Sculpting sound
Over the next three months, internationally celebrated composer, inventor and sound sculptor Trimpin will be collaborating with a UVic team of emerging sound engineers, musicians and visual artists on his latest project, titled (CanonX+4:33=100). With the team's assistance, Trimpin will transform a group of abandoned pianos into an array of visually dynamic and aurally stunning acoustic and electroacoustic sculptures and automatons, by way of celebrating the 2012 centennial of influential experimental composers John Cage and Conlon Nancarrow.
Say it with dance
Never underestimate the power of interdisciplinary chit-chat. When assistant theatre professor Conrad Alexandrowicz met famed poet and writing professor Lorna Crozier at the annual Faculty of Fine Arts retreat last year, he had no idea their discussion would soon translate into nearly $175,000 in grant funding.
A very tuba Christmas
The euphonious tones of dozens of massed low-brass instruments playing holiday favourites entranced the audience Dec. 3 in Market Square as UVic music prof Eugene Dowling led the Victoria Tuba Christmas Ensemble in its 33rd annual holiday fundraising concert. The event raises hundreds of dollars each year for the Times Colonist Christmas Fund to help those most in need in our community.
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Images of internment--Paintings by Dr. Henry ShimizuIn 1999, Dr. Henry Shimizu created a series of oil paintings based on his life as a teenager in the New Denver, BC, Japanese Internment Camp, from 1942 to 1946. They are now featured in the current exhibition “Images of Internment” at the Maltwood Prints and Drawings Gallery on the lower level of the McPherson Library. |
Major awards mean more creative time for UVic writersNow that the hoopla of the fall writing award season has passed, it’s easy to tell where Esi Edugyan’s priorities lie. “The baby is sleeping now, so I’m hoping we can talk before she wakes up,” says the soft-spoken Giller Prize-winning author in a hushed voice. |
Interdisciplinary course produces drama in GermanHow do you stage manage a play in a language you don’t speak? This was the challenge I faced with Woyzeck: The Choreography of a Murder, a play that was performed at the Phoenix Theatre in the original German last month. |
Opera premiere of Mary’s Wedding enhanced by UVic WWI archivesAn inspired collaboration between Pacific Opera Victoria and the University of Victoria Libraries has resulted in the creation of exhibits and displays that draw us into “The World of Mary’s Wedding.” The opera Mary’s Wedding about to make its world premiere by Pacific Opera Victoria on Nov. 10, is based on one of Canada’s best loved plays written by Stephen Massicotte. The story shifts from the Canadian prairies to the battlefields of Europe. |
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