Sonic Playground 2010


	Back by popular demand SONIC PLAYGROUND explores new sounds and music prepared especially for families and children of all ages. Check out installations and performances by some of Vancouver’s most creative musicians and sound artists.

	PERFORMANCE + ACTIVITY SCHEDULE
	FRIDAY, JULY 2 11AM *- Knick-Knack Lemonwhack* by JENNIFER BUTLER** w/ Martin Fisk, Brad Muirhead, Vern Griffiths & Brian Nesselroad Make lemonade in this percussion tour-de-force for kitchen utensils and experimental recipes. 12PM - Knick-Knack Lemonwhack 1PM *- Mad Scientist Machine* by STEFAN SMULOVITZ** w/ Coat Cooke and Lori Freedman Learn to perform and conduct with lights + sound. 2PM - Mad Scientist Machine 3PM - Re-sounding Choir Join a spontaneous sing-a-long making sounds with your mouth. SATURDAY, JULY 3 11AM - Knick-Knack Lemonwhack 12PM - Knick-Knack Lemonwhack 1PM - Atsumori by ALCVIN RAMOS + KIRK WATSON Listen to the sounds of the Japanese Shakuhachi Flute and Electronics in a storytelling performance about honourable Samurai Warriors. 3PM - *Atsumori* SUNDAY, JULY 4 11AM *- Contactopus* by LEE HUTZULAK + MADOKA HARA** Hands-on workshop and performance. Use contact microphones to explore the tiny sounds of household objects. 12PM - Contactopus 1PM - Knick-Knack Lemonwhack 3PM - Knick-Knack Lemonwhack
	SOUND INSTALLATIONS
	Rimba House & Quadrabalarimbamaphone by BRAD MUIRHEAD + MARTIN FISK It's OK to bang, clang, and smack a symphony of crazy sounds in this house! Audio Bug by DIANA BURGOYNE Activate audio circuits and listen to the sounds of bugs + insects. Rzzzzz!! Drop + Listen by DIANA BURGOYNE Grab the telephone and listen as you drop stuff onto an amplified coffee table. KeyTron 46,000 by FREDERICK BRUMMER Trigger sounds with the foot pedals from an organ. Speaker Drum by FREDERICK BRUMMER Get a a drum to vibrate & resonate with magnetism. Turntable Machine by FREDERICK BRUMMER Make unexpected noises with an old-timey record player. The Muttering Machine by STEFAN SMULOVITZ & ODETTE LEBLANC Take a journey of sounds and sights to explore the ABC's in a whole new way.
	ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
	DIANA BURGOYNE Electronic folk artist and educator at Emily Carr University, Diana has performed and exhibited intsallations in Montréal, Toronto, New York, France, Holland and Estonia. She created two works for the 2008 Sonic Playground at the Vancouver International Children's Festival. Website JENNIFER BUTLER Jennifer is a flutist and Associate Composer with the Canadian Music Centre who has composed works for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Arraymusic, Four Gallon Drum, Standing Wave, the Vertical Orchestra and Ad Mare Wind Quintet. Website FREDERICK BRUMMER Frederick works as a designer in multiple media; graphic, sonic, architectural and interactive. He also makes sound art and music and participated in the 2008 Sonic Playground at the Vancouver International Children's Festival. Website MARTIN FISK Percussionist and instrument builder, Martin has performed across Canada and the United States with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra, Fringe Percussion, Vancouver New Music, Redshift Music Society and Gamelan Gong Gita Asmara. Website MADOKA HARA Artist, illustrator, photographer and animator, Madoka comprises half of the production team Leisure Thief with Lee Hutzulak. Website LEE HUTZULAK Lee is an improvisor, songwriter, artist and studio mastermind who has performed and exhibited works at Open Space and the Fifty Fifty in Victoria, Western Front, BLIM, the Butchershop Floor and the OR Gallery in Vancouver. He performed in the duo Attn: Diamond Shoppers at the 2008 Sonic Playground at the Vancouver International Children's Festival. Website BRAD MUIRHEAD Brad is a trombonist, composer, improvisor, band leader, educator and instrument builder who has performed across Canada and Europe in a variety of ensembles and orchestras for over 20 years. He has performed and recorded with the groups NOW Orchestra, Hugh Fraser's VEJI, Primal Orbit, Brass Roots, Four Head, Hard Rubber Orchestra and others. With Martin Fisk, he co-designed and constructed the Quadrabalarimbamaphone for the 2008 Sonic Playground at the Vancouver International Children's Festival. ALCVIN RAMOS Japanese-born Shakuhachi Master, Alcvin has performed with John McLaughlin, Bill Laswell, Kazutoki Umezu, The Vancouver Symphonietta, Huun Huur Tu Mongolian Throat Singers and Uzume Taiko Ensemble. Website STEFAN SMULOVITZ Stefan is a composer, performer, interdisciplinary collaborator and computer software designer who has created works for film, theatre, art installations and DVD-ROMs. Using his own innovative improvising software Kenaxis his works have been performed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Turning Point Ensemble, Choir Leoni, Ensemble Symposium, Elektra Choir, Standing Wave and the Sonic Boom Festival. Website KIRK WATSON Kirk has performed bass guitar, electronics and synthesizers with Zimbabwean groups FESO and Chanazukuru and shared the stage with children's performers Norman Foote, Rick Scott, Joe Mock and Shari Ulrich. He has worked with the Vancouver International Children's Festival and helped coordinate the 2008 Sonic Playground tent.