Ottawa’s newest music festival, the Ottawa New Music Festival, isn’t just looking to showcase contemporary music. It’s aiming to make a statement. From its bold world premiere centred around the housing crisis to a lineup of boundary-pushing performers, ONMF is positioning itself as more than a music festival.
Ottawa New Music Creators’ 2021-22 season ended on a definite high with violinist Marc Djokic, visual artist Avery Zhao, and dancer Ariana Pirela Sánchez delivering a highly innovative new program for a full crowd.
Bad news: the forecast calls for rain this weekend. Good news: it’ll (hopefully!) wash away the final remnants of winter just in time for spring blooms to decorate the city. While waiting on that sunny weather, here are a few things to keep you occupied.
Edward Enman plays as part of Ottawa New Music Creators’ (ONMC) ongoing concert series on February 27th.
If the tulips springing up around town are any indication then there’s some truth to the old saying that April showers bring May flowers.
Noam Bierstone performs at Pressed (750 Gladstone Ave) this Saturday January 13 at 8pm.
Vanessa Rotondo is an Ottawa-based freelance writer, national spoken word artist and youth outreach coordinator/arts educator. You can follow her on Twitter. Ottawa New Music Creators and the Mayfair Theatre present Sonatas, Screams and Silence on Thursday, March 5th, an evening dedicated to the artistic brilliance of Swedish director, writer and producer Ingmar Bergman. Ottawa […]
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