NAISA Sound Channel
Newsletter for April 2007 (Vol.2; Iss.2)
Produced by New Adventures in Sound Art
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In this issue:
1) Radio Without Boundaries conference & workshops info
early bird registration deadline April 14th!
2) Deep Wireless performances in May
Opening show May 1st at the Drake!
3) Deep Wireless installations @ Gallery 1313
4) Deep Wireless workshop @ inter/access
How to Make a Contact Microphone
5) Deep Wireless on the Radio
6) Deep Wireless 4 CD / help us celebrate radio art in May
Radio producers/programmers e-mail us for your free copy
7) Sound Travels festival of sound art 2007
with Randy Raine-Reusch, Mei Han, Trevor Wishart, Barry Truax,...
8) SOUNDplay 2007 dates announced
9) Related News/Links
Specials offers including NAISA's _Baker's Dozen in 12.1_ pass
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1) the 5th annual RADIO WITHOUT BOUNDARIES CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS
MAY 25-27, 2007 @ Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould Street, Toronto, ON
<http://www.naisa.ca/RWB>
The fifth annual Radio Without Boundaries conference makes Deep Wireless an internationally sought after destination for those with a general interest in radio and transmission art and/or those who just want something more from radio.
Register online, space is limited <http://www.community-media.com/RWB07_Registration_Form.html>
$150/$130 (price includes conference sessions, workshops, lunches, & performances)
$85/$75 day rate
PLUS Early bird discount available until April 14th, 2007.
Exploring the many potentials, boundaries and artist perspectives of radio and transmission art, the 2007 all-star line-up of international radio art luminaries include: R. Murray Schafer (Can), Robyn Ravlich (Australia; with support from the Australian council), Hans Ulrich Werner (Germany), Gregory Whitehead (USA), Heidi Grundmann (Austria; with support from the Austrian Cultural Forum), Harmon e. Phraisyar (UK), Eleanor King & Stephen Kelly (Can; with support from SOCAN Foundation). Workshops by Steve Wadhams, Andra McCartney, Tetsuo Kogawa (via internet) with Stephen Kelly and Hans Ulrich Werner with Gregory Whitehead will be offered to those attending the conference.
Your conference registration also gets you into all Deep Wireless performances and Radio Without Boundaries workshops
contact naisa@naisa.ca for details or go to <http://www.naisa.ca/RWB> for full info including conference session descriptions.
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2) DEEP WIRELESS 2007 PERFORMANCES
<http://www.deepwireless.ca>
Conference pass $150/$130 gets you into all Deep WIreless performances + Conference
Performance pass $50/$40 gets you into all Deep Wireless performances (6 concerts)
e-mail naisa@naisa.ca for more info
OPENING NIGHT SHOW - GRIP RADIO: the Camp X-Files
May 1, 2007 @ the Drake Underground
1150 Queen Street West @ 8pm
$10/$8 (free for conference registrants)
Transformation: Every spy must learn how to undergo an effective, convincing transformation through lies and deceit in order to accomplish a mission. Set in 1944 at Camp X, Canada's infamous wartime spy training ground, this 40-minute radio drama performed live at the Drake underground is a featured highlight of the opening show of the Deep Wireless festival. This performance will be recorded for a broadcast to be aired on CKLN 88.1 FM on May 3 at 2 PM.
TRANS-LOCAL PERFORMANCE
May 10th, 7pm @ inter/access & Gallery 1313 (simultaneously)
$5 gets you into both performances (they are a short walk from each other)
Gallery 1313 and inter/access will host simultaneous radio art performances by Stephen Kelly, Eleanor King, Anna Friz and Michelle Irving. Also included will be performances by Tetsuo Kogawa and company from Japan via internet. Audiences are invited to visit both locations and to bring a portable radio and a cellphone to listen and participate.
RADIO _KONTAKTE_ CONCERT
May 24th, 8pm @ the Ryerson Student Campus Centre (Alumni Room)
$15/$10 (free for conference registrants)
Karlheinz Stockhausen's classic work _Kontakte_ will be presented by Kevin Austin (Montreal) in its original 4-channel version, a rare treat, alongside _Figures de la Nuit / Faces of the Night_ by Francis Dhomont and other works included on the newly released Deep Wireless 4 radio art compilation CD. _Kontakte_ predates many trends in electronic music by decades and was produced at the famous WDR studios in Koln, Germany in 1959.
