Coming up soon! Sat. June 9 at USINE C in Montréal – Quelque Part, Mon Jardin / My Backyard, Somewhere. With collectif9 and Architek Percussion!

For tickets and further information visit:

http://usine-c.com/portfolio/my-backyard-somewhere-quelque-part-mon-jardin/

TEXTE DE – KAIE KELLOUGH
MUSIQUE – DEREK CHARKE, LUNA PEARL WOOLF, BRET HIGGINS, ELIOT BRITTON et NICOLE LIZÉE
ÉCLAIRAGE ET SCÉNOGRAPHIE – MARTIN SIROIS
VIDÉOS – MYRIAM BOUCHER, NICOLE LIZÉE
ILLUSTRATIONS – MELISSA DI MENNA, JULIEN BAKVIS

A great review of Ex Tempore in The East:

http://www.theeastmag.com/2018/05/31/new-music-charke-cormier-duo-debut-album-ex-tempore/

Check out this recent album from pianist, Jennifer King. O Mistress Moon is a collection of two centuries of Nocturnes and night inspired music from composers Chopin, Britten, Satie, Debussy, Barber, Poulenc, Schumann, Scriabin, Respighi, and Juno award winning composer Derek Charke. The music promises to transport you to the moon and back on a peaceful, thought-provoking journey.

https://leaf-music.ca/product/lm221/

Check it out… Should be a great show!

New Music – World Music!
Performance and compositions with new ensemble
May 26, 7:30pm, 2018. Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Daniel MacNeil – guitar | oud
Derek Charke – flute
Norm Adams – cello
Donald MacLennan – violin
Chris Mitchell – saxophone
Taral Naik – tabla
Samidha Naik – Indian classical singer
Doug Reach – classical guitar
Jacinte Armstrong – dance
Maria Osende – dance

Tickets available online at Ticket Halifax:
http://www.tickethalifax.com/events/54966660/new-world-music

Ex Tempore, the debut album from the Charke~Cormier Duo has been released today! Available on iTunes, Spotify, and many others.

Coming up this Saturday, May 5 at 7:30 pm is the ECMA Classical Showcase Concert. It's a free event. All welcome. Paul O'Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library.

http://ecma.com/festival/schedule/2018/05/05

PRE-ORDER NOW! EX TEMPORE

https://leaf-music.lnk.to/khQHkWE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Leaf Music is pleased to announce the release of Ex Tempore from the Charke-Cormier Duo Friday May 4. This is the debut release for the Nova Scotia ensemble. Prominent musicians and Acadia University faculty Derek Charke (flute) and Eugene Cormier (guitar) produced the album in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

The album includes Musiques Populaires Brésiliennes, a suite of six pieces by Canadian/Brazilian composer Celso Macado with titles named for popular Brazilian sweets such as Paçoca, and Algodão Doce (Cotton Candy.)

The recording also features original arrangements of Scarlatti Sonatas for flute and guitar by Eugene Cormier and published by Productions d’Oz (Québec). The album’s title track “Ex Tempore” is a brand new 6-minute work by Charke, who in addition to being a celebrated flute performer is a JUNO and East Coast Music Award-winning composer. “Ex Tempore” includes driving rhythms and pushes the sonic limits of the flute and guitar combination while also exploring the boundaries between fully-composed material and extemporaneous (or improvised) music.

The album will be available on popular music services including iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon Music. CDs will also be available from Amazon.com, Renaud-Bray, Barnes and Noble and other fine retailers. The Charke-Cormier duo will be hosting album launch events in Wolfville, Nova Scotia (May 12) and Halifax (May 20) to celebrate their debut recording. Visit charkecormierduo.com for more details.

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About Charke-Cormier Duo: Derek Charke (flutes) and Eugene Cormier (guitar) formed the Charke-Cormier Duo several years ago culminating in a debut recital at the KC Irving Centre in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. This sonorous union of flute and guitar continues to charm audiences across the Maritimes. Their repertoire includes many of the most important works for this pairing of instruments, and creates a sonic journey for audiences from the street corners of Argentina to the halls of Europe, as well as introducing fresh new works created today. Both performers are highly accomplished musicians who are on the teaching faculty at Acadia University’s School of Music.

About Leaf Music: Leaf Music is an independent recording label based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that specializes in high quality classical music recordings by artists and composers from Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.) Our growing catalogue of solo, orchestral and chamber music is distributed by Naxos of America to the world’s most important music retail, download and streaming providers.

The 2018 ECMA Classical Showcase Concert is coming up soon: Sat. May 5, 2018 at 7:30 pm in the Halifax Central Library. Here's a Facebook link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/827509510766165/

Ex Tempore, the debut studio album from the Charke - Cormier Duo is almost out! May 4 is the official release date.

Pre-orders on Amazon.com are available here: http://a.co/iTGRORz

In Canada, pre-orders on Amazon.ca are available here: http://a.co/6amRylR

Thrilled to be involved in this project with collectif9 and Architek Percussion! Checkout this preview video: