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RADIO in AMBIENCE
April 9, 2002, 9:30 pm
club nia / C'est What - 19 Church Street at Front Street
FREE
April 9, 2002, 9:30 pm
club nia / C'est What - 19 Church Street at Front Street
FREE
This special presentation by The Ambient Ping features several experimental artists making extensive use of radio as a live ambient sound source.
Opening the night, Jakob Thiesen and "audio contortionist" Neil Wiernik plan a "soundclash of biblical proportions" using live short-wave radios being shredded with custom sound manipulation software. Granular-synthesis is the word of the day as they remix material from from each others computers on the fly.
Susanna Hood and Nilan Perera perform the last set with radio(s) prepared to be constantly scanning through stations, lingering sometimes on a clear signal and sometimes on the in-between static, bleeps and whirs. Applying treatments and loops, they will be merging the signals with electric guitar, voice and other odds and ends. The sound information from the radio will direct the rest of their sound choices, from mimicking to accompanying the radio. Sometimes the audience will hear only their interpretation of the source materials and not the sound of the radio itself.
Opening the night, Jakob Thiesen and "audio contortionist" Neil Wiernik plan a "soundclash of biblical proportions" using live short-wave radios being shredded with custom sound manipulation software. Granular-synthesis is the word of the day as they remix material from from each others computers on the fly.
Susanna Hood and Nilan Perera perform the last set with radio(s) prepared to be constantly scanning through stations, lingering sometimes on a clear signal and sometimes on the in-between static, bleeps and whirs. Applying treatments and loops, they will be merging the signals with electric guitar, voice and other odds and ends. The sound information from the radio will direct the rest of their sound choices, from mimicking to accompanying the radio. Sometimes the audience will hear only their interpretation of the source materials and not the sound of the radio itself.
Jonty Harrison on Acousmatic Composition
April 16, 2002, 7:00 pm
University of Toronto, Edward Johnson Building, Room 330 Located in between Philosopher's Walk and the Children's Museum.
April 16, 2002, 7:00 pm
University of Toronto, Edward Johnson Building, Room 330 Located in between Philosopher's Walk and the Children's Museum.
Presented as part of the University of Toronto's Composer Forums, Jonty Harrison from the famed BEAST electroacoustic group in Birmingham England provides an overview of compositional techniques used in acousmatic sound art with lots of examples of recent works.
New Adventures in Sound Art is pleased to offer FREE seminars to those who are interested in exploring the sound arts. There will be a booklet & CD on Radio Art available to each attendee. No experience in music is necessary. To register please e-mail nadene@istar.ca or call 905-793-7231. Book now as space is limited.
New Adventures in Sound Art is pleased to offer FREE seminars to those who are interested in exploring the sound arts. There will be a booklet & CD on Radio Art available to each attendee. No experience in music is necessary. To register please e-mail nadene@istar.ca or call 905-793-7231. Book now as space is limited.
RADIO in CONCERT
April 19, 2002, 8:00 pm
Theatre Passe Muraille, Backspace 16 Ryerson (1 block north of Queen, 1 block east of Bathurst), Toronto
General $15, $15 per concert, $25 for 2-concert pass
April 19, 2002, 8:00 pm
Theatre Passe Muraille, Backspace 16 Ryerson (1 block north of Queen, 1 block east of Bathurst), Toronto
General $15, $15 per concert, $25 for 2-concert pass
Call (416) 504-7529 for advance tickets
Hosted by The Whole Note editor David Pearlman, RADIO in CONCERT is an electroacoustic concert presented in a radio format that will feature live and recorded sounds moving around the listening space. Seminal works will be presented including Bernard Parmegiani's "Dedans Dehors", Jonty Harrison's "Unsound Objects", Wende Bartley's "Rising Tides of Generations Lost" with veteran British composer Jonty Harrison performing the spatialization. Also included are live performances of two works by John Cage, "WBAI" and "Radio Music". These works give new meaning to the words live radio as "Radio Music" uses radio itself as the instrument and "WBAI" uses the instruments of radio production to create a soundscape conceived by local ambient/experimental DJ Chris Twomey.
Hosted by The Whole Note editor David Pearlman, RADIO in CONCERT is an electroacoustic concert presented in a radio format that will feature live and recorded sounds moving around the listening space. Seminal works will be presented including Bernard Parmegiani's "Dedans Dehors", Jonty Harrison's "Unsound Objects", Wende Bartley's "Rising Tides of Generations Lost" with veteran British composer Jonty Harrison performing the spatialization. Also included are live performances of two works by John Cage, "WBAI" and "Radio Music". These works give new meaning to the words live radio as "Radio Music" uses radio itself as the instrument and "WBAI" uses the instruments of radio production to create a soundscape conceived by local ambient/experimental DJ Chris Twomey.
