ABOUT GREG

Greg Bruce is an improvisor and composer searching for new sounds through the forgotten opportunities of analogue technology. His work blends contemporary classical, folk, and minimalist musics; and exposes the sonic potential of acoustic feedback and cassette tape media. Through a breath-powered instrumentarium – a saxophone augmented by state of the art, lo-tech – Greg investigates the human/machine dialectic and invokes a post-digital future.

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Greg is a University of Toronto Doctor of Musical Arts Candidate whose research in feedback saxophone is supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship. His recent work with tape media has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.

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Hailing from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, and based in Montréal, Greg has also led a successful career as a music freelancer, having performed, toured, and recorded with a wide variety of projects. He is best known for leading the award-winning “folk-funk-jazz” group, Ouroboros. Under Greg’s leadership, the band released two full-length recordings; performed in festivals in Canada, the US, and the UK; and earned an ECMA award and two MusicNL awards.