Speculation

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SPECULATION

a multi-disciplinary performance by Leslie Ting

While her mother slowly loses her vision, optometrist Leslie Ting makes a career change to pursue her dream of becoming a professional musician. After her mother dies suddenly, Leslie, now a violinist, listens to the silence to discover what she never saw before.

Speculation is a theatrical concert weaving a monologue and projections with performances of Beethoven and John Cage to tell a mother-daughter story about loss and listening.

FROM SPECULATION 2014

“...very moving and very intelligent....the most worthwhile artistic performance (or artistic anything) I’ve attended in the past five years.”

— Karen Vogel, writer

“It was mesmerizing for me...the story of mothers and daughters, told in such a beautiful way.”

— Sasha Gruetzmacher-Elnwechter, Region of Waterloo Arts Fund

Photo: Melissa Sung

Photo: Melissa Sung

We are so excited for our upcoming Canadian dates this Summer, 2018!

We need your help to share this powerful work with new audiences. SPECULATION is only made possible through the generosity of our donors and sponsors.

Please click below to send a donation to support Speculation. Any contribution over $20 will receive a tax receipt. Every bit helps! All donors are acknowledged on our website and in our programs.

SPECULATION is pleased to be a co-presentation with Chamber Factory.

Speculation has been generously supported by:

And is pleased to be in partnership with:

Heartfelt thanks to the following organizations and individuals:

Alissa, Allison Adema, Susan Adsett, Harvey Basi, Vincent Beland-Bernard, Thibault Bertin-Maghit, William R Bobier, Lara Bonokoski, Majdi Bou-Matar, Sally Brant, Jessie Brooks, Karen Y. Chan, Virginia Chen-Wells, Melina Chow, Brandon Chui, Christopher Crebolder, Darren Creech, Jody Davenport, Nigel DeSouza, Jason Doell, Anne-Marie Donovan, Pierre-André Doucet, Maher El-Dahouk, E Durward, Noah Fields, Judy Gibb, Dina Gilbert, Amy Gottung, Timothy Grier, Dominic Guilbault, Polina Gubnitskaia, Sarah Hagen, Brian Harman, Ann Hart, Mark Hart, Marianne Houle, Louis Johnson IV, Martha Kalyniak, Chaten Khanna, Nelly Kim, Larissa Koniuk, Rosemary Kropf, Tammy Labreche, Alison Laidlaw, Larry Larson, Colin Andrew Lee, Audrey Lee, Peter K. Lee, Tony Lee, Melanie Lemaire, Nicole Look Hong, Frank Lorkovic, Roma Lupenec, Antonia Malchik, Christopher Mayo, Beth McCharles, Randy McIntosh, Sean Mills, Suzanne McKeag, Mikolaj, Pocket Concerts, Rory McLeod, Karen Moffatt, Shari Morandin, Solomiya Moroz, Jean Narveson, Michael Nicin, Daniel Pacheco, Eric Paetkau, Tracy Poizner, Red Coral Inc., David Rose, Sara, Sarah, Marcus Scholtes, Elizabeth Jeanne Schumann, Kevin Shi, Gabriella Solti, Ana Sokolovic, Mandy Spielman, Kat Stankiewicz, Melissa Sung, Mateusz Swoboda, Sunny, Ace Ting, Andy & Angela Ting, Florence Ting, Jessie Tesolin, E Bélanger Tredger, Allison Uttley, David Wadley, Joss Whedon, Christine Yeung, Janet Youngdahl, Michelle Yun and to the clients of the Toronto and Waterloo CNIB for sharing their stories with me.