Francis Dhomont's lush bilingual radiophonic work _Figures de la Nuit / Faces of the Night_ was commissioned by CKLN, Toronto in 1991 for the radio program Transfigured Night hosted by David Olds. This concert will be spatialized by NAISA artistic director Darren Copeland. Free CD with admission.
RADIO THEATRE 1 (with It Is To Laugh)
May 25 @ the Ryerson Student Campus Centre (Alumni Room)
55 Gould Street, doors open 7:30pm show start 8pm
$15/$10 (free for conference registrants)
The "It is to Laugh" radio comedy series creators Dan Bernard & Michael Townsend from Portland, Maine team up with Toronto actors/performers for a trans-comedy extravaganza. Also included in the evenings are the works commissioned for CBC Outfront by Steve Wadhams, Robert Hoare, Sarah Boothroyd, and Thelon Oeming.
RADIO THEATRE 2 (with It Is To Laugh)
May 26th @ the Ryerson Student Campus Centre (Alumni Room)
55 Gould Street, doors open 7:30pm show start 8pm
$15/$10 (free for conference registrants)
Same zany group as on May 25th performing a very different show of "It is to Laugh" radio trans-comedy. Also included in the evenings are the works commissioned for CBC Outfront by Steve Wadhams, Robert Hoare, Sarah Boothroyd, and Thelon Oeming.
RADiO iN AMBiENCE @ THE AMBiENT PiNG
May 29 @ 8pm, $5
The Drake Hotel, Underground
The Ambient Ping presents Radio in Ambience once again. Listen to Toronto/Berlin sound artist Robert Hoare and the Halifax duo Stephen Kelly and Eleanor King as they coax the radio ether into an outer-worldly electro ambient chill.
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3) DEEP WIRELESS INSTALLATIONS:
May 2-27@ Gallery 1313, Process Gallery
1313 Queen Street West, Toronto
_Radio Roam_ by Eleanor King & Stephen Kelly
_Radio Art Salon_ curated by Darren Copeland
Recline in an alternate sounding universe in 50's style hair salon chairs transformed into radio art listening lounges. Running for the entire month of May, the _Radio Art_ Salon includes a program of radio art works curated by Darren Copeland that includes contributions from Resonance FM in the UK, from Kunstradio in Austria (sponsored by the Austria Cultural Forum) and content drawn from the Deep Wireless international call for submissions on the theme of Trans-X.
_Radio Roam_ is a radio transmission installation work. It uses many radios installed in the gallery space, each tuned to a different frequency on the FM dial. A variable transmitter sends out an audio signal and automatically changes the broadcasting frequency based on motion activity within the space. The audio signal "jumps" from one radio to another, creating a surround sound experience for the gallery visitor. It is intended that the transmitted audio blend with the bleed from other high power FM stations, to create an ever changing collage of radio sounds, in real time.
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4) DEEP WIRELESS WORKSHOP
HOW TO MAKE A CONTACT MIC by STEPHEN KELLY
May 9th @ 6pm, $35 (must pre-register naisa@naisa.ca)
@ inter/access, 9 Ossington Ave., Toronto
Contact Microphones respond to vibrations through physical surfaces and translate that motion into sound. Contact mics can be used to capture various sounds such as a heart beat, the sound of pencil on paper, or vibrations from a musical instrument. These mics are cheap, easy to build, and can be a source for fun and experimental ways of creating new sounds for radio, installations or performances. For this workshop, Stephen Kelly and Eleanor King will facilitate making simple yet effective contact microphones from singing greeting cards. Each person will take home their own contact microphone, no experience in electronics required.
NOTE: There are four other workshops included during the Deep Wireless 2007 festival which are scheduled during the Radio Without Boundaries conference May 26th & 27th. Go to <http://www.naisa.ca/RWB/sessions.html#listeining> for more information.
