Motion Ensemble
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Motion Ensemble is a musical group based in New Brunswick, Canada. They play contemporary classical music and experimental music. Motion Ensemble Inc. is a non-profit organization in the province of New Brunswick founded in 1998.
Motion Ensemble has been self-producing concerts since its founding; primarily in Fredericton and Sackville. Motion commissions new work as much as possible, most of their concerts feature composers of the Canadian Music Centre.
Motion Ensemble has also been presented by many innovative music organizations in Canada, including: Jusqu'aux Oreilles (Montreal), Scotia Festival of Music (Halifax), Sound Symposium (Newfoundland), NUMUS (Kitchener), The Music Gallery (Toronto), Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, New Works Calgary, Edmonton’s E.C.C.S and many more.
In 2003, Motion released its recording John Cage Variations I-III (on New York label Mode Records), the release concert was at Tonic.
The group is: Helen Pridmore,soprano Andrew R. Miller, contra bass Nadia Francavilla, violin Karin Aurell, flutes Richard Hornsby, clarinets D'Arcy Philip Gray, percussion
