To register, please contact Jenni Gehlbach at 250-247-7858, unless otherwise noted, or email:
Build your own FM Transmitter
with Bobbi Kozinuk
Friday, July 18th, 10am–3pm, Suzy’s On Top
Fee: $25. For materials (provided). Please see “Special note” below.
CBC? Gabriola Radio? How about Me-FM! Based on a now famous design by electronics pioneer and media activist Tetsuo Kogawa of Tokyo Keizai University, participants will learn the fundamentals of radio transmission and build their very own portable Two Watt FM transmitter. No previous experience necessary, wireless satisfaction guaranteed!
This workshop is suitable for ages 14 and up, and has a maximum enrollment of 10.
To Register please contact Leah Hokanson at 250-247-9854.
Special note: Workshop participants are asked to loan their transmitters from August 13th-23rd, for the “Fish On Air” installation. Transmitters will be returned in perfect condition immediately after the festival.
Audio expert and media artist Bobbi Kozinuk has been working with artists across the world and workshop participants across Canada.
Gabriola in Every Sense
with Patsy Ludwick
Tuesday, August 19th, 10am-12noon, The Commons
Does a sound have a colour? a taste? a shape? a personality? What does a breeze look like? How old is the north wind? Can you hear the clouds? What colour is the rain? Come and explore the amazing world of synesthesia (which may sound like an upper respiratory infection, but it’s not!). Together we can have some fun with natural and human-crafted materials to make a mural of our community.
Fee: $5. (free with a festival pass). This workshop is suitable for all ages, 11 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
The G.I.R.Orchestra
with Dinah D and Tina Jones
Join Tina Jones and Dinah D in search of “stuff” from the Gabriola Island Recycling Organization (G.I.R.O.) to transform into musical magic. Participants will get to make a giant "clank-bang" instrument designed to be played by several people at once, and some smaller and very exotic rhythm instruments. Get hip while weaving rhythmic patterns, melodic pitches, and musical meanderings culminating in a final concert. The result will be an exciting instrument, and we'll be making music! The Depot will never be the same...
Monday, July 28th, 1:00pm-2:30pm, the G.I.R.O.
Wednesday, August 6th, 1:00pm-2:30pm, The Commons
Wednesday, August 13th, 1:00pm-2:30pm, The Commons
Friday, August 22nd, 10:00am-11:30am (drop-in), The Commons
Saturday, August 23rd, 4:00pm-5:30pm, warm-up and performance at The Commons
To Register please contact the Gabriola Recreational Society at 250-247-2014.
Drop-in Friday, August 22nd, is $5. (free with a festival pass), and drop-ins may participate in the Saturday performance. This workshop is suitable for ages 7 and up.
Tina Jones is one of the most sought after vocal artists and trumpet/flugelhorn players on the West Coast. She also loves working with kids, and has taught voice and music fundamentals to all ages.
Dinah D, in addition to being a wild woman bass player, loves exploring the world of sound, and believes anything you can hit or blow into can create music. She and Tina teach the popular ‘Melody Makers’ through the Gabriola Recreational Society.
Bird Sound Workshop
with Dinah D
Please see Avian Apparition Description below
Wednesday, August 20th, 2:30pm-3:30pm, The Commons
Thursday, August 21st, 10am-12noon, The Commons
Friday, August 22nd, 11:30am-12:30pm, Degnen Bay (rehearsal with Lantern Workshop)
Friday, August 22nd, 8pm-9:30pm, Degnen Bay (gathering and performance of An Avian Apparition)
Fee: $10. (free with a festival pass)
This workshop is suitable for all ages. Children age 11 and under must be accompanied by an adult. We ask that performance participants attend all the bird sound workshops.
Dinah D writes “… I have found if I sit still and just listen, I learn a lot more about my surroundings. Some sounds are very annoying, some beautiful--that’s what life is all about. The soundtrack is already written - it’s just picking up on it….”
