On December 11, New Music Concerts will present the Canadian premieres of two pieces by guest composer Marco Stroppa at the Music Gallery in Toronto. Conductor Robert Aitken will lead the ensemble in From Needle’s Eye for trombone, double wind quintet and percussion, with trombonist Benny Slutchin, and …of Silence for saxophone and chamber electronics, with saxophonist Wallace Halladay. A few days prior, on December 9 the New Music Ensemble, a student group at the Royal Conservatory, will perform the Canadian premiere of Stroppa's élet…fogytiglan under the baton of Brian Current. The concert will take place at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts as part of the Free Concert Series.

Marco Stroppa: work list