Upstream Music Association
PO Box 36040 B3J3S9 Halifax, NS, Canada

So excellent to hear such brilliant pianists all playing together the fantastic music of Juliet Palmer! Distanced of course, but still awesome even if it’s playing for the camera and the microphone. Looking forward to being able to share this project in the coming months! ... Simon Docking Jennifer King, Ian Bent, Megan Thibeault, Mark Morton, Tara Scott!! See more

More exciting music made in unusual circumstances!

Join us this evening as we close Open Waters Festival with this special event at 7:30 PM Presented by Upstream Music with support from Andy Fillmore MP Process: Meredith Bates, Peggy Lee, Aram Bajaklan

This Sunday, as she delivers a solo, improvised set as part of the online Open Waters Festival, she’ll be delivering a new set of improvised work inspired by the environment: This set of improvisations came out of contemplating on a more visceral level of humans as a part of naturethe interdependence of all beings and the environmental phenomena on this planet. Just sitting with that and seeing what sounds came out of it," she says. https://www.thecoast.ca//with-india-gailey-sounds/Content

Brian Borcherdt, Kim Barlow, Mairi Chaimbeul, and Sahara Jane have developed unexpectedly into a new musical entity while they’ve been improvising in the old Catholic church in Canning, NS these past months. The music they are making on harp, electronics, banjo, guitar, and sarangi, is different from anything they have done before in their other projects, and they are all thrilled to bits at the discovery.

Joel Miller revisits the music from his ECMA-winning album Dream Cassette and UNSTOPPABLE. Influenced by his daughter’s listening of Virgin Radio pop and raucous melodious funk, saxophonist Miller collaborates with long time Nova Scotia-based rhythm conspirator Mark Adam New Brunswick’s Stephen Lewis (The Big Band of Fun) for some wailing soulful sax attack and fun creative layers of infectious groove.

Tonight! PWYC streaming of this incredible 100 year old film

We just started a new and exciting project in collaboration with Upstream Music Association, Dalhousie Art Gallery and Picnic Studios. 7 pianos, one room and some creative minds will yield some exciting music. Stay tuned!

TODAY: The Golem - Silent film accompanied by the Upstream Quartet Live Presented by Upstream Music in collaboration with the contemporary studies program and the history of science and technology program, University of King's College 100th Anniversary of the 1920 expressionist horror film screening with live music accompaniment by the Upstream Quartet. Paul Wagener’s recently restored 1920, the Golem, retells the ancient Hebrew legend, widely considered the source of the Frankenstein myth, of the 16th century Talmudic rabbi who created the Golem to protect his people from anti-semites. The Golem was one of the greatest achievements of the legendary UFA Studios, and remains an undeniable landmark in the evolution of the horror film.

This awesome scary silent film will not be so silent...

Pictures from the Sam Wilson Band at The Music Room on Oct. 18, 2020.