Margaret Maria and Tréson Release New Video for “Music Can Change the World”
Following up on the successful release of their beautiful and unique cello and vocal cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s “Song for a Winter’s Night,” renowned Toronto soul and reggae singer Tréson has once again paired up with extraordinary post-classical composer, producer, and cellist Margaret Maria. They’ve created another stunning, entrancing visual presentation of their latest composition, “MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE WORLD” (which they’ve already released as an audio single in December 2023). This is a dance mix (coming out of Argentina), the latest remix/cover of their song, and a new version of the original award-winning video.
Margaret and Tréson are collaborating with artists around the world in a shared message of peace and love. The duo is fond of the quote from Leonard Bernstein,
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.”
“Tréson and I are passionate about creating an artistic social innovation enterprise called Music Can Change the World and we are asking other artists to join us in covering or remixing our song of the same title, to bring artists’ voices together in this mission,” says Margaret.
A dear friend, Julian Garcia Reig of Intracultura Contenidos in Argentina, created and produced a dance mix of the song, and a music video that represents Bernstein’s quote. Julian used their original cello and vocal tracks and added drums. The bass was recorded in Toronto by Neil “Nemo” Morris, the Rhodes organ by Toronto composer John Roby, the guitar part was recorded by Julian’s nephew, Francisco Gil Guerrero in Argentina, and the additional voices are those of his daughter Vera Garcia Reig and his wife Mariana Pertuso.
The new video incorporates images from the original one filmed at Baldwin Street Studios in Toronto by James Nickle of Cleveland Sound Labs. It takes us on a joyous journey around the world, with scenes of people dancing exuberantly, even ecstatically, from Africa to South America, Asia to Canada. It offers a powerful account of how music, as the universal language, can bring solutions to paving a path forward toward peace, tolerance, and reconciliation.
Sonically, the dance mix of “Music Can Change the World” presents a high-spirited, propulsive rendition, with a rhythm that falls midway between Afrobeat and Nigerian juju. While the beat is utterly compelling at the moment, it’s the uplifting content that will linger in your heart and soul.
Both artists have been saved by music time and time again, and believe that music can change the world we live in. Margaret Maria and Tréson are currently in the studio writing and recording their next original song “How it Rains Down Stars” and are collaborating with artist Joel Richardson and the Metipso Portal Project by sharing their music and talents with musicians in Metipso, Kenya. They are recipients of a Music Creation grant from the Ontario Arts Council to write five new songs that will inspire and bridge their genres.
Upcoming Shows:
October 5 @ 11:30 pm – Nuit Blanche at Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Toronto – in conjunction with Joel Richardson and The Metipso Portal – when the sun rises in Metipso Kenya, Margaret Maria and Tréson will perform Murdnunoc’s “Ritual, Angels, and Redraw the Lines” and “Music Can Change the World.”
October 25 and 26 – After Dark: Spirit Tours at Todmorden Mills, Toronto – Murdnunoc’s “Ritual and Angels” and “Music Can Change the World”