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Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 9:00 AM - Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 4:30 PM (ET)
Conference May 22 -24, 2008: Toronto, Canada
In the musical culture of the 21st century, few things seem certain.
Record Companies speak about declining profits due to digital downloading.
Many listeners and artists welcome the changes as new opportunities.
The New Models of Distribution (May
22nd to May 24th) conference will identify and explore
opportunities, innovations, and challenges posed by emerging technologies as they
apply to the entire music community including new music.
While no one can claim to know what the future holds with any certainty, our panelists include individuals who are carving new paths, developing new methods and exploring new ideas.
Through
these discussions, Soundstreams Canada
hopes to help foster a knowledgeable, issue-oriented, vibrant community of new
music and music distribution professionals.
The presentations and panels will discuss issues relating to Copyright,
Unions, Technology, Broadcasting, Marketing and International Networking.
Schedule available at www.soundstreams.ca
Keynote
Speaker: Paul Hoffert
Mr. Hoffert is CEO of Noank Media Inc., Fine Arts Professor at York University,
Chair of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, and Chair of the Guild of
Canadian Film Composers. A three-time Juno award winning musician, he is former
Faculty Fellow at Harvard University Law School, President of the Academy of
Canadian Cinema and Television, Chair of the Ontario Arts Council, a founder of
the Canadian Independent Record Producers Association (CIRPA), and co-founder
of the award-winning rock band Lighthouse.
Hoffert is known for expecting the unexpected. The Financial Post described him
as one of the New Mandarins along with Bill Gates. The Toronto Star says “Paul
Hoffert is the ideal visionary for the Digital Age”. His incisive thinking
brings clarity to complex issues and his lively presentations make him a
favorite with audiences everywhere. (for full biography, please see www.paulhoffert.ca)
Presentations:
Sean
Howard, Director of Strategy and
Innovation, Lift Communications, Canada
Max Valiquette, President, Youthography, Inc., Canada
Rob
Overman, Managing
Director, Monteverdi TV, Holland
The
Canadian Music Centre
Panels:
Marketing
and Distribution
Moira Johnson, Consultant, Moira Johnson Consulting,
Ottawa
Jaki Levy, Director of New Media, Misnomer
Dance Theater, New York City
Steve Pratt, Director, CBC Radio
3 & CBC Radio Digital Programming, Toronto
Rob
Overman, Managing
Director, Monteverdi TV, Holland
Technical Issues
David
Gratton, Founder and CEO, Project
Opus Technologies, Vancouver
Steve Pratt, Director, CBC Radio 3 & CBC Radio
Digital Programming, Toronto
Copyright & Legal Issues:
David
Basskin, President, CMRRA
Mario
Bouchard, General
Counsel, Copyright Board of Canada, Ottawa
Ron Hay, Stohn Hay Cafazzo Dembroski Richmond LLP, Toronto
Howard Knopf, Moffat & Co. and
Macera & Jarzyna, Ottawa
Paul Spurgeon, VP Legal Services and
& General Counsel, SOCAN, Toronto
Union Issues:
Bill
Skolnik, Vice President from Canada, American
Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada
International Public Broadcasting:
Rainer Poellmann,
Deutschland Radio, Berlin
Brian
Newhouse, Minnesota Public Radio, Minneapolis
Gordon
Alsing, Danish Radio, Copenhagen
Stephen
Adams, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Classic FM, Sydney
And others…
In addition to the issues being discussed during the panels and presentations,
the
New Models of Distribution conference offers delegates the opportunity
to network with international colleagues in the New Music community.
International Delegates have already confirmed from organizations such
as the Shanghai Performing Arts Festival (China), ABC Classic FM (Australia), Wurttemberg
Chamber Orchestra (Germany), Eclat Festival (Germany), Deutschland Radio
(Germany), Minnesota Public Radio (United States), Casa da Musica
(Portugal), Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Denmark), Musica Y Escena Arts
Festiva (Mexico), NEO Ensemble (Sweden) and representatives from Brazil,
Argentina, Uruguay, Sweden. All will be eager to meet their international
counterparts, share their experiences and forge partnerships.
Join us for what will be a truly vibrant, passionate and international meeting
of musical minds.
May 18th-24th Soundstreams hosts the second annual Cool Drummings International Percussion Festival in Toronto. See www.soundstreams.ca
New Models of Distribution Conference sponsored by the Julie-Jiggs Foundation in memory of Peggy Webb.
Conference also made possible through the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Canada Council for the Arts, the SOCAN Foundation, Mr. James Baillie and Mr. Daniel Cooper
www.soundstreams.ca
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Expanding the Borders: programming new music in an age of diversity.
Canadian New Music Network
FORUM 2008
May 24-25, 2008
The field of “new music” has undergone neormous artistic expansion in the past 5 years. New ideas coming from technology, world music, improvisation, jazz and other media are expanding our understanding of musical creativity, as well as combining with traditional chamber and orchestral music practices. This conference will try to understand these new directions, put them into an historical and artistic context, and help presenters, programmers, and artists find a common language to understand the diversity of current “new music” practices, and to develop programmes which address this artistic expansion and how it can reach a broader public.
Join three noted international new music presenters, and many Canadian new music creators and producers, in this exciting two-day event in Toronto, and hear amazing concerts at the Cool Drummings
and SoundaXis Festivals while you are there!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Graham Mackenzie – artistic director,
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, UK
INVITED INTERNATIONAL
PARTICIPANTS
Jarko Aikens – assistant director, Muziekgebouw,Amsterdam
David Lang – co-founder and co-director,
Bang on a Can Festival, New York
www.newmusicnetwork.ca
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