SCA | Quick News | March 30, 2026
Maier's Auguries
Listen to Auguries by the SCA's Stefan Maier on Bandcamp (HERE), with an amazing cover photograph by SCA alumnus Ryan Ermacora. In a critical salute to "the historical emergence of acoustic ecology at Simon Fraser University," Auguries use of "field recordings gathered across the Pacific Northwest, interwoven with an ensemble of percussion, cello, bass flute, and electronics," are meant to convey a sense of "'dark acoustic ecology': a mode of listening in which non-human sound is encountered not as a communicative partner readily available to interpretation, but as something withdrawn, indifferent, and resistant" Sounds right – and good – to us.
Seeding the Commons: Community Distro, Seed Swap & Knowledge Share
The SCA's James Long is part of this upcoming event: Seeding the Commons: Community Distro, Seed Swap & Knowledge Share, on Sunday, April 12, 2026, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at The Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver), presented in collaboration with art ecosystem and Salt Spring Seeds,
Seeding the Commons brings together friends, neighbours and organizers, to center around a shared adoration of seeds, food, land-based knowledge and community care. This event pays homage to a history of plant & food centered practices that have taken place at the Russian Hall, by continuing to work towards creating communities of care and abundance through the practice of sharing knowledge, seeds and seedlings.
From 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM, we welcome the public to join us for a presentation on Palestinian Foodways, followed by a land & food resource fair and seed swap from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Come by right at 2:00 PM for a community welcoming and opening words from some community members, and enter your name in the raffle – the winner will be announced at 4:00 PM. Bring your seeds and starters to trade or share (but it’s not required!), and join us for a cup of tea and a treat.
SOLUM | SOIL in DC + Nijmegen
SOLUM | SOIL, a dance film produced collaboratively by The SCA's Rob Kitsos and SCA alumni Meagan Woods and Beau Han Bridge, is screening on Saturday, April 26, 2026 at 11:30 AM, at the Dance Place (3225 8th St NE, Washington, DC), presented as part of the SHORTS III program at the Liminal Dance Film Festival. More HERE. Also, SOLUM / SOIL is included in Elementary Pathways to Critical Sustainability: (Re)Framing the Future through art and stories about water & soil, which is part of ELEMENTAL NARRATIVES, the 2025 – 2026 collaboration between the RICH Institute of Radboud University and the Stiksoep Foundation at the International Drawing Center (Papengas 6, 6511 WT Nijmegen, Netherlands). More HERE.
Soundworks by Rodriguez and Rahi
Issue 228 (Winter 2025/26) of BC Studies, "a quarterly devoted to the understanding of British Columbia," includes the soundworks, Rising Tide at Okeover Inlet and A Synthetic Rainforest: Listening to the Bloedel Conservatory, by the SCA's Noé Rodriguez and SCA PhD student George Rahi, respectively. Click through the titles above for MP3s and descriptive PDFs.
Tubular Bells and El Amor Brujo
Upcoming from Turning Point Ensemble, which has the SCA's Owen Underhill as Artistic Directions and conductor: Tubular Bells and El Amor Brujo, on Sunday, April 12, 2026, at 2:30 PM, at the Annex Theatre (823 Seymour St, Vancouver). Get tickets HERE.
Daniel in Malta and Italy
The SCA's Henry Daniel, although retired from teaching, is maintaining a busy schedule, sharing presentations drawing on his book, Re-Choreographing Cortical & Cartographic Maps: Going West to Find East Going East to Find West (Intellect, 2023), in Rome, Italy, and in Malta at Ancona’s Universita Politecnica delle Marche’s VRAI Lab, and in Valletta at the SPA Virtual Acts conference on March 27, 2026.
A grounded study in user preference for immersive sound in extended reality environments
SCA alumnus Christopher S. W. Anderson (who's also a PhD student in Digital Arts and Humanities at UBC's Okanagan Campus) and Miles Thorogood published the essay, "A grounded study in user preference for immersive sound in extended reality environments," in the open access journal Virtual Reality. Read it HERE. As he shared via email, Anderson also helped "design and install a 5 speaker, 5 gobo light A/V system" for a public art installation project, A River of Voices, and also "made some soundscape compositions, and programmed a generative player in MaxMSP to run the audio" for the work, as well. running March 2 – June 21, 2026, and presented as part of a joint Outdoor Public Art Initiative by UBC Okanagan, the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, and the Okanagan Nation Alliance, Anderson's many collaborators on the work included SCA and SIAT alumnus Alexandra Dulic (Artistic Director, Video Composition) and SIAT alumnus Miles Thorogood (Sound Director, Composition). More HERE.
Stir on Sound's Wherever You Are
Stir Vancouver talks with SCA alumnus Michelle Sound about Wherever You Are, her "mural-scale photo installation" included in this year's Capture Photography Festival.Read it HERE.
MacCormack in Trans Cinema
SCA PhD student Jess MacCormack shared that their work is addressed in Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds by Laura Hora, which is out this April, 2026, from the University of California Press.
TSU renewal!
Attention SCA Theatre & Performance students! Sara van Gaalen, who's the current President of the SCA Theatre Student Union, is calling for nominations to join the TSU, where "all positions are being reelected right now." Want to get active? Nominate yourself or someone else HERE.
