SOUNDS NEW: Michael Clarke and BMiR Artists

Banff Musicians in Residence provides space and focused time for program participants of all musical genres to concentrate on artistic development while working on projects that can be either individually or group/ensemble based. Participants have the freedom to structure their time around their project needs, and receive artistic inspiration and career advice from well-established faculty.

SOUNDS NEW

Composer and software developer, Professor Michael Clarke is Director of the groundbreaking project “Interactive Research in Music as Sound,” that utilizes technology to engage more directly with sound. Participants from the Banff Musicians in Residence program will explore new whirlwinds of timbres, rhythms, and synergy across diverse music genres.

Please turn off all cellphones, photo/video cameras.

 
Performances by:

Pre-show: Milton Man Gogh (Andrew Saragossi, Zac Sakrewski, Benjamin Shannon)
Abstractions on a theme of Banff

Megumi Masaki
Land Acknowledgement

Mortal Instruments (Conan Karpinski & Khai)
SYNCRONYX: THE HUMAN INSTRUMENT

In this experimental performance, Khai & Conan bridge the gap between movement and music. SYNCRONYX is a movement-based performance that assists with the creation of music in real time.

Chloë Dickens
Fields of Athenry

This reimagination of the Irish ballad Fields of Athenry is a new composition for violin, voice and tapes. It draws on Irish folk music traditions fused with modern classical string playing. This new work aims to show that not only can violins sing, they can groove!

Extended Music Collective (Stef Van Vynckt, Nina Vanhoenacker)
A map of all the places you could be, yet are not

Benjamin Portzen (composer), Marie Lévêque (poem, voice), Paulius Šliaupa (video)
 
Robyn Jacob
Ocean Eyes

Ocean Eyes is an exploration of working within limits, and finding the sonic possibilities that can come out of only harmonizer and voice.

Michael Clarke
Tim(br)e II (2009/2013), multi-channel fixed media work (8’26”)            

Tim(br)e II is entirely derived from a single 13-second sampled oboe phrase (recorded by Jinny Shaw), a complete version of which appears (transformed) only at the very end. The title refers to the way this work explores the ambiguous boundary between events perceived separately in time and sonorities that fuse into textures or timbres. Tim(br)e II is also a study in stasis and movement, subtle internal changes at times contrasting with more dramatic gestural events enhanced by spatialization. Tim(br)e II was commissioned by Musicon in 2009 and revised in 2013.

Cascade (1999), soloist and live electronics (c.10’)

Cascade was originally commissioned by Steven Altoft for solo trumpet and live electronics. Tonight is the premiere of a version for soprano saxophone. Cascade is in two movements. In the first, a rich texture (derived entirely from the live performance) gradually accumulates around the soloist before collapsing. The second movement opens with lively rhythmic interplay between the soloist and the electronic transformations. At the very end the work returns to the harmony and calm of the opening.

Ariana Brophy
An Excerpt from ...Standing By the Window

A silenced artist finds her voice again following abuse; From upcoming album Under the Covers &....

B O K E H (Chloë Lewer)
Accompanied by Milton Man Gogh, Conan Karpinski, Chara Kai-Le
Better Off

B O K E H, the artistic alias of Chloë Lewer, is an audiovisual artist based in Berlin, Germany.

Milton Man Gogh (Andrew Saragossi, Zac Sakrewski, Benjamin Shannon)
Ill Man (on a plane flight)

Distance can really put a halt to the creative process. After two years of sporadic performances and no recorded output, Milton Man Gogh decided it would be best to travel halfway across the world together, just to make sure they got something done. Collaboration is the core of what they do, and it's time for them to get back to basics in the most extreme way possible. How on-brand.

Milton Man Gogh are excited to present a small peek into their collaborative process and present an in-progress composition, written while at the Banff Centre.

Supporting Staff:

Juan Anez, Production Technician
Brendan Briceland, Head of Projection
Ben Ewing, Senior Recording Engineer
Sharon Fish, Assistant Head Stage Carpenter
Lyle Fish, Head of Sound
Matt Flawn, Head of Lighting
Brian Garbet, Audio and Music Technician
Samantha Hindle, Assistant Head of Sound
Aaric Innes, Projection Technician
Megumi Masaki, Director, Music
Greg Monforton, Assistant Production Manager
Henry Ng, Audio and Music Technician
Ivy Pan, Program Manager, Performing Arts – Music
Albert Picknell, Head Piano Technician
Angela Schenstead, Program Delivery Specialist
Donna Sharpe, Stage Manager
Darrell Shaw, Assistant Head of Lighting
Lully Villar, Production Coordinator