TORONTO RAVEL STUDY meets in-person at The Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto
FREE Admission this month
This Month’s Special Guest; Sarah Slean
Sarah Slean is a 4-time JUNO nominated performer and a CSA winning composer with 25 years of broad experience in music. Signed to Atlantic/Warner Records at the tender age of nineteen, modern-day Renaissance woman Sarah Slean has since released 11 albums. Slean has published two volumes of poetry, starred in short films and a movie musical (spawning two Gemini Award nominations), penned award-winning chamber works, held numerous exhibitions of her paintings and performed with 14 of the country’s professional orchestras. Classically trained from the age of 5, she routinely collaborates with cutting-edge contemporary classical ensembles like The Art of Time, and composes orchestral arrangements for her own music as well as for her pop colleagues (Dan Mangan, Hawksley Workman). Her recent collaborative recording with the Symphony Nova Scotia was just nominated for both an East Coast Music Award and a Juno Award in the Classical Album category. She can also be heard on the CBC’s national hybrid pop/classical radio program “About Time” as an occasional host. Sarah has also toured Europe, the US and Scandinavia and has opened internationally for such artists as Bryan Ferry, Rufus Wainwright, Alanis Morissette, Andrew Bird, Feist, Ron Sexsmith, and Chris Isaak. Sarah will be composing the score to a new production for the Stratford Festival’s 2026 Season!
Visit www.sarahslean.com for more about Sarah’s work.
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A GUEST STUDY LEADER, please contact John info@torontoravel.com.
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NEW ADVENTURES IN LISTENING – Film clips from “On The Waterfront” and “Ryan” are posted on the “Study Materials” page for download. With the sound removed, they can be scored as an exercise, and brough in to “Adventures in Listening” for feedback and analysis. Adventures in Listening is a unique opportunity to get unbiased and honest feedback on your ‘in-progress’ or experimental work from a community of your professional peers. Because it is anonymous, it is a risk-free environment. Whether you are an emerging composer or an experienced one, and whether your work is for concert or screen, I encourage you to take advantage of this invaluable resource.
http://youtu.be/PAsiZJYFeY