Photo credit: Martin Morissette
The Joker a cappella choir brings together some 20 musicians from the Montreal contemporary music scene. Under the direction of its founder Joane Hétu, the ensemble has been exploring the countless possibilities of the voice in all its forms for the past few years. Les lucioles, which premiered last May at the FIMAV, by the admission of its composers Hétu, Jean Derome, and Danielle Palardy Roger, is a tale in disarray. With a blend of poetry, music, dance and theatricality, it evokes both the fragile and evanescent nature of life, and the forces of darkness that threaten it.
Preceded at 7 p.m. by a talk on the place of storytelling and theatricality in today’s music.