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5) DEEP WIRELESS ON THE RADIO
CBC RADIO OUTFRONT Deep Wireless broadcasts
May 2, 9, 16, 23 @ 8:43pm 99.1-FM
Deep Wireless/Outfront commissions broadcast
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) and CBC Radio's Outfront, for the fifth year in a row, is presenting the Deep Wireless commissioning and residency program. This residency program allows both experimental sound artists and radio producers outside of the experimental realm to approach the form of personal narrative from a perspective that combines words and sounds in a fresh and innovative fashion. Four Canadian artists - Sarah Boothroyd, Steve Wadhams, Thelon Oeming and Robert Hoare - were selected from a Canada-wide call for submissions to produce a work for both CBC's Outfront radio broadcast and for presentation during Deep Wireless 2007 festival of radio and transmission art. The four commissioned works will be broadcast in May 2007 and will also be presented during the conference weekend performances.
CBC's Outfront will be broadcasting these radio art pieces each week in May.
DEEP WIRELESS on CKLN 88.1FM (www.ckln.fm)
performances and special broadcasts including HARMON E. PHRAISYAR
May 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 from 2 to 3 pm
MAY 3rd
Stay-tuned for a broadcast of the May 1st opening night show performed by Grip Radio followed by a trans-Canada performance by Anna Friz, Eleanor King and Stephen Kelly.
MAY 10, 17, 24 and 31
Each week a different focus including performances and interviews with various radio art luminaries including Heidi Grundmann and Robyn Ravlich followed by the World's zaniest and naughtiest radio art comedian. Jim Whelton (aka Harmon e Phraisyar) comes to Toronto for an extended stay in May to comb the streets of Toronto for material for his weekly radio art show that is normally heard on Resonance FM in London (UK), but for the month of May during Deep Wireless will be heard on CKLN 88.1 FM. A not to be missed highlight of the festival!
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6) DW 4 RADIO ART Compilation CD
Release date April 12th
The DW 4 CDs consist of a small portion of the pieces collected in an international call for submissions on the theme Trans-X and represents some of the many talented radio and sound artists from around the world. Artist include Thomas Gerwin, Elsa Justel, Francis Dhomont, Sarah Boothroyd, Ailís Ní Riaín, Michael Dobinson, Martine H. Crispo, Joel Beauchamp, Anne-François Jacques, Christian Banasik, Stephanie Rowden & Anne Carson, Nicolas Dion, and many more...
If you are a radio programmer/producer and would like to obtain your own copy of the Deep Wireless 4 CD, please contact naisa@naisa.ca with your program info and snail mail address and a copy will be mailed to you.
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7) SOUND TRAVELS FESTIVAL OF SOUND ART 2007
Toronto Island
June 1 - October 1, 2007
Performance pass $45/$35 gets you into all Sound Travels performances (4 concerts & includes ferry passes)
e-mail naisa@naisa.ca for more info
Sound Travels brings sound art to the outdoors on Toronto Island in a way that entices the curious and provides a unique experience each and every year. This 9th edition of the annual festival will once again feature the Sign Waves installation series of sound sculptures and sound installations as well as outdoor and indoor concerts, site-specific performances, soundwalks, artist talks and workshops.
Our Sound Travels 2007 plans include Trevor Wishart and Barry Truax as composers-in-residence whose music will be featured in Sound Travels. Barry and Trevor will mentor the creation of 4 new works by local emerging artists Hector Centeno, Tony Leung, Charlotte Scott and Monica Clorey in our emerging artist residency. Their works will be presented during the Sound Travels concert weekend alongside world premieres by Trevor Wishart and Rose Bolton, Barry Truax, Randy Raine Reusch and Mei Han.
OUTDOOR SOUND SCULPTURES on Toronto Island
June 1st - October 1st open 24/7 FREE
Special performance/reception June 24th at 1pm
+ more performances each month TBA
Two semi-permanent outdoor sound sculptures will be featured as part of Sound Travels: Barry Prophet’s "Synthecycletron" on which participants will generate power by pedaling which will in turn activate synthesizers and generate sounds; "Sonic Boardwalk", by Robert Mulder and Kristi Allik, located on the Ward's Island boardwalk, that generates a microsound landscape activated by the kinetic imprint of passing visitors. There are several performances scheduled to happen using the sound sculptures as instruments.
