The Western Front

Since 2001 Toronto’s Toca Loca has been causing great waves and rifts in the Canadian and International New Music communities. This concert is no different as they bring their acclaimed P*P Project to Vancouver for the first time. The concert will examine the fierce and fearsome taxonomy that historically has made some composers soulfully classical, and others popular. The cutting-edge of Canada’s composers have written P*P-length, P*P-inspired works for this fearless trio to spark and ignite including music by: Juliet Palmer, Andrew Staniland, Quinsin Nachoff, Nicole Lizee (formerly of Besnard Lakes) and Geof Holbrook.

Toca Loca are a trio (pianists Gregory Oh and Simon Docking, and percussionist Aiyun Huang) who clearly believe that contemporary music should grab the listener as much as any other kind. With a posse of like-minded friends, they put on a passionate, disciplined performance that at times rocked harder than many shows I’ve heard in clubs.
-Robert Everett-Green, The Globe and Mail, May 29, 2007

Part of Clamour presented with Sonic Presence