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Ellen Moffat

Thursday, November 5, 2009

7:00pm

Doris McCarthy Gallery (DMG)

  Ellen Moffat gives an artist talk on her new exhibition COMP OSE.

Learn more about Ellen Moffat here.
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linguists  

Film Screening: The Linguists

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

6:00pm, LL Browne Theatre

  Free screening of The Linguists with guest speakers Alana Johns and Keren Rice from the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto.

www.thelinguists.com

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Andrew Mason

Thursday, November 12, 2009

12:00 - 1:00pm, DMG

 

A discussion of "Bioacoustics and Animal Communication" with Professor Andrew Mason.

Learn more about Andrew Mason here.

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catona_nguyen  

Stefan Catona & Phuong Nguyen

Friday, November 13, 2009

12:00 - 1:00pm, DMG

 

Stefan Catona speaks about "Amanita Musicaria: Mushrooms, Shamanism, and Sound" and Phuong Nguyen speaks on "A 'Croaking Frog Chorale': Poetics of Amphibian Aurality."

Listen to some of Stefan's poetry here.

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Katherine McLeod

Monday, November 16, 2009

12:00 - 1:00pm, BV 516

 

Presentation on Canadian sound poetry by Katherine McLeod, a graduate student in English. Hosted by Prof. Andrew Dubois.

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Gerry Shikatani

Monday, November 16, 2009

2:00 - 3:00pm, SW 319

 

Reading and performance by poet/sound artist Gerry Shikatani. Hosted by Prof. Daniel ScottTysdal.

Learn more about Gerry Shikatani here.

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Idle Tigers

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

12:00 - 1:00pm, DMG

 

Idle Tigers is a one-man band - Ross Hawkins - who plays pop art songs on keyboard and electronic beats.

See Idle Tigers' myspace here.

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J.K. Chambers & Elan Dresher

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

3:00 - 5:00pm

Jackman Humanities Building, 100a

 

Talk by linguistics professor/jazz historian J.K. Chambers called "Sweet Thunder: Duke Ellington Swings Shakespeare." Elan Dresher presents "Between Music and Speech: The Relationship Between Gregorian and Hebrew Chant." These talks are downtown at the Jackman Humanities Institute.

Learn more about J.K. Chambers here.
Learn more about Elan Dresher here.

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Nobuo Kubota

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

12:00 - 1:00pm, DMG

 

Performance by contemporary musician/sound artist, Nobuo Kubota.

Learn more about Nobuo Kubota here.

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Daniel Scott Tysdal

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

2:00 - 4:00pm, DMG

 

Workshop in Sound Poetry hosted by Creative Writing professor Daniel Scott Tysdal. To register, sign up on the intranet; limited to UTSC students, faculty, and staff.

Read Daniel's blog here.

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Chris Cogburn & Bonnie Jones

Thursday, November 19, 2009

12:00 - 2:00pm, DMG

 

Workshop in Improvisational Electro-Acoustic Sound with Chris Cogburn (Austin, TX) and Bonnie Jones (Baltimore, MD). To register, sign up on the intranet; limited to UTSC students, faculty, and staff.

See a brief video of one of their performances here (with Liz Tonne).

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Chandan Narayan & Keren Rice

Thursday, November 19, 2009

3:00 - 5:00pm

Jackman Humanities Building, 100b

 

Chandan Narayan speaks on "Why Some Speech Sounds Are Rare and Others Ubiquitous" and Keren Rice speaks on "Dene Soundscapes." These talks are downtown at the Jackman Humanities Institute.

Learn more about Chandan Narayan here.
Learn more about Keren Rice here.

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Andrew Staniland w/ Guests

Friday, November 20, 2009

12:00 - 1:00pm, DMG

 

Snider Visiting Artist Andrew Staniland will perform a piece and present a student showcase featuring selected works created throughout the fall term. The event is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

www.andrewstaniland.com

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Cogburn, Jones, Narayan, & Tonne

Friday, November 20, 2009

5:00 - 7:00pm

Jackman Humanities Building, 100a

 

Improvisational Experimental Music with Chris Cogburn (Austin, TX), Bonnie Jones (Baltimore, MD), Chandran Narayan (UTSC), Joda Clement (Toronto) and Liz Tonne (Boston). This performance will be downtown at the Jackman Humanities Institute

See a brief video of one of their performances here.

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Sherry Lee

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

12:00 - 1:00pm, DMG

 

Sherry Lee delivers a talk titled, " Rien a Voir: Cinema for the Ear and the Evocation of Memory."

Learn more about Sherry Lee here.

         

 

 

 

 

 

November 5 - 24, 2009

Psycho-Acoustics, Sonic Pressures,
& the Aural Avant-Garde

co-presented by the Jackman Humanities Institute,
the Doris McCarthy Gallery, and the Department of Humanitiesline