Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts
Toronto (June 17 & 19, 2000)
"A new genre of sound experience." NOW Magazine
Canadian Association for Sound Ecologyand New Adventures in Sound present
SOUND TRAVELS
a weekend of outdoor electroacoustic concerts
Toronto, CANADA
June 17 and 18, 2000
SOUNDWALKS: Clock tower at the Centre Island Ferry Terminal, Toronto Island, FREE
DISCUSSIONS: Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, southwest end of Centre Island, Toronto Island, FREE
PERFORMANCES: Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, southwest end of Centre Island, Toronto Island, $10, Students/Seniors $8
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2000
4pm Toronto Island Soundwalk - Meet at the clock tower at the Centre Island Ferry Terminal
5pm 8-Channel Sound Demonstration - with David Eagle and his aXiO
6pm Toronto Island Soundwalk - Meet at the clock tower at the Centre Island Ferry Terminal
6pm Discussion: Moving Sounds - with David Eagle, Kenneth Newby, Wende Bartley & Sarah Peebles
7pm RICHARD WINDEYER and DARREN COPELAND (Toronto) - The Toronto Sound Mosaic
These two active members of the Canadian Association for Sound Ecology draw from experience with theatrical and acousmatic sound to explore the soundscape of Toronto's past and present.
DAVID BEREZAN (Calgary) - Unheard Voices, Ancient Spaces
This new work recently won awards from the Edmonton Composers Concert Society's Young Composers Competition and the Times/Play Competition. A Canadian composer to watch out for in the years ahead.
8pm SARAH PEEBLES (Toronto) - Where the Wild Things Went
"Sarah Peebles has one of the most careful and subtle ears of any composer of musique concrte working today." - Terra Nova Journal (MIT Press)
DAVID EAGLE (Calgary) - Prelude for aXiO and Audiobox
Eagle's work is influenced by an interest in cycles and transformations observed in nature. He performs on an unusual electronic instrument called the aXiO which triggers sounds from a midi keyboard and moves them in space with a palm-rest joystick.
WENDE BARTLEY (Toronto) - DreamSpin
Bartley uses innovative sonic textures in her recent explorations of voice as sacred communicator and healer.
9pm KENNETH NEWBY (British Columbia) with U.S. poet Robert Anthony - Seasonal Round
"Newby seamlessly blends the ancient with the modern and the acoustic with the electric [he] is the alchemist supreme of electroacoustic songscapes " - Alternative Press
"a musical William Blake" - Heartbeats
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000
1pm Toronto Island Soundwalk - Meet at the clock tower at the Centre Island Ferry Terminal
2pm Discussion: The Composed Soundscape - with Hildegard Westerkamp, Richard Windeyer & Chantal Dumas
3pm RICHARD WINDEYER and DARREN COPELAND (Toronto) - The Toronto Sound Mosaic
For details see Saturday, June 17 at 7pm.
HILDEGARD WESTERKAMP (British Columbia) - Garden of the Sonic Labyrinth
An accomplished composer, educator and radio artist, Westerkamp's use of environmental sound draws attention to the inner, hidden spaces of the environment we inhabit.
"magical fusion of sounds" - The Globe and Mail
"Westerkamp creates new possibilities for listening." - Pauline Oliveros
4pm HANS PETER STUBBE TEGLBJ®RG (Denmark) - Hanstholm
In Hanstholm, this composer of instrumental and vocal works draws from the forceful winds and waves in a town located along Denmark's northwest coast.
HILDEGARD WESTERKAMP (British Columbia) - Kits Beach Soundwalk
A soundscape inquiry into a Vancouver beach not unlike the ones found on Toronto Island.
DIRK VEULEMANS (Belgium) - Wind
Veulemans' history with traditional folk groups across Europe and his study of instrument building led to this soundscape composition drawn from sounds recorded at the workrooms of the barrel-organ builder Verbeeck.
HILDEGARD WESTERKAMP (British Columbia) - Talking Rain
A subtle meditation on the rhythms and nuances of a keynote west coast sound.
CHANTAL DUMAS (Montreal) - L'eau imposture
Dumas is an award-winning sound artist (EAR '97 International Electroacoustic Competition, 7th Phonurgia Nova/France) who uses her favourite medium - radio - to explore methods of narration through sound.
Sound Travelsgratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council Millennium Fund, Cultural Human Resources Council, the Toronto Millennium Grants Program, the Toronto Arts Council, SOCAN, Show Pro, CBC Radio One and NOW Magazine. The Toronto Sound Mosaic is a CAB 2000 and Our Millennium participant.
Contact: Clarissa DeYoung (416) 977-3546 at the
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