Now in its third season, SOUND TRAVELS explores the possibilities of sound in space in a series of four outdoor concerts, and includes demonstrations, soundwalks, and workshops to enlighten the ear. Over the course of two days, audiences will be treated to four outdoor sound excursions that feature works for live and automated octaphonic spatialization using the Canadian-made Richmond Sound Design Audiobox.

Artistic director Darren Copeland (Toronto) will be joined by Jørgen Teller (Denmark), Tim Brady (Montréal), John Oswald (Toronto), David Gamper (New York), Anne Bourne (Toronto), Monique Jean (Montreal), Bruno Degazio (Toronto), and Kristi Allik (Kingston). A world première of a new large scale work by Paul Dolden (Montréal) celebrating the change of the millennium will be featured along with an international program of improvisational collaborations, classic electroacoustic works from Francis Dhomont (France/Québec) and Hildegard Westerkamp (Vancouver), a long distance collaboration between Sarah Peebles and David Toop (U.K.), and an interactive DJ extraganza by Mike Hansen.

Please join us for SOUND TRAVEL's season launch at noon on August 17th, 2001 at Metro Square (155 John Street) where John Wynne (U.K.) will be premièring Response Time, an octaphonic installation running August 17-19 from 11 AM to 4 PM. Admission is free.

Skyharp: Gibraltar Point is a sound installation by Kristi Allik and Robert Mulder commissioned especially for Gibraltar Point.

Toronto Island Soundwalk: A chance for audiences to learn new listening skills and to enhance their perceptions as they follow a guided Toronto Island Soundwalk.

Improvisation in a Multi-Channel Universe: Artists from SOUND TRAVELS explain and demonstrate how the sounds move around the audience and how this process is integrated into a real-time improvisational context.

The Great Noise Debate will detail the virtues of the Island soundscape and explore how urban noise compromises the quality of experience in this and other valued green spaces.

LifeMusic: Composer Bruno Degazio and Astrologer Robin Armstrong discuss the implications of a software program which produces music according to sample astrological birth charts.

Deep Wireless is a two-day workshop intended for community radio producers and artists who want to include soundscape work in their programs and artistic productions. This workshop is coordinated by the Canadian Society for Independent Radio Production (www.csirp.org). Call 613-791-9542 or fenner@community-media.com Participation costs $75 (or $50 for CSIRP members and commmunity radio producers). Fee includes free admission to all concerts.

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SOUND TRAVELS is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art with financial assistance from the following organizations. Follow the links below for more information on their services.

SOUND TRAVELS is supported by the Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar - Do not miss the Ought One Festival on August 25-26, 2001 in Vermont!

Nadene Thériault (416) 910-7231 or nadene@istar.ca

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