Season 2025-2026

L’Archipel aux mille sons

A performance presented as part of Val-David’s 1001 Patentes qui bougent Festival

Three percussionists stop at each of these imaginary islands to introduce audiences to music that is by turns intimate and exuberant, drifting from one to the next on musical themes inspired by water and wind.
Poetic, inventive, and festive, this show—specially designed for young children—is a gateway to the incredible richness of contemporary percussion and an invitation to journey into Sixtrum’s musical imagination.

ÉVIDENCES

Confluence – Philippe Côté and François Bourassa – meet Sixtrum.
A program co-presented with Le Vivier.

Saxophonist Philippe Côté joins percussion ensemble Sixtrum and pianist François Bourassa for the world premiere of new works that place percussion at the center of an ever-changing landscape of rhythms and textures where improvisation unfolds. Inspired by the duo project Confluence (Côté/Bourassa, 2023), this concert extends the duo’s dialogue in an encounter with Sixtrum’s inventive percussive universe.

ESPACES D’INTERACTION #1 (Interaction spaces)

A concert presented in collaboration with le Vivier. 

The use of technology has been part of SIXTRUM’s artistic work for many years. Our new Espaces d’interaction series aims to explore different modes of interaction over the coming years, through the creation of new works based on the notions of interaction, spatialization and the human-machine relationship. Each project will enable the percussionists to collaborate with a group of Quebec and Canadian creators, a mix of established and emerging artists.

DIRECTIONS 6

Sixtrum presents its show at the Maison de la Culture Janine Sutto, considered “THE” ideal concert for an introduction to percussion music. Famous composers arranged by our musicians, classical pieces from the 20th-century repertoire, major references, and staging that goes beyond a simple superimposition of scenes featuring musicians.

FIELD OF VISION

A concert presented in collaboration with Les Percussions de Strasbourg
In collaboration with Le Vivier and the UQAM Music Department
Supported by the Consulate General of France in Quebec City

A masterful work composed for 36 percussionists by Michael Gordon, Field of Vision will be performed at the Agora de l’UQAM, accompanied by Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Founded in 1962 by six musicians and directed by Pierre Boulez, the ensemble is one of the most famous percussion ensembles in the world. Field of Vision will feature our two ensembles as well as collaborators from McGill University, the Conservatoire de Montréal, and the University of Montreal, along with the ensembles EP4 and Architek. A free event not to be missed!

6 MARIMBAS

Show presented as part of the 2025 program of the Time:Spans Festival in New York

The 6 Marimbas concert showcases works by composers from Canada and the United States, inviting listeners to discover the rich sound of these instruments through works that illustrate a wide variety of playing styles and musical compositions.

TRANSFORMATIONS

Presented as part of the Time:Spans 2025 Festival (New York)

From the fluidity of water to the relentless mechanics of machines, Sixtrum explores the transformation of sounds through mechanical and electronic devices and materials.

ESPACES D’INTERACTION #1

As part of the 2025 Tour – Winnipeg

Our new series, Spaces of Interaction, aims to explore different modes of interaction in the coming years through the creation of new works based on the concepts of interaction, spatialization, and human-machine relationships.

6 MARIMBAS

As part of the 2025 tour – Winnipeg

Thanks to an invitation from the Canadian Percussion Network, Prairie Percussion Workshop, and Prairie Brass Camp, we have the opportunity to give a week of masterclasses, which will conclude with a concert dedicated to marimbas.

DIRECTIONS 6

As part of the 2025 tour – Saskatoon

Directions 6 is a program with a very varied repertoire, ranging from performances of original works to creations by Sixtrum, not to mention arrangements of traditional music and detours into the geographical origins of the percussionists.

A kaleidoscope of diverse musical influences, this program is aimed at connoisseurs as well as those who are curious to discover another side of percussion, at the crossroads of new music, theater, and popular music.