Shattering the Silence 2011
Breaking the Sound Barrier: Electroacoustic Focus
January 19 – 23, 2011
Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Hildegard Westerkamp Composer-in-Residence / SOCAN Foundation Guest ComposerDerek Charke and Mark Hopkins Co-directors
Steven Naylor EA Advisor and Co-curator
Shattering the Silence 2011 January 19 – 23, 2011
The Acadia New Music Society and Shattering the Silence New Music Festival exists to promote new music to the public. As with the pop-music world, concert music composers pour themselves into their works, usually in response to artistic encounters and life experiences. Yet, for a variety of reasons, it is relatively rare for the average person to hear their music performed in the world today. We present “Shattering the Silence” as a music festival designed to give voice to the music of living composers, while concurrently celebrating the creation and performance of concert music by students at Acadia University, regional maritime composers and nationally renowned composers.
For more information please contact the co-directors:
Derek Charke (902) 585-1270
Mark Hopkins (902) 585-1244