Jumblies is holding a festive gathering on SATURDAY MARCH 28th: sharing results of winter art-making at THE GROUND FLOOR.

The event includes a work-in-progress presentation of three short compositions fusing community and professional music-making, in partnership with Tapestry Opera, with a wonderful array of musicians and artists, including:

Composers: Norbert Palej, Kyle Brenders, Martin van de Ven

Librettists: Liz Rucker, Ange Loft, Ruth Howard, with poetry excerpts by Victoria Freeman

Singers and Musicians: Vania Chan, Adrian Kramer, Rosary Spence, Christine Duncan, Allison Au, William Beauvais, Britta Johnson, Ryan Scott, Martin van de Ven, Arie van de Ven

Choirs: Making Room and Ground Floor Community Choirs, directed by Shifra Cooper, with Jackie Omstead, Lisa Bozikovic, Jess Shane

Musical Director/ Musical Dramaturge: Michael Mori

Director/ Performance Dramarurge: Liza Balkan

Also Featured:

Storytelling by Joseph Naytowhow

Poetry reading by Victoria Freeman

Comics and Art on display by Miranda Sharp, Mackenzie Konecny & Phil Cote

Movement performances by local children, led by Jackie Omstead and Julia Hune-Brown.

2:00 - 4:00 - Open House, Exhibition, Interactive activities and refreshments at The Ground Floor, 132 Fort York Blvd

4:00 - 5:00 - Musical Performances upstairs at 150 Dan Leckie Way

Reserve for the performance as seating is limited.

Exhibition - FREE

Performance - PWYC suggested $5-$20

Contact and reservations: info@jumbliestheatre.org

This event will also open our Touching Ground Exhibition, featuring comics by Miranda, art-in-progress by Mackenzie and other art-work from Winter Art-Making. The exhibition closes on April 10th. Call or email for open times.

The musical explorations are part of our Jumblies At Large initiative, funded by the Metcalf Foundation's Creative Strategies Incubator Program, Toronto Arts Council's Platform A Project and Canada Council for the Arts Music ACCP. Jumblies' work is also supported by the Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and others funders.