Music Gallery: Performing Polyrhythms

 

Date: 

Tuesday, November , 2025

Starts 7 PM

 

Location

Social Art Studio Space 180 Shaw Street (basement)

 

Featuring: Alex Fournier

 

A brief introduction on how to perform advanced polyrhythms with just a little practice.

 

Rhythm is fast becoming a new avenue for the development of musical exploration. The degree to which harmony has been explored and developed over the past 12-ish centuries has permitted just about any note combination to work together with the right structuring. Tension and release finds its new dimensions in the ability to play with time and feel itself. This workshop will explore practical and actionable theories and strategies for internalizing, self-organizing and performing polyrhythms and complex tuplets in a live music and compositional context, forging new paths of creative exploration.

 

 

About the Facilitator

 

Alex Fournier began his studies at the University of Toronto under Dave Young, Andrew Downing, and Jim Vivian, also studying composition under Downing and Phil Nimmons, graduating with a BMus with honours. Alex later attended the Johns Hopkins University’s Peabody Conservatory’s Jazz Performance program, studying both performance and composition under Michael Formanek, as well as Paul Johnson for classical performance, graduating with a GPD in Jazz Performance.

Alex presents multiple groups, series, and initiatives, including the projects Triio, Money House, Picastro, Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, The Dan Pitt Trio/Quintet, The Tak Arikushi Trio/Quintet, and the Furniture Music Composition Workshop

Find more information on @musicgalleryto on IG