INDOOR SOUND INSTALLATIONS
July 22 - Sept 2, 2007 Sundays only 2-6pm
St. Andrew by-the-Lake church
PWYC (recommended $5)
with special performance on July 22 ($15/10)
Special opening performance/reception July 22nd 2pm with a performance by Christine Duncan, James Bailey and Rob Piilonen.
Two interactive sound installations will be included in the indoor portion of Sign Waves 2007 at St. Andrew-by-the-Lake on Centre Island. Lori Beckstead and David Rose's "The Whispering Tree" is an interactive sound sculpture that absorbs the sound around it, and then retransmits those sounds. Secrets told to the tree become part of a continuous soundscape emitted by the tree, but the secrets are only partly revealed, as secrets are veiled and mixed together. Over time, the tree becomes a wise old repository of all that has happened around it, containing and sometimes revealing all that it has learned. Also included on an interactive computer are the Toronto Island Sound Map (Don Sinclair and Darren Copeland), Around Radio Roadmovies (Chantal Dumas, Charistian Calon and Don Sinclair) as well as a Listening Gallery allowing gallery goers to listen to past Sound Travels performances while viewing the "Sound Travels Documents" Photo Exhibit by Stefan Rose.
SOUND TRAVELS PERFORMANCES
Composers in Residence Trevor Wishart and Barry Truax will present concerts of their work while mentoring the work of four emerging Canadian sound artists also featured at Sound Travels 2007 (Charlotte Scott, Monica Clorey, Hector Centeno and Tony Leung). Also featured will be performances of new works by Rose Bolton, Randy Raine-Reusch and Mei Han.
THEREMINS with AIM
July 22 begins with outdoor concert on Synthecycletron @ 1pm
continues @ 2pm, St. Andrew by-the-Lake church
$15 (includes ferry pass if bought in advance)/$10
The concert begins with a Synthecycletron performance led by Barry Prophet followed by an AIM collaboration with performers Christine Duncan, James Bailey and Rob Piilonen using theremins, voice and electronics.
TREVOR WISHART in CONCERT
Aug 10, 8pm, $15 (includes ferry pass if bought in advance)/$10
St. Andrew by-the-Lake church
Meet at Ferry dock at 7pm for SOUNDwalk and a chance to perform on the outdoor sound sculptures.
World première of "Angel" by Trevor Wishart commissioned by NAISA for Sound Travels, part of a trilogy of works including "Division of Labour" and "Fabulous Paris" will be presented at this concert. Also included are world premières of works by Monica Clorey, Charlotte Scott and Rose Bolton created under the mentorship of Trevor and Barry Truax through the Sound Travels emerging artists residency.
BARRY TRUAX in CONCERT
Aug 11, 8pm, $15//$10
St. Andrew by-the-Lake church
Meet at Ferry dock at 7pm for SOUNDwalk and a chance to perform on the outdoor sound sculptures.
Barry Truax performs a set of solo and collaborative works with multi-instrumentalist Randy Raine-Reusch combining Asian instruments and electroacoustics. Also included are world premières of works by Hector Centeno and Tony Leung created under the mentorship of Barry and Trevor Wishart through the Sound Travels emerging artists residency.
RANDY RAINE-REUSCH and MEI HAN in CONCERT
Aug 12, 2pm, $15 (includes ferry pass if bought in advance)/$10
St. Andrew by-the-Lake church
Meet at Ferry dock at 1pm for SOUNDwalk and a chance to perform on the outdoor sound sculptures.
A performer on over 700 world music instruments Randy Raine-Reusch performs outdoors on the lawns of St. Andrew by the Lake Church with Zheng virtuoso dynamo Mei Han.
