Defining Voices
Seeking composers interested in learning more about writing new music for the combination of voice and instruments. Turning Point Ensemble is thrilled to announce…
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Songs of Wars I Have Seen
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 me.”
On Gertrude Stein and music – Adam Frank
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,…
Behind the Music: An Interview with Heiner Goebbels
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…
TPE in Montreal
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…
TPE on Tour – Spain
I am writing from my hotel room in Santander after a rewarding and successful conclusion to our tour with our educational workshop and concert at…
TPE on tour – Belgrade
It is Saturday in Belgrade, and we are at the airport on the way to Santander, Spain. First we will fly to Amsterdam, then back…
TPE on tour – Croatia
Turning Point Ensemble hit the ground running on our European Tour 2023. We left Vancouver on Friday, May 12th with half of us routing through…
2023 European Tour
An in-depth exploration of our tour: Croatia Belgrade Spain Through our strategic planning over the past several years, we have identified touring and international collaboration…
Q&A with Owen Underhill
Read the below Q&A with Owen Underhill learn more about how Turning Point Ensemble’s European Tour came to be, our collaboration with Cantus Ensemble of…