Grimes’ Breakthrough Third Album Will Be Reinterpreted by 13 Composers During Many Visions: Plumes Deconstructs the Music of Grimes Tour

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Canadian singer Grimes third studio album Visions, is being revamped into Classical music by Montreal-based ensemble Plumes. The concert series “Many Visions: Plumes Deconstructs the Music of Grimes” will take place across various cities in Canada. Kicking off March 8th in Montreal, Quebec, the tour will make stops in popular cities like Toronto, eventually ending its short run in Vancouver, BC. on March 21st.

In honor of the thirteen tracks on the record, Plumes has assembled thirteen different composers to write pieces on them.  In an interview with MusicWorks, Geof Holbrook of Plumes explained how Many Visions came about. “Luke proposed it to us the day after we played the [2015] Cluster Festival. I guess we seemed like the right fit. He was actually thinking of using somebody with a classical bent, but we suggested doing it with an original source that was completely pop, to increase that juxtaposition.”

Luke Nicole, codirector of Winnipeg’s Cluster New Music, also explained “We wanted to see how we could bridge the gap between popular and classical music—we have a suspicion it’s smaller than people think. We want to think about interpretation and rearrangement, not only in terms of musical material but also in terms of the spirit of an artist. That led us to Grimes, whose DIY attitude seems to resonate across genres.”

Check out the tour dates below:

03/10 Montreal, Quebec – Rocket Science Room
03/11 Toronto, Ontario – The Music Gallery
03/12 Hamilton, Ontario – The Casbah
03/13 Windsor, Ontario – University of Windsor
03/15 Guelph, Ontario – University of Guelph
03/16 Kitchener, Ontario – Wilfrid Laurier University
03/17 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Cluster Festival
03/18 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Village Guitar & Amp Co
03/21 Vancouver, British Columbia – Music on Main