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Banff Artist in Residence Late Spring 2019

Overview

The Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) program is designed for visual artists to focus on their own practice in a supportive learning environment. Participants are encouraged to explore new ideas, create, self-direct their research and time, and cultivate new directions in their work — all while surrounded by a community of peers within Banff Centre’s spectacular mountain setting. 

Submitted on Mon, 12/31/2018 - 19:37

Banff International Workshop in Jazz & Creative Music

Overview

This three-week program brings together emerging artists from around the world to work and study with Co-Artistic Directors Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey, as well as internationally acclaimed guest mentors. The goal is to learn, converse, build, experiment, refine, and transform — to reimagine the state of the art. This program is one of the most intensive that Banff Centre offers, and continues our 40-year history of incredible jazz exploration.  

What does the program offer?

The Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music is designed to help emerging musicians become performers/composers of consequence in the world, with an emphasis on community and collaboration.

Submitted on Mon, 12/31/2018 - 19:33

EQ: Evolution of the String Quartet | Summer Music 2019

Overview

Led by violinist Aisslinn Nosky and featuring four of the most exciting string quartets to be found anywhere — JACK, Eybler, Parker, and Bozzini quartets — along with an extraordinary group of soloists, composers, and scholars, Evolution of the String Quartet (EQ) explores the string quartet lineage from Haydn to music made in Banff by and for the faculty and participants of EQ.

Submitted on Mon, 12/31/2018 - 19:24

Ensemble Evolution | Summer Music 2019

Overview

Featuring a faculty of performers drawn from the ranks of the International Contemporary Ensemble, along with an extraordinary group of composers, improvisers, and conversation partners, Ensemble Evolution explores the evolving range and depth of ensemble playing in the early 21st century. 

Submitted on Mon, 12/31/2018 - 19:07

Leighton Artists' Colony

Artists with a professional standing in their field and emerging artists of promising talent are encouraged to apply.

There are nine unique studios.  Each is designed by a distinguished Canadian architect and all provide the perfect setting for individuals and collectives from a wide variety of artistic genres to create new work.  Leighton artists contribute to culture and the arts in Alberta, throughout Canada, and around the world.

Submitted on Tue, 08/09/2016 - 13:47

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