Bird Lantern Workshop
with Deborah Dallyn
Please see Avian Apparition Description below
Tuesday, August 19th, 1pm-4pm, The Commons
Wednesday, August 20th, 1:30pm-3:30pm, The Commons
Thursday, August 21st, 9:30am-12:30pm, The Commons
Friday, August 22nd, 11:30am-12:30pm, Degnen Bay (rehearsal with Bird Sound workshop)
Friday, August 22nd, 8pm-9:30pm, Degnen Bay (gathering and performance of An Avian Apparition)
Fee: $10., drop-ins $5. (free with a festival pass)
This workshop is suitable for all ages. Children age 11 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Drop-ins for the Lantern Workshop are welcome. Performers must attend Friday sessions.
Deborah Dallyn is an issues based contemporary visual artist, who has recently arrived to Gabriola from the UK. She has exhibited widely both nationally (in the UK) and internationally. She has great experience in running projects that encourage members of the community to work together to make very special events.
Please note that the two workshops with Deborah Dallyn and Dinah D are part of the Avian Apparition Project
Degnen Bay - an enviro-acoustic wonderland in true surround sound - is also home to a variety of birds. An Avian Apparition is a performance piece conceived by Deborah Dallyn and Dinah D (both live at Degnen Bay) specifically for the bay. The piece has two components: the launch of a hundred floating lantern replicas of local birds; and birdsong and other “found” sounds from around the bay performed by host of humans. To be a participant in this extraordinary happening, please sign up for one of the following workshops.
All ages are welcome to participate in the performance! Children age 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult, be able to stay awake past 9:30 pm, and be able to work by lantern light.
The Physics of Sound
with Gordon Monahan
Wednesday, August 20th, 1:30pm-2:30pm, The Commons
Fee: $5. (free with a festival pass)
(Don’t let the title scare you). Have you ever wondered about why objects make the sounds they make? Why some objects clang, others chink, and some go boing-oing-oing! And why do objects have different pitches? Join Gordon Monahan as he explores all the “instruments” of the G.I.R.Orchestra and explains how and why they make all those amazing sounds.
This workshop/discussion is suitable for ages 7 and up. Children age 11 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
The Gabriola Color Wheel: A Photographic Workshop
with Chris Welsby
Wednesday, August 20th, 1:30pm-2:30pm, Artist's Studio, 395 Lyngail
Thursday, August 21st, 10am-12noon, Artist's Studio, 395 Lyngail
Fee: $20. (free with a festival pass)
Join media artist Chris Welsby for a new look at the creative possibilities of a camera as an art-making tool. Combining color theory and photography with ideas from contemporary art practice, the group will work together to make a portrait of the island for (exhibition at?) the Gabriola Commons. Bring any digital camera you can get your hands on, from point and shoot to break the bank! And come prepared to see the world in a different light.
This workshop is suitable for ages 14 and up. All lveles of ability are welcome.
Chris Welsby has been making films and film/video installations since 1969. His long and prolific career has focused on one central theme: our place in the landscape.
HMMM: Listening Skills and Vocal Improvisation
with Kathy Kennedy
Friday, August 22nd, 9:30am-11:30am, Rose Crystal Studio, 380 Stephens Road
Fee: $20. (free with a festival pass)
The voice is an extremely personal mode of expression, and to be able to use it advantageously one must learn to hear it accurately. Throughout, these themes of vocalizing and listening are tied together by a series of guided vocal improvisations that are fun! The workshop consists of a combination of listening activities and exercises, technical information about the voice, and improvisational tools and ideas.
This workshop is suitable for ages 11 and up.
Kathy Kennedy is a certified practitioner of Deep Listening work by Pauline Oliveros.
The Gabriola Beach Gamelan
with Andreas Kahre
Friday, August 22nd, 6:30pm–8pm, Drumbeg Park
Fee: $5. (free with a festival pass)
There is a reason it's called Drumbeg: Come explore the sounds that a sandstone beach can make. We will use driftwood, rocks, water, wind, and a number of simple, home-built devices ( including thoobs and ploppers, puddlepaddles and at least one pheep) and some of the rhythmic principles of Indonesian Gamelan to create an "elemental" percussion orchestra that plays some real rock music. It's time to hit the beach!
This workshop is suitable for ages 11 and up.
Spectators are welcome at 7:30pm!
Andreas Kahre is a percussionist and audio artist who has worked with Gamelan and other world percussion for more than twenty years.
