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DFM featured on TVO’s award-winning Backyard Beats
DFM was featured on Backyard Beats, an award-winning TV series for children that introduces all sorts of instruments.
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DFM Plays The Shore Leave
DFM is pumped to perform at The Shore Leave on Saturday, June 22, 2019. We have lots of new tunes, all the classics, and plenty of bassoon sass. The Shore Leave is the East Ends’s best Tiki Bar, and undisputed Cocktail Champion. NO Cover, but the tip cup is Pay-What-You-Think, Read more…
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DFM at The Gathering, CPAMO’s 10th Anniversary!
We are beyond thrilled to be part of Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO)‘s 10th anniversary celebrations! We will be performing for their gala on May 29, 2019 at 7:30 along Red Slam Collective, KasheDance, and Sampradaya Dance Creations. Tickets are $25/30, and more information is available HERE. PS: Read more…
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Graham Martin stars in “HATE MAIL & Irreconcilable Trolls”
Graham Martin was the star of the show on November 18, 2017, taking the contrabassoon front and centre in a solo role. HATE MAIL & Irreconcilable Trolls by Spy Dénommé-Welch & (DFM’s own) Catherine Magowan is a 20 minute work for voice, contrabassoon, piano, electronics, projections. Inspired by ridiculous hate mail and Read more…
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DFM rocked the Amsterdam Bicycle Club last week
We had our first show – after a brief winter hiatus – last week at the Amsterdam Bicycle Club. We treated our fans to new rep by Neil and Susan, and played a couple tunes that were written for us by our good friend Kevin Harris. Do not fear…new rep Read more…
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Susan at the Junos
I was thrilled to play one of the coolest gigs of my life…so far…Back-up bassoon for the Arkells at the 2015 Juno Awards!!!! Yeah, so that bassoonist who scored all the camera time??? This girl.
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Exciting moments of the Junos for the entire Orchestra? Watching Arkells win Rock Album of the Year 5 minutes before taking the stage to perform Come to Light with them!!!! (Their other nomination was group of the year…which they won at the Gala on Saturday night.) Needless to say, they are a kick-ass band and it was frigging amazing to be on stage with them.
So the gig…what was it like? Well, to share an insider secret…big productions and movies/TV filming is all the same…Hurry up to wait. You end up with a really early call time, you doll yourself up, then hope the hairspray will hold for the next 3 hours!!! BUT, just because it isn’t the glamorous life that people imagine, it doesn’t mean that it wasn’t the coolest weekend of my life!!! (more…)
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“East End Famous” for BuskerFest
Not only are we excited to be performing at Toronto BuskerFest this weekend, but apparently we are turning heads in the East End. Laura and Susan were both featured in a couple of lovely newspaper stories this week. The stories draw attention to the Beaches-residents as well as giving readers a Read more…
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Pride Shows 2015!
We have been busy little beavers getting ready for Pride this year and are VERY excited to announce that we will be featured in TWO stage shows!!! Saturday June 27, 2015 at 6pm-7pm: We will be teaming up with the lovely Catherine Hernandez (Legs) for an USO style show, For Read more…
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Planning meeting January 2015
We had a highly productive band meeting last week, and we are pumped for lots of prospective shows and events this spring. We are still nailing down dates with a few venues, but we promise to be busy as bassoonists the end of February through March. Sooooo, Here’s what we Read more…
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One of the fagotts has a premiere!
Mannschaft member Catherine has an exciting concert coming up! Surprisingly, she’s not playing her bassoon– she has a new work premiering that she wrote with her partner in life and crime, Spy. It will be presented by the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday January 17, 8PM, at St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Read more…