Posts by John Kastelic

Kraanerg

Iannis Xenakis’ Kraanerg This Friday, at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver New Music is presenting a performance of Kraanerg by the Greek experimental composer, Iannis Xenakis.  This…

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Sonic Boom 2009

Vancouver Pro Musica is running their annual new music festival, Sonic Boom, from March 19 – 22 (Thursday – Sunday).  It’s at The Western Front, at…

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CLC Art Space open mic

This is a little last minute, but if you want to get in on some, free cookies, hot drinks, and great student artists, come check out…

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Not so distant Canadian history

Yesterday I went to a panel discussion on making a career as writer or musician, and one of the panelists was local First Nations musician Russell…

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Garbage, garbage, everywhere

I found a few pages of a discarded Vancouver Sun the other day on the bus, and was kind of disturbed by an article about “islands…

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YouTube Symphony Orchestra

Woah! It’s not every day you get a chance to play in Carnegie Hall. I just found out about this project on YouTube. Tan Dun, the…

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A + B = what?

Have you ever been walking somewhere, listening to music, and the music totally fit with your mood and the surroundings? Or perhaps the music didn’t fit…

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CLC Art Space, Dec. 10 @ 3:00

Oh, and a shameless plug for a program I’m running.  Interfaculty projects are getting talked about a lot these days (check out the IF (Integrated Forum)…

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Good Morning

Welcome to the first December of the rest of your life. Classes are (sort of) over, and I (almost) have free time! I figure now is…

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