Our next Concert:
March 29 & 30

The Line Between is a concert curated by Suba Sankaran featuring songs and stories about borders. The concert presents music that explores the various borders people cross throughout their lives: literal, metaphorical, cultural and emotional. Musical styles include world music, pop, jazz, folk, gospel and a nine-song suite recently composed by Suba Sankaran entitled "Blue Skies, Red Earth, Tall Pines," commissioned by Jumblies Theatre. This show goes beyond boundaries, where cultures collide, combine and connect.

Performers
Dylan Bell
Andrew Downing
Aidan McConnell
Patricia O’Callaghan
Suba Sankaran

Saturday, March 29th: 7:30PM concert, 6:45PM pre-concert chat
Sunday, March 30th: 3:00PM concert, 2:15PM pre-concert chat

Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto

CONFLUENCE NEWs

In advance of our first concert of the 2024-2025 season, Young Associate Artist Aidan McConnell sat down for a conversation with Associate Artist Andrew Downing about Downing’s concert, entitled American Icons, featuring the music of Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams.

“ I’m borrowing from Duke Ellington, who famously said there are two kinds of music: good music and the other kind. I’ve seen interviews where he expresses reluctance to categorize music as jazz, classical, or anything else. To him, it’s just music. I share that sentiment. While I understand the need for genres as a way to describe and organize music, I believe the most groundbreaking music often transcends those labels. Many pioneering musicians blend elements from various styles to create something new.”

Visit our blog to read the full interview.