What Brings You In

Available for touring January 2026

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“a unique and multilayered work”

— Laura Nanni - Artistic Director Nuit Blanche Toronto

“With immersive sound design and an almost hypnotic energy, What Brings You In makes for an intriguing listening experience.”

— Haley Sarfeld, Kingston Theatre Alliance

Based on interview research and personal experiences with talk therapy, hypnotherapy, dreamwork, sandplay, somatics, and reiki, What Brings You In is an exploration of when and where our truest selves emerge through a series of new music compositions.

Hear the CBC Radio interview with Leslie Ting

Hear the CFRC Kingston Curator interview with Leslie Ting, Ramsey Nasser and Matt Rideout

**In What Brings You In, listening is interactive.**

Credits

Concept, Artistic Director, Producer, Performer (Violin and Audio Host) - Leslie Ting

Performer (Percussion) - Germaine Liu

Composers - Linda Catlin Smith, Rose Bolton, Julia Mermelstein, Germaine Liu, Leslie Ting

Sound Designer and Electronics - Matt Smith

Software Engineer and Creative Technologist - Ramsey Nasser, EMMA Technology Cooperative

Experience Designer - Marie LeBlanc Flanagan

Audio and Broadcast Engineer - Matthew Rideout

Blind and Disability Dramaturg - Jessica Watkin

Environmental Designer - Adriana Bogaard

Lighting Designer - Theodore Belc

Producer and Production Manager - Laura Philipps

Stage Manager - Sara Constant

Website Design Associate - Aankshika Bheem

Interactive Sound Consultant - Andy Slater

Funders & Supporters

Canada Council for the Arts

Ontario Arts Council

Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund

Developed with support from Theatre Passe Muraille as part of the Buzz In-Development Series

Developed and presented as part of Why Not Theatre’s RISER collaborative producing model

Thank you

Lorna Craig, Patrick Lynn, Cosette Pin, Wilson Lin, Stephanie Kuse, James Kendal, Rebecca Vandevelde, Darren Creech, Nicole Eun-Ju Bell, Adam Paolozza, Elysha Poirier, Kari Pederson, William Fallon, Deanna Choi, Alex Bulmer, Carol Gimbel, WhyNot’s RISER, Inter/Access

Music Program

Leslie Ting, violin

Germaine Liu, percussion

**I. Dirt Road movements 4 (recording*) & 11**

Composed by Linda Catlin Smith

II. What is the most yourself you can be (with another)?

Improvised duo by Leslie Ting & Germaine Liu

III. Sandplay

Performed on amplified sandbox by Germaine Liu with additional electronics by Matt Smith

IV. Beholding for solo violin & electronics**

Composed by Rose Bolton

V. folds, in crossings for solo violin & six-speaker surround sound electronics***

Composed by Julia Mermelstein

* Recording available on What Brings You In album

** Commissioned by Leslie Ting for What Brings You In with the support of Canada Council for the Arts

*** Commissioned by Leslie Ting for What Brings You In with the support of the Ontario Arts Council