About this Event
Featuring
The Rolston String Quartet
Adam Scime, Electronics Director
Concert Description
In partnership with TO Live and National accessArts Centre, Xenia Concerts is proud to present the world premiere of sound.colLAB! The highlight of this event is the premiere of Seven Miniatures, a new work for string quartet and electronics by a group of seven composers who self-identify as neurodivergent. The concert will last about one hour, and also includes works by Augusta Read Thomas, Mykola Lysenko, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Franz Joseph Haydn.
This concert is designed to be autism- and neurodiversity-friendly, and Meridian Hall is a wheelchair accessible venue. Xenia Concerts welcomes all listeners.
Concert Features
- All expressions welcome! Feel free to make noise, get up, or stim!
- Wheelchair accessible venue
- Gender-neutral, wheelchair accessible washrooms
- Venue Guide
- Accessible PDF concert programs and listening guide emailed before event
- Fidget toys and noise-cancelling earmuffs can be provided upon request (please bring your own if you can)
- Floor seating and a “quiet zone” for breaks
- Stretch breaks
- Visual schedule
COVID Safety
We are working together with TO Live and our other partners to ensure the safety of our audience and our musicians. Details on concert safety measures will be released soon.
About Sound.colLAB
The premiere of sound.colLAB is the result of a two-year partnership between Xenia Concerts and the National accessArts Centre. Together, we brought together a group of neurodivergent participants with a professional composer and string quartet to create a co-composed piece of music.
Participating Composers
Rory Berk — Location: Toronto
Thomas Sinclair — Location: Toronto
Maddux Ma — Location: Toronto
Nathan Neutel — Location: Toronto
Anthony Hodgetts —Location: Calgary
Laura LaPeare — Location: Calgary
Jamie Petit — Location: Calgary
Supporting Musicians
Bekah Simms — composer/workshop leader
The Rolston String Quartet — performers/workshop leaders
Do you have a suggestion for how we can make our events more welcoming and accessible? Write to Executive and Artistic Director Rory McLeod at [email protected] or call us at 416-927-1555.
Would you like to make a donation? You can add a donation when you check out, or donate through our website.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Meridian Hall (formerly Sony Centre), 1 Front Street East, Toronto, Canada
CAD 0.00 to CAD 5.00