Exhibition features works by :
Garnet Hertz, Mark-David Hosale, Evan Light, Lorena Salome, Robert Towmey and more.
playGround: Fringe Festival of New Plays in Development
Created and produced by undergraduate students in the Department of Theatre.
Now in its 28th season, this annual, student-produced fringe fest features new, highly original works and works-in-progress by up-and-coming playwrights, directors, designers and performers.
In keeping with the true spirit of playGround, the pieces reflect an uncurbed spirit, a humourous undertone and a risk-taking mindset.
playGround runs in two series
SERIES A
Tues. Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. (Opening)
Wed. Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 14, 1:00 p.m. (Closing)
SERIES B
Wed. Feb. 12, 1:00 pm (Opening)
Thurs. Feb. 13, 7:30 pm
Fri. Feb. 14, 7:30 pm (Closing)
Admission: $7 per series.
Box Office: online or tel. 416.736.5888.
Seating is limited and performances often sell out in advance. Book early to avoid disappointment!
York Dance Ensemble: Language of Landscape (investigating movement, meaning and environment)
The Department of Dance Showcase
Featuring the York Dance Ensemble
Artistic Director: Susan Lee
CHOREOGRAPHY BY
Faculty member: Susan Lee
MFA candidates: Emilio Colaillo and Raine Kearns
York Alumna: Nina Milanovski
4th Year BFA student: Sophie Goyette- Hamels
February 12-14, 2020
Location: Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre
Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: $18 | $12 advance purchase until Sunday, Feb. 9
Box Office: 416.736.5888 | ampd.yorku.ca/boxoffice
Sensorium Winter Lunchtime Seminar Series featuring Professor Brandon Vickerd
Wednesday, February 12th
11:30-12:30pm
The Sensorium Research Loft (4th Floor CFA, Room M333)
Please join us Wednesday, February 12th for our next Winter Lunchtime Seminar Series featuring Professor Brandon Vickerd!
About Brandon Vickerd
Vickerd’s current research engages in enriching public spaces through the development of public art that challenges citizens to reflect on our notions of public space. Projects such as Dance of the Cranes (Edmonton and Washington DC) transform the cityscape through choreographed dances executed by high-rise construction cranes perched upon condos developments. Most recently Vickerd was awarded a commission for a permanent installation for 12th Street S.E. Bridge Public Art Project in Calgary. The resulting artworks was titled Wolfe and the Sparrows and resulted from a three-month collaborative process with the citizens of Inglewood and the City of Calgary. Wolfe and the Sparrows consists of a traditionally rendered monument that appears intact from a distance; however, as the viewer moves closer, the upper body of the sculpture transforms into a flock of sparrows scattering into the distance. Cast in bronze and positioned on a traditional raised pedestal, this sculpture utilizes the language and aesthetic of traditional statuary to actively subvert the authority of public monuments.
Professor Vickerd is principal investigator for the CFI-supported Digital Sculpture Lab at York University, dedicated to studying the convergence of the digital and the physical in art by translating digital code into physical reality.” Vickerd has received numerous awards and grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Ontario Arts Council.
About the Winter Lunchtime Seminar Series
The Winter Lunchtime Seminar Series is a weekly event which aims to foster interconnectivity between faculty, graduate students, visiting scholars and artists within the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design. This casual, lunch time seminar series will host a variety of graduate student presentations, faculty presentations and pitch sessions, open luncheons, topical discussions, invited speakers and external associations or organizations looking to interface with our community and share their work.
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The Sensorium Research Loft is wheelchair accessible. For accessibility details, please email sensloft@yorku.ca.
The Accolade Trio is comprised of York Music Professors Patricia Wait and Mark Chambers and Elizabeth Acker.
Admission is free. Maps & Directions
ACCOLADE TRIO
Patricia Wait, clarinet
Patricia Wait is a clarinetist with extensive performance credits as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician. She has appeared with many leading Canadian artists and ensembles, including pianist Anton Kuerti and clarinetist James Campbell; the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Prague String Quartet and Purcell String Quartet; and the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra. She is also an active clinician and adjudicator.
Mark Chambers, cello
Mark Chambers is a conductor, cellist and early music specialist who has performed extensively in the US and Ontario as both a chamber musician and orchestral player. His research interests include Baroque music, period instrument performance practice, the ‘Tartini tone’, and scordatura, altered tunings for strings. He has authored several articles for the American String Teachers Journal and is a contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He teaches cello and viola da gamba and conducts the York University Symphony Orchestra.
