New-Zealand-Canadian composer
Juliet Palmer is known as a “post-modernist with a conscience” (The Listener) whose work “crosses so many genres as to be in a category of its own” (Toronto Star). Based in Toronto since 1997, Juliet was Artist-in-Residence at Sunnybrook Research Institute in 2018 and is currently a Chalmers Arts Fellow researching music and sound outdoors. Recent works: Ukiyo, floating world, for video and ensemble (Urbanvessel and Thin Edge New Music, Toronto); Oil and Water (Detroit Symphony Orchestra); Inside Us, audio-video installation and performance (Western Front, Vancouver); Warsaw, January 2011, with Miriam Harris (Best in the New Media category,New Media Film Festival, Los Angeles); Sweat, a cappella opera, librettist Anna Chatterton (National Sawdust, New York and CalArts, Los Angeles); and TOUR with Millie Chen (Albright-Knox Art Gallery).
Link to Thoughts Running video
Juliet holds a PhD in composition from Princeton University and an M.Mus in performance, composition and time-based art from Auckland University.
Upcoming: Choreography of Trauma (Continuum & The Element Choir); Snag (Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra); and Every Word Was Once An Animal, performance installation with Carla Bengtson, Darion Smith and Jessie Rose Vala (Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art). www.julietpalmer.ca
Sonja Rainey is a designer for a broad range of performance styles, a multidisciplinary artist, community based arts facilitator and a curious tinkerer in many mediums. Her work has been produced in Canada, the United States and as part of the Prague Quadrennial. She is a two time Dora Mavor Moore nominee for her set and costume designs and has most recently worked with Toronto based companies the Canadian Opera Company, The Bicycle Opera Company, Urbanvessel, Jumblies Theatre, Making Room Community Arts, The Community Arts Guild, MABELLEarts and Ahuri Theatre. She holds an MFA in Theatrical Design from the University of Texas at Austin, a BFA specialization from Concordia University in Design for the Theatre and most recently studied at the Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance.
Dan Tapper is an artist who explores the sonic and visual properties of the unheard and invisible. From revealing electromagnetic sounds produced by the earth’s ionosphere, to exploring hidden micro worlds and creating imaginary nebulas made from code, his explorations use scientific methods alongside thought experiments resulting in rich sonic and visual worlds. Dan also regularly uses his skills as a creative coder and interactivity designer to help artists and musicians facilitate projects, these range from building a 20 ton stone boat embedded with interactive soundscapes and pressure sensors to digital video feedback software and audio reactive light environments. Dan studied Creative Music Technology at Bath Spa University, and is currently completing an MFA in Visual Studies at York University. Recent solo exhibitions include: Turbulent Forms, Factory Media Centre, Hamilton (2019) and Canadian Music Centre and New Adventures in Sound Art (2017); Physical Media Matter, Degrassi Art Space, Toronto (2016); and A Machine to Listen to the Sky, American Museum, Bath, UK (2013).
2020