NEW YEAR, NEW MUSIC, NEW PLACES DZUNUKWA - A
SPATIAL TROMBONE CHOIR EVENT
Thursday, Jan. 7th, 2010
PERFORMERS: The Slide Rule Trombone Choir
WHERE:
UBC Forest Services Centre, Macmillan Bloedel
Atrium, Vancouver, BC
TIME:
7:00pm
TICKETS: FREE
Vancouver, BC. New Music in New Places continues to boldly go where no Canadian music has gone before with our first concert of 2010: Dzunukwa. Featuring the Slide Rule Trombone Choir led by Jeremy Berkman, this free concert showcases the music of both established and emerging composers within the awe-inspiring architecture of the UBC Forest Sciences Building.
This event is co-presented with the Redshift Music Society and the UBC School of Music. Admission is free and the concert begins at 7pm in the Macmillan Bloedel Atrium, located at 2424 Main Mall on the UBC campus.
Dzunukwa takes its name from the First Nations ogress of Kwakwaka’wakw mythology, and a favourite subject of the renowned BC artist Emily Carr. Dzunukwa was both the bringer of wealth and the stealer of children; she was both feared and revered. In tribute to this awe-inspiring mythical figure, the music for this event will reflect on the power, rapture, bounty and potential danger inspired by our province’s natural beauty.
One of the UBC campus’ newest buildings, the Forest Sciences Centre boasts a stunning, four-storey indoor atrium, constructed of Canadian forest products. For Dzunukwa, Redshift will fill every corner of this amazing building with music by established and emerging Canadian composers. Lurking in the balconies and skulking in the parapets, the musicians of the Slide Rule Trombone Choir will perform new works written specifically for the venue by composers Scott Good, Jordan Nobles and Jocelyn Morlock, as well as UBC composers Farshid Samandari, Jeff Caron, Roydon Tse, Benton Roark and Conor Stuart.
The Redshift Music Society was founded in 2001 in Vancouver, with a focus on bringing the music of contemporary Canadian composers to the general public through unique musical events, mostly in public venues.
New Music in New Places is an innovative concert series presented by the Canadian Music Centre, designed to bring Canadian contemporary music out of the concert hall and into the lives of Canadians.
The Canadian Music Centre is an independent, not for profit, non-government agency that promotes and disseminates the music of Canadian composers. The Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund.
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