March 10, 2008

Here it is March and I’m posting to my blog for the first time this year.
I hope to have it going on a little more frequently.

I got a lot of good feedback on our podcasts on the site here. I hope to have more interviews coming Vancouver improvisers. If anyone has anyone that they’d like to see interviewed, drop a line.

I went to the New Forms Festival this past Friday. Music by six or seven DJs.
The highlight of the night for me was the visuals done by Krista Lomax.
If you get a chance to see her work check it out. She is extraordinarily talented.

On February 23rd caught the last night of the Marginalia, revisioning Roy Kiyooka.
It was Vancouver New Music’s multi-media production that they put on with the Alcan award money that they received. The B.C. composers for the event (Jocelyn Morlock, Stefan Smulovitz, Stefan Udell and Hildegard Westerkamp) wrote finely crafted work that was performed by an amazing ensemble (especially outstanding for me were Rebecca Whitling and Peggy Lee). The real high point in the night for me was the set that the performers were placed within. It was what really made the evening Kiyooka-esque.
There were hundreds of white gloves hung from the ceiling and lit with shifting hues of blue, red and amber. Surrounding the perimeter of the players was a few tons of rocks with video moniters of rocks in a streambed. Extremely west coast.
The sets were done by the brilliant designer Hanif Janmohamed.
On the whole it felt like quite a satisfying effort.

Keep an eye on the shows that we’re producing on Monday nights at the Cellar.
One of the highlights of the year so far has been the Aeroplane Trio with JP Carter, Russell Sholberg and Skye Brooks. A great show. Check out Russell’s playing. He’s sounding really strong and playing so creatively.