Concerts, Guest Artists, Exhibitions, Talks and Recitals
Thank you to all who came to our last SoCA Event!
Upcoming exhibitions and performances:
Temporal Waves
Monday, March 2, 2026, 7:00pm
Multimedia Studio, Wildeman Room 107
3650 Freedom Way
Free admission
Temporal Waves is the latest project from renowned Canadian tabla player Shawn Mativetsky, transporting the tabla into a rich electronic sound world, with Shawn's tabla bathed in the neon glow of analog synthesizers. Temporal Waves is an excursion deep into aural science fiction. Montreal's Shawn Mativetsky has long been celebrated as one of Canada's leading ambassadors of the tabla, and next to his exceptional musicianship, it's his unquenchable curiosity that one most frequently hears praised. Mativetsky is an accomplished practitioner of Indian classical music, but is equally embedded in the contemporary music realm, where he has established himself as both a champion of living composers and a generous collaborator to the likes of Tim Brady, Nicole Lizée, and Dinuk Wijeratne. An avid improviser, he can also be found accompanying countless other artists across and beyond the spectrum between jazz, pop, and global traditions.
This may be his first foray into electronic music within recent memory, but anyone familiar with Mativetsky's output will tell you that he's no tourist anywhere he goes; his roots always run deep. Spending his youth steeped in the 8-bit timbres of the Atari 400, Nintendo Entertainment System, and early PCs, the 1990s saw him actively involved in the DIY electronic music scene that congregated around 'tracker' software, and was a key member of the online tracker collective NOiSE. In the early 2000s, he performed with Indo-electronic project, Ramasutra, and for the past several years, has been collaborating with live coder David Ogborn in their electronic music duo, very long cat.
Videos of Temporal Waves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_17e6PGJO4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GqGTYefOHw
SoCA Live
Friday, March 6, 2026
Doors open 2:30pm to 5:00pm; Performances at 3:00pm
Armouries front lobby, 37 University Ave. E.
Sponsored in part by the Bounce Back Program: Supporting students striving to succeed during their post-secondary experience
Exhibition:
PAPERCUTS
Papercuts explores the paradox that artistic freedom can sometimes be found, not through infinite choice, but through the deliberate adoption of predetermined limitations and frameworks.
Before beginning their work, each artist established a set of objective constraints—specific, measurable rules. These parameters dictated the imagery and visual logic of each series, creating a unified aesthetic while allowing for unexpected discoveries within the process. Materials were restricted to found printed media, such as vintage books and magazines, and students were prohibited from using digital prints, personal photographs, or traditional drawing tools.
The resulting works demonstrate how creative boundaries can serve as a catalyst for innovation.
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Papercuts features photomontages created by students in VSAR-3900 Studies in the Visual Arts – Collage, taught by Prof. Catherine Heard.
Music Performances - Shuah Cho, Ryan Dimu, Brandon Lesperance, Patrick Maifrini, piano, Josh Dunkley, Michael Gordon, voice, Alice Zacharias, violin
The Piano as a Stroyteller
Sunday, March 22, 7:30pm
Armouries Performance Hall, 353 Freedom Way
It's a third-year recital telling a journey from the Baroque era to the Modern era. From the architectural clarity of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major to the dramatic intensity of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Pathétique” Sonata, this recital explores the piano’s remarkable ability to speak, narrate, and transform emotion into sound. Each work reveals a different voice: the luminous counterpoint of Bach, the storm and defiance of Beethoven, the evocative colors of François Morel’s Étude de sonorité No. 2, the sweeping lyricism of Frédéric Chopin’s Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, and the vivid, impressionistic landscapes of Claude Debussy’s Estampes. Across centuries and styles, the piano becomes narrator, painter, and poet—inviting us into stories of structure and freedom, conflict and beauty, memory and imagination.
Upcoming SoCA Events
Mar 21 - Niko Usru Student Recital
Mar 22 - Michael Gordon Student Recital
Mar 27 - Jazz Ensemble Concert
Mar 29 - Josh Dunkley Student Recital
Mar 29 - Saxophone recital
Apr 2 - VSAR 2030 Exhibition Reception
Apr 17 - 2026 Visual Arts Student Exhibition
University Jazz Ensemble and Honours High School Jazz Ensemble
Friday, March 27, 2026, 7:30pm
Capitol Theatre, 121 University Ave. W.
Join the University Jazz Ensemble and Honours High School Jazz Ensemble for a great performance of big-band style music, featuring vocals by Madeline Abanid and Gianluca Ieraci. Both ensembles directed by Robert Fazecash.
If you have any questions about SoCA Events, please contact Trevor Pittman at tpittman@uwindsor.ca or 519-253-3000 ext. 2799.