Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

Vancouver, B.C. ~ The Nu:BC Collective moves downtown March 8th for a dynamic program of music paired with live video, electronics, and speech. Highlighting the program is Frederic Rzewski’s seminal work Coming Together, an emotionally charged musical setting of text written by a prison inmate killed in a prison riot. Also on the programme is the world premiere of Doubling, a Nu:BC commissioned work by Chris Paul Harman, as well as Jesper Nordin’s Calm Like a Bomb for violin and electronics, and Stillpoint, by Vancouver composer Jeffrey Ryan. Also on the programme, François Houle showcases his sensational improvisational skills in a collaboration with Vancouver composer and electronic music guru Keith Hamel and video artist Aleksandra Dulic. ‘Coming Together’ features a select... more...