4 artistes pour 2 disc-jockeys performance imagined by Martin Tétreault will star David Lafrance and D Julied mixing works by Diane Morin, Rober Racine, Jean-Pierre Gauthier, and Manon Labrecque… Blake Hargreaves will cut some 12-inch records of those mixes on Plexiglas. The event will take place on April 19, 2008 at the Auditorium of Grande Bibliothèque (Montréal) as part of the CQAM’s «10 ans d’arts médiatiques en 3 prises».

The Ensemble Ad Hoc, bringing together 6 outstanding musicians selected throughout Canada (Guillaume Bourque, Christine Duncan, Jean Félix Mailloux, Jean Martin, Dani Oore, Jesse Zubot), will be on stage on April 18-19, 2008 as part of the La Chapelle’s Musiques nouvelles series. On April 19, a public rehearsal followed by disccusion about improvisation, and a jam session will precede the evening concert (4:30 to 6 pm).

Gordon M Allen, Philippe Lauzier, Pierre-Yves Martel, Garth Stevenson, Jesse Zubot, and Joshua Zubot will be at Le Cagibi on Tuesday April 15, 2008 as part of the Mardi spaghetti weekly series for creative music.

The next Mercredimusics will host Gordon M Allen, Michel F Côté, Lori Freedman, and Diane Labrosse on April 16, 2008 at Casa Obscura in Montréal.

The Jean-Marc Hébert quartet (with Marie-Soleil Bélanger, Christophe Papadimitriou et Pierre Tanguay) will be at Dièse onze on Monday April 10, 2008 with special guest saxophonist Damián Nisenson.

On April 11, 2008, Lori Freedman will be in concert with the new sextet Ensemble Transmission ({nbio:pelletier_gu}, {nbio:merkel_cl}, {nbio:hannigan_sh}, {nbio:poulin_br}, {nbio:gray_d}). The ensemble will present two different programmes, focussing on the contemporary repertoire of Italian composers. It will take place at La Chapelle in Montréal.