Past Event

During a 10-day research residency, singer Sarah Albu, pianist Luisa Santacesaria, and musicologist Valentina Bertolani will work together with composer Gayle Young to explore how to preserve her musical practices.

There will be three free, interactive public workshops, and everybody is invited to participate:

1. APRIL 15, 1-4pm, CARLETON DOMINION CHALMERS CENTRE
   Interactive workshop led by Sarah Albu and Gayle Young, exploring Young’s vocal practices.

2. APRIL 16, 1-4pm, ARBORETUM (In front of the Dows Lake Pavilion)*
   Interactive workshop led by Gayle Young, exploring lithophones and resonators.
   *In case of rain the workshop will be postponed to April 17 at Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre 1-4pm

3. APRIL 19, 1-4pm, CARLETON DOMINION CHALMERS CENTRE
   Interactive workshop led by Luisa Santacesaria and Gayle Young, exploring Young’s custom-built instruments.

To participate at the event please register here: https://forms.gle/oHCg5iqvcEbouJQ76

People are also invited to having TEA WITH THE ARTISTS, EVERY DAY, 4-4:45pm, CARLETON DOMINION CHALMERS CENTRE: just drop by and have a chat with us. Tell us about your interests, ask us questions, explore what we are doing. We are looking forward to meeting you! From April 11 to April 19 (except Sunday 16). No registration needed, just feel free to drop by.

For more details or questions please contact: valentinabertolani@cunet.carleton.ca

This research residency is organized by Valentina Bertolani within the project “ARPOEXMUS – Archiving post-1960s experimental music: Exploring the ontology of music beyond the score-performance dichotomy”. ARPOEXMUS is supported by the European Union through a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship and it is carried out at the University of Birmingham, Carleton University, and the Centre for Music, Sound, and Society in Canada.