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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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).