From The Archives!
Sound Symposium is digging in the vault for old video and photos. We’ll be presenting selections from the Sound Symposium archives, stretching all the way back to 1983. Is there a particular performance that stands out in your memory? Let us know in the comments and we’ll try to dig it up! Here is our […]
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 […]
Concert: Mary Jane Lamond, Laurel Macdonald & Philip Strong // LSPU Hall
Concert: Sound Symposium XVIII, July 13, 2016 By Jing Xia I knew, from the very beginning, from the first syllable resonating in the air, from the first image coming into view, that I fell in love with it. I have watched many voice performances, I buy music videos often and I am quite familiar with […]
Transported to many worlds: The CCRMA GRAIL with Fernando Lopez-Lezcano (live electronics), Chris Chafe (celletto), and John Granzow (3D printers)
Concert: Sound Symposium XVIII: July 12, 2016 By Sara Pun Where do I begin? I was immediately intrigued by the thought of listening to a performance that incorporated 3D printers, live electronics, and a celletto?! Little did I know about the enormous creative power these artists – Chris Chafe, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano and John Granzow – […]
James O’Callaghan and Objects Interiors: (Re)presenting Space
Concert: Sound Symposium XVIII, July 12, 2016 by Ellen Ringler On Tuesday July 12, 2016 at the LPSU theatre James O’Callaghan shared his work entitled “Objects Interiors: the piano as an acoustic Space” as a part of St. John’s Sound Symposium. O’Callaghan’s work haunts the theatre and defers the traditional repertoire of (re)presentation. As described […]
Concert: Kay Etchegary; Turkwaz // LSPU Hall
Concert: Sound Symposium, July 11, 2016 By Garry Wasyliw This blog looks at the second half of the concert on July 11 – for a review of the first half, check out Clinton Ackerman’s blog. Kay Etchegary: Songs from Lebanon Kay is originally from Lebanon, having emigrated to Canada many years ago. In Lebanon, she […]
Concert: Instruments of Happiness; Steve Cowan, James Hurley, James O’Callaghan // LSPU Hall
Sound Symposium July 11, 2016 By Clinton Ackerman The rain is pouring and there is no old man snoring as I walk into the LSPU Hall, the excitement palpable. The reception is packed and there is a line out the door as people wait eagerly to get their tickets, I would later overhear someone mention […]