Now Hear This 2023
Now available on-demand on Vimeo!
June 9 – 18, 2023. Co*Lab, Muttart Hall, and online
Tickets $10-20. Festival passes $60-80. Buy here.
New Music Edmonton’s 12th annual festival in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Edmonton)!
Join us for this wonderful collection of events, including new classical music, multimedia performance art, free improvisation, electronic music, and more! Our team has worked with artists and the community to put together a unique portrait of what it can mean to create new sonic art in our city.
The festival opens June 9 with an extraordinary double bill: a recital by mezzo-soprano Michelle Lafferty and a program of new chamber music and songs by The Karen Shepherd / Accumulyria. This will be followed on June 10 by two multimedia performance pieces, featuring new work by Ashley Weckesser and the return to Edmonton of Steph Patsula.
We’ll also have outreach events, some new episodes of our podcast, and a room-filling performance/ installation from immersive drone artist Ethan Bokma, and an incredible performance by Courtney Brown using dinosaur skulls!
On Saturday, June 17, we’ll have a fantastic evening of improv, noise, and more, with the incredible Vertrek Trio, and their special guest, extraordinary voice artist Cassondra Murray. The festival comes to a stunning close on Sunday, June 18, when one of Alberta’s most renowned artists, Shumaila Hemani, presents a live performance of her extraordinary work, Mannat performed by Shumaila Hemani and the Sufi Ensemble.
Schedule (subject to change) – click on event to buy tickets
Saturday, June 10, 7:30 PM, Co*Lab – Double bill – Steph Patsula and Ashley Weckesser.
Sunday, June 11, 11 AM, River Valley Soundwalk with Steph Patsula. Meet: River Valley, at the foot of the funicular. *This is an outdoor event – please come prepared for the weather – bring a hat, sufficient water, and snacks.
Thursday, June 15, 7 PM, Harcourt House 3rd Floor. Vocal X Feral Choir Pop-up, With Cassondra Murray
Friday, June 16, 7:30 PM, Co*Lab – Double bill – Ethan Bokma and Courtney Brown.
Saturday, June 17, 7:30 PM, Co*Lab – Vertrek Trio with Cassondra Murray. *content warning – see listing for full details.
Sunday, June 18, 2:00 PM, Co*Lab – Shumaila Hemani and the Sufi Ensemble. *Postponed due to illness*
New Music Edmonton is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Edmonton Arts Council, The City of Edmonton, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Edmonton Community Foundation and the SOCAN Foundation.
Accessibility
Co*Lab (9641 102A Ave NW): Wheelchair access at front door. All-gender single stall washrooms.
Harcourt House, 3rd Floor Gallery (10215 112 Street Northwest): 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.
Muttart Hall (10050 Macdonald Drive, Edmonton): accessible building with gendered, multi-stall washrooms.