Elizabeth Acker, piano
Elizabeth studied piano, harpsichord and jazz at York University and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She continued her piano studies with Slavka Dimitroff and James Anagnason and is comfortable playing classical, musical theatre, jazz and contemporary music. Elizabeth has been teaching in Toronto for over 30 years and has earned a superb reputation as an accompanist, chamber musician and coach, teacher and adjudicator. Elizabeth plays for the Niagara Symphony, VOCA Chorus of Toronto, various chamber groups and is a busy accompanist at York University, University of Toronto and the RCM in Toronto. In the summer, she plays chamber music at ‘Heaven’ in N.Y. State and is a coach at the Vermont Music and Arts Centre.
INTERCUT 2020: Staged Readings of Original Screenplays
An evening of staged readings of original screenplays by AMPD’s very own!
Undergraduates and graduate students in the Department of Cinema & Media Arts’ (cut production, only ) Screenwriting programs were invited to submit short screenplays or fully realized scenes. Selected scripts were chosen for revision with story editors and workshopping with actors from the Department of Theatre.
In a spirit of feedback and dialogue, the results will be presented in this live performance of short scripts and scenes. The readings will be followed by a Q & A with the screenwriters.
Intercut is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Admission is free. All welcome.
Presented by Winters College in collaboration with the Department of Cinema & Media Arts and Department of Theatre in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design.
Canada’s most comprehensive theatre program is coming to you!
Don’t miss this rare opportunity for an out-of-province audition with our faculty.
To audition you must first apply to York University. Admission to the program is based both on academic performance and artistic merit. Academic admissibility is assessed by York University, while artistic merit is evaluated by the Department of Theatre. Therefore, the application to the Theatre program is a two-step process.
Step 1: Apply to York University
It’s not too late to apply! You can apply through the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC) or York University’s Application.
Do you have concerns about your eligibility? Check out our Academic Requirements and select your academic history.
Step 2: Audition in Vancouver
Once you have applied to the program you will receive an email that will include your reference ID and directions for completing the Audition/Evaluation and Questionnaire. This email will be sent approximately 5-10 business days after you submit your application. If you are applying to more than one AMPD program, you must complete a separate Audition/Interview/Portfolio Review for each one.
The questionnaire, letter of recommendation and audition are intended to help us learn about your academic and artistic background, interests and goals as they relate to our Theatre program.
A $60 CAD evaluation fee is required to submit your questionnaire, then you will be able to book your audition. The location details for our Vancouver audition will be made available in the drop-down menu on our booking page after you have paid your evaluation fee.
What to prepare:
i. Presentation
Our application process is designed to help us get to know you. What you choose to perform or present should reflect your interests, but does not imply that you will be limited to that area if you are accepted to the Department of Theatre. During our first year, all students experience foundation training in all areas of the program.
For the purposes of this evaluation, we prefer people to perform or present memorized or prepared material, rather than reading from a script or improvising. Please be prepared to receive redirection; it is our way of seeing if you can play. Please prepare no more than 3 minutes of material.
Applicants should come prepared to perform one of the following:
- a contemporary monologue – use only published plays – read the play and know the story, don’t use monologue books! (you may be asked questions about your character)
- a piece of your own dramatic writing
- a song (no accompanist) (some examples could be original, traditional, cover, standard, rap)
- a poem (some examples could be original, spoken word, slam, ASL)
- a comedy routine
- a dance piece (some examples could be street dance, traditional/folk dance, improvisational dance)
- a performance that does not use text (some examples could be puppets, installation, juggling)
OR
Make an oral presentation about one of the following:
- your experience directing or dramaturging a play in production or a play in development
- your experience in teaching theatre (acting, movement, improvisation)
- your involvement in a community event or project
- your experience in one of the following: producing, stage managing or building costumes, lights, sets, props for a performance piece
- a design portfolio showcasing your original design work in costumes, sets, lighting or props (some examples could be drawings, photographs, painting)
- an organized documentation of your own art or craft work (drawings, photographs, costumes, props, sets, paintings, furniture, metalwork)
- a critique of a performance or play or artistic installation that you have seen
ii. Personal Interview
Your 5 minute personal interview gives us the opportunity to find out more about you, your interests and expectations, as well as to answer any questions you may have for us. Be prepared to talk about your presentation. We suggest that you write down any specific questions, considerations and/or thoughts you may have about our program ahead of time.
iii. Writing Exercise
You’ll be asked one question about plays you’ve seen recently. This gives you the opportunity to express your own ideas about theatre, as well as to demonstrate your writing abilities.
If possible, try to see several different shows from a variety of companies before your evaluation so you have something to write about! You may also see one of our plays in the Theatre @ York season before you come.
