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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