St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada: For nine days and nights, Sound Symposium 2022 will bring together artists and audiences, transforming the streets of St. John’s into a living breathing tableaux of music and sound. You may stumble upon a concert in a cathedral, on a beach, in someone’s kitchen, on the water, or roving through the streets, hills, parks, and swimming pools.
WELCOME & ARTIST REGISTRATION 10:00 am SOUND SYMPOSIUM CENTRAL, LSPU Hall, 3 Victoria Street
HARBOUR SYMPHONY 12:30 pm St. John’s Waterfront
HARBOURSIDE PARK CONCERT 12:30 pm Harbourside Park
SALT BEEF JUNKIES
OUROBOROS
INSTALLATION & PERFORMANCE 2:30 pm Eastern Edge Gallery, 72 Harbour Drive
KATELYN DOBBIN “You can’t drink the sea”
EVENING CONCERT 7:30 pm D.F. Cook Recital Hall, MUN School of Music
KATE READ, viola & live looping, MICHELLE LACOUR, electronics.
World premieres of Blackwood Sketches by ANDREW STANILAND and Evennight by BENTON ROARK
TORQ PERCUSSION QUARTET. World premieres by RICHARD BURROWS, DANIEL MORPHY, JAMIE DRAKE, GRACE LIZAN, MATTHEW ROOME
NIGHT MUSIC 10:30 pm The Ship Pub
LOGY AUKS
Note: Cellist Leanne Zacharias will offer several concerts for small audiences of no more than 5 people at a time. If you would like to be a member of a small audience, please sign at Sound Symposium headquarters.
WORKSHOP 9:00AM D.F. Cook Recital Hall, MUN School of Music
TORQ PERCUSSION QUARTET,“Finding Our Collaborative Voice,” a collaborative approach to composition.
WORKSHOP 11:00AM MUN School of Music
TRICHY SANKARAN, Master of the South India Mrdangam and Kanjira.
HARBOUR SYMPHONY 12:30 pm St. John’s Waterfront
SOUND INSTALLATION & ARTIST TALK 12:00-3:30 pm The Works swimming pool, MUN
“Boundary” by AMY BRANDON.
WORKSHOP 4:00 pm MUN School of Music
KILAUTIUP SONGUNINGA, Strength of the Drum: STAN NOCHASAK, SOPHIE ANGNATOK, SOLOMON SEMIGAK, ASHLEY DICKER.
EVENING CONCERT 7:30 pm LSPU Hal
BEN DIAMOND, classical guitar & electronics; “Sound of Mind & Body” with BILL COLEMAN, dance & GORDON MONAHAN, electronics: brainwave-sensing technology producing sound, music, dance, movement.
NIGHT MUSIC 10:30 pm The Ship Pub
ELECTRONS
WORKSHOP 10:00 am LSPU Hall
BILL COLEMAN. Movement & Dance: reaching an awareness of the senses that induces physical control and freedom of movement & new territories of physical exploration.
HARBOUR SYMPHONY 12:30 pm St. John’s Waterfront
SOUND INSTALLATION & ARTIST TALK 12:00-3:30 pm The Works swimming pool, MUN
“Boundary” by AMY BRANDON.
WORKSHOP 4:00 pm MUN School of Music
RUSSELL HARTENBERGER (NEXUS). West African rhythm in the music of Steve Reich
EVENING CONCERT 7:30 pm LSPU Hall
“Finding HER Voice” with BEVERLEY JOHNSTON, solo percussion; BAGESHREE VAZE, Kathak dance; VINEET VYAS, tabla; DWIT HATHI, Carnatic guitar; BILL BRENNAN, keyboard.
NIGHT MUSIC 10:30 pm The Ship Pub
WINDS
WORKSHOP 10:00 am MUN School of Music
GORDON MONAHAN. Interfacing & processing of brainwave EEG signals into sound and music
HARBOUR SYMPHONY 12:30 pm St. John’s Waterfront
WORKSHOP 2:00 pm MUN School of Music
BOB BECKER (NEXUS) Xylophone History and Performance
COMPOSERS ROUNDTABLE 4:00 pm MUN School of Music
EVENING CONCERT 7:30 pm LSPU Hall
EASTERN OWL, Newfoundland’s Seminal All-Women, All-Nations Drum Group; “The Offering of Curtis Andrews” featuring TRICHY SANKARAN, mrdangam, kanjira; CURTIS ANDREWS, percussion; JARED BURROWS, guitar; PATRICK BOYLE, trumpet.
LATE NIGHT 10:30 pm Eastern Edge Gallery, 72 Harbour Drive
CUERPOS; NICHOLAS BENDZSA
WORKSHOP 10:00 am LSPU Hall
GREG BRUCE. Fun with Tape: Analogue Will Save the World! An interactive tape loop workshop
HARBOUR SYMPHONY 12:30 pm St. John’s Waterfront
WORKSHOP 2:00 pm LSPU Hall
BAGESHREE VAZE hands-on workshop on North and South Indian dance aesthetics. Movements in the styles of Kathak and Bharatha Natyam, demonstrating the strong connection and interaction with music and percussion in South Asian culture. The workshop will also feature Vineet Vyas, tabla.
