It’s official! Sound Symposium XXI July 16-24, 2024
It’s official! The dates for Sound Symposium XXI are set. See you July 16 – 24, 2024 in St John’s for sound beyond boundaries. Join us and experience the best in international new music and sound art. Artists and schedule coming soon!
Call for Proposals for Sound Symposium XXI — July 16-24, 2024 Celebrating 40 years of SOUND and INNOVATION
Call for Proposals for Sound Symposium XXI — July 16-24, 2024 Celebrating 40 years of SOUND and INNOVATION We are looking for fantastic ways to celebrate 40 years of the Sound Symposium – use your imagination! Sound Symposium invites applicants from all creative disciplines to propose projects for Sound Symposium XXI. Activities will include workshops, […]
Improv Night registration
Want to sign up to perform on improv night and ride the thrill of winging it and risking the wrath of The Gong? Please email us your name, contact info, the number/names of people performing with you and what your technical needs might be. But please keep it as simple as possible to facilitate quick […]
Sound Symposium XX schedule now available!
FRIDAY JULY 15 WELCOME & ARTIST REGISTRATION – SOUND SYMPOSIUM CENTRAL, LSPU Hall 3 Victoria St. 10:00 am HARBOUR SYMPHONY – St. John’s Waterfront 12:30 pm HARBOURSIDE PARK CONCERT – Harbourside Park, 12:30 pm SALT BEEF JUNKIES OUROBOROS INSTALLATION & PERFORMANCE – Eastern Edge Gallery, 72 Harbour Drive 2:30 pm KATELYN DOBBIN “You can’t […]
Sound Symposium 2022 Poster
In 2022 we return with SOUND SYMPOSIUM XX.
Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts
Sound Arts Initiatives, Inc. (Sound Symposium) is excited to be partnering with The Rooms this year for Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts. On display at the Rooms in March. Friday, March 11th we are pleased to present the first performance of our partnership with The Rooms featuring the inimitable Inuk soprano Deantha Edmonds […]
That’s a wrap, folks!
And the last gong of Improv Night means that’s a wrap on Sound Symposium for another year. Thank you to all of you who had a part in making Sound Symposium XVIII an amazing, inspiring time. Thank you to the musicians, the installation artists, our unsurpassed and unbelievably efficient and knowledgeable technical crew and production […]
Concert: Rufus Cappadocia// D.F. Cook Hall MUN School of Music
Concert: Sound Symposium, July 15, 2016 By Kent Smith Cellist Rufus Cappadocia’s performance at Sound Symposium was a collection of intertwining oral and musical stories of origins, journeys, and transformations that created an overall sense of human (and non-human) interconnectedness. The origin of one note or melodic phrase on Rufus’ five string cello may go […]
Anthropologies Imaginaires: Gabriel Dharmoo/ LSPU Hall
Concert : Sound Symposium XVIII, July 14, 2016 Anthropologies Imaginaires: Gabriel Dharmoo/ LSPU Hall By Mitra Jahandideh Only one year after it was awarded the best International Production at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival, I had the chance to watch the fabulous performance of Gabriel Dharmoo, Anthropologies Imaginaires at the 18th biennial Sound Symposium. It is an […]
St. John’s Vocal Explorations Choir – improvisations led by Christine Duncan and Chris Tonelli
Concert: Sound Symposium XVIII, St. John’s Vocal Explorations Choir – improvisations led by Christine Duncan and Chris Tonelli By Paula Weber I chose to write a review of this concert because I have a bachelor of music from the University of Regina with a voice major. However, I did not realize that I would be […]