UpStream Ensembles & Productions

Starry Nights Multi-band

Founded 2011

Starry Nights Multi-band @ Open waters 2012
Winter Summit - 2nd Movement

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Aperture Trio

Founded 2010

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Upstream 6.0

Founded 2009

Upstream 6.O is the latest ensemble in the Upstream Music Collective's 20 year history.  The group was formed in fall 2009 in response to new talent  moving into  the  Halifax/Atlantic zone and mingling  with  local forces already in motion.

Guitarist Geordie...

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Guerilla Orchestra

Founded 2001

It's fun, it's entertaining. It can get wild – it can soar – it can be just plain nutty. The conductor is out front  cuing the musicians individually or collectively to play certain phrases, melodies, rhythms out of the air or from short scores – piecing it all together in some coherent...

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A Love Upstream

Founded 1990

A Love Upstream is Upstream Music's  houseband. It is: 

  • Rick Waychesko – trumpet
  • Jeff Reilly – bass clarinet/clarinet
  • Paul Cram - tenor sax/clarinet
  • Dawn Hatfield – baritone and alto saxes/flute
  • Timi Levy – violin
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Sunrise Orchestra

Founded 1986

BUSTER KEATON’S

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CONVOY HFX

Founded 1986

CONVOY HFX Redux
By Paul Cram

Convoy HFX Redux is a new Upstream project based on the spirit and structure of Convoy HFX an orchestral piece written by Upstream artistic director Paul Cram in 2002 for the 22 piece Upstream Orchestra. The new CONVOY configuration is :...

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Upstream Orchestra

Founded 1986

In reponse to the utter madness of maintaining a set orchestration of  players and building a repertoire for same  in the  this period , the Upstream Orchestra  has undergone a rethink and rebuilding process over the course of...

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