🪈Introducing the incoming members of the Labyrinth Ensemble: @sconstantly
Sara Constant is a musician and artist working in various forms of contemporary/experimental music and sound.
Trained as a flute player and active as a soloist, improviser, sound artist, and ensemble musician, Sara’s work involves interpretations of composed music, improvisations with instruments and electronics, and sound installation, to explore ideas around listening, resonance, and place.
In addition to Labyrinth Ensemble, Sara has played with contemporary music ensemble Semblance, medieval/improvised band Jelly Ear, and FAWN Opera, and has presented sound installations and live sets across Canada, Europe, and the United States.
Sara is based in Tkarón:to/Toronto, working as an artist, writer (Musicworks), and curator (Music Gallery).
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Sara joins the second cohort of the Labyrinth Ensemble, dedicated to studying and performing the many manifestations of modal music over the next four years.
For their debut performance, the Ensemble will be joined by guest artist @efren.lopez.sanz from Valencia, Spain:
May 9, 2026
Nanji Family Foundation Auditorium @agakhanmuseum
Aga Khan Museum (77 Wynford Drive, Toronto, ON)
8PM
Tickets: bit.ly/LEwithEL
📸 by Curtis Perry
𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗖 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦
𝙒𝙚𝙙 15𝙩𝙝 – 𝙎𝙖𝙩 18𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙡 2026
𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝙎𝘼𝙍𝘾
10𝘼𝙈–6𝙋𝙈
Seven installations to explore throughout the SARC building.
From immersive sound environments to interactive and audio-visual works, this programme invites audiences to move through the space and experience a range of contemporary practices.
Featuring works by Isaac Gibson, Lola de la Mata, Lusine Kirakosyan, Susannah Knights, Annie Dunning, Sara Constant, and Isabel Bredenbröker and Adam Pultz Melbye.
Festival volunteers will be on hand to guide you from the SARC Foyer.
Link in bio for full programme
We take over Friends House for a comfy-cozy night of noise—with Markus Floats and members of Montreal free-jazz ensemble Egyptian Cotton Arkestra, and a collective of Toronto improvisers playing with household instruments and implements.
Montréal/Tiotia’ke-based composer and musician Markus Floats takes over Friends House for a night of “cozy skronk”.
Playing alongside members of the free-jazz ensemble Egyptian Cotton Arkestra, Markus Floats weaves his electronic improvisations with the ambient guitar musings of Lucas Huang and the fierce yet soothing tones of saxophonist James Goddard.
Opening the evening are Toronto improvisers HOMEBODIES, an ad-hoc ensemble of local artists—Allison Cameron, Aliyah Aziz, Deniz Tafaghodi, Wesley Shen, and Lucas Dvorsky—bringing together forms of ‘at-home’ listening—including activating a collection of household electric organs—to create a collective, intuitive performance.
Curated by Sara Constant
Get your tickets at the link in bio 🍂🤍🪵
Next performance of What Brings You In is tomorrow! Meet WBYI's Stage Manager extraordinaire Sara Constant!
Sara Constant is a musician and artist working in various forms of contemporary/experimental music and sound.
Trained as a flute player and active as a soloist, improviser, sound artist, and ensemble musician, Sara’s work involves interpretations of composed music, improvisations with instruments and electronics, and sound installation, to explore ideas around belonging, resonance, and place.
Sara has released music on People Places Records and Age of Leisure, has performed on releases from Centrediscs and Sawyer Editions, and has presented sound installations and solo projects across Canada, Europe, and the United States.
As an arts administrator and project manager, Sara has worked with the Toronto Creative Music Lab, Images Festival, Venus Fest, That Feeling, and the TRANZAC to support artists’ creative practices in sound and listening.
Sara is currently based in Tkarón:to/Toronto, working as a flutist, artist, writer (Musicworks), arts administrator (Venus Fest), and curator (Music Gallery).
www.saraconstant.ca
What Brings You In👂
October 17 – 25, 2025
Theatre Passe Muraille
Offered in-person and online!
🎟️ at the link in our bio!
16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto
#WBYI #theatre #tpm2526
Picture by Yannick Anton
✨ Recent highlights from Semblance ✨
These last days we’ve had the privilege to bring two great projects to life:
🎵 SAMMLUNG — our final concert as Ensemble-in-Residence at Fondation ROYAUMONT (2023–2025) — featured the world premiere of Sammlung by Frédéric Durieux, alongside the great music by Nathaniel Otley, performing together with Schola Heidelberg (dir. Walter Nußbaum), and Nanami Okuda (keyboard) and Pierre Bibault (electric guitar). Thank you specially to Michèle Gagliano, Christine Jolivet-Erlih, Jean-Philippe Wurtz and Samuel Agard for your trust and courage
The concert will be broadcast on France Musique on October 22nd!
