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Gillian Sheppard
Gillian Sheppard has a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piccolo Performance from the University of Toronto, where she specialized in extended techniques and contemporary repertoire. She regularly performs as as soloist and chamber musician, as well as an orchestral musician in ensembles such as the Watershed Ensemble, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Atlantic Light Theatre Orchestra, Opera […]
Gabriel Piller
Gabriel Piller had been recording and releasing noise and experimental music under various guises (Sleeping Police, Blanket Fort, The American W, M. Manifeste, “Wimbledon F.C.”) since 1999. He has also published CDs, records, cassette tapes, and books through his Knife in the Toaster label. He’s happy to be here
Bert Power
Bert Power (he/him) is a composer, percussionist, and improvisor from Arnold’s Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador. He studied percussion with Rob Power and Bill Brennan and is studying composition with Andrew Staniland and Clark Ross at Memorial University School of Music. Bert is a co-director of Nova Collective, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of new […]
Thank
Thank (Peter Lannon, Adam Engram) is what happens when you take two best pals and their love for a good bop, then put that love into a pan with all of their instruments. Simmer it all night long to create fresh beats, tasty bass grooves and season it all over with vintage synths. Thank uses […]
Krystle Hayden
Krystle Hayden incorporates a musical diversity and her own personal politics of music as therapy in her sets. DJing in St. John’s for 15 years, Krystle has sculpted a notoriety for herself through curating gigs that speak to her everyday passions such as: yoga flows, fashion shows, gallery openings and club nights. Krystle has witnessed […]
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 […]