Venue: Sala Rossa (4848 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H2T 1R5) Date: March 26, 2023 Doors: 7:30 PM Music: 8:30 PM
Tickets $14.73 (all taxes and fees included) / $20 at the door
Advance Tickets: https://thepointofsale.com/tickets/czz230203001
Co-presented with Casa del Popolo Presents
Xylouris White is a musical collaboration established in 2013, involving Greek singer and laouto player George Xylouris and Australian drummer Jim White, best known for his work with Dirty Three. The duo’s music has been described as combining “free-jazz, avant-rock and ages-old Greek folk traditions.” To date they have released three albums, and undertaken multiple world tours.
Toronto based improviser Karen Ng can be found in many different projects across a wide range of music. She has performed with Andy Shauf, The Weather Station, Lido Pimienta, Luka Kuplowsky, Badge Époque Ensemble, Tim Baker, L CON, Happiness Project, and Do Make Say Think. Currently Karen is involved in several improvising ensembles in the city including Rob Clutton Trio, p2p, Kind Mind, Craig Dunsmuir and the Dun Dun Band, See Through 4, InBetween as well as various ad hoc duos, trio and quartets.
In 2015 she was awarded the Chalmers Professional Development Grant by the Ontario Arts Council to study with the saxophone section of the ICP Orchestra in Europe as well as the OAC National/International Residency grant in 2018 which took place in New York. In 2017 she was a finalist for the Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist award. Formerly a board member of the Somewhere There collective, she is the co-founder of TONE festival, Assistant Artistic/General Director of Guelph Jazz Festival and is Chair for the Music Gallery Board of Directors.