CUMS-SMUC

A Festival of New Music by B.C. Composers - presented by Vancouver Pro Musica
April 8-11, 2010
The Western Front (303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver B.C.)

SONIC BOOM is an annual festival of new music featuring original works by British Columbia composers. It is a festival widely regarded as one of Canada's most important showcases for new work, including pieces by both established and emerging composers, all performed by top-quality ensembles, groups, and soloists. Since 1984 when the festival began, it has been a focal point in the burgeoning Vancouver new music scene showcasing the work of composers from all across the province. This year’s lineup consists of works written by composers representing Vancouver, Victoria, Burnaby, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, New Westminster, Langley, Maple Ridge, Kamloops, Penticton, and Saanichton.

Known for its musical diversity, the only stylistic limitation of the pieces you will hear at the SONIC BOOM festival is the degree to which the composers for that year desire to push the boundaries of the new music genre. This year there is a 15 piece string ensemble; a 6 piece chamber ensemble; an Erhu and Ruan duet; a variety of electro-acoustic performers; a clarinet and percussion duet; a zheng and vocal duet; a variety of vocal solos; a piano, violin, and cello trio; a piano and voice duet; a flute solo; a clarinet, piano, violin and cello quartet; a viola and guitar duo; a variety of piano solos; and a string quartet.

SONIC BOOM 2010 showcases new original works from 38 BC composers over the four evenings of the event featuring the talents of string ensemble Orchestra Armonia (conducted by John van Deursen) as Ensemble in Residence and Janet Danielson (Music Instructor at Simon Fraser University) as Composer in Residence. Nu:BC is the featured ensemble.

Thursday April 8^th, 2010

7:30 pm - Variety of small groups and soloists performing 9 new compositions by BC composers.

Friday April 9^th, 2010

7:30 pm - Nu: BC chamber ensemble performing 10 new compositions by BC composers.

Saturday April 10^th, 2010

4:00 pm – Dr. Bob Pritchard plenary lecture on electro-acoustic music.

7:30 pm - Orchestra Armonia string ensemble performing 10 new compositions by BC Composers including Janet Danielson’s Suite Vancouver (commissioned by Vancouver Pro Musica with support from British Columbia Arts Council).

Sunday April 11^th, 2010

Sunday morning (9 am or 10 am to 12 noon) - student composers' master class conducted by Janet Danielson with Rachel Iwaasa on piano and Paolo Bortolussi on flute as the reading ensemble.

7:30 pm – A variety of small groups and soloists performing 9 new compositions by BC composers.

SONIC BOOM 2010

April 8-11, 2010

Each night from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm – reception afterwards

The Western Front (303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver B.C.)

Doors open at 7:00 pm

Each night: Tickets are $20 General / $15 Students, Seniors, Artists

or $35 for a Festival Pass for all four evenings of concerts.

Tickets available at the door (cash only please).

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Call for Contributions

Edited Collection on Popular and Folk Music on the Prairies
Working Title: Grassland Sounds: Popular and Folk Musics of the Canadian Prairies
Editors: Gordon Ross, Gillian Turnbull, and Geoff Whittall

Scholarship on popular music in Canada often tends toward issues of national identity and the role of national policy in promotion and dissemination, and has contributed to and analyzed the effects of canon formulation. While this body of literature is invaluable in establishing a foundation for Canadian music scholarship, there is a need for current research to investigate regional scenes and diversity across provinces and rural and urban areas. In particular, popular music in the western provinces would benefit from a critical interrogation of issues relevant to the region.

This collection will further the field of prairie music research by examining how regional and western identities are enacted through musical practices such as performance, composition, recording, production, and promotion in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

We welcome submissions from all methodological and disciplinary perspectives. Some possible themes include:

• Independent/Local music scenes
• The Festival
• Landscape/Place and Western identity
• Western Canadian popular music history
• Indigenous popular/folk musics
• Traditional folk music
• Media, technology, and social evolution
• Regional manifestations of genres: folk, country, punk, metal, rap/hip hop (etc.)
• The music industry on the prairies

Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2010

Please send proposals of 500 words or less to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Proposals should be in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format. Identifying details should be removed from proposals and may be provided in the email or a separate document. Questions may be directed to any of the editors at the email addresses listed below:

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MUSIC RESEARCH FORUM
Call for Papers
Deadline: 15 January 2010

Music Research Forum is still accepting submissions from outstanding graduate students and young professionals.

Now in its twenty-fifth year, Music Research Forum is an internationally distributed and indexed peer-reviewed journal published annually by the Graduate Student Association of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. We consider articles in any area of music scholarship, including musicology, theory, performance practice, ethnomusicology, music and culture, and criticism. Faculty are encouraged to pass this information along to their students.

Articles should be word-processed on 8.5x11-inch paper. All materials, including example captions, should be double-spaced and conform to the footnote guidelines found in The Chicago Manual of Style. Contributions should be between twelve and thirty pages. A cover sheet listing the author's name, address, telephone number, email address, and academic affiliation (if applicable) must precede articles. Articles will not be returned.

The postmark deadline for submissions for Volume 25 (Summer 2010) is 15 January 2010. Authors must submit three hard copies of each article to:

Carissa Pitkin, Editor
Music Research Forum
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210003
Cincinnati OH 45221-0003

For additional information: Visit us online at http://www.ccm.uc.edu/comp_theory_hist/mrf