James is an insomniac. When YOU are sleeping, he's getting a lot done. He's also got a short attention span, so he tends to have a lot of projects on the go at once.
Here are some of them:
Pipe Street Studio
James has converted the coach house behind his palatial Guelph mansion into a cozy barn-board-clad state-of-the art recording studio. Click here to read more.
Community Activism
When he's not on the road, James has become involved in a number of social justice, environmental, arts, and other community-based grassroots organizations. Click here for information on The Guelph Civic League, Wellington Water Watchers, Hillside Festival, The Guelph Arts Platform, and the Guelph Community Choir.
The Eramosa Belle
Watch for James Gordon's eco-friendly songwriting houseboat on the Trent Severn Waterway in the summer of 2010. James will be touring up and down the system on the boat giving concerts at the dockside, featuring a new album of songs about the historic waterway. Click here for details.
Warmer
An inquiry by artists and community members into our relationship with our
environment through conversation cafes, recorded soundscape, and interactive, voice-movement, site-specific and playback theatre. Click here to find out more.
Tryst & Snout
James Gordon's hillbilly musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a two-act romp full of old-time country and bluegrass songs and comic hillbilly dialogue. Click here to read more!
Hardscrabble Road
This ground-breaking musical theatre production, technically an 'opera' since the play is entirely sung, uses sharp political satire and serious dramatic commentary to tell the tale of a group of homeless people in an inner Canadian city. Click here for more information.
Breaking the Mask
Exploring Mental Illness Through The Arts.
This video production is designed to raise awareness about mental illness in young people. Ten young artists with personal mental health experience shared their stories through music, drama, art, poetry, photography. Though none had previous video experience, as a team they were responsible for every aspect of the production, and the result is a very moving, honest, and innovative program. Click here to read more.
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