Call for Applications: PTC WrightSpace in partnership with Presentation House Theatre
SCA alumnus Davey Samuel Calderon, who's the Artistic Producer & Dramaturg for Playwrights Theatre Centre (PTC), has shared this call for applicants:
This year, we are inviting dramaturg-led proposals in a unique partnership with Presentation House Theatre. We encourage dramaturgs/creation teams who are developing site-specific performance, multidisciplinary performance, performance art or other practices which are outside traditional script-based playmaking.
Dates of Residency: May 24th – June 7th, 2026 (with some flexibility)
Accepting Submissions Until: April 2, 2026 @ 11:59 pm PT
For more information, please contact Joanna Garfinkel: joanna@playwrightstheatre.com
WrightSpace is where PTC welcomes a small group of professional theatre makers to join us for a short-term residency to work on one of their projects, with mentorship, funding, and space to hone in on an aspect of their project development. Previous WrightSpace participants have gone on to continue their research and projects in unusual performance media across genre, such as Joy Russell (site-specific poetic play research), Chelsea Carlson (recorded investigation for land and memory-based storytelling), Tanya Marquardt (a play received through audio and text messages), and Scott Button (audio drama told through podcast).
Visit our website for more details and to apply.
Odd Meridian Arts presents ahmm
Odd Meridian's Asian Heritage Month programing at Morrow (910 Richards St., Vancouver), running April 26 – May 24, 2026, includes SCA MFA student Lee Su-feh, Jaewoo Kang, and Shion Skye Carter as participants. More HERE.
The Chien-MacCaulls in the spotlight
SCA alumni Sammy & Caroline Chien-MacCaull, who are the Co-Artistic Directors of Chimerik 似不像, are in The Dance Centre's Member Spotlight. Read more HERE.
Work with the Indian Summer Festival
The Indian Summer Festival, which has SCA alumnus Laura June Albert as Executive Managing Director and Am Johal as Executive Artistic Director, are looking for a Production Coordinator for their 2026 Festival Team. The application deadline is April 15. More HERE.
Evans' Dance Dialogue
SCA alumnus Tasha Faye Evans is presenting the third Dance Dialogues at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver), this one on the topic of Choreography and Coast Salish Art and Design, on April 8, 2026, at 6:00 PM. More HERE.
FRIDAY wins a Juno
SCA alumnus DEBBY FRIDAY won a Juno in the "Dance Recording of the Year" category for Bet On Me, a single from her most recent album The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life. Congratulations, DEBBY! See all of the winners HERE.
ECU x Mount Pleasant: End of Greatness
Emily Carr University's Libby Leshgold Gallery (520 E 1st Ave, Vancouver) is presenting ECU x Mount Pleasant: End of Greatness, a free "studio showing" of excerpts End of Greatness by SCA alumus Maiko Yamamoto and Veda Hille, on April 9, 2026, 7:00 PM, hosted by Eugene Choo (3683 Main Street) and Collage Collage (3697 Main Street). Space will be limited! If you have questions regarding the space, please email libby@ecuad.ca. More HERE.
Caprara's Ultra Violets in Edmonton
SCA alumnus Alexandra Caprara's Ultra Violets is running March 22 – 27, 2026, in the Westbury Theatre at the Fringe Theatre Arts Barns (10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton). More info and tickets HERE.
Fukumura inThe GutterClown Cabaret
SCA alumnus June Fukumura is performing as part of the The GutterClown Cabaret, "An Evening of Blissful Absurdity!," on Sunday April 5, 2026, at 7:00 PM (dorrs at 6:00 PM), at the Revue Stage (1601 Johnston St, Vancouver), presented by SavageCreampuff Productions. Get tickets HERE.
Above the Hospital in T.O.'s Fringe
Looks like SCA alumnus Beau Han Bridge's "dark comedy," Above the Hospital, will have its world premiere at the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival, which runs June 30 – July 12. More HERE.
Designing Human-Generated Gameplay for the PlayboxTM v.0.1
SCA alumnus Torien Cafferata and A of Playbox Studios are hosting Designing Human-Generated Gameplay for the PlayboxTM v.0.1, a free "open rehearsal" of "outcomes from the workshop series," on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at 3:00 PM, at the Western Front. More HERE.
Chandra talks sh*t with Friedenberg
SCA alumnus Arthi Chandra is the guest on the latest episode of Talking Sh*t With Tara Cheyenne, the podcast from SCA alumnus Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg. Listen HERE.
Nieto in The Soft Animal of Meeting
SCA alumnus Salome Nieto is performing as part of The Soft Animal of Meeting on Friday, April 3, 2026, from 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, at KW Studios (111 W Hastings St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Truth & Nostalgia two ways
The latest issue of withintensions, the artist-run monthly founded by SCA alumni Opal McLean, Francisco Berlanga, and Yihk Qu (Natalie) Chan, on the themes of Truth & Nostalgia, is available as a free PDF and as their first-ever print edition.
Help save C Magazine
C Magazine, one of the few remaining print publications that cover contemporary visual art in Canada, could use some support. Donate HERE.