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 […]
More Harbour Symphonies!
Monday, July 11: Ernie’s Jig by Ernie Toller Improve for a Rainy Day Tuesday, July 12: Right Rotted by Andrew Noseworthy