The Music Gallery

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The Music Gallery is a centre for promoting and presenting innovation and experimentation in all forms of music, and for encouraging cross-pollination between genres, disciplines and audience. The Music Gallery is Toronto's Centre for Creative Music, founded in 1976 by Peter Anson and Al Mattes of the free-improvising group, CCMC. Since its inception, the MG has been a publicly assisted centre for the creation, development and performance of art music from all genres. Since 2001, The Music Gallery has found a home at St. George the Martyr Church, located at 197 John St., at the southern end of Grange Park. Currently programmed by artistic director Jonathan Bunce and guest curator Gregory Oh, the Music Gallery presents or co-presents more than 50 concerts per year. A variety of art music genres are represented in the five streams of programming, including contemporary classical, chamber and electro-acoustic music (Classic Avant series), free jazz and improv (Jazz Avant series), avant-rock, pop, folk and electronic music (Pop Avant series), and musics from the non-Western world (World Avant series). The Music Gallery season launches annually with the X Avant new music festival, first held in 2006, and featuring cross-programming from all concert series, and a mix of international and local artists. We are located inside St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The church is located just north of the T-intersection of John and Stephanie Streets, at the south end of Grange Park. Nearby landmarks include OCAD (Ontario College of Art & Design), the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) and the CityTV/MuchMusic building. GENERAL INFORMATION Email: javiss@musicgallery.org Telephone: 416.204.1080 Fax: 416.204.9986 ARTIST PROPOSALS Email: submissions@musicgallery.org