Arraymusic, Toronto, ON

Array’s Ensemble, its most visible program, is a collective of performers recognized worldwide for innovative programming and virtuosic performance. Known for including Canadian composers who possess highly individual voices, Array’s ensemble has a unique, eclectic repertoire, which always includes internationally recognized composers — John Cage, Steve Reich, James Tenney — and encompasses an extensive body of contemporary Canadian work. Array’s ensemble has more recently been comprised of an unusual instrumentation of clarinet, trumpet, percussion, piano, violin, and double bass.
In addition to its extensive, distinguished concert repertoire, Arraymusic is actively involved in interdisciplinary, multi-media and theatrical work. This has resulted in the production of several repertory programs in addition to such full-length works as Big Pictures by Michael J. Baker, Personal History by Henry Kucharzyk, nostalgia by Robert W. Stevenson, and Chemin de ronde: music/dance collage (a creative collaboration between composer from Lyon, France and Toronto).