Meredith Bates / If Not Now
A talented improvisor and performer, multiple award-winning violinist Meredith Bates is known for her elegant and virtuosic sound. Gratefully basing herself out of unceded Coast Salish territory, Meredith has spent the past twenty plus years recording and performing around the world, in ensembles such as Pugs & Crows (JUNO winner 2013, WCMA winner 2016) and Gentle Party and in projects led by Peggy Lee, Tony Wilson, Leah Abramson, CR Avery, and Ford Pier, to name a few. Meredith is the founder and leader of Like the Mind, a sextet of celebrated female improvisers from Vancouver and Stockholm, and of Sound Migrations, a multidisciplinary collaboration combining electroacoustic soundscapes with processed photography. In December 2020, she released an epic ambient and experimental debut solo album, ‘If Not Now,' which features lush layers of processed violin and viola. Following that, Meredith created the interdisciplinary, process-based work, Listen, listen, which highlights collaborations between dance, music, and visual artists hailing from all over the world. In 2019, Meredith founded the Vancouver Improvised Arts Society (VIAS), a non-profit organization aimed at furthering the social justice movement in the arts, supporting the creation and presentation of improvised works by historically excluded artists, and creating a healthier arts ecosystem for all. www.improvisedarts.ca
A talented improvisor and performer, multiple award-winning violinist Meredith Bates is known for her elegant and virtuosic sound. Gratefully basing herself out of unceded Coast Salish territory, Meredith has spent the past twenty plus years recording and performing around the world, in ensembles such as Pugs & Crows (JUNO winner 2013, WCMA winner 2016) and Gentle Party and in projects led by Peggy Lee, Tony Wilson, Leah Abramson, CR Avery, and Ford Pier, to name a few. Meredith is the founder and leader of Like the Mind, a sextet of celebrated female improvisers from Vancouver and Stockholm, and of Sound Migrations, a multidisciplinary collaboration combining electroacoustic soundscapes with processed photography. In December 2020, she released an epic ambient and experimental debut solo album, ‘If Not Now,' which features lush layers of processed violin and viola. Following that, Meredith created the interdisciplinary, process-based work, Listen, listen, which highlights collaborations between dance, music, and visual artists hailing from all over the world. In 2019, Meredith founded the Vancouver Improvised Arts Society (VIAS), a non-profit organization aimed at furthering the social justice movement in the arts, supporting the creation and presentation of improvised works by historically excluded artists, and creating a healthier arts ecosystem for all. www.improvisedarts.ca
