OverviewsoundaXis '08 is a festival exploring connections between music, material and texture. It will take place in Toronto May 21 to June 15, 2008. This is the second of a biennial series of soundaXis festivals to be presented by New Music Arts Projects (NMAP). soundaXis is a recurring festival which is an ongoing interdisciplinary effort with New Music as the vital link between modes of creative cultural composition and expression.In June 2006, NMAP presented the first soundaXis festival, celebrating architecture, music and acoustics. It transformed Toronto into a playground of sound and space exploration. The city was alive with concerts, installations, symposia, screenings and site-specific musical events. See soundaXis 2006 [link to soundaXis 2006 in navigation panel]. The festival was a great success, and it served to unify the new music community in Toronto. The soundaXis festivals are timed to coincide with the burst of architectural development that began in 2006 (the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the National Ballet School, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Gardiner Museum and the Royal Conservatory of Music). soundaXis offers a new way to look, listen and experience Toronto. As in the first festival, soundaXis '08 will hold events in various venues across the City, presented by many of Toronto's most innovative arts organizations and artists. The popularity and accessibility of music and architecture will attract a broad public, including visitors from near and far. |
