Posted on February 15th, 2010
by Sylvi
Kickstart Festival 2010 – an inspiring array of exhibits, performances and workshops that will be presented to Vancouver audiences, as well as to our 2010 Winter Paralympics guests, from March 8 to 27.
Come, be amazed by the Kickstart Festival Experience !
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Heroes
March 8-27, 2010
Twenty artists from across Canada explore the meaning of “heroism” from a disability [...]
Posted on December 22nd, 2009
by Sylvi
A rotation of sound projects by artists and musicians and a documentation of wordly music, curated by Riccardo Giagni (2002) including
Sylvi MacCormac Co-Op Radio: Changing Times 2001 (42:35)
Glenn Gould The Idea of North 1976 (58:53)
Brian Eno/RobertSheckley/PeterSinfield In a Land of Clear Colours 1979 (50:26)
Jean-Luc Godard Histoire(s) du cinéma – Part 2 1999 (41:36)
Gavin Bryars/Juan Moñoz A man in [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2009
by Sylvi
Small Boy (:60) with Rex Smallboy speaking of Nepi / Water is “appearing” in reel time during 60×60 Dance, Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Dec 4, 2009, Free - http://finearts.concordia.ca/newsandevents/events/60×60-dance.php
60X60 DANCE CANADA is a project containing 60 solo choreographies to 60 electroacoustic pieces by 60 Canadian composers, each piece 60 seconds [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2009
by Sylvi
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
www.vancouverdisabilitiesday.ca
Thursday, December 3, 2009 1pm-6:30pm at the Roundhouse
3:35pm in centre of Hall : sylvi macCormac will present WHEELS Soundscapes: Voices of People with Disabilities and play very bad Harmonica with Aural Shadows from Raven Shadows CD (2006)
Posted on November 18th, 2009
by Sylvi
COASTAL CHANTS CD & Digital Release (2008)
re-release of Tape (1992) with 5 xtr unreleased trks from Too Young Too Old (1994) and spoken word, Who is She ? Fragile as SuperMan (1:00) (1998) see through publishing 04 CD / 01 Tape
http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/movie-guide/story.html?id=01181282-25bf-4d90-aa1f-cbc79a7de904
Tom Harrison, The Province, Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
STILL TUNED TO FOLK
Last night, Sylvi MacCormac oversaw the CD release [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2009
by Sylvi
SoundCrawl:Nashville - http://www.soundcrawlnashville.com/index.html – 2009
does this SOUND like me ? (5:42) xrpt w th voices of 21 artists w dis abilities 2001
composed for KickstART! Society for Disability Arts & Culture http://www.s4dac.org
For the first time ever, Nashville will introduce a sound art festival in conjunction with the city’s monthly Art Crawl. On October 3, Nashvillians will be among [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2009
by Sylvi
CARVING CANOES : FOR THE WILD from Voices & Wheels CD (2000)
with photos by John Clarke Xwexwsélkn & film by Hali Tsui
for more info about John Clarke Xwexwsélkn – www.wilded.org
on Uts’am / Witness CD (2004) – www.utsam-witness.ca
on Voices & Wheels CD (2000) – www.sylvi.ca
Posted on November 18th, 2009
by Sylvi
COLOUR COMPASSION from Phoenix CD (1996)
with Barbara Bourget from Kokoro Dance – www.kokoro.ca
AD & Papiér Sculpture by Nicole Dextras – www.nicoledextras.com
Phoenix CD (1996) Co-Produced with Colin Nairne
Posted on November 18th, 2009
by Sylvi
Small Boy (1:02) is printed on Deep Wireless 6 CD (2009)
http://www.naisa.ca/deepwireless/Radio.html
Cree Nation, Rex Smallboy, speaks about Nepi / Water and tells us that Aski means Earth; Yoten means Wind. Paddle in Lake (recorded by David Murphy – www.sfu.ca). Small Boy, Stringed Instrument & Melismatic Male Vocalist – recorded with permission at Vancouver Folk Music Festival [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2009
by Sylvi
WHEELS Soundscapes: Voices of People with Dis Abilities – http://www.VAMS.org
Vancouver Adapted Music Society (VAMS) — Music studio for people with disabilities; Mini-Interview with sylvi macCormac
In 2008 VAMS launched an accessible space designed to meet the needs of people with a wide range of disabilities and musical capabilities. Vancouver Adapted Music Society (VAMS) was founded in the [...]