Writes music that lies between genres
It’s 1999. The millennium is approaching, and Kyle Brenders, teenage saxophonist, is living the small-town Ontario version of the jazz life. He’s a member of the Bill Sherry Big [...]
Sound notes
Stylistically diverse
FULL-TEXT AVAILABLE IN PRINT EDITION ONLY Trying to get to the heart of Graham Flett’s musical style is a slippery task. “I have a variable [...]
Toronto, Ontario
“Down with capitalism, up with socialism!” This distorted-megaphone message is heard against a backdrop of African drumming, French resistance songs, and the constant whirr of [...]
Composing religion
FULL-TEXT AVAILABLE IN PRINT EDITION ONLY Israeli-Canadian composer Eldad Tsabary is omnivorous when it comes to digesting various influences, both musical and otherwise. With [...]
Features
Don't call it sound art if the term shocks you
Nadine Byrne
Monochrome images of two young women—evidently sisters—stare out impassively from oval apertures that resemble Victorian cameo brooches. A gauzy ectoplasmic[...]
Creating performance works rooted in social issues
Suit-tail-clad Juliet Palmer sits at the top of a stepladder in the middle of the diamond-shaped ring. Tonight, she’s not wearing her Canadian composer hat. Tonight, she’s a sports announcer.[...]
Quietly assuming LGBTQ leadership in new music
With a friendly disposition and unassuming personality, Barry Truax would hardly be thought of as a trailblazing radical. But this soft-spoken composer and teacher is a[...]
Visions of sound
FULL-TEXT AVAILABLE IN PRINT EDITION ONLY On a 2004 visit to the MIT Media Lab, I encountered a small, flat wall with a skin of silver luminescent triangles covering a [...]
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Reviews
Electric Eclectics 5. The Funny Farm, Meaford, Ontario. July 30–August 1, 2010.
Embraces new genres
Sound Symposium XV. St. John’s, Newfoundland. July 2–10, 2010.
Greater than the sum of its parts.
Sainkho Namchylak, Nick Sudnick. Not Quite Songs.
Leo Records CD LR 564.
Joëlle Léandre, François Houle, Raymond Strid. Last Seen Headed: Live at Sons d'Hiver.
Ayler Records ayl CD-096.