Winter 2011

issue # 111

Sound notes

Cage And Duchamp's Reunion

Re-embracing ephemerality, indeterminacy, and influence

FULL-TEXT AVAILABLE IN PRINT EDITION ONLY   On the periphery of the dimly lit stage of Toronto’s Ryerson Theatre, four musicians are setting up musical instruments, laptops [...]

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Adam Basanta

Composes with perceptive extremes

“I’ve always been interested in perception and apperception,” writes Montreal-based composer Adam Basanta in a recent e-mail correspondence. “This has led me, as a [...]

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Kitchen Chorus

First-place winner of Musicworks’ First Annual Sonic Geography Writing Contest

over breakfast, writing in my head, i can’t hear the words land—they’re swallowed back down the chute they come from—thud of molars as they chew buttered toast which [...]

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Scott Thomson

Cartographic compositions for musicians and audiences

Among bike bells, olives, and music maps, Scott Thomson lounges in his Montreal apartment, seeming to enjoy a relaxed summer evening. Later, the sight of his trombone—on a stand nearby [...]

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Features

Nico Muhly

Makes a detour to opera

“Rules in cooking are not iron-cast (and, as in any medium of expression, they are often bent or broken by practitioners of talent—but to break rules, one must have rules). They are merely the[...]

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Clint Conley and Hildegard Westerkamp

Don't Call It A Comeback

FULL-TEXT AVAILABLE IN PRINT EDITION ONLY     You haven’t picked up your guitar in weeks, if not months. You stare at the staff paper and the rows of empty lines burn an[...]

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Visions of sound

Sarah Peeble`s Audio Bee Booth

FULL-TEXT AVAILABLE IN PRINT EDITION ONLY   Pollination Wunder Station is a wunderkammer—cabinet of curiosities—full of fascinating living things. The piece is part [...]

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Diy

How To Build A Light-Controlled Mixer

Go to the dark side and start controlling sound!

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On the CD

Musicworks 111 CD

 

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ANALIA LLUGDAR

Wild Analysis

ANALIA LLUGDAR - Wild Analysis

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MARILYN LERNER

Experiment (Excerpt / extrait)

MARILYN LERNER - Experiment (Excerpt / extrait)

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DARSHA HEWITT

Soundscapes from Knoxville, Tennessee

Soundscapes from Knoxville, Tennessee

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JONNY DOVERCOURT

Excerpts from Clue the Musical

Excerpts from Clue the Musical

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FRIENDLY RICH

Wolfblitz/Broken Sleep

FRIENDLY RICH - Wolfblitz/Broken Sleep

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NATIONAL EXIT STRATEGY

Death by Water (Excerpt / extrait)

NATIONAL EXIT STRATEGY - Death by Water (Excerpt / extrait)

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RICHARD WINDEYER

The Combine Project (Excerpts / extraits)

The Combine Project (Excerpts / extraits)

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STEVEN WHITE

Encounter

STEVEN WHITE - Encounter

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