If you find you’re unable to attend this audition, we also accept submissions online. For more information about how to submit online, please visit our How To Apply page under “Step 2”.
Thank you for your interest in our Theatre program! We look forward to meeting you.
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A group show featuring sculpture and drawings by upper-level students in the Department of Visual Art & Art History.
Gallery Hours
Monday – Thursday, 9am-4:00pm
Free admission
Print Media (Property of)
Artists: Group show of upper level Print Media Students
This exhibition at York University’s Special Projects Gallery highlights the work of the upper level Print Media students from the Department of Visual Arts. These print-based works show the variety of individual approaches explored in the courses: 3070 Extended Print Practice; 3072 Photo-based Print Processes, and 4090L Print Media.
Location: Special Projects Gallery (102 Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts)
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am-4pm
Dates: February 24 – March 6, 2020
Nat Taylor Tuesdays presents Gulistan, Land of Roses
Zaynê Akyol’s award-winning documentary Gulistan, Land of Roses, about women guerillas in a Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Free Women’s Unit, in combat against the Islamic State of Levant.
Please join us for this free screening.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | 12:45 – 2:30 PM
Nat Taylor Cinema (N102 Ross Building), York University
FREE + open to the public!
Winter Lunchtime Seminar Series featuring Alison Humphrey
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
11:30am-12:30pm
The Sensorium Research Loft
4th Floor CFA, Room M333
RSVP to sensinfo@yorku.ca
Please join us for our next Winter Lunchtime Seminar Series featuring Cinema and Media Arts PhD Candidate and Sensorium Graduate Research Associate, Alison Humphrey!
Alison Humphrey plays with story across drama, digital media, and education. As a Vanier Scholar in Cinema and Media Arts at York University, her research-creation doctoral dissertation explores how a participatory science fiction storyworld, Shadowpox, can help young people build scientific, civic and media literacy by exploring immunization and vaccine hesitancy through a superhero metaphor.
The project’s first phase, full-body videogame, debuted during the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva, where The Lancet called it “one of the most powerful and playful ways to illustrate both the individual and population-level implications of community immunity.” The second phase is a networked superhero narrative, The Cytokine Storm, co-created with young artists on three continents.
The third phase adapts this narrative into a Scalar-based online platform for a “courseplay”, a hybrid undergraduate seminar that weaves academic study with dramatic composition and digital production. Science & Fiction: Imagining Immunity in an Immersive Storyworld takes a new approach to the concept of experiential education: action refraction, where students use metaphoric world-building and digitally augmented role-play to explore one of the thorniest political dilemmas of public health: voluntary participation in the collective good.
For more, please see www.alisonhumphrey.com and www.shadowpox.org.
About the Winter Lunchtime Seminar Series
The Winter Lunchtime Seminar Series is a weekly event which aims to foster interconnectivity between faculty, graduate students, visiting scholars and artists within the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design. This casual, lunch time seminar series will host a variety of graduate student presentations, faculty presentations and pitch sessions, open luncheons, topical discussions, invited speakers and external associations or organizations looking to interface with our community and share their work.
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The Sensorium Research Loft is wheelchair accessible. For accessibility details, please email sensloft@yorku.ca.
DAVE DOUGLAS : 2020 OSCAR PETERSON JAZZ ARTIST- IN-RESIDENCE
Award winning trumpeter and composer, Dave Douglas, is the Department of Music’s 2020 Oscar Peterson Jazz Artist-in-Residence. During his residency, he will deliver masterclasses for instrumentalists as well as coach small jazz ensembles.
This jam session offers a unique opportunity to hear Douglas in performance with faculty members in the Department of Music’s jazz program. Admission is free.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
DAVE DOUGLAS
Dave Douglas is a prolific trumpeter, composer, educator and entrepreneur from New York City known for the stylistic breadth of his work and for keeping a diverse set of ensembles and projects active simultaneously.
His unique contributions to improvised music have garnered distinguished recognition, including a Doris Duke Artist Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron Copland award, and two Grammy Award nominations. Douglas’ career spans more than 50 unique original recordings as a leader and more than 500 published works. His current ensembles include: Dave Douglas Quintet; Sound Prints, a quintet co-led with saxophonist Joe Lovano; UPLIFT, a sextet including bassist Bill Laswell; Present Joys, a longstanding duo with pianist Uri Caine which recently added Andrew Cyrille as third member for a 2019 recording; High Risk, an electronic ensemble with Shigeto, Jonathan Maron, and Ian Chang; and the latest project, ENGAGE, a sextet with Jeff Parker, Tomeka Reid, Anna Webber, Nick Dunston, and Kate Gentile. Douglas is often engaged in special projects which include big bands, tributes, and multi-trumpet ensembles, such as Dizzy Atmosphere.
