Feb 13, 2010 at 8:00 PM EST (7:00 PM DOORS) Quasar Saxophone Quartet at The Music Gallery - Toronto, ON CAD10.00

Mar 6, 2010 at 11:00 PM EST (10:00 PM DOORS) Red Chamber at The Music Gallery - Toronto, ON CAD20.00

Mar 11, 2010 at 9:00 PM EST (8:00 PM DOORS) David Daniell & Douglas McCombs at The Music Gallery - Toronto, ON CAD10.00

The Music Gallery is pleased to host two members of Chicago?s creative music community in the Toronto debut of their spacious, pastoral, electro-acoustic, guitar-oriented collaboration. Douglas McCombs may be best known as a member of groups like Tortoise and Eleventh Dream Day, while David Daniell was last in Toronto to lead an ensemble of 14 local musicians through an arrangement of his 30-minute piece Sunfish, at 2007?s X Avant Festival.

Mar 13, 2010 at 8:00 PM EST (7:00 PM DOORS) FLUX Quartet at The Music Gallery - Toronto, ON CAD20.00

New York's acclaimed new music ensemble FLUX Quartet brings a fascinating overview of avant-garde composers from the past and present of New York City. Taking the meeting of 20th century musical giants Morton Feldman and John Cage at a concert of the music of Anton Webern as a starting point, this concert traces the influence of their groundbreaking work from the 1950s and ?60s onto some of the most exciting and radical composer/performers who are remaking our cultural landscape. This Toronto concert ? a homecoming of sorts, as violist Max Mandel is a native Torontonian ? will feature the Canadian premiere of two works, Lightheaded and Heavyhearted (2002) by Annie Gosfield (hailed as "a star of the downtown scene" by the New Yorker magazine) and Elegies For The Afterland (2009) by eclectic composer and punk-era innovator David First.

Mar 19, 2010 at 8:00 PM EDT (7:00 PM DOORS) L-Orchestre d-Hommes-Orchestres perform the Music of Tom Waits at The Music Gallery - Toronto, ON CAD20.00

Armed with the colourful repertoire of uncategorizable American music icon Tom Waits, Quebec City?s L?Orchestre d?Hommes-Orchestres offer an event that is more carnival than concert. This bustling orchestra performs the music of Tom Waits using nearly 100 objects and invented instruments on stage, which they hammer and caress in madcap scenes of unbridled energy. In this powerful tribute to the world of Waits, the performers remain faithful to the spirit of his work, but also turn it into a playing field for viewers. Mixing styles and adapting the arrangements, these four frenzied multi-instrumentalists perform in front of each other and over each other, trading instruments and vocals, putting their fingers between the strings, spokes in their wheels, ropes round their necks?

Mar 20, 2010 at 8:00 PM EDT (7:00 PM DOORS) L-Orchestre d-Hommes-Orchestres featuring perform the Music of Tom Waits at The Music Gallery - Toronto, ON CAD20.00

Armed with the colourful repertoire of uncategorizable American music icon Tom Waits, Quebec City?s L?Orchestre d?Hommes-Orchestres offer an event that is more carnival than concert. This bustling orchestra performs the music of Tom Waits using nearly 100 objects and invented instruments on stage, which they hammer and caress in madcap scenes of unbridled energy. In this powerful tribute to the world of Waits, the performers remain faithful to the spirit of his work, but also turn it into a playing field for viewers. Mixing styles and adapting the arrangements, these four frenzied multi-instrumentalists perform in front of each other and over each other, trading instruments and vocals, putting their fingers between the strings, spokes in their wheels, ropes round their necks?

Mar 27, 2010 at 9:00 PM EDT (8:00 PM DOORS) Lukas Ligeti with Princess Century at The Music Gallery - Toronto, ON CAD10.00

Transcending the boundaries of genre, composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti ? son of legendary 20th composer Gyorgy Ligeti ?has developed a musical style of his own that draws upon downtown New York experimentalism, contemporary classical music, jazz, electronica, as well as world music, particularly from Africa. Known for his non-conformity and diverse interests, Lukas creates music ranging from the through-composed to the free-improvised, often exploring polyrhythmic/polytempo structures, non-tempered tunings, and non-Western elements. He has also been participating in cultural exchange projects in Africa for the past 15 years. Lukas? concert music has been commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra, Bang on a Can, Vienna Festwochen, and the Kronos Quartet, to name a few. He frequently performs solo on electronic percussion, and as a drummer, co-leads several bands including Burkina Electric, the first electronica band from Burkina Faso in West Africa. Lukas has also performed/recorded with, John Zorn, Henry Kaiser, Raoul Björkenheim, Marilyn Crispell, Jim O?Rourke, Gary Lucas, John Tchicai, and members of CCMC. His most recent solo recording is entitled Afrikan Machinery (Tzadik, 2008). At this concert, he will be performing solo percussion as well as the rare electronic instrument, the marimba lumina.

Apr 13, 2010 at 9:00 PM EDT (8:00 PM DOORS) Baby Dee with Josephine Foster at The Music Gallery - Toronto, ON CAD15.00

The Music Gallery is pleased to present a rare double bill, featuring two of the most iconoclastic singer/songwriters in the contemporary American music scene ? Cleveland/New York pianist/harpist Baby Dee (accompanied by a pair of cellists) and Chicago/Colorado acoustic guitarist Josephine Foster (performing solo).