Soundweavings: Intercultural Music Residency 2025

Closing Date: November 20, 2024

Program Dates: April 28 – May 09, 2025

Overview

This two-week residency offers musicians and ensembles from diverse cultural and artistic backgrounds dedicated space and time to focus on their craft. Embracing music from all traditions and breaking boundaries, the program encourages connections between musicians using both traditional world instruments and Western instruments and voice.

Participants shape the residency with their own historical and contemporary practices. With the freedom to design your own schedule, you’ll receive guidance from esteemed global artists and mentors. The diverse artistic influences, coupled with peer collaboration, will inspire new discoveries and transformative experiences throughout the program.

Description

Soundweavings will offer individuals and ensembles of all musics time and space to focus on research, development and creation of their own project. This program gives the opportunity to:

• Take risks, explore new ideas, and elevate your creative practice in a supportive environment.
• Create a framework for discussions, collaborative music making and shared listening experiences.
• Focus on creative exploration and experimentation through peer and mentor-led collaborations and discussions.
• Performance opportunities to showcase their work.
• Be exposed to diverse musical traditions, instruments, musical systems, and historical and aesthetic perspectives.
• Build an inclusive and diverse community.
• Collaborate with Audio Engineer recording practicum participants for demo recordings.

A limited number of studio recording possibilities will be offered by the Professional Training program Audio Engineer: Soundweavings 2025 participants.

This program is open to:

• National and international post-secondary students.
• Early and mid-career artists who have achieved an advanced level of accomplishment.

Applicants should have:

• A well-documented record of musical exploration, performance, or creation.
• Experience with traditional world music instruments or Western instruments.