As a composer, Douglas has received commissions from a variety of organizations including the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Essen Philharmonie, The Library of Congress, Stanford University and most recently, Monash Art Ensemble, which premiered his chamber orchestra piece Fabliaux in March 2014. He is currently completing a new work for the chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound, which will premiere in May 2019.
Douglas has held several posts as an educator and programmer. From 2002 to 2012, he served as artistic director of the Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music at the Banff Centre in Canada. He is a co-founder and president of the Festival of New Trumpet Music, which celebrated its fifteenth anniversary in 2017. He is currently on the faculty at the Mannes School of Music and is a Guest Coach for the Juilliard Jazz Composer’s Ensemble. In 2016, he accepted a three-year appointment as the Artistic Director of the Bergamo Jazz Festival.
In 2005 Douglas founded Greenleaf Music, an umbrella company for his recordings, sheet music, podcast, as well as the music of other artists in the modern jazz idiom. Greenleaf Music has produced over 70 releases and will be celebrating its fifteenth anniversary in 2020.
“Dave Douglas is the unassuming king of independent jazz, a model of do-it-yourself moxie, initiative and artistic freedom.”
– Frank Alkyer, Publisher, Down Beat
26th ANNUAL YORK/OBA Wind Conductors Symposium
Featuring Guest Clinician Dr. Robert Taylor
SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW
SYMPOSIUM TOPICS
Conducting Gesture and Music-making
Rehearsal Techniques
SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING
A conducting baton
A band instrument they are experienced on; delegates are encouraged to perform with the York Wind Symphony during the afternoon conducting masterclass
Scores to follow along during the afternoon conducting masterclass session: (scores available from St. John’s Music toronto@stjohnsmusic.com | 416-785-5000)
Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo – Malcom Arnold (Paynter) – Carl Fischer
Earthscape – David Marlatt – Eighth Note Publications
Dusk – Steven Bryant – Hal Leonard Corp.
Thin Places – Bill Thomas – Eighth Note Publications
In the Forest of the King – Pierre La Plante – Daehn Publicationsd
Delegates may indicate an interest in being selected to conduct the York University Wind Symphony and receive feedback during the conducting masterclass sessions by our guest clinician. Delegates interested in conducting must have their own score and baton while all are welcome to bring scores to follow along. Delegates will be notified if they have been selected to conduct by February 7, 2020.
Please contact york.oba.wcs@gmail.com for more information.
WHY ATTEND?
– A workshop session presented by clinician Dr. Robert Taylor
– Rehearsal techniques and repertoire ideas
– St. John’s Music booth
– Opportunity to play with the York University Wind Symphony during the conducting masterclass sessions.
Delegates are encouraged to bring a band instrument on which they are experienced
Network with other teachers!
– Conducting masterclasses – see website for the selected repertoire
SCHEDULE
Registration and time to visit SJM booth
9:00 AM
Clinician Session 1
9:30 AM
10:30 AM – Break
Clinician Schedule 2
10:45 AM
12:00PM – Lunch
Conducting Masterclass & Rehearsal Techniques Part 1
1:00 PM
2:00 PM – Break
Conducting Masterclass & Rehearsal Techniques Part 2
2:15 PM
3:00 PM – Break
Conducting Masterclass & Rehearsal Techniques Part 1
3:15 PM
Final Remarks
4:00 PM
Registration is now closed.
Organized to facilitate productive writing sessions within a supportive and accountable work environment, the Sensorium Writing Groups are open to all graduate students on a drop-in basis!
February 26 – April 8 Sensorium Writing Group Dates:
Monday, March 2, 11:30am – 2:30pm
Wednesday, March 4, 1:30 – 4:30pm
Monday, March 9, 11:30am – 2:30pm
Wednesday, March 11, 1:30 – 4:30pm
Monday, March 16, 11:30am – 2:30pm
Wednesday, March 18, 1:30 – 4:30pm
Monday, March 23, 11:30am – 2:30pm
Wednesday, March 25, 1:30 – 4:30pm
Monday March 30, 11:30am – 2:30pm
Wednesday, April 1, 1:30 – 4:30pm
Monday, April 6, 11:30am – 2:30pm
For more information about the Sensorium Writing Groups please email sensinfo@yorku.ca.
The Sensorium Research Loft is located on the 4th floor of the Joan and Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts. The Loft is wheelchair accessible, for full access details please email sensloft@yorku.ca.
The Music at Midday series presents a recital featuring student soloists in the classical performance program.
Admission is free. Everyone welcome.