Schedule

Thursday, January 7

7:30pm Open­ing Con­cert: New Music For A New Year — Sym­pho­ny Nova Sco­tia — includ­ed in reg­is­tra­tion fee

Friday, January 8

8:15am — 9:00am Reg­is­tra­tion
9:00am — 9:30am Open­ing remarks
Jan­ice Jack­son — Chair, Forum 2010 Steer­ing Com­mit­tee • Artis­tic Direc­tor, Voca­lypse Pro­duc­tions • Sopra­no (Hal­i­fax)
Tim Brady — Pres­i­dent, CNMN • Com­pos­er • Elec­tric Gui­tarist • Artis­tic Direc­tor, Brady­works (Mon­tréal)
Forum 2010 Host, Jeff Reil­ly — Bass Clar­inetist • Com­pos­er • CBC Pro­duc­er (Hal­i­fax)
9:30am — 10:00am Keynote Address: Part­ner­ing Diversity
George Lewis — Edwin H Case Pro­fes­sor of Amer­i­can Music, Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty (NYC)
10:00am — 10:15am Break
10:15am — 12:00pm Pan­el 3: Find­ing Uni­ty in Diver­si­ty: the Struc­tur­al Issues
Mod­er­a­tor: Bob Bauer — Com­pos­er • Gui­tarist • Pro­duc­er (Bed­ford NS)
Joël Bons — Com­pos­er • Artis­tic Direc­tor, Nieuw Ensem­ble & Atlas • Con­ser­va­to­ry of Amsterdam
Matthew Greenall — Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Sound and Music (Lon­don UK)
Jim His­cott — Com­pos­er • Musi­cian • Pro­duc­er • Co-Artis­tic Direc­tor of Groundswell (Win­nipeg)
Marie-Chan­tal Leclair — Vice Pres­i­dent, groupe Le Vivi­er • Artis­tic Direc­tor, Quasar, sax­o­phone quar­tet (Mon­tréal)
Tina Pear­son — Direc­tor, LaSaM • Mem­ber, Son­ic Pres­ence (Vic­to­ria)
12:00pm — 1:00pm Lunch — Room 401 — includ­ed in reg­is­tra­tion fee
1:00pm — 1:45pm Duo 1: Urban ver­sus Region­al Per­spec­tive — How They Work
Erick Bick­erdike — Gen­er­al Man­ag­er, Chester Play­house (Chester NS)
Jonathan Bunce — Artis­tic Direc­tor, Music Gallery (Toron­to)
1:45pm — 2:30pm Duo 2: The Improv Research Project
Ajay Heble — Project Direc­tor ICASP, School of Eng­lish and The­atre Stud­ies, U of Guelph • Artis­tic Direc­tor, The Guelph Jazz Festival
Ellen Water­man — School of Fine Art and Music, Uni­ver­si­ty of Guelph
2:30pm — 3:30pm Trio: Pre­sen­ters and Diver­si­ty: How do Main­stream Pre­sen­ters View this Issue — Phi­los­o­phy & Practice
Mod­er­a­tor: Lukas Pearse — Bassist (contrabass/electric bass/electronics) • Impro­vis­er • Com­pos­er (Hal­i­fax)
Eri­ka Beat­ty — CEO, Sym­pho­ny Nova Sco­tia (Hal­i­fax)
Paul Caskey — Artis­tic Direc­tor, Live Art Dance Pro­duc­tions (Hal­i­fax)
Jen­nifer Tay­lor — Artis­tic Pro­duc­er & Gen­er­al Man­ag­er, Music Toronto
7:30pm Con­cert: Hal­i­fax Call­ing — includ­ed in reg­is­tra­tion fee

Saturday, January 9

8:30am — 9:00am Reg­is­tra­tion
9:00am — 9:45am Duo 3: Inter­cul­tur­al Orches­tras — How They Work, His­to­ry, Prac­tice, etc.
Moshe Den­burg — Co-Artis­tic Direc­tor, Van­cou­ver Inter-Cul­tur­al Orches­tra (VICO) (Van­cou­ver)
Joël Bons — Com­pos­er • Artis­tic Direc­tor, Nieuw Ensem­ble & Atlas • Con­ser­va­to­ry of Amsterdam
9:45am — 10:30am Duo 4: Elec­troa­coustics and Diver­si­ty — Approach­es and Perspectives
Dar­ren Copeland — Artis­tic Direc­tor, New Adven­tures in Sound Art (NAISA) (Toron­to)
George Lewis — Edwin H Case Pro­fes­sor of Amer­i­can Music, Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty (New York City)
10:30am — 10:45am Break
10:45am — 12:15pm Pan­el 2: New Music Pro­gram­ming and Diversity
Mod­er­a­tor: Jérôme Blais — Com­pos­er • Pro­fes­sor, Depart­ment of Music, Dal­housie Uni­ver­si­ty (Hal­i­fax)
Paul Bendzsa — Clar­inet­tist • Artis­tic con­sul­tant & found­ing mem­ber of the Sound Sym­po­sium (St. John’s NL)
Shawn Bostick — Atlantic Region­al Direc­tor, CMC • Per­cus­sion­ist • Teacher (Sackville NB)
Joane Hétu — Co-Artis­tic Direc­tor, Pro­duc­tions Super­Musique • Com­pos­er • Per­former • Pres­i­dent & Gen­er­al Direc­tor, DAME (Mon­tréal)
Blair Mack­ay — Per­cus­sion­ist • Direc­tor, Ever­green Club Con­tem­po­rary Game­lan (Toron­to)
Jer­ry Per­gole­si — Co-Artis­tic Direc­tor, Con­tact Con­tem­po­rary Music • Per­cus­sion­ist (Toron­to)
12:15pm — 1:00pm Lunch — Room 401 — includ­ed in reg­is­tra­tion fee
1:00pm — 1:45pm Duo 5: Build­ing Nation­al and Diverse Sup­port for New Con­cert Music
Rus­sell Kel­ley — Head, Music Sec­tion, The Cana­da Coun­cil for the Arts (Ottawa)
Matthew Greenall — Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Sound and Music (Lon­don UK)
1:45pm — 3:15pm Pan­el 3: New music, New Cana­di­ans — Cul­ture and Music
Mod­er­a­tor: Peter Tog­ni — Com­pos­er • Organ­ist • Pianist • Radio Host (Hal­i­fax)
Parmela Attari­wala — Attar Project • PhD can­di­date (eth­no­mu­si­col­o­gy), Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to (Toron­to)
Sandeep Bhag­wati — Com­pos­er • Cana­da Research Chair in Inter‑X Art • Direc­tor, matral­ab, Con­cor­dia Uni­ver­si­ty (Mon­tréal)
Kiya Tabass­ian — Artis­tic Direc­tor, Con­stan­tino­ple (Mon­tréal)
Lan Tung — Erhu (Chi­nese Vio­lin) • Artis­tic Direc­tor, Orchid Ensem­ble • VP, Van­cou­ver Inter-Cul­tur­al Orches­tra (Van­cou­ver)
3:15pm — 3:30pm Break
3:30pm — 5:00pm Ple­nary Ses­sion: Forum 2010 Summary
7:30pm Con­cert: Away all Boats!! — includ­ed in reg­is­tra­tion fee

Loca­tion: The Sir James Dunn The­atre, Dal­housie Arts Cen­tre, 6101 Uni­ver­si­ty, Hal­i­fax, NS

* Sched­ule sub­ject to change with­out pri­or noti­fi­ca­tion (Decem­ber 17, 2009).