Standing Wave is a vital contemporary voice with drop-dead ingenious musicians.”
--Vancouver Sun
Press Materials
Recent and past Standing Wave press releases, downloadable programmes, etc.:
- Dance: Music
press release
poster
- Shapeshifters
press release
poster - One Tree, Many Branches (15/05/08)
press release
poster - Teatro dell 'Udito (9/12/07)
press release
poster - General
Sample Programme
Press Kit
Contact Information
For Promotional Materials, please contact Diane Kadota Arts Management at:
- info@standingwave.ca or
- #370 – 425 Carrall Street
Vancouver BC V6B 6E3 Canada - Tel: (604) 683 8240
- Fax: (604) 683 7911
Quotes
Vancouver Sun
“…fresh sounds that twist and surprise… Standing Wave is a vital contemporary voice with drop-dead ingenious musicians.”
The Georgia Straight (February 2007), Alex Varty
“Over the course of its 16-year history, Standing Wave has specialized in making the difficult seem easy – and in its first concert of 2007 that was definitely on the agenda.”
“There’s an odd sweetness to these tunes, but that simplicity is deceptive; they’re technically challenging, too. Violinist Rebecca Whitling rose to the occasion with startling grace, sometimes foregrounding one pure note while drawing reedy harmony from or two others. Allen Stiles, on piano, was also immaculate.”
“…the ensemble stared down bigger challenges in Zack Browning’s Impact Addiction and Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez’s Luciérnagas.”
“It’s no cinch to accurately reproduce this dizzying beauty, but Vancouver’s most accomplished contemporary chamber music group did just that, without even breaking a sweat.”
The Georgia Straight (June 2005), Alex Varty
“…a deeply inspirational evening of music.”
“Standing Wave did this musical bounty proud. The group didn’t appear compromised by the addition of the extra musicians, always retaining its trademark clarity of execution. Nonetheless, some of the strongest performances were solo ones: cellist Peggy Lee’s high-wire improvisation three-quarters of the way through the hourlong concert, and pianist Allen Stiles’s effervescent reading of Cage’s Sonata #5, a piece so otherworldly it sounds like the product of an alien civilization.”
“…in Standing Wave, this city has a major cultural treasure.”
The Georgia Straight (October 2004), Alex Varty
“Lean yet luxuriously paced, [palladia is] a glorious piece of music – and, like everything else on the program, it benefited from the performers’ impeccable poise.”
“The band offers brilliant musicianship, thoughtful programming, and true dedication to its craft: we can’t ask for more from it…”