Casse-Tête: A Festival of Experimental Music

About

Posted on May 11, 2015By cassetetefestival

Casse-Tête: A Festival of Experimental Music In 2013, a startlingly original music festival began in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. It ran for five successful years before its founder and Artistic Director, Jeremy Stewart, relocated to BC’s lower mainland. Casse-Tête Read More ...

Artists

Posted on May 11, 2015By cassetetefestival

REBECCA BRUTON rebecca bruton is an experimental composer, vocalist, and guitarist based in Calgary, Alberta. Her guiding interests lie in revealing experiences of sensory and psychological alteredness, through which new realities and chronologies can be experienced beyond the realm of Read More ...

Venues

Posted on June 1, 2015By cassetetefestival

All our venues are fully wheelchair-accessible. Saltaire Amphitheatre Located at the northeast corner of Thrift Ave and Johnston Road in uptown White Rock. Free parking is available in the underground lot off Thrift, or on Johnston Road, or take the Read More ...

Documents

Posted on May 12, 2015By cassetetefestival

Casse-Tete Festival Program 2013 Casse-Tete Festival Program 2014 Casse-Tete Festival Program 2015 Casse-Tete Festival Program 2016 Casse-Tete Festival Program 2017 Casse-Tete Festival Program 2023 How We Dropped a Piano Dreamland Magazine Issue III (2014 Panel Discussion) Dreamland Magazine Issue VII Read More ...

Sponsors

Posted on May 11, 2015By cassetetefestival

We are so grateful to our amazing 2024 sponsors! Thank you all!

Casse-Tete: A Festival of Experimental Music returns to White Rock and Surrey with more free concerts May 24-26, 2024!

Check back for updates and artist announcements!

Sponsored by the Canadian Music Centre in BC and the White Rock BIA as part of the White Rock Jazz & Blues Festival.

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MAY 24 at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church

8 PM – RACHEL KIYO IWAASA

Pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa will perform a selection of music primarily consisting of the compositions of Rodney Sharman.

FRIDAY, MAY 24 at Ocean Park Hall

10 PM – WELCOME TO DEBBY’S

Raghu Lokanathan and Jeremy Stewart will perform their improvisational play about everything that can only happen once.

SATURDAY, MAY 25 at Ocean Park Hall

2:30 PM – FRUITING BODY

This year’s children and families program will involve a participatory collective improvisation led by Fruiting Body.

3:30 PM – SALON CASSE-TETE

Festival artists will gather to speak about their artistic practices.

8 PM – TENDER LOVE

8:30 PM – MAGAZINIST

An experimental sound art duo performance.

9 PM – BILL HORIST

Seattle improviser Bill Horist is an electric guitarist whose extraordinary inventiveness and originality are well-attested-to in his incredible range of prepared-guitar approaches.

SUNDAY, MAY 26 at Saltaire Amphitheatre – Casse-Tete x White Rock Jazz & Blues Festival Stage

11 AM – DARREN WILLIAMS

Saxophonist and composer Darren Williams pushes the limits of improvisation and extended instrumental technique.

12 PM – CASSE-TETE FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE

1 PM – REBECCA BRUTON

Rebecca Bruton will perform a solo guitar and voice version of Toronto-based composer Martin Arnold’s chamber work Tam Lin.