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, […]
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, […]
Night Music: Context and Retrospective After 20 Years
On the third Thursday of every month, a band takes the stage at The Ship Pub in an alley off Duckworth Street, runs through their set, and after a short break is joined by any number of audience participants for an hour of stream-of-consciousness improvisation. It’s a format that’s been working for twenty years this […]
All Improvisers Welcome
Night Music happens almost every night of Sound Symposium XIX. You never know what you’ll hear:
Big Space
Since forming in 2013, Big Space has performed many sets at prominent music clubs in St. John’s, as well as the Wreckhouse Jazz & Blues Festival, the Music at Harbourside series, and the Lawnya Vawnya festival. They have also been featured at the Sound Symposium and often host the Sound Symposium’s Night Music.
Atomic Clock
Atomic Clock is an improvisation-based experimental jam band combining elements of rock, electronica and jazz with atmospheric, ambient soundscapes. Comprised of Tiber Reardon, Josh Ward, Chris Donnelly, and Michelle LaCour, Atomic Clock creates music on the fly, with sounds, riffs, hooks and beats generated naturally. Each performance is unique, and each piece is a musical […]
Brad Jefford Trio+
Brad Jefford learned to play the guitar while in a dream. A village of gnomes residing in the belly of a rosewood dreadnought would use the frequencies of bronze strings to communicate to the vast world outside. These frequencies could explain theories of the night stars, meanings of the heart’s feelings, and the rhythm and […]
Rick Bailey
Rick Bailey is a St. John’s-based electronic and improvisational artist with an interest in live samples, found sound, circuit bent toys and ambient/rhythm textures. As “Los beatnik,” he has recorded a number of albums inspired by the annual RPM Challenge. He has helped launch Eastern Edge Gallery festivals, appeared in Edmonton at Mile Zero Dance’s […]
Black Auks
Mack Furlong, percussion and toys Wallace Hammond, guitar and toys Neil V. Rosenberg, banjo and toys Craig Squires, saxophone and toys Newfoundland’s contemporary ensemble Black Auks performs improvisations and contemporary music. They approach music with the delight of kids with new toys. Anything they lay their hands on becomes fodder for their explorations. They love to […]
Surgeon
Surgeon emerged from the ashes of St. John’s instrumental rock group, NARROWS, back in 2008. Where Narrows paved the way with intricate guitar layers, massive grooves and infectious melodies, Surgeon draws inspiration from a darker, more twisted sound world. Taking cues from contemporary classical music, horror movie soundtracks, prog-rock legends and post-rock aesthetics, Surgeon “seamlessly […]