Venue: Oboro (4001 Rue Berri, Montréal, QC H2L 4H2) Date: Saturday, August 29, 2026 Time: 6p.m.
Ticket: FREE
Come hear FROTAE: volume 2 before it’s released and help us send it happily through the world’s ears and into the universe
Mingle and nerd out with the artists and engineers who made it happen, add to the well-wish shrine, and celebrate with us.
FROTAE, “For Reasons of Tone and Economy”, acts as composer Liberté Anne’s musical incubator for large ensemble works, which are performed by the composers’ longstanding group, the Liberté Big Band. FROTAE contains at most 5 players, and usually saxophones.
FROTAE’s music is designed to transmit the physical and auditory sensations readily created by the saxophone, in hopes to create a visceral response from the listener. This is a totally acoustic experience in close proximity to the audience. The group’s working repertoire, entitled «FROTAE: Vol. 1», contains jazz language, reflective drones, textural harmony, meditative ostinatos, and collective improvisation inspired and structurally informed by afro-cuban Batà drumming techniques. «FROTAE: Vol. 2» was developed over the course of 2024 and early 2025, initially at a creative residency at Orford Music and culminating in an album recording at Studio Oboro in March 2025. This album will be the first official release by the artist and the group and is set for 2026.
Personnel: Geneviève Gauthier (alto), René Zeledon (tenor), Allison Burik (baritone), Philippe Lauzier (alto, soprano), Naomi McCaroll-Butler (tenor, glissotar)