Now Hear This Festival

Join us for this wonderful collection of events, including new classical music, multimedia performance art, free improvisation, electronic music, and more! Our team has worked with artists and the community to put together a unique portrait of what it can mean to create new sonic art in our city.

The festival opens June 9 with an extraordinary double bill: a recital by mezzo Michelle Lafferty and a program of new chamber music and songs by Karen Shepherd. This will be followed on June 10 by two multimedia performance pieces, featuring new work by Ashley Weckesser and the return to Edmonton of Stephanie Patsula.

We’ll also have outreach events, some new episodes of our podcast, and a room-filling performance/ installation from immersive drone artist Ethan Bokma, and an incredible performance by Courtney Brown using dinosaur skulls!.

On Saturday, June 17, we’ll have a fantastic evening of improv, noise, and more, with the incredible Vertrek Trio, and their special guest, renowned voice artist Cassondra Murray. The festival comes to a stunning close on Sunday, June 18, when one of Edmonton’s most renowned artists, Shumaila Hemani, presents a live performance of her extraordinary work, Mannat.

New Music Edmonton is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Edmonton Arts Council, The City of Edmonton, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Edmonton Community Foundation and the SOCAN Foundation.

Who is it for?

All ages – Family

Tickets :Free & ticketed events.
How to get tickets?

Buy Online

At the door

Date & Time:

June 9 – 18, 2023 | Schedule

Venue:

Co*Lab, Muttart Hall, Orange Hub, and online

Various Venues, Edmonton

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