Payton MacDonald

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News
May 22, 2018

Payton MacDonald is a composer, improviser, percussionist, singer, educator, filmmaker, ultra-distance mountain biker. MacDonald was a founding member of new-music chamber orchestra superstars Alarm Will Sound and has also toured internationally as a solo marimbist and as a member of various chamber ensembles including Galaxy Percussion, NJPE, Present Music, and Verederos. He has commissioned many […]

Rozalind MacPhail

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News
May 21, 2018

  Innovative Gemeinhardt Artist/Clinician, Rozalind MacPhail recently took home an East Coast Music Award for Electronic Recording of the Year and MusicNL’s Female Artist of the Year. One of the world’s leaders in flute looping and live film scoring, this classically-trained flutist blends effected flute, electronics, voice, omnichord, field recordings and silent film through Ableton […]

Bill Horist

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News
May 20, 2018

Bill Horist has been playing guitar conventionally and otherwise for almost thirty years. He has appeared on over 80 recordings and has performed throughout Europe, Japan, North and Central America. Bill has worked in many genres and his collaborators are equally varied; from leading lights in underground and experimental music to pop, rock and Grammy-winning […]

Rokkur

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News
May 18, 2018

Rokkur is a project by composer-performers Heðin Ziska Davidsen, Reuben Fenemore, and Sarah Albu. It is a performance based on old tools and processes for preparing, hand-spinning and knitting yarn. One of these tools, a traditional spinning-wheel, is called “Rokkur” in the Faroese language. As these tools are used to make wool into yarn and […]

Logy Bay Groovers

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News, Night Music
May 17, 2018

Somewhere between where the gravy hits the meatballs Logy Bay Groovers are born. Savoury sounds and greasy grooves await. They love to challenge your ears while pleasing your tastebuds. These dudes give out prizes with your meal so it never disappoints. Chew on that! Not once have they played the same set twice, so you […]

Announcing Sound Symposium XIX Invited Artists

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News
May 15, 2018

More than 50 artists. From 6 different countries. 10 days that will change how you hear the world. We’re thrilled to release the list of invited artists to this year’s Sound Symposium XIX. Coming to St. John’s are performers from as far away as Chile, Norway and the Faroe Islands. They’ll share the bill with […]

The Globe And Mail Celebrates Harbour Symphonies

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

Sound Symposium is probably best known for our daily Harbour Symphonies. All of St. John’s and the surrounding area are serenaded by ships’ horns every afternoon of the ten-day symposium. How very Newfoundland to turn a bunch of gigantic boats into an orchestra! Shout out to The Globe and Mail for writing up a nice history of […]

Calling All Volunteers (Yes, You!)

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News
May 3, 2018

They sell tickets and t-shirts. They open doors at the venues. They show artists around town. They make Sound Symposium run. They are our volunteers. Sound Symposium XIX will take over St. John’s July 5 to 15. Volunteer Coordinator Jill Dawe is recruiting volunteers to work morning, afternoon and evening shifts of 2 to 5 […]

First Things First, Check Out Our New Logo

by Annie Corrigan / 2018 Sound Symposium XIX, All News
May 2, 2018

  Hot off the presses — the Sound Symposium XIX logo! We love it and hope you do, too. You’ll want to pick up a t-shirt with this logo on it to remember all the great experiences you had at this year’s symposium. Our team is hard at work finalizing the schedule of performances. Yes, […]