Lambent Fires – Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 – 8pm

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
(UVic School of Music, MacLaurin Building)
Tickets at the door $20
Pre-concert talk 7:15PM

Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor

Dániel Péter Biró – Mishpatim (Part ONE)
Michael Taplin – Lambent Fires
Madeleine Isaksson – Isär
Stefan Prins – Hände ohne Orte*
Giorgio Magnanensi – Lied • TDU FS for ensemble, video and electronics*

* North American premiere

ISCM – Wednesday, November 8, 2017 – 12pm

The Roundhouse, Vancouver BC
– presented as part of ISCM World New Music Days 2017

Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor

Dániel Péter Biró – Mishpatim (Part ONE)
Michael Taplin – Lambent Fires
Madeleine Isaksson – Isär
Stefan Prins – Hände ohne Orte*
Giorgio Magnanensi – Lied • TDU FS for ensemble, video and electronics*

Undivine Comedy – Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018 – 8pm
…a chamber opera from Michael Finnissy

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
(UVic School of Music, MacLaurin Building)
Tickets at the door $40
Pre-opera talk 7:15PM

Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor
Helen Pridmore, soprano
Richard Morris, baritone

Michael Finnissy – Undivine Comedy

Phonotopographie – Sunday, Mar. 4, 2018 – 8pm

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
(UVic School of Music, MacLaurin Building)
Tickets at the door $20
Pre-concert talk 7:15PM

Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor
Mark McGregor, flute

Zosha di Castri – Cortège
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – aequilibria
Gordon Fitzell – Zoom | Richter | Langsam | Pop for flute, ensemble and electronics *
Zosha Di Castri – Phonotopographie

Aventa gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts in the commissioning of new works from Gordon Fitzell

Adieu Gilles – Sunday, Apr. 15, 2018 – 8pm

Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
(UVic School of Music, MacLaurin Building)
Tickets at the door $20
Pre-concert talk 7:15PM

Aventa Ensemble
Bill Linwood, conductor

Gilles Tremblay – Solstices
Michael Oesterle – Tell Tales
Mauricio Kagel – Die Stücke der Windrose (Norden, Südwesten)