decades, GroundSwell has presented innovative public events combining new music, dance, and theatre.  GroundSwell commissions new work from Canadian and international composers, hires artists from across Canada, the USA and Europe, and engages with its audience through innovative outreach and educational initiatives. 
GroundSwell’s Permanent and Guest Curators collaborate every year to craft seasons with diversity and aesthetic variety. GroundSwell’s mission is to present, create and advocate for a wide range of contemporary music in innovative and exciting ways.

What's coming up!

Corey Hamm, pianist

Pianist Corey Hamm will be performing 2 concerts in March.

GS3: Curator Conversation with Gordon Fitzell

Concert curator Gordon Fitzell sat down with GroundSwell President Victoria Sparks to talk about our upcoming concert The People United/El Pueblo Unido.

GroundSwell Learn:

The students of College Pierre Elliott Trudeau are writing a brand new piece for concert band to be premiered at GS4: Plasma Waves & Fireflies. The creation of the new work is being facilitated by composer Kenley Kristopherson and band director Brady Gill.

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