May 18, 2024 | Halifax, NS

Foliage: Alkali Collective

Alkali Collective will premiere Julia Mermelstein’s piece, Mixed Foliage, for mixed octet, live electronics & movement, commissioned by and composed for Alkali with support from Arts Nova Scotia & Canada Council for the Arts. They will also perform Julia’s piece spora, for soprano, cello, percussion, and electronics sung by mezzo-soprano Megan Johnson alongside works by Keiko Devaux, Sophie Dupuis, Erin Gee and Emilie LeBel.

May 10, 2024 | Toronto, ON

TSO Premiere — Tchaikovsky + Brahms Masterworks Concert

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Gimeno will premiere Julia Mermelstein’s piece, Ray trace, commissioned and composed for the TSO as part of their 2024 NextGen composer program.

Din of Shadows' Din VII: Museum of Quiet Sounds

Julia Mermelstein’s acousmatic piece, wonted, will be performed as part of Din of Shadows’ "Din VII: Music of Quiet Sounds" at the Music Gallery in Toronto. The show is a Pop-up sound museum featuring 10 musical exhibitions from ensemble performances to sound installations to acousmatic works.

Apr 26, 2024Show #1 • 8-9:30PM — The Music Gallery, Toronto

Apr 27, 2024Show #2 • 3-4:30PM — The Music Gallery, Toronto

Apr 27, 2024Show #3 • 8-9:30PM — The Music Gallery, Toronto

Leslie Ting's What Brings You In album release.

I'm very excited to say that my piece folds in crossings for solo violin and electronics is now released as part of violinist and interdisciplinary artist Leslie Ting’s debut album What Brings You In on People Places Records as both stereo and binaural recordings!

The piece was commissioned by and composed for Leslie’s interdisciplinary production What Brings You In back in 2019 which has been an ever-evolving project that currently is available as an album but has also been mounted as a live theatrical event, a web-based installation, and a gallery show. It's now available on all streaming platforms as well as Bandcamp.

Feb 23, 2024 | Victoria, BC

Guest Concert Series: Filaments - Ilana Waniuk at UVic School of Music

Violinist Ilana Waniuk will be performing Julia Mermelstein's interdisciplinary work, "inner forms" at the University of Victoria's Guest Concert Series as part of her Filaments project, which was commissioned and premiered in 2019.

Filaments is a collaborative concert project featuring works for violin and electronics by artists/composers from across Canada. Each piece explores what happens when electroacoustic, multi-media, or improvisational elements stretch the boundaries of what it means to compose/perform/create works for ‘solo’ violin. Filaments features works by Róisín Adams, Ben Wylie, Julia Mermelstein ("inner forms") with world premieres by Fjóla Evans and UVic School of Music Assistant Professor Anthony Tan.

India Gailey's Problematica album release

I'm so excited to share that cellist/composer, India Gailey has released her album Problematica on People Places Records that includes a piece I wrote for India and this album project called "Bending, breaking through" for solo cello + live electronics.

This is a stunning album that India has put together and includes commissioned works by 6 other Canadian composers: Sarah Rossy, Nicole Lizée, Joseph Glaser, Andrew Noseworthy, Fjóla Evans and Thanya Iyer.

It is available on all streaming platforms as well as Bandcamp in digital stereo formats (CD/DL) and in Dolby Atmos surround.

India Gailey: Problematic Release Tour

Musician India Gailey commissioned seven new works for solo cello by Sarah Rossy, Nicole Lizée, Fjóla Evans Joseph Glaser, Thanya Ayer, Andrew Noseworthy, and Julia Mermelstein as part of an album project titled « Problematica. »

In anticipation of the album release on February 23, 2024 on People Places Records, India will be performing the pieces across Canada and presented at New Music Edmonton, the Canadian Music Centre (CMC Ontario), NO HAY BANDA, Acadia University School of Music, and Scotia Festival Chamber Player Series.

Jan 27, 2024Edmonton, AB

Jan 31, 2024Toronto, ON

Feb 4, 2024Montréal, QC

Feb 8, 2024Wolfville, NS

Feb 21, 2024Halifax, NS

Guest on New Musings on New Music Podcast

Cellist Norm Adams, and pianist Barbara Pritchard converse with guests from the world of contemporary art music, exploring fascinating ideas and demystifying the wild and wonderful music. In their July episode, they spoke with Julia Mermelstein about her music.

Jun 16, 2023 | Toronto, ON

Elemental — Duo Chicorium

Interdisciplinary percussionists, Duo Cichorium, present their self-curated concert, Elemental, centering on themes of connection to oneself, to each other, to technology, and to nature. The duo will perform Julia Mermelstein's out of grains, within clouds alongside works by Nolan Hildebrand, Pauline Oliveros, and Jaz Tsui and Louis Pino.

Apr 15, 2023 | Toronto, ON

Esprit New Wave Festival - Night 2

New Wave 2 features the world premiere of Julia Mermelstein's between walls for chamber orchestra and fixed electronics, a new work by Stephanie Orlando, Misato Mochizuki’s Chimera, and the Canadian Premiere of Julius Eastman’s Gay Guerrilla, in an arrangement for string septet by fellow American Jessie Montgomery.