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Philippe Keyser’s brainchild, Kappa, brought a fresh, energetic, and inventive eyesight of the brand new jazz audio in Montreal. This huge (15 or even more music artists) ensemble is an expert in interpreting very long, avant-garde compositions. Philippe Keyser, a Montreal drum instructor, founded Kappa in 1996. The 15- to …

Folk-rock group Mes Aïeux (My Ancestors) had been founded in 1996 by 6 Quebec musicians. Sketching on traditional personas from Quebecois folklore, the French-language group performs materials addressing modern worries like globalization, over-medication, and regional politics within a less-than-threatening grassroots bundle. Mes Aïeux shortly discovered themselves as the figurehead from …

Outfit Masques is a Montreal-based early group, founded in 1996 by movie director and harpsichordist Olivier Fortin. Champion from the Grand Reward in the Dorian Early Music America Competition in 2000, the ensemble was chosen as the finalist from the York Early Music Competition in 2001. Outfit Masques was called …