Next show
Sunday May 11
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
An evening of High Energy 21st Century Concert Music - 8pm
An evening of hard hitting action packed compositions featuring some of Canada's best musicians.
Music by John Korsrud. Brad Turner, Bill Runge, Michael Blake and others....
18-piece Orchestra
Dave Robbins – drums
Jack Duncan – percussion
Cameron Wilson - amplified violin
Ron Samworth – guitar
Chris Gestrin – keys
Andre Lachance – bass
Saul Berson – alto sax
Bill Runge – ten sax
Danny Kane – ten sax
Chad Makel - bari sax
Derry Byrne - trumpet
Brad Turner - trumpet
Henry Christian - trumpet
Dennis Esson - trombone
John van Deurson - trombone
Steve Mynett - trombone
Brad Muirhead – trombone
John Korsrud - director
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Saturday March 1, 2008
Friday March 14, 2008
Special event - New Ensemble
Drum & Light Festival
WISE HALL (Victoria & Adanac)
9pm doors
High energy evening of psycholdelic groove-oriented music - with stunning visuals and some of the most amazing musicians Canada has to offer!! Special guests include Sekoya, Randall Stoll, Ray Garraway, Timothy Wisdom, filmmaker David Rimmer...
Musicians/ artists
drums
Randall Stoll (Soulstream)
Ray Garraway (K-OS)
Nino DiPasquale (Sekoya)
percussion
Myles Bigelow
Jack Duncan
rhythm
Chris Gestrin, keys
Rob Hamilton, guitar
Andre Lachance, bass
electronics
Dan Kearley, laptop
Stefan Smulovitz , laptop
Tim Wisdom, turntables
horns
Alvin Cornista, tenor sax
Geeta Das, trumpet
John Korsrud, trumpet
Chad Makela, baritone sax
visuals
David Rimmer, filmmaker
Rena del Pieve Gobbi, filmmaker
Suez Holland (Electrabelle), live visuals, graphics
Jason Whyte, lighting, visuals
movement
Josh Beamish
Mara Branscombe
Katy Harris-Mcleod
Jennifer McLeish-Lewis
"Hard Rubber is, no question, consistently the best Vancouver band event you can see". Discorder magazine
"Two different evenings of sonic and visual extravagance, featuring percussion, electronic music, visual projections, dance and theatre by an all-star collection of Vancouver artists."
The Hard Rubber Orchestra is the "Godzilla of the Vancouver jazz scene, a big, goofy monster that stomps through complex charts with the swagger of big swing band and the heat of a thermonuclear explosion." (Alex Varty, The Georgia Straight). This 17-piece ensemble, consisting of many of Vancouver’s finest musicians under the leadership of composer, conductor and trumpeter, John Korsrud, plays daring, unpredictable, high energy music, that draws on a wide range of influences. Expect to hear music ranging from A to L. The Hard Rubber Orchestra has performed its wild and eclectic brand of music at venues across Canada and Europe including the DuMaurier International Jazz Festival in Vancouver, the BIMhuis and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in Quebec and the Music Gallery in Toronto.
Korsrud and the Orchestra are also known for producing large-scale, highly entertaining, multimedia events such Enter/ Exit which was the winner of the 2005 Alcan Arts Award, The Ice Age: The World's First New Music Ice Show (Kerrisdale Arena, 2000), Elvis Cantata II (St. Andrews Wesley Church, 1996), White Hot Core (Du Maurier International Jazz Festival, 1995), The Elvis Cantata (St. Andrews Wesley Church, 1994). The Ice Age incorporated 10 figure skaters, including gold medalist Emanuel Sandhu, hockey players, curlers and more. White Hot Core, a sensual and provocative collaboration with Kokoro Dance, drew high praise from audience and critics alike. CBC Television adapted The Elvis Cantata for their show Opening Night (Cantata for the King). The original Elvis Cantata at St. Andrew's Wesley Church, was an ambitious and highly successful production involving commissioned work of 10 composers, a 27-piece orchestra, soprano Liz Skillings, singer Sook Yin Lee and actor/singer Ian Ross McDonald.
HARD RUBBER ORCHESTRA PRESENTS ORQUESTA GOMA DURA
For lovers of Big Band, Latin Jazz and Salsa music, this 20-piece steamy, Latin edition of the Hard Rubber Orchestra brings together some of the finest Latin jazz and Salsa musicians in Vancouver.
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgOs5XDMsEE
WHAT OTHERS SAY...
"The Hard Rubber Orchestra presents a volatile and thrilling conception of ensemble jazz in hybrid with post war European influences such as Ligeti, Berio, Xenakis and Lutoslawski. Such an idea could be disastrous, but HRO is very successful thanks to tastefully conceived compositions, arrangements and beautiful playing by the members of the band."
- Ian Crutchley, Discorder
"...a 15-piece band that is nothing short of a killer."
- Step Magazine
