Exit Points
A free-improvisation concert series and record label. The label has released 22 digital albums documenting live shows, and the vinyl LP "You Are The Right Length" (2024), featuring 10 improvised performances by 35 Toronto-based artists.
Michael Palumbo
Toronto musician, concert presenter, educator, and developer.
Michael Palumbo is a Toronto musician, concert presenter, educator and developer. They have organized concerts since 2006, and currently run Exit Points, a free-improvisation concert series and record label, and Cool New Instruments Night, a quarterly salon on new artmaking tools.
They lead Artist-Led Futures, a Toronto Arts Council-funded concert production fellowship, and are co-general editor of eContact!, the Canadian Electroacoustic Community’s peer-reviewed journal. They hold a PhD in Digital Media from York University. They also build custom software for artists and musicians, and teach sound design and creative coding.
Now
- Founder, Artistic Director of Exit Points (2020-Present)
- Leading the first Artist-Led Futures cohort (2026–2028)
- Co-editing and rebuilding eContact!
- Hosting Cool New Instruments Night
Selected
Artist-Led Futures
A mentorship, apprenticeship, and concert-presentation program for emerging artists and arts workers, funded by a Toronto Arts Council Open Door grant.
Cool New Instruments Night
A quarterly salon for people who build their own instruments and tools.
eContact!
Co-leading the editorial direction and relaunch of the Canadian peer-reviewed journal of electroacoustic music.
Forking Paths
A browser-based modular synthesizer that uses version control as a framework for improvisation. The practice-based component of the PhD dissertation.