Kabir Cultural Centre collection ➔ [Poster for the Duniya Project's performance at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec]

Item
Identifier:
2023_01_03_001
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.centrekabir.com/en/
Repository Identifier
Catherine Potter 2006
Date
February 3 2006;Date(s) of creation
Creator
Extent
1 poster
Format
ephemera
Description
Poster advertising Duniya Project's performance at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Catherine Potter on the bansuri, Nicolas Caloia on the double bass, Subir Dev on the Tabla, Thom Gossage on drums and John Gzowski on guitar. Catherine Potter was a Canadian bansuri player. She was born on December 25, 1957 in the city of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. She studied the bansuri in India with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. She was the founder of the Duniya Project music ensemble. She died on December 3, 2010. Nicolas Caloia is a Montreal based double bassist, composer, bandleader. He has been commissioned to compose works for the Quatuor Bozzini (2019), the GGRIL (2017), Productions Super Musique (2012), and the Festival International de Musique actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) (2011). He is the artistic director of the production company Musique Rayonnante. Subir Dev is a tabla player and member of Duniya Project. He was born in Bangladesh and later moved to Montreal, Canada. He studied North Indian classical music under Dr. Narendra Verma and now provides instrumental accompaniment to many artists from India. Thom Gossage is a drummer from Montreal, Quebec. He is the director of the music group Other Voices. John Gzowski is a guitarist. He studied under Alexina Louie, James Tenney, Ann Southam and Trichi Sankaran. He has played with the Garbagemen, Graeme Kirkland's experimental jazz groups, Tom Walsh’s N.O.M.A., and Paul Cram’s early groups, among others.
Location
Canada;Quebec;Montreal
Language
English;French
Notes
"Over a career that spanned 25 years, Catherine Potter became a world renowned bansuri flute player, trained in the classical tradition of Northern Indian music. She held degrees in jazz from Concordia and in ethnomusicology from Université de Montréal. However, she had already begun studying the bansuri flute in the early 1980s with world famous Indian flutist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. Her first CD, Bansuri (1997), represented a confirmation that she was beginning to master Indian music." - http://www.insafbulletin.net/archives/860 "Nicolas Caloia is a Montreal based double bassist, composer, bandleader and the artistic director of the production company Musique rayonnante. For the past thirty years he has worked at creating a living music by using rigorously composed material to channel collective improvisation. The goal is a music that erases the lines between improvised and composed, pop and avant-garde, good and bad. Caloia has been commissioned to compose works for the Quatuor Bozzini (2019), the GGRIL (2017), Productions Super Musique (2012), and the Festival International de Musique actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) (2011)." - https://www.nicolascaloia.net/ "Thom Gossage has appeared on numerous c.d. s during his career as a composer and drummer/percussionist. He also directs his critically acclaimed group Other Voices, whose fifth c.d. In Other Words is now available on Songlines recordings. He has performed in numerous improvised music settings including associations with Drew Gress, Benoit Delbecq, Tom Arthurs, Francois Houle, Dave Binney, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Ben Monder, Wolter Weirbos, Steve Swell, and Christine Jensen. " - https://tgossage.wordpress.com/about/ "John Gzowski has had the good fortune of a career that's allowed him to follow his very particular and varied interests. Some were instilled by studying with Alexina Louie, James Tenney, Ann Southam and Trichi Sankaran. Originally studying classical guitar, John switched to electric after developing a taste for rock and jazz. He played in many groups in the Queen Street scene in Toronto in the 80’s, most notably the Garbagemen. Around the same time he began playing with some more experimental jazz groups, like Graeme Kirkland’s groups, Tom Walsh’s N.O.M.A., Paul Cram’s early groups and doing free improv work across the country, at jazz festivals in Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver. " - https://johngzowski.com/styled/ The bansuri is a side blown flute with six or seven finger holes from the Indian subcontinent. Though traditionally made from bamboo, modern bansuri can be made from fiberglass, ivory, or various metals. The tabla is a pair of single-headed hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. The small, conical righthand drum is called the dayan and is used to created treble or tonal sounds. The larger, kettledrum-like lefthand drum is called the baya and is used for producing bass. The tabla owes its unique sound to the coat of syahi "tuning paste" applied to specific areas on the skin of each drum. *Date listed refers to date of performance.
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Bānsurī players [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006005235];Posters [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001723]