Vancouver New Music Festival 2013
VNM 40th Anniversary Retrospective
October 16 – 19, 2013
VNM’s four-night festival celebrates the wide array of artistic approaches that have been embraced and nurtured by VNM throughout its past forty years. Featuring some of the composers and musicians who have contributed to VNM’s artistic programming over the years, each night will highlight a different musical format, from small to large ensembles, solos, opera excerpts, and electronic music. See the full schedule below for details.
Works for Small Ensemble and Solos
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 | 8PM
Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor)
Works by Paul Dolden (Resonance #1), Jacques Hètu (Sonate Pour Piano op.35), Jacqueline Leggatt (Cold Trip), Jocelyn Morlock (Icarus Landing), Michael O’Neill (Stabimobilism), and James Rolfe (Railway Street). Featuring Lori Freedman (Montreal), François Houle (Vancouver), Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa (Vancouver), Mark McGregor (Vancouver) and Catriona Strang (Vancouver).
Electronic, Electroacoustic, and New Media Works
Thursday, October 17, 2013 | 8PM
Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour Street, 2nd Floor)
Featuring performances by Jackson 2bears – Iron Tomahawks (Victoria), Magali Babin – The walk of the nebulophone and noisificator (Montreal), Tim Hecker – excerpts from Virgins (Montreal), Robert Normandeau – Hamlet-Machine with Actors (Montreal), and Hildegard Westerkamp – Für Dich – For You (Vancouver).
Opera Excerpts in Concert
Friday, October 18, 2013 | 8PM
Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street)
Excerpts from Elsewhereless (Rodney Sharman/Atom Egoyan), The Gang (Peter Hannan/Tom Cone), 120 Songs for the Marquis de Sade (Peter Hannan/Peter Hinton), and The Star Catalogues (Owen Underhill/Marc Diamond). Featuring special guest, bass Michael Douglas Jones (NYC), who won a Jessie Award for his performance in the original staging of 120 Songs for the Marquis de Sade.
Works for Large Ensemble
Saturday, October 19, 2013 | 8PM
Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street)
Works by Howard Bashaw (The Cycle of Strength), John Korsrud (The Shadow of Your Smile), Alexina Louie (Winter Music), and James Maxwell (Intueri). Featuring Steve Dann on viola (Toronto).
