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 [...]
Sound notes
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Features
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[...]
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[...]
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 [...]
Diy
Reviews
OK.Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival. Sackville, New Brunswick. July 25–31 2011.
Brings art to the people.
Distinction of its own.
Freida Abtan. The Hands of the Dancer/The Temple of the Dreamer.
Finite State Records.
On the CD
Experiment (Excerpt / extrait)
MARILYN LERNER - Experiment (Excerpt / extrait)
Death by Water (Excerpt / extrait)
NATIONAL EXIT STRATEGY - Death by Water (Excerpt / extrait)
The Combine Project (Excerpts / extraits)
The Combine Project (Excerpts / extraits)