SOUNDwalks & WORKSHOP dates and venue TBA - see www.soundtravels.ca for updates
SOUNDwalks led by Nadene Thériault-Copeland (some dates included above and more TBA)
co-produced with the Canadian Association for Sound Ecology
In a soundwalk, the listening “audience” moves through a place and the environment “performs.” The walking listener and the environment create a unique piece together that can only occur during the time of the walk. In a soundwalk we take the time to hear the environment: we are its true ear witnesses. And like any musician, the environment offers us its sounds for our consideration. Participants should be sure to wear appropriate footwear and clothing for any weather condition.
What Zen - A World of Improvisation
Mei Han, Randy Raine-Reusch
A dual perspective on improvisation from a traditionally trained Chinese performer learning to play jazz and free improv, and to a westerner’s exploration of Asian instruments as vehicles for his expression. We will explore ancient Asian musical aesthetics and musical forms like those in the Taoist and Zen inspired musics of Japn and China that are a constant wellspring of inspiration for contemporary artists from Debussey, to Cage, to Coltrane, to today’s emerging artists. This will be an interactive workshop, so instruments are welcome.
Vocal(eze) workshops by Trevor Wishart
Workshops designed to teach you the basics of vocal improvisation. If you are a vocal performer and someone with and interest in creating sound with your voice, this workshop is designed to work with you no matter what your level of training. Special workshop for children and families as well.
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8) SOUNDplay 2007
Sept 29th - Oct 31, 2007
Performance pass $25/$20 gets you into all SOUNDplay performances (3 concerts)
e-mail naisa@naisa.ca
SOUNDplay is a meeting point for experimentation in new media and sound art pushing the boundaries and encouraging new fusions of image, sound and text.
Plans are in the works to feature two world premières in SOUNDplay 2007 by François Girouard and Monique Jean as well as a Toronto premiere of David Lang's "Elevated" co-produced with CONTACT and Pleasure Dome. It will once again include a weekend of concerts and screenings co-presented with Pleasure Dome along with gallery installations in the month leading up to the final weekend of performances.
SOUNDplay 2007 dates to put on your calendars:
Weekend of performances October 26, 27, 28
Stay tuned for more info in an upcoming NAISA Sound Channel.
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9) RELATED NEWS / LINKS
NEWS
1) NAISA is pleased to announce its 2007 season performance pass _Baker's Dozen in 12.1_ for $95/$85 (that's 58% off the full ticket price). The _Baker's Dozen in 12.1_ gets you into all 13 shows programmed throughout 2007 during Deep Wireless, Sound Travels and SOUNDplay. Every show utilizes the new real-time spatialization system in 12.1 and provides you with a unique listening experience. To order your 2007 season pass you can either request a copy of the NAISA 2007 brochure be mailed to you or e-mail naisa@naisa.ca to request a pdf.
2) AIMToronto would like to present a special offer for members of the NAISA mailing list: $10 tickets for the upcoming Interface with Montreal Guitarist Rainer Wiens (regular price $15). Rainer Wiens performs over 3 nights with some of the finest improvisors in the local creative music scene.
Performances are on April 12 and 13, 9pm at Arraymusic Studio (60 Atlantic Ave, Suite 218) and April 14, 9pm at the NOW Lounge (189 Church St). + a free workshop with Rainer on April 14, 6pm at the NOW Lounge. Just mention receiving this email at the door to receive the discounted price for you and your guests. Full performance details at www.AIMToronto.org
3) The 2007 Leonardo da Vinci Awards Selection Panel has selected New Adventures in Sound Art as one of the finalists in the Arts category. Go to <http://www.creativityday.ca/davinciawards_07finalists.php> for more information.
4/ Stay Tuned for our annual call for submissions to be announced in June 2007 with a September 30, 2007 deadline. LINKS
For info on many of the composers programmed by NAISA visit electrocd.com, one of the best sources on Canadian and international electroacoustic sound art <http://www.electrocd.com>
For information about the upcoming Third Coast International Audio Festival <http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org> For listings of most Toronto and area events <http://www.upcoming.org>; <http://www.livewithculture.ca>; <http://www.torontoartsonline.org>
For listings of Montréal events (http://www.laliste.qc.ca)
For listings of Vancouver events <http://www.oscillations.ca>
For info on the speakers used by New Adventures in Sound Art visit Tannoy's web site.
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