SALT New Music Festival 2024

Sep 7-20, 2024 | Victoria BC
ConcertsWorkshops

Concerts

September 7
7:30 p.m.

Earth Sounds

 

SALT Festival Orchestra

Ajtony Csaba, conductor

Emily Carr String Quartet

Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano

 

The 2024 SALT New Music Festival’s first night features works by Jocelyn Morlock, Tobin Stokes, and the premiere of David A. Jaffe’s Northwest Passages.

 

September 9
7:30 p.m.

Diverse Sounds

 

Tsilumos Ensemble

Aliayta Foon-Dancoes, violin

Jane Chan, cello

François Houle, clarinet

Andrew Schloss, live electronics

Showcasing diversity through remarkable contemporary solo and chamber works, featuring the premieres of two pieces by Canadian composers.

September 14
5:30 p.m.
4:15 Pre-concert talk

Star Sound

SALT Festival Orchestra

The Salt Festival Orchestra presents Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Sternklang (Star Sound). This monumental, immersive ‘musical ritual’ features amplified quartets, arranged in a star-like shape across Finnerty Gardens. Audience is invited to design their own listening strategies. Pre-concert talk with Professor Kim Venn (UVic Astronomy Research Center) in the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall.

 

September 16
7:30 p.m.

Sounds of the Zodiac

Duo Inquietum –

Liam Hockley, clarinets

Mark Takeshi McGregor, flutes

Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Tierkreis: 12 Melodien der Sternzeichen meets four young Canadian composers who reenvision the seasons, climate change, astrology, and even Stockhausen himself through a uniquely 21st century lens.

Workshops

POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE
20 September
5:00 pm

Workshop for Narratives and Sound

SALT New Music Festival presents a unique workshop focused on narratives in music inspired by indigenous knowledge. Active composer and musician participants will engage in dialogue with invited storytellers and artistic knowledge keepers, initiating concepts for new works to be featured in the SALT 2025 festival program. This moderated workshop is also open to passive participants and the general audience.

 

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