Sound Creation and Diffusion
April 19, 2002, 2:00 pm
Theatre Passe Muraille, Backspace, 16 Ryerson, Toronto
April 19, 2002, 2:00 pm
Theatre Passe Muraille, Backspace, 16 Ryerson, Toronto
Call (416) 910-7231 to reserve your place - seating limited!
Wende Bartley, a Toronto based composer of vocal and electroacoustic music, and Jonty Harrison, a British composer and professor at Birmingham University, will discuss and demonstrate how sounds are processed and diffused in their own works. Help Wende Mix and edit a short electroacoustic piece and listen to Jonty diffuse it before your eyes/ears. Short excerpts of their pieces will be played from the evenings performance as well.
New Adventures in Sound Art is pleased to offer FREE seminars to those who are interested in exploring the sound arts. There will be a booklet & CD on Radio Art available to each attendee. No experience in music is necessary. To register please e-mail nadene@istar.ca or call 905-793-7231. Book now as space is limited.
Wende Bartley, a Toronto based composer of vocal and electroacoustic music, and Jonty Harrison, a British composer and professor at Birmingham University, will discuss and demonstrate how sounds are processed and diffused in their own works. Help Wende Mix and edit a short electroacoustic piece and listen to Jonty diffuse it before your eyes/ears. Short excerpts of their pieces will be played from the evenings performance as well.
New Adventures in Sound Art is pleased to offer FREE seminars to those who are interested in exploring the sound arts. There will be a booklet & CD on Radio Art available to each attendee. No experience in music is necessary. To register please e-mail nadene@istar.ca or call 905-793-7231. Book now as space is limited.
RADIO in THEATRE
April 26, 2002, 8:00 pm
Theatre Passe Muraille, Backspace 16 Ryerson (1 block north of Queen, 1 block east of Bathurst), Toronto
General $15, $15 per concert, $25 for 2-concert pass
April 26, 2002, 8:00 pm
Theatre Passe Muraille, Backspace 16 Ryerson (1 block north of Queen, 1 block east of Bathurst), Toronto
General $15, $15 per concert, $25 for 2-concert pass
Call (416) 504-7529 for advance tickets
Hosted by Don Zentner from CIUT and Kristiana Clemens from CKLN, RADIO in THEATRE invites the audience to participate in a live radio show which will include two surround sound radio dramas originally commissioned by the CBC. "Terror and Erebus", by the Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen is directed by Lynda Hill with Darren Copeland as producer and Sound Designer and includes the voices of R.H. Thompson and Cedric Smith. "A Dream Play" written by August Strindberg was adapted for radio by Darren Copeland and directed by Lynda Hill, and includes the voices of actors Ken Kramer, Alison Sealy-Smith, and mezzo-soprano Jean Stillwell. Along with Interviews, there will be a special Canadian version of "News in a Blender" by Greg Williard from WORT-FM in Madison, Wisconsin.
Hosted by Don Zentner from CIUT and Kristiana Clemens from CKLN, RADIO in THEATRE invites the audience to participate in a live radio show which will include two surround sound radio dramas originally commissioned by the CBC. "Terror and Erebus", by the Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen is directed by Lynda Hill with Darren Copeland as producer and Sound Designer and includes the voices of R.H. Thompson and Cedric Smith. "A Dream Play" written by August Strindberg was adapted for radio by Darren Copeland and directed by Lynda Hill, and includes the voices of actors Ken Kramer, Alison Sealy-Smith, and mezzo-soprano Jean Stillwell. Along with Interviews, there will be a special Canadian version of "News in a Blender" by Greg Williard from WORT-FM in Madison, Wisconsin.
The Sounds of Radio Drama
April 26, 2002, 2:00 pm
Theatre Passe Muraille, Backspace, 16 Ryerson, Toronto
April 26, 2002, 2:00 pm
Theatre Passe Muraille, Backspace, 16 Ryerson, Toronto
Call (416) 910-7231 to reserve your place - seating limited!
Lynda Hill, artistic director of Theatre Direct Canada who has directed many stage plays and radio dramas, and Darren Copeland, a Toronto based electroacoustic composer and sound designer will discuss and demonstrate the different aspects involved in creating a radio drama. Discussions will include the differences between a play staged in a theatre and a play staged for radio drama and the use of multi-dimensional placement of the sound (ie. diffusion) to enhance the sound experience. There will also be a live demonstration of how sound effects are done with some examples from "A Dream Play" and "Terror and Erebus".
New Adventures in Sound Art is pleased to offer FREE seminars to those who are interested in exploring the sound arts. There will be a booklet & CD on Radio Art available to each attendee. No experience in music is necessary. To register please e-mail nadene@istar.ca or call 905-793-7231. Book now as space is limited.
Lynda Hill, artistic director of Theatre Direct Canada who has directed many stage plays and radio dramas, and Darren Copeland, a Toronto based electroacoustic composer and sound designer will discuss and demonstrate the different aspects involved in creating a radio drama. Discussions will include the differences between a play staged in a theatre and a play staged for radio drama and the use of multi-dimensional placement of the sound (ie. diffusion) to enhance the sound experience. There will also be a live demonstration of how sound effects are done with some examples from "A Dream Play" and "Terror and Erebus".
