Festival

The 2022 FutureStops Festival featured 3 days of exciting concerts and discussions presenting a wide range of radically innovative approaches to the organ.

Audiences were immersed in the unique sonic power of the organ and discovered how this extraordinarily complex instrument is being reinvented and re-imagined by diverse and exciting 21st century composers, performers and inventors.

Program Notes
Schedule
Free Presentations
Festival Recap (PDF – EN)
Récapitulatif du Festival (PDF – FR)
Kara-Lis Coverdale (Canada)
FUJI||||||||||TA (Japan)
Amina Claudine Myers (USA)
Charlemagne Palestine (USA)
Sandra Boss (Denmark)
Raven Chacon (Navajo Nation/USA)
Matthew Larkin (Canada)
Kali Malone (USA/Sweden)
Sarah Davachi (Canada)
Sarah Svendsen (Canada)
Rashaan Allwood (Canada)
Thomas Mellan (USA)
Jeff McLeod Organ Trio (Canada)

Festival Recap

Take a look at a summary of our 2022 event!

A mn and a woman on stage sitting with microphones in their hands.
A woman leaning over an organ.
A man with long curly hair flinging his head back.
Three beautiful stained glass windows above a woman playing an organ in church.
A man in a bright, cartoon-style shirt playing an organ on stage in front of an audience.
Plush toys in a suitcase on a chair, with an electronic organ and some hats on the floor.
A m,an playing the organ.
Close-up of a woman playing the organ.
A woman adjusting an organ.
A man with a headset adjusting an organ.
Two men and a woman sitting in chairs on stage holding microphones.
A trio of an organist, drummer, and guitar player on stage with their instruments.
A woman playing the organ in front of a choir.
A woman in a patterned dress and black top playing the organ, seen from behind.
A man in a nice suit playing a moveable organ.
A wide shot of an area with multiple musicians on stage performing before an audience.