On June 10, 2008 at Suoni Per Il Popolo festival: Rainer Wiens at La Sala Rossa, Montréal, 8 pm. First part with his group Dream Algebra (Shuni Tsou, ditsi; Jean René, viola; Frank Lozano, flute; Stef Schneider, drums; Clinton Ryder, bass; Rainer Wiens, guitar and kalimbas); part 2 of the night will be a 19 piece band performing Terry Riley’s In C.

Pierre-Yves Martel (viola da gamba), Elin Söderström (viola da gamba), Guido del Fabbro (violin), Charles Duquette (drums), Allan Laforest (bass clarinet), Nicolas Lessard (doublebass), and Émilie Rabaraona (violin) will be, on Tuesday June 10, 2008, at Le Cagibi as part of the Mardi spaghetti weekly series for creative music.

On June 9, 2008 at Suoni Per Il Popolo festival: Sam Shalabi: Land Of Kush + Christof Migone: Hit Parade at La Sala Rossa, Montréal, 8 pm.

The Trio Philippe Lauzier (Philippe Lauzier, Clinton Ryder, Pierre Tanguay) will be at Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill in Montréal on June 4-5, 2008.

The Ensemble Transmission ensemble ({nbio:freedman_lo}, {nbio:gray_d}, {nbio:merkel_cl}, {nbio:pelletier_gu}, {nbio:poulin_br}, {nbio:trudeau_ju}) will be in concert on June 5, 2008 at the Music Gallery, in Toronto (Ontario), as part of the SoundaXis festival. On programme works by Boulez, Xenakis, Murail, Aperghis, and Vivier.

Quick reminder: The Suoni Per Il Popolo festival is held in Montréal throughout the month of June and features concerts every evening at La Sala Rossa as well as at Casa del Popolo. This year you will hear, amongst others, Gordon M Allen, Michel F Côté, Bernard Falaise, Philippe Lauzier, Jean Martin, Martin Tétreault and many others. To wit, the Ambiances Magnétiques evening will be dedicatd to Diane Labrosse (Musique pour objets en voie de disparition), Charity Chan (Piano solo), and Mélanie Auclair (Décor sonore) on June 23, 2008.