Percussionist

Curated by Haotian Yu,* Transoceanic traces intersections between technology and diasporic experience. In this Encounters, works from diasporic composers Corie Rose Soumah, Kotoka Suzuki, and Anthony Tan reimagine sound and light through science-fiction visions that decenter Eurocentric narratives of progress.

TD Encounters: Transoceanic

Hugh's Room Live

Missing is a powerful opera in English and Gitxsan that tells the story of Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, set against the backdrop of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Highway of Tears, blending loss and hope in a poignant expression of resilience.

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TSM presents Missing: In Concert

The Royal Conservatory of Music

Along with world premieres of two chamber orchestra works (Mermelstein & Tse), this program reprises a work with Brazilian inflections that Esprit previously commissioned from our percussionist Mark Duggan. Percussion has a strong presence on this concert with Ryan Scott performing Abe’s Michi, a marimba solo in contrast to the composer’s The Wave performed earlier in the season. A spectacular percussion duo by Trevino heightens the concert’s percussive element. Two superb string quartets, radically different from one another, highlight the styles of Smith and Rea. Gabriella Smith has a unique sensibility when it comes to naming her pieces and we have happily taken the liberty of reflecting this in the titles of three of our season’s concerts that include her music.

Esprit Orchestra presents CARROT REVOLUTION

Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts

The University of Toronto Wind Ensemble, led by Gillian MacKay, presents their final concert of the season featuring percussionist Michael Murphy.


University of Toronto Wind Ensemble: Looking Up

Meridian Arts Centre

Michael Murphy Presents: The Spirit of Christmas is a new holiday concert created to capture the warmth, wonder, and togetherness of the Christmas season through an unforgettable evening of music.

Led by Wisconsin- and Nashville-based singer/songwriter Michael Murphy, the show brings together an exceptional ensemble of musicians from throughout the Fox Cities for fresh interpretations of beloved Christmas classics, brand-new original holiday songs, and stunning instrumental selections—including specially arranged works by Dean Marshall. Familiar songs are given new life through thoughtful, dynamic arrangements that honor the music audiences know and love while offering something refreshing and unexpected.

Percussionist

Michael Murphy

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 10, 2026

The Spirit of Christmas · Fox Cities Performing Arts Center

Past events

Jan 19, 2026

TD Encounters: Transoceanic · Soundstreams

Jul 24, 2025

TSM presents Missing: In Concert · The Royal Conservatory of Music

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