New Adventures in Sound Art is pleased to offer FREE seminars to those who are interested in exploring the sound arts. There will be a booklet & CD on Radio Art available to each attendee. No experience in music is necessary. To register please e-mail nadene@istar.ca or call 905-793-7231. Book now as space is limited.
Sound Travels 2002 Outdoor Concerts, SOUNDwalk and seminar
August 17, 2002, 12:30 pm to 6:00 pm
beginning @ 12:30 PM Centre Island Ferry Docks Concert @ 2 PM Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts Toronto Island
Admission by donation, PWYC
August 17, 2002, 12:30 pm to 6:00 pm
beginning @ 12:30 PM Centre Island Ferry Docks Concert @ 2 PM Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts Toronto Island
Admission by donation, PWYC
Sound Travels 2002 (the 4th annual outdoor Toronto Island event) begins with a free mini concert @ 12:30 PM at the Centre Island Ferry Docks by John D. S. Adams & Erin Donovan improvising on John Little's percussion sculpture Sagromides of Venus. A guided SOUNDwalk @ 1 PM will then lead the participants from the Centre Island Ferry Docks to Gibraltar Point while encouraging them to pay attention to their surroundings using their ears and not their eyes.
Audiences will then be treated to an outdoor live and electroacoustic 8-channel (octaphonic) concert @ 2 PM (Admission PWYC) that will include System Test (fire and ice) by Maggie Payne, the world premire of Underbelly by Wende Bartley & Lori Freedman (for bass clarinet and tape), Visitation from the Seven Hathors by Wende Bartley (with Laura Wilcox on viola), No Man's Clan by Lori Freedman (for bass clarinet and tape), Paths (Concert version) by David Eagle, and the world premiere of the Toll by Marilyn Lerner. The concert will be followed by a seminar @ 4 PM with David Eagle and Lori Freedman discussing the roll of improvisation in electroacoustic music.
Sound Travels events will end with a Guided Tour of the Sound Installations in the Sign Waves - Phase II series @ 5 PM where the audience will be given a chance to meet the composers of these installations.
Audiences will then be treated to an outdoor live and electroacoustic 8-channel (octaphonic) concert @ 2 PM (Admission PWYC) that will include System Test (fire and ice) by Maggie Payne, the world premire of Underbelly by Wende Bartley & Lori Freedman (for bass clarinet and tape), Visitation from the Seven Hathors by Wende Bartley (with Laura Wilcox on viola), No Man's Clan by Lori Freedman (for bass clarinet and tape), Paths (Concert version) by David Eagle, and the world premiere of the Toll by Marilyn Lerner. The concert will be followed by a seminar @ 4 PM with David Eagle and Lori Freedman discussing the roll of improvisation in electroacoustic music.
Sound Travels events will end with a Guided Tour of the Sound Installations in the Sign Waves - Phase II series @ 5 PM where the audience will be given a chance to meet the composers of these installations.
Christian Calon & Shelley Hirsch
November 15, 2002, 8:00 pm
Annex Theatre, 736 Bathurst Street, Toronto (between Harboard and Bloor) Buy your tickets in Advance by calling 416 910 7231 (VISA only) or by mailing a cheque to: New Adventures in Sound Art - 599-B Yonge Street #201, Toronto, ON, M4Y 1Z4.
General $15, Tickets $15 in advance and $20 at the door Seating is Limited
November 15, 2002, 8:00 pm
Annex Theatre, 736 Bathurst Street, Toronto (between Harboard and Bloor) Buy your tickets in Advance by calling 416 910 7231 (VISA only) or by mailing a cheque to: New Adventures in Sound Art - 599-B Yonge Street #201, Toronto, ON, M4Y 1Z4.
General $15, Tickets $15 in advance and $20 at the door Seating is Limited
Friday, Nov. 15 features a double bill of Shelley Hirsch at 9:30 PM and Christian Calon at 8 PM. Hirsch is a New York-based vocalist, composer and performance artist, whose work for stage, concert, record, film, television and radio has been presented on five continents. Past collaborators include Christian Marclay, Ikue Mori, Elliot Sharp, Fred Frith and DJ Olive. For this evening, she will be performing her piece "States," along with selections of her own vocal works. Christian Calon is a Montreal sound and radio artist who has also been located in France and Berlin. His sound installation projects, radio or stage works are rooted in a common exploration of the listening experience. Spatial sound projection, the acousmatic conception of sound forms and the importance of listening contexts are at the heart of his creative research leading to a on-going process of investigating new technologies. Calon will spatialize both recent and older works including Time well (2002), Semaphore-Nord (1998), Les corps éblouis (1994), and La disparition (1988).