Exploratory - Siren Organ version by Phill Niblock

Exploratory - Siren Organ version by Phill Niblock

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 - 11:56

The piece Exploratory - Siren Organ version by composer Phill Niblock will be presented in collaboration with the Groupe de recherche sur la médiatisation du son (GRMS) during the concert La Grande Nuit GRMS as part of the Montreal/New Music Festival (MNM).

The instrumental part of Exploratory will be performed on the Siren Organ by Jean-François Laporte while the electroacoustic tape (made from 300 different recordings of heavy truck sirens) will be played by Diego Bermudez Chamberland. This is a new version of the work of the same name that was premiered in 2019 by the Phoenix Basel Ensemble (Switzerland).


The concert will take place on February 25, 2023 from 11:05 pm to 11:40 pm at the Agora Hydro-Québec, Cœur des Sciences, UQÀM, and will be part of the program of La Nuit Blanche à Montréal. The concert La Grande Nuit GRMS 2023 is the result of a partnership between GRMS, SMCQMatralab et Hexagram.