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Season 19

Hard Rubber Orchestra on TOUR!!
May 1
Kitchener Ont.
Open Ears Festival

May 2
Ottawa Ont.
National Arts Centre
BC Scene




Hard Rubber Orchestra
CBC RADIO BROADCAST
TUESDAY APRIL 28
CBC Radio 1 (The Signal), 10pm (Pacific)
Violin Concertos by Cameron Wilson, Howard Bashaw
Cameron Wilson, violin
Giorgio Magnanensi, guest conductor







Hard Rubber Orchestra
celebrates iconic Dutch composer
Louis Andriessen’s 70th Birthday.
April 5, Roundhouse, 8pm
HRO celebrates Louis Andriessen's 70th birthday with Mr. Andriessen in attendance.

One of the world's great composers, Holland's Louis Andriessen is in Vancouver as part of the Andriessen @ 70 Festival, part of a world-wide celebration of Louis' 70th birthday.  The feature composition will be the screening of Peter Greenaway film "M is for Man, Music and Mozart" with the live performance of the Louis Andriessen score.

With guest soloists:
Cristina Zavalloni, voice (Bologna); Monica Germino, violin (Amsterdam); Cameron Wilson, violin (Vancouver)
Guest conductor: Giorgio Magnanensi

Concert includes:
M is for Man, Music, Mozart (1991) by Louis Andriessen
- with a film by Peter Greenaway
Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno (1998) by Louis Andriessen
- with a film by Marijke van Warmerdam
Scratch-Scorch, Concerto for Violin and Hard Rubber Orchestra (2009) by Howard Bashaw
- Cameron Wilson, violin
Lowest Tide (2007) by John Korsrud

More info of the Andriessen @ 70 Festival at  musiconmain.ca







Hard Rubber Orchestra
Two World Premiers for Violin & 18-piece Orchestra
by
The Gritty, Complex yet Intense
Howard Bashaw

The Cheeky, Playful yet Cheeky
Cameron Wilson
March 14, Scotia Bank Dance Centre

Other works by
John Korsrud
Bill Runge

- stunt violin
Cameron Wilson
- guest conductor
Giorgio Magnanensi




Television

Hard Rubber Orchestra presents
Cantata for the King
Sat. Jan. 31 - CBC Television, 9am
Offbeat homage to the late great King of Rock and Roll with orchestrations by the Hard Rubber Orchestra of Vancouver led by John Korsrud. Freat. Kevin McNulty, Joe Keithley, Dee Daniels, Tim Fuller, Babz Chula... Performed in the style of a baptist church service.
   
"Cantata for the King is a weird and wonderfully entertaining performance special - a post-modern musical celebrating the music and genius of Elvis - the King of rock'n'roll. It is a film of homage, wit, irreverent fun, and sheer sonic power. The core strength of Cantata for the King is the avant-garde musical invention of John Korsrud's Hard Rubber Orchestra and the performance talents of special guest soloists." - Telefilm Canada

 Drum & Light Festival '09
Feb 5, 6, 7 WISE Hall

Three evenings of high-energy sonic and visual extravagance, featuring percussion, electronica, visual projections, and movement by an all-star collection of Vancouver artists. Last year both of these "live rave" events sold out. Come dance to a 15-piece "rave orchestra" complete w/ 5 drummers, laptop performers, turntablists, horn section and more, with edge-cutting visuals by Brian Johnson and others.

15-piece all-star mondo-groove super-orchestra
5 drummers, horn section, laptops, turntables, keys, guitar, bass, & more…

HARD RUBBER
Drum & Light Festival
Thursday Feb 5, 6, 7
WISE HALL (1882 Adanac @ Victoria) 9pm doors, 10pm show
Tickets, $18/ $15 at door

Orchestra consists of…
Ray Garraway (K-OS) drums
Randall Stoll (Soulstream) drums
Tim Proznick (Kia Kadiri), drums
Myles Bigelow, percussion
Jack Duncan, percussion
Stefan Smulovitz, laptop
Dan Kearley, laptop;
Timothy Wisdom, turntables
Alvin Cornista, sax
Kent Wallace, trumpet
Chad Makela, bari sax
Chris Gestrin, keys
Russ Klyne, guitar
Andre Lachance, bass
John Korsrud, trumpet, director

Visual/ Projection/ Movement Artists: Brian Johnson, Jason Whyte, Tomorrow Collective…

Orquesta Goma Dura
20-PIECE SALSA/ LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA

(No scheduled public performances)

Odd Jobs, Assorted Climaxes
An eclectic collection of new music compositions
featuring Joe Keithley, Hard Rubber Orchestra,
Combustion Chamber, Ron Samworth and others...
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"If it feels a little easier to pin a label on John Korsrud, he'd probably understand. Just go ahead and try.
The Vancouver composer, trumpeter and bandleader has spent more than a dozen years zapping musical stereotypes, clearing away a spot on the city's arts scene that hadn't really been there before.
He's best known, perhaps, for his Hard Rubber Orchestra, a 17-piece group that's become a kind of calling card nationwide. Yet the question remains: Is it a contemporary music ensemble, or a jazz big band? The Canada Council calls it new music, although the Hard Rubber Orchestra's two CDs are on a Quebec label (Victo) specializing in musique actuelle, a French-Canadian strand of the avant-garde. But then how do you characterize their projects with local singer-songwriter Veda Hille or punk legend Joey Keithley?
On his own, Korsrud's commissions are equally eclectic. He's written for documentaries, dance companies, and groups as diverse as Loos, a Dutch ensemble specializing in 20th-century classical music and rock, and the CBC Radio Orchestra. Yet on Tuesdays, you can still hear him at the Cellar playing trumpet with the local Afro-Latin band Shango Ashe.
Pegging Korsrud is one thing; finding him is another..."
Vancouver Sun 2005


"Every scene has its overlooked figure whose importance is not fully grasped by the media. Given his sheer talent and the scope of his music, however, it is nothing short of amazing that composer-trumpeter John Korsrud remains pretty much in the background in discussions about the Vancouver creative music scene, or the Canadian national scene for that matter. A cross-section of pieces penned between 1995 and 2001 for ensembles as large as chamber orchestra and as small as a programmer, the frequently astounding Odd Jobs, Assorted Climaxes should change that...."
Jazz Times 2005