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Dates for 2024/25
Composition Forum Dates
(Fourth Weds of Month, 4-5 PM, FAB2-28)- Sept. 25
- Oct. 23
- Nov. 27
- Jan. 22
- Feb. 26
- Mar. 26
Student Composer Concerts (7:30 PM, Con Hall)
- Dec. 9 (XiMe)
- Dec. 18 (ugrad/grad)
- Apr. 7 (XiMe)
- Apr. 16/17 (undergrad/grad)
Special Events
- Bellow: Damn Magpies w/ Dwennimmen: Sept. 27 [7:30 PM, Con Hall]
- Dylan Robinson talk: Oct. 1 [4:00 PM, Con Hall]
- Michael Century talk: Nov. 21 [TBA]
- Faculty Composers – works for organ + percussion: Jan. 17 [7:30 PM, Con Hall]
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Composition Area Concert – Dec 2024
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 | 7:30pm Convocation HallOld Arts Building, University of Alberta Campus | 113 Street, 91 Avenue, Edmonton Join the Composition Area for a concert of music composed by undergraduate and graduate composition students. Performed by: Shelley Younge | … Continue reading
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Welcome to the 2024-25 Year
Dear composers – welcome to the new academic year for 2024-25! This year we have many exciting events happening, including concerts of your music (see side bar dates), a visit from Indigenous (xwélmexw) composer/interdisciplinary artist Dylan Robinson, visiting musician and … Continue reading
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Composition area concert: Works by student composers
Come check out the end of term concert of brand new compositions by student composes at all levels! Featuring the Bok Brass quintet! Thurs, April 18, 7:30 PM in Con Hall.
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(in)organic: Electroacoustic Music by students of 445
Come check out new music including stereo acousmatic works, performances, video games, short films, and installations by students of 445. April 19 in FAB (see poster below for details)
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FALL 2023-24 Student Composer Concert: THURS Dec 14
| 7:30PM | Convocation Hall Composition Area Concert: music composed by undergraduate and graduate composition students With guests, UltraViolet (Chenoa Anderson, flutes; Allison Balcetis, saxophones; Mark Segger, percussion; Roger Admiral, piano)
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XiME: Dec 4 | 7:30PM | Convocation Hall
XiME Fall 2023 Concert: Improvisations, Conductions, and Audio Scores XiME 2023/24 is Benedek Gaal, Tatiana Gorchynski, Vinay Joshi, Kitt McKenney, Yuanyuan Que, Kurt Stenner, Jacob Tran, Mingchen Xiong, and is led by Mark Segger. The Experimental Improvisation Ensemble (XiME) is a performing group … Continue reading
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Welcome Back 2023-24
Composition students: apologies for the lateness in updating this site for the year. This is an ongoing project. Check back here for information on fora and concerts this year.
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New Music by Student Composers and Improvisors
If you missed our student end-term concerts, they are available online (see below). Undergraduate Composition Student Concert – works by students enrolled in MUS 270 Wednesday, April 13th, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in Convocation Hall Works for duets: tenor and violoncello, and trumpet and … Continue reading
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New Music by Student Composers – Monday and Tuesday Night – Streaming FREE!
Tonight and tomorrow night, back for the first time since COVID, the University of Alberta’s music department composition area presents two concerts of new music by student composers, performed live and streamed for FREE! Note: University of Alberta students and … Continue reading
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Living Sound Better with Digital Music Instruments – Sound Studies Institute Lecture Series, with D. Andrew Stewart
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 7:00 – 8:00pm MST D. Andrew Stewart explores the concept of a Digital Sound Performer – a performer of sounds on digital musical instruments, also known as gestural controllers. Stewart suggests that the Sound Performer’s essential … Continue reading
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