Timetable — new!

All rooms are at the Rozsa Cen­tre,  locat­ed at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­gary — 206 Uni­ver­si­ty Ct NW, Cal­gary, AB, Canada

Room Map Key

GH Husky Oil Great Hall, Rozsa Centre
EV Evans Room, Rozsa Centre
SM Sco­tia­bank Milling Area, Rozsa Centre
HR CIBC Hub Room, Rozsa Centre
F FOYER, Rozsa Cen­tre
EG Eck­hardt-Gra­mat­té Hall, Rozsa Centre
TBA To be announced

Note: Room loca­tions and sched­ule are sub­ject to change with­out pri­or noti­fi­ca­tion (Jan­u­ary 17, 2014).

For more detailed pro­gramme infor­ma­tion, visit:

For the morn­ing and after­noon net­work­ing breaks and the din­ner breaks – con­sult the list of Cafés and restau­rants on our Prac­ti­cal Infor­ma­tion page.

Thursday, January 23

start end
6:00 PM 7:15 PM Reg­is­tra­tion (F) + Ice­break­er (GH)
7:15 PM 8:00 PM Pre-con­cert talk (GH)
8:00 PM New Works Cal­gary Con­cert (EG)
$10 tick­ets avail­able with your FORUM pass. Recep­tion to follow.

Friday, January 24

start end
8:00 AM 9:00 AM Reg­is­tra­tion (F)
9:00 AM 9:15 AM Wel­come (GH)
9:15 AM 10:15 AM Pan­el 1 — How to define and devel­op the “Cana­di­an” in “Cana­di­an” new music? (GH)
10:15 AM 11:00 AM Dig­i­tal Music instru­ments:  3 par­al­lel inter­ac­tive workshops
* Bruno de Chéner­illes: Pro­gram­ma­ble mul­ti-touch inter­faces (EV)
* Joseph Mal­loch: Pros­thet­ic dig­i­tal instru­ments for music and dance ℠
* D. Andrew Stew­art: Syn­thet­ic Means in the 21st Cen­tu­ry: Com­po­si­tion & Per­for­mance (HR)
11:00 AM 11:30 AM Morn­ing Net­work­ing Break 1
11:30 AM 12:00 PM Mini Por­trait 1 — Le Vivi­er + Why Note (HR) Pan­el 2 — Orches­tral Pro­gram­ming: new music and the big machine (GH)
12:00 PM 12:30 PM Mini Por­trait 2 — LeHum + Berlin Phil Media GmbH (HR)
12:30 PM 2:00 PM Net­work­ing Lunch 1 (includ­ed with reg­is­tra­tion) (GH)
2:00 PM 2:30 PM Mini Por­trait 3 — Sound­streams (GH)
2:30 PM 3:30 PM Pan­el 3 — Music and 21st Cen­tu­ry Media: the broad­er con­nec­tion (GH)
3:30 PM 3:45 PM Mini talk — Mon­i­ca Pearce: Good House­keep­ing — Some thoughts on Per­son­al Admin­is­tra­tion (GH)
3:45 PM 4:15 PM After­noon Break 1
4:15 PM 5:15 PM Open Ses­sion 1 — Unsi­lenc­ing: Women and their Place in New Music and Sound Art (GH)
5:15 PM 7:15 PM Din­ner Break 1 (not included)
7:15 PM 8:00 PM Pre-con­cert talk 1 (GH)
8:00 PM Land’s End Ensem­ble Con­cert (EG)
$10 tick­ets avail­able with your FORUM pass. Recep­tion to follow.
10:00 PM approx. After Hours Impro­vi­sa­tion 1 (GH)
Want to play? Con­tact bugincision@gmail.com
Free — Pub­lic welcome

Saturday, January 25

start end
8:00 AM 9:00 AM Reg­is­tra­tion (F)
9:00 AM 9:45 AM Open Ses­sion 2  — Earn­ing a liv­ing in new music
*Project Room (EV)    *Gen­er­al Dis­cus­sion Room ℠
9:55 AM 10:05 AM Mini demo-dis­cus­sion — Car­men Braden: Sound-telling: Sto­ry­telling through sound, speech, and music (GH)
10:05 AM 10:20 AM Mini talk — Simon Mar­tin: Project-Based vs. Sea­son­al Pro­gram­ming (GH)
10:25 AM 10:45 AM Mini per­for­mance & dis­cus­sion — Scott Godin, Lael John­ston & the Chester­mere High­school Drum­line: oh my gol­ly! (EG)
10:45 AM 11:00 AM Morn­ing Net­work­ing Break
11:00 AM 11:15 AM Mini demo-work­shop — Shawn Mativet­sky: New Music for the Tabla of North India: Issues of Com­po­si­tion and Per­for­mance Prac­tice (GH)
11:15 AM 11:30 AM Mini talk & dis­cus­sion — Jen Black­well & Mike Roma­ni­ak: Cross­ing Bor­ders: The Com­posers Project and Cana­di­an Music (GH)
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Pan­el 5 — Pub­lic inter­ac­tion: engag­ing in dia­logue, open­ing the doors (GH) Pan­el 4 — Fes­ti­vals: go deep or go long? (EV)
12:30 PM 2:00 PM Net­work­ing Lunch 2 (includ­ed with reg­is­tra­tion) (GH)
2:00 PM 3:45 PM KEYNOTE PANEL (GH)
3:45 PM 4:15 PM After­noon Net­work­ing Break 2
4:15 PM 4:45 PM Mini Por­trait 4 — Clus­ter + Lon­don Sin­foni­et­ta (HR) Open Ses­sion 3 — Net­work devel­op­ment & music dissemination
*Project Room (EV)
*Gen. Disc. Room ℠
4:45 PM 5:15 PM Mini Por­trait 5 — Music Gallery + Miller The­atre (HR)
5:15 PM 7:15 PM Din­ner Break 2 (not included)
8:00 PM U of C Dis­cov­ery Series Con­cert (EG)
$10 tick­ets avail­able at the door with your FORUM pass.
10:00 PM approx. After Hours Impro­vi­sa­tion 2 (GH)
Want to play? Con­tact bugincision@gmail.com
Free — Pub­lic welcome

Sunday, January 26

start end
10:30 AM 12:00 PM Open Ses­sion 4 — Music education
*Project Room (EV)        *Gen­er­al Dis­cus­sion Room ℠