Montreal born, Brooklyn based, Chet Doxas is one of the most well-respected saxophonist and composers of his generation. Over the last several years, Chet’s composing has been directly informed by his love of the visual arts. “The visual arts and music are two things that have been present throughout my life, and over the last seven years I have been embracing and celebrating the idea of how the two mingle and where they intersect. Quite simply, when I look at paintings, I hear music. I feel very fortunate to be able to experience and revel in this intersectionality. It is by studying this relationship that I first composed a body of work dedicated to New York City’s Lower East Side art movement of the early 1980s entitled Rich in Symbols. I am now delighted to be able to interpret seven of Canada’s national masterpieces by The Group of Seven.” The pieces for Rich In Symbols II were composed in situ while looking at the paintings with manuscript paper in hand. Later, the music and projections of the work are presented simultaneously in a live concert setting. The line-up consists of Chet Doxas – saxophones, clarinet and field recordings, Jacob Sacks piano and mellotron, Joe Grass pedal steel, guitar and banjo, Zack Lober on bass and Eric Doob on drums. Spoken word poem read by Sam Roberts.