Mado Christie
Mado Christie is a collaborative pianist, chamber musician, and vocal coach. They have performed in all of these different capacities across North America. They studied with acclaimed pianist Peter Longworth and went on to pursue their undergraduate degree in Piano Performance at the University of Toronto in the studio of Marietta Orlov. Mado completed their […]
Chris McGee
Chris McGee is a multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer, producer, and musical omnivore, his influences are drawn from across a wide spectrum of genres, from serialism to free jazz to R&B to folkrock. Chris has composed for various ensembles, and was a 2011 winner of the Kiwanis Music Festival of St. John’s Senior Rose Bowl. Chris graduated […]
Andrew Staniland
Andrew Staniland, a leading composer of his generation, has been recognized by election to the Inaugural Cohort of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists Royal Society of Canada. Andrew is currently on faculty at Memorial University in St John’s Newfoundland, where he founded MEARL (Memorial ElectroAcoustic Research Lab). At MEARL, Andrew leads a […]
Andrew Noseworthy
Andrew Noseworthy composer, guitarist and arranger, creates a place for unheard voices within unlikely ensembles and underplayed instruments. His music addresses the struggles of accepting or rejecting ‘locality’ while drawing from experiences of isolation within his hometown of Labrador West, the tight-knit arts community of St John’s, Newfoundland and the expansive scenes in New York […]
Bekah Simms
Composer Bekah Simms‘ varied output has been heralded as “nuanced and complex” (NOW Magazine) and “cacophonous, jarring, oppressive — and totally engrossing!” (CBC Music). Propelled equally by fascination and terror toward the universe, her work is often filtered through the personal lens of her anxiety. Foremost among her current compositional interests is quotation and the […]
Debashis Sinha
Debashis Sinha (Toronto) has been involved with the world music scene in Canada, garnering multiple Juno nominations along the way. Deeply trained in traditional rhythmic systems from various cultures, Sinha has begun to turn to the world of improvisation and sound art to further explore his traditional percussion instruments. Through questioning the context of world […]
Robert Lippok
Robert Lippok is an avant-garde German visual artist and composer who has been an influential player in Berlin’s thriving experimental music scene since the early 1980s. He co-founded dissident punk band Ornament und Verbrechen with his brother Ronald in 1983 and also To Rococo Rot, a significant post-rock/electronic outfit, in the 1990s. Known for his […]
Announcing ONSOUND Artists
ONSOUND is Sound Symposium’s four-day electronic music festival happening October 17-20, 2019 at venues around St. John’s. You know the recipe. Artists from around the world join local musicians to create art unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. But this time, the ingredients are turntables, laptops, electronics, tech, and tape. In addition to DJ sets and […]
Farewell Sound Symposium XIX
As we bid a fond farewell to Sound Symposium XIX, our team reflects on what this biennial event means to them.
It Was A Beautiful Time Machine
By Carolyn Chong I try to bring my 6 ½ year old to as many live performances as I can. What better way to take your listening senses to new levels than experiencing live music. I think it’s important for kids to have these opportunities, too. I admit, it doesn’t always make for the most relaxing […]