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 piece was originally commissioned for the gala opening of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in 1968.  For woodwinds, brass, strings, and quadrophonic tape, this will be a rare [...]

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 303 E 8th Ave (one block east of Main) at 7:30 each night.  Tickets are $20/10, and festival passes are $35 for all four nights.

“Four nights of new [...]

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 CLC Art Space’s next event, tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 25th) @ 5:00 pm. It’s an open mic with a focus on creative writing and spoken word, so if you have [...]

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 Wallace.  He mentioned a few things about suppression of First Nations culture that really surprised me, so I did a little bit of research and was amazed at how [...]

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 composer who wrote the film music for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, was commissioned by Google to write a symphonic piece for the project. People who want to [...]

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) proposal from the Terry Talks here if you don’t know about it yet).  I’m organizing a series of events that give people from all across campus [...]

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 a good time to introduce myself. I’m John. I’m in my 4th year (of 5, probably) of a double major in music theory and composition. I spend [...]