Go on a soundwalk anytime! Click here for a Do-it-Yourself Soundwalk by Stephanie Loveless and Brady Marks
4 May 2008 | 2pm Baba Yaga’s Journey: a storytelling soundwalk
led by Wende Bartley Meeting Location: Lighthouse park, Beacon Lane and Marine Drive, West Vancouver.
Information kiosk by the gate at the south end of the parking lot.
Bus Route: 250 (arrives 1:35 pm)
Not wheelchair accessible.
Along the route within Lighthouse Park, soundwalking participants will experience the natural soundscape mingled with short vocal excerpts taken from Wende Bartley’s composition entitled ‘Descending Wild’, which is based on the mythic story of Baba Yaga.
11 May 2008 | 5am + 8pm From Dawn till Dusk: Wanderings in Orbit
led by Pessi Parviainen Meeting Location: South end of Trout Lake Park, at the beach near the changeroom/ washrooms.
Featuring a chain of musicians surrounding Trout Lake, these walks will explore the soundscape around the lake at sunrise and sunset.
15 + 16 May 2008 | 7pm – 10 pm
17 May 2008 | 2 pm – 9pm; hosted soundwalk at 2pm sound.garden.scape
by Eric Powell VIVO, 1965 Main Street
sound.garden.scape is a soundwalk installation. Using portable radios, soundwalkers can explore an interactive re-presentation of Vancouver's Gastown. The artist will be present to host walks through the installation. Soundwalkers are requested to bring portable FM stereo receivers and earphones. A limited number of radios are available.
Co-presented by VIVO Media Arts Centre.
18 May 2008 | 2pm Surf and Turf Soundwalk
led by Jean Routhier
Meeting Location: George Wainborn Park entrance (450 Beach Crescent, where Richards St. ends).
Bus Routes: C21, 50, 6 (about 5 blocks from the park).
Wheelchair accessible.
This soundwalk will travel in, over and on False Creek while trying to keep ears open, receptive and dry.
*Maximum number of participants: 28 (reservation recommended)
25 May 2008 | 2pm Found/Roaming the Railbed
led by Jacky Sawatzky and Chris O’Connor
Meeting Point: Northeast corner of 1st and Fir (near Granville Island)
Bus routes: 4, 7, 50, 84
Not wheelchair accessible
An audio and video enhanced soundwalk where participants are invited to imagine what was, is, and could be lying beyond an old railbed.
Soundwalks are free and open to the public; however participants must call to reserve a place as space is limited.
Meeting places yet to be determined.
For further information or to register please email info [at] newmusic.org or call 604.633.0861.
A soundwalk is a silent group walk led along a planned route to experience a location's ambiance and underlying rhythms. All too often the sounds of the environment pass by unnoticed because of our uncanny ability to shut them out. A soundwalk enables its participants to actively listen, opening ears and consciousness to the complex orchestration that the environment is composing at all times. It is a musical-sonic adventure that reveals the banal to be extraordinary!
Soundwalks have been offered as part of VNM's season since 2003 and have been well-attended from the start. After every soundwalk interested people have been invited to join in the planning and designing of future such walks. Now, four years later, a group has emerged that is working together in exploring ever new approaches to soundwalking, new routes and structures, walks with different themes or walks that may contain subtle performative aspects. Soundwalk participants can relax and enjoy these fascinating listening journeys under the safe and inspired guidance of members of this group.
The soundwalks presented throughout spring 2008 are part of Vancouver Vibrates – a celebration of the works and influence of R. Murray Schafer. For more information on Vancouver Vibrates go to www.newmusic.org.
