Ottawa New Music Festival

Pianist Katherine Dowling performs Awake and Dreaming, a concert devoted to the piano music of acclaimed Canadian composer Alice Ping-Yee Ho. Spanning 30 years of Ho’s career, this program offers Ottawa audiences a rare chance to experience the evolution of one of Canada’s leading compositional voices.

Part concert, part installation, and part participatory experience, Quigital Corporate Retreat transforms the Alma Duncan Salon into an immersive “corporate retreat.” Audience members become “attendees,” complete with nametags and an interactive app that guides their movements, groups, and games throughout the evening. Their participation directly shapes the performance by Architek Percussion and Sarah Albu, who act as “retreat facilitators.” Blending music, improvisation, and digital interaction, the work playfully critiques corporate culture while inviting deep audience engagement.

ONMC Artistic Directors SHHH!! Ensemble join Ottawa musicians and OrKidstra students for Jesse Stewart’s In Sea. The concert also features the world premiere of a new work for two violins by emerging composer-in-residence Shanti Sivarulrasa, a violin sonata by Dinuk Wijeratne, plus piano/percussion duo works by Vincent Ho and Jocelyn Morlock performed by SHHH!! Ensemble.

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