SIGN WAVES Summer Installation series
Sundays only 2-6 pm from July 27 to August 31 (PWYC)
Join us for the opening July 27, 2003 2 pm with a guided tour by the artists
St. Andrew-by-the-Lake, Centre Island, Toronto (location and map)

This Sign Waves installation series will open our fifth annual Sound Travels event at the beautiful 119 year-old church of St. Andrew-by-the-Lake on Centre Island. The natural wood floors, wooden arched ceilings and stained glass windows will provide the perfect setting for Garnet Willis' sound sculpture Clusterflux, Alvin Lucier's seminal piece "I Am Sitting In a Room" realized especially for this series by Nicholas Longstaff using the acoustic space of St. Andrew-by-the-Lake, and a Listening Gallery allowing gallery goers to listen to past Sound Travels performances while looking at the "Sound Travels Documents" Photo Exhibition by Stefan Rose.

Complete Sign Waves information can be found here

Thursday August 7th

Masterclass for Electroacoustic Composers
with Barry Truax
7:00 pm - 401 Richmond Street West #358, Toronto
(Registration is limited - $30)

Barry Truax will talk about his own composition techniques and give feedback on single work examples by those registered for this class. Registrants are encouraged to bring scores and audio CDs. Registration is limited. E-mail naisa@soundtravels.ca for registration info.

Friday August 8th

Guided SOUNDwalk
7:15 pm (Free)
Centre Island Ferry Docks on the Island Side

Artist talk : Electroacoustic Music About Sacred Spaces
by Barry Truax
8 pm (PWYC)
St. Andrew-by-the-Lake, Centre Island, Toronto
A guided SOUNDwalk will lead participants across Centre Island offering them the chance to see the various acoustic spaces with their ears and not their eyes. Following this, Barry Truax will be drawing on music based on Christian, Hindu and Islamic cultures during his Artist Talk "Electroacoustic Music About Sacred Spaces" at the Church of St. Andrew-by-the-Lake, Centre Island.

Saturday August 9th

Spend an afternoon on Centre Island, Toronto August 9, 2003 12:30 - 5:30 pm, enjoying Sound Travels outdoor performances, sound installations and a concert at St. Andrew-by-the-Lake. All events on August 9th are FREE or PWYC

The Singing Maze SOUNDwalk/performance
by Kathy Kennedy
12:30 pm (Free)
Centre Island ­ meet at the Pavilion, Island-side
Performance/sound artist Kathy Kennedy will invite participants gathered at the Pavillion on Centre Island to follow her sounds and enter into the Singing Maze, a sonic treasure hunt. The answers to questions lie in the trees and in the water. Birds give messages that only the most attentive listeners can decipher. A special guided tour of the Sign Waves installation series will follow this performance at 1:30 pm

5th Annual Sound Travels Octaphonic (8-channel) Electroacoustic Concert
With live performances by David Eagle
2:30 pm (PWYC)
St. Andrew-by-the-Lake, Centre Island, Toronto
New Adventures in Sound Art will celebrate 5 years of Sound Travels events in Toronto by presenting an international array of music from some the finest electroacoustic composers in the world. Audience members will be treated to the Toronto premiere of Francis Dhomont's "Here and There" (commissioned by New Adventures in Sound Art with live diffusion by David Eagle), works by Italian composers Laura Bianchini and Michelangelo Lupone, "Prince Prospero's Party" by Britain's Natasha Barrett, "Temple" by Vancouver's Barry Truax, and "Inside Out" by Toronto composer Randall Smith. All soundworks will be presented using an 8-channel array of speakers surrounding the audience with sounds that will transport them and fill the space with surprising sonic revelations.

Contact: Nadene Theriault-Copeland at 416-910-7231, 905-454-5714, or nadene@soundtravels.ca.

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