SCA | Quick News | May 27, 2022
Abahmed wins!
Congratulations to soon-to-be SCA alumnus Alex Abahmed for winning the Dean's Undergraduate Convocation Medal, which will be awarded to him at the upcoming SFU Convocation ceremony. