Riptide Mini Festival, A rush of new music.

Riptide online mini festival

New and improvised music for spring – livestream and produced online video music sure to take us far from shore, yet enjoyed from the safe harbours of our homes.

Introducing the debut of SIDEband – exploratory new music with

Shauna DeGruchy - trombone

India Gailey  - cello

Devin Wesley - bassoon

Ellen Gibling  - harp

Herd of Pianos, Part Two The second instalment of Upstream’s collaboration with the Dalhousie Art Gallery, featuring Canadian-NZ composer Juliet Palmer’s piece for 6 grand pianos, “Circus Dog” as performed by 6 of Halifax’s premiere pianists

Simon Docking

Tara Scott

Jennifer King

Megan Thibeault

Mark Morton

Ian Bent

Open Borders: Persian-fusion group led by tar player Mohammad Sahraei, featuring original compositions, choice interpretations and intriguing improvisation.

Mohammad Sahraei - tar

Behrooz Mihankhah - piano

Yousef Mousavi - guitar

Matt Gallant -drums

Lukas Pearse - bass