Montreal’s intrepid saxophone quartet Quasar has travelled the world and done it all—acoustic music, electroacoustic music, multimedia projects, improvisation, orchestral collaborations, and more! The group’s upcoming Winnipeg concert on March 5 promises to be a cutting-edge experience featuring audio-visual and surround-sound works composed expressly for the quartet. These include recent works by Bekah Simms (Canada/Scotland), Örjan Sandred (Sweden/Canada), and Egidija Medekšaitė (Lithuania), as well as world premiere performances of new commissions by Gordon Fitzell (Canada) and GroundSwell’s 2025 National Emerging Composers Competition winner Takuto Fukuda (Japan/Canada).
We are also thrilled to present the culminating performance of an exciting collaboration with students of the local high school Collège Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau. Part of GroundSwell’s robust outreach activities, this project empowers students to explore creativity, composition, and performance under the guidance of professional musicians.
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