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Night Music #257: bc power
August 21, 2025 9:30 pm The Ship Pub Duckworth St St John’s, NL. bc power organizes amplified found sounds, processed radio signals, and eclectic percussive elements into an improvised mix of noises and silences. bc will perform a series of duets featuring Michelle LaCour, Liam Ryan, Ben Diamond, and Greg Bruce. Night Music is an […]
ONSOUND IV: what is jazz? Schedule & Ticket Info
ONSOUND IV: what is jazz? July 16-19, 2025 Festival passes and individual tickets for all evening performances are available through the LSPU Hall box office. Tickets for late-night events are cash only at the door. All workshops are free of charge. Click here for accessibility and parking information. Wednesday, July 16th 12:30 PM – […]
ONSOUND IV – What is Jazz. July 16-19, 2025
Sound Arts Initiatives Presents ONSOUND IV – What is Jazz? July 16-19, 2025 St John’s, Newfoundland. Artists include Lina Allemano Four * NPNP Trio * Brodie West * Bill Brennan, Rob Power and Pat Boyle * Zaynab Wilson * Florian Hoefner Trio * Natasha Blackwood * NYON Humberto Piccoli * Ana Luisa Ramos & […]
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Night Music #254: los beatniko
Rick Bailey (AKA – los beatniko) has been a longstanding participant in Sound Symposium events, particularly Night Music. This time, he’ll fashion a set of electronic music to coincide with the auspicious #254 (2 x 127) by highlighting the Mersenne prime number 127. Look it up, it’s weirdly interesting. Rick isn’t even that great at […]
Drone Day 2025
Drone Day is Saturday May 24th, 2025. Join us for to Drone and Draw in the Baird Building garage (on the corner of Clifts-Bairds Cove and Harbour Drive). There will be tables and drawing supplies provided or bring your own – and bring an instrument for the jam! Doors open at 12:00pm, drone starts at […]
Cape Spear 24 Video
On July 24th, 2024, Sound Symposium XXI came to a close at Cape Spear National Historic Site. This site-specific, land-based work was conceived of by artistic director Erin Donovan of Hear Here Productions, along with co-artistic director and choreographic director Susanne Chui. Cape Spear 24 was supported by Year of the Arts and CelebrateNL. Sound […]
Night Music #252 – A5TRAL80G
A5tral8og is Chris Harnett, Chris Driedzic, Graham Ellsworth and Tiber Reardon and they are an improvisation quartet that performs using ImprovDirector, an interactive tool that shapes and directs musical ideas in real time. The audience can interact with the improvisation using their phones/mobile devices for a truly interactive experience. NIGHT MUSIC #252: A5TRAL80G April 17, […]
Night Music # 252 – The Ames Window
Night Music is an improvisational music series held the third Thursday of very month at The Ship Pub. Local musicians play a set of their own music, which serves as the basis for the improvisation that follows. Musicians collaborate with organizer Craig Squires to present the evening of music, both planned and impromptu. This is […]
Call for Proposals – Sound Symposium XXII 2026
Sound Arts Initiatives invites proposals from all creative disciplines for Sound Symposium XXII, taking place July 15-21, 2026 in the natural audiovisual laboratory of St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. Come be part of a vibrant, welcoming artistic community that thrives on creative inspiration and sonic exploration! Link to form: https://forms.gle/3wJDa4BhxKm3NfGQ8