New Music Edmonton Outreach
New Music Edmonton’s outreach team is dedicated to developing programming that provides accessible explorations into new music. In recent years, we have collaborated with community partners like Harcourt House, McLuhan House and the Edmonton Public Library to bring new music workshops with teachers and musicians to our community. Stay tuned for up-and-coming announcements regarding our outreach events and programming in the digital sphere.
2025-26 Outreach Events
Listen To This! with Steph Patsula
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2026 7:30 PM
Venue: audio ark (10745 124 Street NW, Edmonton)
Steph Patsula will be presenting a selection of music which has inspired and informed their music on high-end audio equipment at Audio Ark. Listen to This! is part of New Music Edmonton’s outreach programming.
Admission and refreshments by donation to Edmonton Food Bank.
Open Session For Women and Gender-diverse participants, St. Mary’s Highlands, with Steph Patsula
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026 evening (TBD)
Venue: St. Mary’s Highlands (11203 68 St, Edmonton)
Open Session is a welcoming, low-pressure space for exploring sound, gear, and experimental music practices. This session centers women and gender-diverse communities, particularly those underrepresented in technical and experimental sound spaces. Participants are invited to experiment freely—whether that means plugging into unfamiliar gear, collaborating with others, or trying out new sonic ideas without expectation or hierarchy. No prior experience is necessary; curiosity and openness are the only requirements. Together, we’ll explore hands-on approaches to sound, emphasizing play, collective learning, and increasing access to tools and knowledge that are often gatekept in music and technical environments.
New Music Edmonton is pleased to be working alongside Steph Patsula, Bleeding Heart Art Space, and St. Mary’s Anglican Church
Listen to This! k.burwash at Audio Ark
Date: Wednesday April 22 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Venue: Audio Ark (10745 124 Street NW, Edmonton)
k.burwash will be presenting a selection of music which has inspired and informed his music on high-end audio equipment at Audio Ark. Admission and refreshments by donation to Edmonton Food Bank.
Drawing and Sound Gathering with Asal Andarzipour and Michael Reinhart
Date: Saturday January 17, 2026 2-4 PM
Venue: The Maggie and John Mitchell Art Education Studio, Harcourt House Annex (10215 – 112 Street NW, Edmonton)
We’ve had such a great time with our Drawing and Sound gatherings, that we want to have at least one more! So, come along on what is almost certain to be a wonderful, wintery Saturday afternoon and make some visual art! We’ll have all the paper, pastels, pencils, crayons and other stuff you could ask for, and some incredible, live sound to inspire you. Once again, your hosts will be amazing artist Asal Andarzipour and brilliant sound artist Michael Reinhart. You can sit and draw, colour to your heart’s content, just like when you were a kid! Thank you to Harcourt House Artist Run Centre for making this event possible!
All art materials will be supplied by Harcourt House and New Music Edmonton.
This event is 18+. Attendance is limited to 15, and pre-registration is advised. There is a fee of $10 to cover supplies.
Swimming in Sound Some More, with Ethan Bokma and Ian Crutchley
Date: Wednesday November 5, 2025 7-9 PM
Venue: Harcourt House Gallery (3rd Floor, 10215 – 112 Street NW, Edmonton)
New Music Edmonton is excited to bring back another installment of Swimming in Sound. There is no experience necessary to take part, just an interest in getting together with others to create a gorgeous, unrepeatable sonic environment.
We will have lots of soundmaking things for you to try out, and feel free to bring your own – just look around for anything you have that isn’t a conventional instrument, but makes interesting sounds! Thank you to Harcourt House Artist Run Centre for making this event possible!
This event is 18+. Attendance is limited, and pre-registration is advised.
2024-25 Outreach Events
Drawing and Sound Gathering with Asal Andarzipour and Michael Reinhart
Saturday, February 8, 2025, 2 – 4 PM. Art Education Room, Harcourt House Annex (10215 – 112 Street NW, Edmonton)
What could be better than spending a wintery Saturday afternoon with all the paper, pastels, pencils, crayons and other stuff you could ask for, and some incredible, live sound to inspire you? With amazing artist Asal Andarzipour along to join in and give some gentle guidance, and guitarist and sound artist Michael Reinhart supplying sound, you can sit and make some art to your heart’s content. We had a fantastic time at last year’s workshop, and we’re looking forward to this year being even better! Thank you to Harcourt House Artist Run Centre for making this event possible!
All art materials will be supplied by Harcourt House and New Music Edmonton.
This event is 18+. Attendance is limited to 15, and pre-registration is advised.
Solstice Soundwalk, with Mika Haykowsky
Sunday, December 22, 2024, 4-5 PM. Meet at 3:45 PM at Riverdale House (9928 92 STREET NW)
Participants meet before sunset for a soundwalk. Weather permitting. This event is free, but pre-registration is required. Donations are welcome to support our programming. Please dress appropriately for the weather.
Swimming in Sound, with Ethan Bokma and Ian Crutchley
Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 7 – 9 PM. Harcourt House Gallery (3rd Floor, 10215 – 112 Street NW, Edmonton)
Do you feel like making some sound? Or just being in a room full of sound? Come and join us for this great, meditative session, where, surrounded by beautiful artworks, we will turn Harcourt House’s gallery into a breathtaking sonic and visual environment. It’s kind of like a sound bath, except we’ll make the sounds together using drones, and some easy to use instruments and found objects. Over the two hours, Ethan and Ian will lead the process, and attendees can make sound, just listen, or do a bit of both. There is no experience necessary to take part, just an interest in getting together with others to create a gorgeous, unrepeatable sonic environment. 18+
Workshop – How To Set Up An Avatar, with Kelly Ruth
Saturday, September 7, 2024, 1-4 PM. Art Education Room #1, Harcourt House Annex Building (10211 – 112 Street, Edmonton).
Want to experience Echo Beneath Surface Tension as it is meant to be experienced? Join Kelly Ruth for an in person workshop and learn the basic navigation skills of Second Life so that you can navigate her virtual exhibit on your own terms. Experience telepresence, and spatial audio while exploring the many details she has created over months of building a six room audio/visual experience that lives in a perpetual, avatar based, social, virtual world. Participants should bring their own computer and headphones.
Accessibility
Harcourt House: Wheelchair access from the building’s underpass via the basement art studios can be arranged with Harcourt’s staff at tel. 780-426-4180. Gender single stall washrooms with handrails. Seating in the art galleries to be arranged with Harcourt’s staff upon request.
Harcourt House Annex Building, 10211 – 112 St. NW, Edmonton: Please ring buzzer upon arrival for art education programs. Art Education Rooms are located at the street level of the building; wheelchair accessible. Gender single stall washrooms (no handrails). Seating provided for all art education programs.
