Who
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Turning Point Ensemble, founded by its musician members in 2002, is a large chamber ensemble that presents music in innovative contexts across genres and intersecting with multiple art forms. The ensemble concentrates on music from the early 20th century to the present day, and in addition to its regular season of concerts in Vancouver, is active in recording, touring, various modes of digital artistic production, and innovative education programming.
2024-25 Season
TPE Miniature
Feb 22 & 23
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Kaija Saariaho – Notes on Light
May 24 & 25
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Cantus Ensemble – Double Bill
Oct 26 & 27
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Music on Texts of Gertrude Stein
Nov 30 & Dec 1
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Songs of Wars I Have Seen – Blogpost (Nov. 28, 2024)
11/29/24

Gertrude Stein in her book Wars I Have Seen said, “It is strange the world today is not adult it has the mental development of a seven-year-old boy just about that. Dear […]

On Gertrude Stein and music – Adam Frank
11/27/24

Gertrude Stein’s perceptual, process-oriented writing and poetics have played an influential, below-the-radar role in twentieth- and twenty-first-century “new music” (not really new anymore), that is, musical composition associated with avant garde, experimental, […]

Behind the Music: An Interview with Heiner Goebbels
11/15/24

As Turning Point Ensemble prepares to present the Canadian premiere of Songs of Wars I Have Seen, composer Heiner Goebbels shares his thoughts on the creation of this remarkable work. From its […]

TPE in Montreal
06/21/24

I am writing from Montreal following our May 28th Turning Point Ensemble concert at the Salle Pierre Mercure. It was a fulfilling experience to be hosted by Canada’s largest and most historic […]

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