Issue 121Spring 2015

Features

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  The Mystical Instruments of Walter Smetak

  By Neil Leonard

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  Jean Derome’s Reflections of Joy

  ALIVE IN MUSIC

  By Lawrence Joseph

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  Vancouver’s Intercultural Music Scene

  ALL VIBRANT ON THE WESTERN FRONT

  By Alexander Varty

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  Cris Derksen enhances her sonic adventure

  THE POWWOW FACTOR

  By Mary Dickie

Sound Notes

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  James O’Callaghan’s Bodies-Soundings

  First-place winner, Musicworks’ 2014 Electronic Music Composition contest

  By Jennie Punter

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  The Passion and Curiosity of Barbara Hannigan

  By René van Peer

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  Shannon McKee’s “The Copy Room”

  First-place winner, Musicworks’ 2014 “Sonic Geography” Writing contest

  By Shannon McKee

• Myk Freedman Makes Room for an Ensemble of One

  By Nick Storring