sylvi macCormac received Honourable Mention at International Musique  Electroacoustique Bourges for Waves of Kokoro (1999), and Co-Produced Uts’am / Witness CD (2004) for John Clarke Xwexwsélkn including Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bruce Cockburn, Barry Truax and Squamish Eagle Song Dancers.

A multi-talented performer and composer of modern music, and creator of WHEELS Soundscapes: Voices of People with Dis Abilities, sylvi macCormac gifted to Vancouver Folk Music Festival, VFMF Soundscapes 1999-2002: Festival Quartet for Solitude.

sylvi macCormac’s music can be heard in concert and exhibit, on web and radio, several eContacts of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, and published on CD with Canadian Music Centre’s Electricities/Électricités (2003); MusicWorks #74 with article, Conversing with Nature: Reflections on Hildegard Westerkamp’s Talking Rain (1999); Phoenix with Colin Nairne (1996); Grrrls with Guitars Vol 1 (1999); Voices & Wheels (2000); Changing Locations:Co-op Radio Sound Art II (2002); CEC’s Presence II (2000) & III (2002); Deep Wireless I (2004) & DW6 (2009); Raven Shadows (2006); VAMS Straight Goods (2008); Coastal Chants (2008) with Blaine Dunaway & Joseph Pepé Danza.

sylvi macCormac’s music can be heard in Shameless: the Art of Disability (2006) Directed by Bonnie Sherr-Klein, and in Child of the Wind: the story of John Clarke, Directed by Bill Noble (2005). Youtube includes Waves of Kokoro with Video by Gene Greenwood (2009); VAMS Music Saves (2009); the making of VAMS Music Saves (2009); Carving Canoes: For the Wild (1999) with photos by John Clarke and Colour Compassion (1996) with Artistic Director Nicole Dextras.

Composing with voices, instruments and environmental recordings,
sylvi macCormac’s music continues to be heard internationally and can be found in the

Library & Archives of Canada – http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca

La Phonetique of the IMEB @ Bibliothèque Nationale de France -

http://www.IMEB.net @ http://www.BnF.fr

IRCAM, the Institute for Research and Coordination Acoustic/Music, one of the world’s largest public research center dedicated to both musical expression and scientific research.
http://mediatheque.ircam.fr/cgi-bin-loris/bibrebond.pl?titl=1&loc=1&dspshape=rows&?UNIMARC:32425

Canadian Music Centre’s Electricities/Électricités CD (2003) includes ”the gently haunting ambience of Sylvi MacCormac’s ‘penny: a process’ … ‘Electricities / Électricités’ travels through time, from Hugh LeCaine’s 1957 pioneering and artful experiments with the world’s first ‘Sackbut’ synthesizer on ‘The Burning Deck’ and Ann Southam’s sparse and elegant ‘Reprieve’ from 1979, to the cutting edge and ground breaking contemporary works of Robert Normandeau and Louis Dufort.” http://www.musiccentre.ca

SYLVI MACCORMAC CDs Avail Able @

http://www.CDBaby.com & http://www.highlifeworld.com

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SOUNDSCAPE & SIWASH ROCK

DISCO GRAPHY

Electroacoustics (including Soundscape Composition) stretches the boundaries of music by collaging sound, story and song, transforming sound sources with signal processing and combining them in creative ways. Diffusion extends familiar structures, by placing the listener inside the soundscape while inviting us on imaginary journeys.

People describe sylvi’s voice as having a rich and moving nature. Weaving elements of soundscape with music and voice her work resonates along the lines of Canada and Ireland. Reflecting on experiences through music: the mirror in the sea sylvi writes of spirit and soul, blues and bones, heart and home, intensely of passion, joy, pain, tragedy, and of loving Earth. We hope you enjoy sylvi’s music and consider her work regarding writing, performing, recording, and soundscape in the areas of programming, publishing or communications.