Night Music – Sum of it All
Sum Of It All are a new musical experiment of accretion from the minds of St. John’s musicians Liam Clancy and David Kerr. Sum Of It All seeks to create unique and interesting soundscapes through a combination of trumpet, percussion, vocals, ukulele, and various other instruments as well as found sounds both acoustic and electric. […]
Night Music – Loopstitch
January 16, The Ship. 9:30pm – Sound Symposium’s Night Music series presents Loopstitch. An experimental musical duo with Kate Read (@katereadviola) and Michelle LaCour (@motherofrunes_). Frequent collaborators since their first artistic encounter at Sound Symposium XIX in 2018, the two perform improvised music for amplified viola, accordion, and synthesizers, expanded upon with found sounds, pedals, […]
Interior Landscapes videos
Happy New Year from all of us at Sound Arts! 2024 was an incredible year – immense thanks to all of the Night Music artists, Sound Symposium XXI participants, Drone Day droners, our community partners, and everyone who came out to take it in. Last month saw the in-person release of Interior Landscapes, a project […]
Sound Arts Initiatives presents Interior Landscapes
Sound Arts Initiatives presents Interior Landscapes, the world premiere of three new works born from collaboration among visual and musical artists across eastern Canada. Join us for the screening of three new short films, as well as two live performances by XIA-3 and Vainweather. “Save The Fish” features music by Montreal/Toronto-based duo Sawtooth (Sarah Albu, […]
THANK YOU! …and fill out our survey
As summer 2024 slows to a close, we would like to thank all of you – artists, volunteers, staff, audience members, and workshop participants – for your incredible enthusiasm, engagement, and encouragement throughout this season. Sound Symposium XXI was truly a symposium of ideas, filled with 9 days and nights of workshops, improvisation, sound, music, […]
SS-XXI Photo Gallery
Check 0ut our photo gallery from this year’s Sound Symposium XXI.
SSXXI Venues, Accessibility, Parking Information
LSPU Hall + Second Space 3 Victoria St, St. John’s, NL A1C 3V2 Parking Parking is available downtown after 6PM on weekdays and on weekends. Please note there is no parking available on Victoria Street. A parking spot outside the front of the LSPU Hall is kept available for accessible parking. If you get downtown […]
Drone Synth Workshop.
10 am Workshop. First Light Event Space. Bannerman St. – Build Your Own Drone Synth with Gabriel Pilla There are only 15 spaces available for the Drone Synth Workshop, Please sign up with Google Form.
The Cape Spear Project is back!
Don’t miss CAPE SPEAR 24. On July 24th, at 8pm at Cape Spear National Historic Site an outdoor site specific event is being created for Sound Symposium, by Hear Here Productions (hearhereproductions.ca). Directed by Erin Donovan and choreographer Susanne Chui, this program involves 30 performers including dancers and musicians and features special guest Eastern Owl. […]
Sound Symposium 2024 Schedule
Sound Symposium XXI July 15 – 26, 2024 Event Schedule as of Tuesday July 9th update (Subject to change) Download as a PDF GET TICKETS Tuesday, July 16, 2024 12:30 Harbour Symphony 1:30 pm LSPU Hall. Victoria St Welcome and introductions 6pm Fred’s Records, Duckworth St Brandon Auger live installation 7:00 pm at LSPU Hall, […]