GREG BRUCE

Greg Bruce is an improvisor and composer searching for new sounds through the forgotten opportunities of analogue technology. His work blends contemporary classical, folk, and minimalist musics; and exposes the sonic potential of acoustic feedback and tape media. Through a breath-powered instrumentarium – a saxophone augmented by state of the art, lo-tech – Greg seeks to investigate the human/machine dialectic and invoke a post-digital future.

Hailing from St. John’s (NL) and currently based in Montréal (QC), Greg is a University of Toronto Doctor of Musical Arts Candidate whose research in feedback saxophone is supported by a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship. His professional work with tape media is similarly supported by a Canada Council for the Arts research and creation grant.

For his first appearance at the Canadian Music Centre, Greg will present his seminal post-digital compositions. With a tenor saxophone augmented by a guitar amp and portable cassette recorder, he will conjure musical works ranging from modal feedback melodies to dark, tape-loop soundscapes. _______

GRACE SCHEELE

American-Canadian Grace Scheele is an electroacoustic harpist, composer, and improviser. Her music hones minimalistic textures within noise landscapes - creating a sound that is "a pliable, fluid, continuum...that's as beautiful as it is unconventional"