Our Sonic Boom 2021 Featured Artists Angelique Po and Jeremy Berkman are giving a workshop on Sunday, November 15 at 3pm via zoom. Email us at [email protected] by 9am on Sunday, November 15 for the link.
Here are two useful information sheets from Angelique and Jeremy to assist you in writing your pieces.
July 6, 2020
Liam Hockley presented a zoom workshop on writing for bass clarinet & basset horn this past Sunday in preparation for the deadline for the call for scores for A Little Futher Series: Miniatures
The notes are available here.
(Written by Liam Hockley and distributed with his permission)
Did you miss the workshop with Sonic Boom Featured Artist, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa? Do you plan to submit a piece to the call for scores? Check out this document from Rachel all about extended piano techniques first! Piano Extended tech for composers
Planning to write a piece to submit to the call for scores for the Sonic Boom 2019 Ensemble-in-Residence Pacific Baroque Orchestra? Here is some information on the Chamber Organ and Harpsichord:
Chamber Organ
By Hellmuth Wolff & Associées, Laval, Quebec, 2001
Bourdon 8′ bass & treble treble
Flûtes à cheminée 4′ bass bass & treble
Petit Bourdon 2′ bass bass & treble
Nazard 2 2/3′ treble
Sesquialtera 2 2/3′ treble
Transposable keyboard, compass C – d’’’
Variable temperaments; pitches at a= 382 / 415 / 440 / 485 Hz
Edward Turner French Double:
After the 1769 Taskin in the Russell Collection in Edinburgh. Beautifully resonant instrument. F=ff”’ at A=415. Keyboard shifts to
A=392 and A=440. 8′, 8′, 4′, buff rails for both 8’s. Keys are slightly wider than might
be expected.
Sonic Boom workshop notes, with helpful advice for writing for the Turning Point Ensemble and for percussion specifically, prepared by Owen Underhill and Julia Chien.
Congratulations to Vancouver-based graphic designer Anthony Dunlop for his winning Electroacoustic Festival 2015 poster design, and for becoming our new Graphic Artist-in-Residence this concert season! Check out his website to see examples of his past work: www.anthonydunlop.com. We’re looking forward to working with Anthony this year and seeing his designs for our upcoming concerts.
We have wrapped up our first ever concert event outside of the Lower Mainland, the aptly named Highway 1 concert, and are very pleased to say that it was a successful venture! (more…)
We are proud to announce the launch of our newly redesigned website. On behalf of the entire Board of Directors, welcome! Here are some new features to check out:
We hope you enjoy our new website. Please, take a moment and look around.
