Composition Area: 2024-2025 Masterclasses
The Department of Music Composition Area welcomes the following artists for their 2024-2025 Masterclass Series.
Brodie West Quintet
Free Improvisation Workshop / Performance
October 28, 2024 | 7-10 p.m. | FAB 2-7
Alto Saxophone (Brodie West), Piano (Tania Gill), Acoustic bass (Josh Cole), Drums and Percussion (Nick Fraser & Phil Melanson)
The composition area is presenting a workshop/performance by the Brodie West Quintet this Monday evening in Studio 2-7, 7-9:50 p.m. The ensemble is made up of prominent free improvisers from the Toronto scene: Brodie West, Nick Fraser, Tania Gill, Josh Cole, and Phil Melanson.
The band plays Brodie's music at the Yardbird Suite on Sunday at 2 p.m., and Monday's workshop will centre around free improvisation.
“West is among the most creative figures in Canadian music, reconstituting long-running conventions into musical puzzles as engaging as they are disruptive.”
- Stuart Broomer, Musicworks Magazine
