GroundSwell presents the best new music from Winnipeg and around the world.

 

 

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WHO WE ARE

GroundSwell is a Winnipeg-based new music organization that presents work in three related series: GroundSwell Live (live concerts of new music from around the world); GroundSwell-Learn (a wide range of outreach and educational activities); and GroundSwell-Linked (radio and online events).
For over three decades, GroundSwell has presented innovative public events combining new music, dance, and theatre.  GroundSwell commissions new work from Canadian and international composers, hires artists from across Canada, the USA and Europe, and engages with its audience through innovative outreach and educational initiatives. 
GroundSwell’s Permanent and Guest Curators collaborate every year to craft seasons with diversity and aesthetic variety. GroundSwell’s mission is to present, create and advocate for a wide range of contemporary music in innovative and exciting ways.

LIVE

in person concerts

LINKED

Digital Content

LEARN

Educational Collaborations

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GS1: Break-up Music

GS1: BreakUp Music Nicole Lizée’s Karaoke Orchestra--- Scenario: A karaoke machine is glitching. It rewinds, stops without warning, jumps between sections. Pitch and speed fluctuate. The tape is damaged – chewed up by the machine. The singer tries to keep her composure and keep up with the machine. An unorthodox amplified orchestra holds it all together.

CoPro-Gswell Learn

GroundSwell and VideoPool present an Artist Talk with Nicole Lizee at the Outpost, September 13th at 2pm.

NEW DATE CONFIRMED!

Our North/South concert from 2024/2025 season is now rescheduled to November 25th, 7:00pm in our current season!

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Composer Competition 2025-2026

GroundSwell is pleased to announce its biennial Emerging Composers Competition. The 2025-26 competition features Montreal’s Quasar Saxophone Quartet, an ensemble of the highest calibre that has been committed to championing new Canadian music for the past 3 decades.