Soundbarrier by Roisin Adams & Cai Shashrvacai – Filament
‘Filament’, is a collaborative concert project featuring 5 world premieres for violin and electronics by emerging artists/composers from across Canada: Róisín Adams and Cai, Germaine Liu, Colin Labadie, Ben Wylie and Julia Mermelstein. Each piece explores what happens when electroacoustic, multi-media, or improvisational elements stretch the boundaries of what it means to compose/perform/create works for ‘solo’ violin.
‘Filament’ is co-presented by Arraymusic with generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the SOCAN Foundation, Ontario Arts Council and Arraymusic.
Róisín Adams
Róisín Adams (1985) is a Vancouver-based composer and pianist whose artistic interests lie in the intersection of composed and improvised music. Her music has been performed by Ellwood Epps, Vicky Mettler, Elisa Thorn, Michael James Park, NOW Society Orchestra, Rachel Iwaasa and Catherine Laub. She writes and performs regularly with her instrumental jazz quartet, Hildegard’s Ghost, and collaborates with artists from all disciplines including visual arts, poetry, puppetry, filmmaking and dance.
Cai is an experimental film-maker and creative-coder. He has been creating audio-reactive and kinetic performances in collaboration with musicians and dancers. Coming from a film-making/animation background he has been trying to push film-making techniques to enhance real-time story telling experience.