EVENING CONCERT 7:30 pm D.F. Cook Recital Hall, MUN School of Music
HARBOURLIGHT QUARTET: NANCY CASE-OATES, violin; KATE READ, viola; AMY COLLYER-HOLMES cello; MADO CHRISTIE, piano; “Devil’s Blanket” by Duane Andrews, Improvisations;
WORLD PREMIERE of “Red River” by RUSSELL HARTENBERGER, performed by NEXUS Percussion Quartet, TORQ Percussion Quartet, BEVERLEY JOHNSTON & BILL BRENNAN
LATE NIGHT 10:30 pm Eastern Edge Gallery, 72 Harbour Drive
INSTALLATION & PERFORMANCE KATELYN DOBBIN “You can’t drink the sea” with DUSTIN FINER, saxophone; GABRIELA SANCHEZ, percussion; MICHELLE LACOUR accordion; Hannah Boone, trumpet; THE NOVA COLLECTIVE
WORKSHOP 10:00 am MUN School of Music
BILL CAHN (NEXUS). “Creative Music Making: Four Simple Steps to Cultivating the Inner Musician” gives participants an opportunity to perform free-form musical improvisations with a focus on building confidence in creating music, listening & connecting with “the music”
HARBOUR SYMPHONY 12:30 pm St. John’s Waterfront
TRAIL REPORT 2:00 pm MUN Botanical Garden
Poetry & Percussion In the Garden: ERIN DONOVAN, ROB POWER, BILL BRENNAN percussion; ALICE BURDICK, poetry
EVENING CONCERT 7:30 pm First Light, 81 Cochrane Street
GREG BRUCE, saxophone; ARKORA “Transfigured Light,” featuring newly-commissioned works, medieval and Renaissance motets, including 16th century microtonal work by Nicola Vicentino and a work by Pérotin.
LATE NIGHT JAZZ 10:30 pm The Salt House, 171 Water Street
FLORIAN HOEFNER & FRIENDS
OPEN MORNING Artists’ free time
WHALES, SEABIRDS, BEACHES, TRAIL WALKS. Information available at SOUND SYMPOSIUM CENTRAL, LSPU Hall (check for hours open)
HARBOUR SYMPHONY 12:30 pm St. John’s Waterfront
WORKSHOP 2:00 pm MUN School of Music
GARRY KVISTAD (NEXUS) – “Sound Science”: Kvistad will provide an inside look on tuning instruments from his Woodstock Chimes business based on the ancient Just Intonation system. The session will include demonstrations of special musical equipment, and exercises on rhythmic patterns as building blocks of pure musical tones.
RAIN DATE for TRAIL REPORT Poetry & Percussion, TBD, MUN Botanical Garden
EVENING CONCERT 7:30 pm LSPU Hall
IMPROV NIGHT: TRAIL REPORT: ERIN DONOVAN, ALICE BURDICK, ROB POWER, BILL BRENNAN;
Presentation of the GERRY PORTER AWARD;
SURPRISE IMPROVISATIONS by Sound Symposium artists
NIGHT MUSIC 10:30 pm The Ship Pub
UMS VS OHMS PLUS
WORKSHOP 10:00 am First Light, 81 Cochrane Street
Experimental and Microtonal Instruments with BENTON ROARK, GAYLE YOUNG & ANDREW STANILAND, featuring the glass/microtonal marimba & the JADE
HARBOUR SYMPHONY 12:30 pm St John’s Waterfront
AFTERNOON CONCERT 2:00 pm The Rooms, 9 Bonaventure Avenue
KILAUTIUP SONGUNINGA
“Strength of the Drum”: STAN NOCHASAK,
SOPHIE ANGNATOK, SOLOMON
SEMIGAK, ASHLEY DICKER
EVENING CONCERT 7:30 pm D.F. Cook Recital Hall, MUN School of Music
GINA RYAN & ERIN DONOVAN, percussion solos and duos;
NEXUS Percussion Quartet; BOB BECKER, BILL CAHN, RUSSELL HARTENBERGER, GARRY KVISTAND
NIGHT MUSIC 10:30 pm The Ship Pub
BANJOS & DIRT
OPEN MORNING – Artists’ free time for further exploration of Newfoundland’s connections to nature and culture
HARBOUR SYMPHONY 12:30 pm St. John’s Waterfront
AFTERNOON CONCERT 3:00 pm Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
TRIO LYRICAL
(EMILY FINCH, KATHERINE MOFFATT, MICHAEL O’KEEFE trumpets); GAYLE YOUNG, deep listening; SARAH ALBU, experimental vocals; NOAM BIERSTONE, percussion, DAVID BULEY, hurdy gurdy
CLOSING PARTY 9:00 pm The Ship Pub
Note: Keep your eyes peeled for “Hasty Vacationing” with los beatniko, time and location TBD
