These SSXIX Events Are Free
Sound Symposium 2008. Photo by Greg Locke © 2008
You can attend more than one-third of our Sound Symposium XIX happenings without spending a dime. That’s right, 25 events are free and open to the public. They include workshops, soundwalks, lectures, and some events that defy definition.
Co-Artistic Director Mack Furlong says Sound Symposium’s raison d’etre is to effect change in the lives of people, whether they think about or work with sound or not:
It takes us out of what we may consider is the drudgery of our daily lives and shows us that we only need pay attention to little parts of our lives to make everything more interesting.
No experience is required to attend our workshops. If you’re interested in the topic, come on down.
Improv Night on Thursday, July 12 is pay what you can and a guaranteed good time.
Of course, don’t forget the daily Harbour Symphonies. Those are free to enjoy for anyone around downtown St. John’s at 12:30pm every day of the Symposium.
July 6
Workshop with Jing Xia and Clinton Ackerman — 11:00am (LSPU Hall)
Harbourside Concert with Big Space — 12:30pm (Harbourside Park)
Music with Woolmaking Tools, with Rokkur — Workshop at 2:30pm (LSPU Hall)
Currents, with Teresa Connors — Soundart Installation and Artist Talk at 3:30pm (LSPU Hall)
July 7
Soundwalk with Hildegard Westerkamp — 10:00am (beginning at LSPU Hall)
Historic Walk with Michael Boyle — 4:00pm (beginning at LSPU Hall)
July 8
Scandinavian Yoiking with Frode Fjellheim and Snorre Bjerck — 10:00am (LSPU Hall)
Interactive Rhythm Event with Musubi Drum Circles — 4:00pm (LSPU Hall)
July 9
Structured Guitar with Bill Horist — 10:00am (LSPU Hall)
Workshop with Faceless Forces Of Bigness — 2:00pm (Room #1034, MUN School of Music)
Pedal Steel Guitar and Electronics with Susan Alcorn and Amy Brandon — 4:00pm (Choral Room, MUN School of Music)
July 10
Sunrise Meditation with Rozalind MacPhail — 4:30am (Atlantic Place Arts Space)
Soundwalk with Gayle Young and James Harley — 2:00pm beginning (LSPU Hall)
Names of Trees with Reinhard Reitzenstein — 4:00pm (beginning at LSPU Hall)
July 11
Acoustics and Architecture with Jennifer Thiessen and Ida Toninato — 10:00am (beginning at LSPU Hall)
Workshop with Subhira — 2:00pm (Choral Room, MUN School of Music)
Vocal Improvisation with Helen Pridmore — 3:30pm (Choral Room, MUN School of Music)
Cinquanta, by Jordan Nobles — 7:00pm (The Rooms)
July 12
Composing for Spaces with Jordan Nobles — 10:00am (Choral Room, MUN School of Music)
Sonic Phenomena with Doron Sadja — 1:00pm (Choral Room, MUN School of Music)
Workshop with Jing Xia and Clinton Ackerman — 4:00pm (Choral Room, MUN School of Music)
Improv Night Pay What You Can — 7:00pm (LSPU Hall)
July 13
Early Morning Concert with David Buley — 4:30am (Anglican Cathedral)
History of Improvisational Music in Canada with David Lee — 10:00am (Seminar Room, MUN School of Music)
Invented Instruments with Craig Squires, facilitator — 2:00pm (Choral Room, MUN School of Music)
Composer Forum with Andrew Staniland, host — 3:30pm (Choral Room, MUN School of Music)
July 14
Listening, with Hildegard Westerkamp — 10:00am (Choral Room, MUN School of Music)
July 15
Sunset Meditation with Rozalind MacPhail — 8:00pm (Signal Hill National Historic Site)