New Orchestra Workshop Society: Improvised Music Workshops
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 2, p. 10, November/December 1996: New Orchestra Workshop Society conducts a series of ten weekly workshops…
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Sociable Music
Old and new compositions with Iain Macanulty and Arne Eigenfeldt. Featuring Kenneth Newby, Mark Douglas, Dennis Burke and Peter Hannan. Co-sponsored by Simon Fraser University.…
Eugene Chadbourne in Concert
Solo prepared guitar. Chadbourne was living in Calgary, developing his music and producing events. It was through him that Leo Smith and Anthony Braxton came…
The Chef’s On Vacation: Reading & Book Launch
Join us for a reading and launch of a new publication by Mark DeLong, The Chef’s On Vacation (Publication Studio, 2014). DeLong’s new book is produced in conjunction…
Soundscapes
International tape music concert.
Puppies
The Artsong Trio (Irène Aebi, Petia Kaufman and Carol Robinson) performed songs by Mary Frazee, set to music by Steve Lacy, with original choreography and…
The Contemporary String Quartet in Concert
Karen Oliver (violin); Don Ogilvie (viola); Jeff Ridley (viola, guitar); Harriet Van Deusen (cello) Programme: Straight improvisation, based on a water motif. Opening piece, solos…
lilithlithlithlithlithlith: through spiral upon spiral of the shell
Doors at 7:30pm, performance begins at dusk. As darkness falls around Western Front, lilithlithlithlithlith invites participation in the form of listening to, along, beside and around. Informed…
Steel and Flesh
Special production. A fast moving dramatic pastiche of poker faces, puns, knives, flesh, and suspense based on grade-B murder mystery comics which Metcalfe drew as…
The Welfare of Tomás Ó Hallissy
Screening of Campbell’s 2013 film It For Others and dialogue with Jordan Wilson: May 13 @ 2pm Duncan Campbell is known for his films, which…
San Francisco International Video Festival
Screening the highlights of the 1980 festival. Works by 11 artists.
Song of the ’80s
Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, information on this project is currently unavailable.
Reading by Sonja Arntzen
Reading of translations of Japanese medieval poet, Ikyu.
Cleaning up the Beach, Border Crossings
Amussen read from Cleaning up the Beach and Border Crossings. Judy read poetry and excerpts from her women’s guide to fixing a Volkswagen. Digitized video documentation of…
The Upgrade! Vancouver
Jonathan Eric Tyrrell discussed his work and interest in the specific properties of digital forms, and presented new work from his current series of interactive…
World Listening Day: Listening to the Ground
SOUND WALK Meeting Place: Western Front, 303 East 8th Avenue FREE Pre-registration required: newmusicadmin@front.bc.ca “Can we find ground to walk on and can we…
The Negative Motor, In The Position
New sculpture. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this project is currently unavailable.
Escape Scenes
Western Front is pleased to present Escape Scenes, a solo exhibition by Vancouver based artist Julia Feyrer. In a new body of work including 16mm film and…