🎧 Just afterwards, we recorded Ihlara McIndoe’s new piece "The dispersed parts of ourselves" for septet at RADIO FRANCE for the program Création Mondiale — a creation that will be broadcast during the week of October 20. Stay tuned!!
Our heartfelt thanks to all who made these moments possible ❤️— the artists, the institutions, and the audiences who continue to listen and share curiosity for new sound worlds 🥳
Merci au soutien de la Maison de la Musique Contemporaine MMC, à la Fondation Royaumont et à Radio France
#EnsembleSemblance #ContemporaryMusic #Royaumont #RadioFrance #IhlaraMcIndoe #FrédéricDurieux #NathanielOtley #ScholaHeidelberg #worldpremiere
✨ Last week, we spent an inspiring residency in Strasbourg, diving deep into the music of Myrto Nizami, Ihlara McIndoe, Nathaniel Otley, Catherine Lamb, Cathy van Eck, and Hugo Bell.
After days of rehearsing, listening, and exploring together, we shared this journey in concert at Atelier M33 on Friday 27th 🎶
💫 A huge thank you to M33 and Robert Menczel for welcoming us and for organizing the beautiful Tiny Moon festival — such a joy to be part of it alongside incredible artists.
🤩 to Michèle Gagliano and Fondation Royaumont for supporting Mirto Nizami's commission to Ensemble Semblance: Into the light of things
🙏 Thank you to Ensemble Linea for opening the doors of their rehearsal space to us all week,
📸 to Philippe Seitz for capturing our process so beautifully,
and ❤️ to everyone who came to listen and support us
🌱 Now, we’re getting ready for our next adventure: SAMMLUNG at Royaumont, coming up on October 5, 2025 — featuring brand new works by Frédéric Durieux and Nathaniel Otley. We can't wait to share it with you
Stay close — more soon!
#EnsembleSemblance #TinyMoonFestival #Strasbourg #NewMusic #ContemporaryMusic #Royaumont
WED JUNE 18
iiisa (NYC)
Sweet Lips (TO)
pwyc / notaflof
doors 7, music 730
msg for address
having a lil show next week 🌅
🌅 iiisa (NYC)
iiisa inhabits intimate songs that emerge from warm sonic landscapes filled with familial chatter and field recordings from their home in Costa Rica. Taking great care, they transform opaque memories into powerful ephemera in hopes of offering solace. Their work has been presented by Roulette Intermedium, Big Eats Festival, and Pioneer Works.
🌅 Sweet Lips (TO)
It’s not pop music, it’s music about pop music. Experimental duo Owen Kurtz and Sierra Weston recontextualize and celebrate the ubiquitous nature of a good pop song—and its ability to be reinvented, over and over again.
☀️hope to see u there ☀️
F is for Friday and Fragmented Forms!
Bringing together experimental musicians from the Labyrinth Ensemble and Jelly Ear, this ensemble plays with improvisation and musical time travel.
Enjoy this imaginative take on historical music as you make your way into the weekend...🐴🛡🤺
Sara Constant + Mustafa Rafiq
flute & electronics + bowed guitar
glad for @sconstantly to visit Edmonton this past week where she led a workshop, gave a lecture on her sound studies and played this set with me!
we wove these ideas together in short time & presented them at Raylene Campbell’s album release (on @honeyfarm_records , congrats @dray_235_ !!)
captured by Ethan Bokma
Honey Farm is thrilled to announce Raylene Campbell’s @dray_235_ upcoming Honey Farm release Secret Pockets! The album 💿 release show is presented by Honey Farm and Interior Network @holzkopf666noisebeast on Saturday March 22 at 8:00 PM at St. Mary’s Anglican Church ⛪️ in Highlands. Kelly Ruth @kelly__ruth Static Control @staticcontrol and Sara Constant @sconstantly with @mustafarafiqq will also be performing. Tickets are $20 at the door 🎟️ We hope to see you there 😀 poster by @thee_ruiner
hi the next month is full of so many lovely things so here is the summary of all the little creatures
🍤 TOMORROW: @dontstoptilyoufretenough ‘s spooky and exquisite album Bestiaries, which was ultra lovely to play flute on, is out! Go listen~
🍤 Nov 5: playing and presenting work at @digitalkunst.festival in Stuttgart - a dreamy program of music by Chiyoko Szlavnics, Remmy Canedo, Lise Morrison and Takehisa Kosugi, plus some jiggly audio work by me 🥺
🍤 Nov 11: @yango.bongo ‘s beautiful warm fuzzy album longing for _, feat. a piece we made together, is out on @peopleplacesrecords ~
🍤 Nov 26: the Emergents series is back at @musicgalleryto with pieces by Vitalija Glovackyte (feat. @architekperc ) and @_joy.jpg / @t_cunningham13 / Sara Maston - save the date 👀
🍤 Dec 1: digging up graphic scores from the @musicworksmag archive for a small magazine hang - details soon~
hope to see u at one or some ❤️
