Nathalie Derome, with her first class collaborators Jean Derome, Frank Martel and Martin Tétreault, will perform at the Lion d’Or in Montréal on January 16, 2009. Here’s a chance to rediscover the poetry that has made her mark over the past 20 years.

After two concerts in Montréal in December, 2008, Isaiah Ceccarelli (percussion) and Pierre-Yves Martel (viola da gamba) will be touring France with French musician Évelyne Moser (voice, medieval fiddle). A cross between the old and new worlds, medieval song and contemporary composition, this new project explores the sonorities of ancient instruments and languages, nourished by improvisation and textural exploration.

• January 10: Café du Boulevard, Melle (France)
• January 13: Salle Ockeghem, Tours (France)
• January 16: Borie-en-Limousin, Solignac (France)
• January 18: Théâtre des Quarts-d’heure, Paris (France)
• January 24: Moulin Pousset, Coëmont (France)
• January 25: Chapelle Sainte-Anne, Tours (France)

After a year’s hiatus, the Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay is back! Jean Derome, Normand Guilbeault and Pierre Tanguay will be in concert at Le Dièse onze in Montréal on December 19 and 20, 2008. It’s gonna swing!

Antoine Berthiaume, Guido del Fabbro and Mélanie Auclair as well as Philippe Lauzier, Corinne René, Amy Horvey and Rémy Bélanger de Beauport will be at Le Cagibi on Tuesday December 16, 2008 as part of the Mardi spaghetti weekly series for creative music.

Bradyworks, featuring guest singer Karen Young, will be in concert in Montréal at Espace Dell’Arte on December 16, 2008. The ensemble will perform works by Tim Brady, Matthew Rizzuto, André Hamel, Simon Martin, Charles Stolte and Paul Stenhuisen.

Ensemble SuperMusique presents its Grand Annual Concert with Y’a du bruit dans ma cabane. Musicians Jean Derome, Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, Pierre-Yves Martel, Danielle Palardy Roger, Pierre Tanguay and Martin Tétreault, as well as video artist David Emmanuel Fafard and sound engineer Colin Gagné, will stand where no-one stops, and create a customized universe of the rooms of a house. The concerts will take place at the SAT, in Montréal, on December 17 and 18, 2008.