Paul Bendzsa

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX
June 10, 2018

Multi-instrumentalist, teacher, composer and performer, Paul Bendzsa came to Newfoundland in 1976 as a faculty member of the newly formed Department of Music at MUN, where he was the principal teacher of woodwinds, Jazz Ensemble, new music ensemble, and a member of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. Over the years, he has performed with Orchestras, chamber […]

David Buley

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News
June 9, 2018

David Buley is Associate Professor of Music Education in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and enjoys his lengthy career of teaching classroom and private lessons in music, conducting choirs, accompanying for ballet companies and playing various instruments. He is a graduate of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ as well as […]

Musubi Drum Circles

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News
June 8, 2018

Tom Alteen, M.B.A., B.Voc.Ed., grew up in Corner Brook and developed his passion for drums at an early age. Tom played for the local bands Red Eye, Crosstown Traffic, Cadillac, and the Three of Clubs. He is currently the drummer for Prosser’s Rock and plays djembe with Dunungbe, a West African djembe and doundoun performance […]

Andrew Staniland

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX
June 7, 2018

Described as a “new music visionary” (National Arts Centre), composer Andrew Staniland has established himself as one of Canada’s most important and innovative musical voices. His music is performed and broadcast internationally and has been described by Alex Ross in the New Yorker Magazine as “alternately beautiful and terrifying.” Andrew was the recipient of two […]

Brad Jefford Trio+

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News, Night Music

Brad Jefford learned to play the guitar while in a dream. A village of gnomes residing in the belly of a rosewood dreadnought would use the frequencies of bronze strings to communicate to the vast world outside. These frequencies could explain theories of the night stars, meanings of the heart’s feelings, and the rhythm and […]

Jing Xia

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX
June 6, 2018

Jing Xia is a professional guzheng player and teacher from China. During her master study of music administration, she also acted as concert host and chairman secretary at the Hunan Symphony Orchestra (2015). Since moving to St. John’s, she has been an active performer in the city’s music scene and played with musicians from different […]

Clinton Ackerman

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News

Clinton Ackerman is a composer, sound designer, and music teacher based in Regina. He grew up in the small town of Watrous, Saskatchewan studying classical and jazz piano. He is currently working towards an MFA at the University of Regina in Interdisciplinary Studies, focusing on music and social work. Clinton’s music has been read by […]

Snorre Bjerck

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX
June 5, 2018

Snorre Bjartmann Bjerck is a Norwegian, Jazz musician. He has played in bands like «First Set», Jon Balke’s Batagraf, and the sami band Transjoik., and is otherwise known from recordings and performances with the likes of Morten Harket, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Nils Petter Molvær, Bjørn Eidsvåg, Sigvart Dagsland, Frode Alnæs, Eivind Aarset, Annbjørg Lien, Arve Henriksen, […]

Frode Fjellheim

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX

Frode Fjellheim was educated in the classical program at Trøndelag Musikkonservatorium (1980–84). He lives in Trondheim, where he is a freelance musician and composer. He has been involved in productions at Trøndelag Teaterand Rikskonsertene. Among his commissioned compositions are, Sørsamar rundt Hardangervidda (Telemarkfestivalen 2003), Aejlies Gaaltije – The sacred Source (Festspillene i Nord-Norge 2000), and […]

Hannah Boone

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX
June 4, 2018

Hannah Boone was born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland and is currently in her fourth year of her B.Mus. in Orchestral Trumpet Performance at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music where she studies with Russell DeVuyst (Associate Principal with the OSM). She is a Schulich Student Ambassador and recipient of the J.W. McConnell Scholarship, […]