November 15 - 18 at the Roundhouse Community Centre

The New Orchestra Workshop (NOW) Society commemorates their 40th year with performances of new works in a four-day interactive archival and performative installation, placing the Society as one of Canada's most significant improvisatory creative music collectives.

Events will include archival displays, performances, panel discussions and a new publication. Performances in the Exhibition Hall and Performance Centre will feature ensembles from throughout the NOW Society's history with past and current ensembles and premieres of new works by George Lewis, Kris Dais, Lina Allemano, Barry Guy and Lisa Cay Miller. The Archival installation will present photographs, scores, documments, recordings and interviews.

NOW will announce their new publication, which will contain interviews with NOW founders, Artistic Directors, collaborators and musicians, a foreword by George Lewis, preface by Clyde Reed, an introduction by Greg Buium and a postscript by Lisa Cay Miller. The event will also feature a panel discussion on the past and future of improvised music in Vancouver with George Lewis, Kevin McNeilly, Clyde Reed and Lisa Cay Miller.