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01/30/2025

In advance of our next concert, Knee-Deep in Clouds, here is a video primer on its subject, GroundSwell co-founder, Diana McIntosh.

https://vimeo.com/460290150

01/27/2025

“I've always believed that music has the power to touch people's souls and bring them closer to their true selves.” - Andre Rieu.

01/23/2025

We’re so excited to share this curator conversation ahead of GS3: Knee-Deep In Clouds. Join us as Luciane Cardassi and company share their Diana McIntosh origin stories, and more!

Watch the full video here: https://vimeo.com/1047667679.

01/20/2025

Live on stage, on recordings, in classrooms, music touches his life - and his music now touches many other people’s lives, the world over, on stage, recordings, and classrooms. Read about the remarkable reach of co-Artistic Director Gordon Fitzell.

https://gswell.ca/gordon-fitzell/

01/17/2025

In advance of our next concert, Knee-Deep in Clouds, we invite you to sample the captivating work of our guest curator, Luciane Cardassi.

https://lucianecardassi.com/video/

01/13/2025

Did you know? There's a wonderful, hour-long dose of chamber, orchestral, exploratory and electronic new music to be experienced every Monday (then repeated on Sunday) from GroundSwell Radio! Broadcasting on the venerable CKUW, quality campus and community radio since 1963.

https://ckuw.ca/programs/detail/groundswell-radio.

01/09/2025

Turn back time to see — in full — our amazing November concert, "Sketches of Shifting Landscapes"! Experience this digital record of Sweden's world-renowned Stenhammar Quartet in an electrifying concert of new works, including two commissions by Winnipeg composers.

For details and to watch now go to: https://vimeo.com/1043005997

12/22/2024

Today marks the Anniversary of the passing of one of our founders, the extraordinary Diana McIntosh.

See a remembrance of Diana here: https://gswell.ca/dianamcintosh.

We hope you will join us for our 3rd concert, which will feature her work. https://gswell.ca/gs3-knee-deep-in-clouds

12/16/2024

Have you heard? GroundSwell Radio is every Monday at 2pm on CKUW. Join host (and GroundSwell artistic coordinator) David Litke for chamber and orchestral music from the 20th century and beyond. Winnipeg’s only new music radio broadcast brought to you by Winnipeg’s only new music concert series.

https://ckuw.ca/programs/detail/groundswell-radio

12/09/2024

Now – from the comfort of your own home, and/or the ease of your own device, experience again our full opening concert, Sustenance! Violinist and guest curator Elation Pauls brings a banquet of sound in these works for solo violin and violin and piano duo. Featuring Canadian composer-pianists David Braid and Serouj Kradjian, performing their own works, plus five Manitoban Premieres and one World Premiere by Canadian composers Carmen Braden and Cris Derksen. Iman Habibi and Kelly-Marie Murphy are also featured.

12/02/2024

Don't forget it's Giving Tuesday! Please help GroundSwell continue to present the best in new local arts and music and events.

Donate today at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/groundswell-inc

10/31/2024

Our next Soundwalk is on November 4rth at 6:30pm meeting at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, before GS2: Sketches of Shifting Landscapes (7:30pm).

Arrive early to enjoy another GroundSwell Pre-Concert Soundwalk! Join with other concertgoers for an evening stroll and breathe in the crisp autumn air. We will take in the sounds of downtown rush hour traffic, cross Broadway into the Manitoba Legislative Building grounds, and return to the WAG via Manitoba’s smallest provincial park, Memorial Park.

Please note that this walk will be approximately 30 minutes and will be crossing at several intersections. This walk will include stairs, uneven ground, and areas with dim light. Lastly please make sure you are prepared for the weather.

See you there!

Learn more about soundwalks at gswell.ca/soundwalks

10/31/2024

Chris Wolf at Classic 107 sat down with the Mats Olofsson and Per Öman from the Stenhammar Quartet to talk about their upcoming performances.

Join us on November 4th, 7:30PM at the WAG-Qaumajuq for GS2: Sketches of Shifting Landscapes. All tickets are pay-what-you-can, how-you-ca

Learn more at https://gswell.ca/gs2-sketches-of-shifting-landscapes/

Coming up in just a few days Winnipeg audiences will have the opportunity to see one of the genuinely great string quartets on the stage today. The Swedish ...

10/27/2024

GS2: Sketches of Shifting Landscapes Curator Concervation

Join GroundSwell President Victoria Sparks in conversation with Örjan Sandred (co-curator and composer) and Gordon Fitzell (co-curator and composer) as they discuss GroundSwell's second concert of the 2024-25 season. This highly anticipated concert welcomes the world-renowned Stenhammar String Quartet to perform works by Sandred, Fitzell, Caroline Shaw, Tanya Tagaq, and Cris Derksen, in a sound world be expanded by live electronics. The focal point of the concert is a ground breaking new work by Guggenheim fellow Örjan Sandred, in which Artificial Intelligence creates electronic sounds in real-time dialogue with the quartet.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Join GroundSwell President Victoria Sparks in conversation with Örjan Sandred (composer) and Gordon Fitzell (curator and composer) as they discuss GroundSwell's…

10/26/2024

, November 4th at 7:30pm for GS2: Sketches of Shifting Landscapes, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Muriel Richardson Auditorium.

Join us for an evening of electrifying repertoire featuring the Stenhammar Quartet, one of Scandinavia’s leading string quartets. The globetrotting quartet has premiered numerous works by leading international composers and recorded many acclaimed albums. For their Winnipeg GroundSwell concert, the group will present powerful recent compositions by internationally celebrated Inuk artist Tanya Tagaq, Cree-Mennonite composer Cris Derksen, and Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Caroline Shaw. They will also give world premiere performances of two new pieces for string quartet and electronics by Winnipeg composers Örjan Sandred and Gordon Fitzell.

Full information and tickets are available at https://gswell.ca/gs2-sketches-of-shifting-landscapes/
All tickets are pay-what-you-can, how-you-can and we will be having a pre-concert Soundwalk at 6:30pm meeting at the concert entrance.

Made possible thanks to Canada Council for the Arts.

09/13/2024

Thank you to Chris Wolf for a fantastic interview with ViolinElation and David Braid! We’ll see you on Sunday for GS1: Sustenance. Full details st gswell.ca

Classic 107

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_VzTvYmNlE

09/11/2024

We’re back with another Groundswell Soundwalk!

A soundwalk is a walk with a focus on listening to the environment. Become mindful of the experience of sound and consider creative connections to the emanations that you are continually immersed in every day. Listen, think and feel in this guided experience. Used by artists, a soundride can offer unique insight and inspiration.

🕡 6:30 PM, Sunday, Sep 15
📍 St. Andrews River Heights Church

Join us as we guide you through the pleasant, tree-lined streets of the River Heights neighbourhood. It's the perfect start to a beautiful end-of-summer evening!

Check out our video, map, and learn more about soundwalks here: https://buff.ly/3zgwRLO