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Active since 2000, the Department of Music’s student ensemble “contempo” will be presenting its annual fall concert on Friday, November 23 at 7:30 PM in Convocation Hall. The concert will feature music composed in the last 40 years by international … Continue reading →

Welcome Back! Welcome back to a new academic cycle!  For those who are new here, this site is maintained by the composition area, and represents the latest information about the current year’s activities.  Note that the music department pages are … Continue reading →

Please join us for an evening of new works for violin + electronics, and string quartet.  Featuring works by graduate student composers Micah Hussell, Thomas Merklinger, Will Northlich-Redmond, Deepak Paramashivan, and Mark Segger.  Performed by Laura Veeze (violin), Yue Deng … Continue reading →

An eclectic concert hosted collaboratively by XiMe (U of A’s Experimental Improvisation Ensemble), Contempo Ensemble, MUSIC 470/570 Composition and Sonic Arts 2, and MUSIC 260 Composition. Thirteen new works by Undergrad and Graduate composers will be premiered by UofA’s Department of … Continue reading →

We are very excited to host a talk this Wednesday (March 21) by the renowned Argentinian conductor and composer Miguel Bellusci, who will perform selections from Kagel’s Die Stücke der Windrose as part of New Music Edmonton’s 7th festival of new … Continue reading →

Please join us for an evening of new works by University of Alberta faculty composers. Faculty composers, Howard Bashaw, Mark Hannesson, Scott Smallwood and Andriy Talpash with new works for Guillaume Tardif, Roger Admiral, and the Edmonton Saxophone Quartet. March … Continue reading →

The Sound Studies Initiative pleased to host Dr. Salomé Voegelin. Salomé Voegelin is an artist and writer engaged in listening as a socio-political practice. Her work deals with the aesthetic, social and political realities that are hidden by the persuasiveness of a visual point of view. She … Continue reading →

Join us in a evening of graphic scores and free improvisation. Music by: Earle Brown, Isael Huard, Rio Houle, Greg Mulyk and Emily Casavant. Performed by XiMe 2017: – Malaya Bishop, Throat singing and other delights. – Ashley Weckesser, Cello and surprising … Continue reading →

Mark Hannesson will present on the music of the Wandelweiser Collective.

On Weds, Sept. 27, flutist Paolo Bortolussi will perform a concert of new music for flute and electronics, and he will be accompanied by composer John Oliver. Both will offer an artist talk/master class at 4 PM, followed by a … Continue reading →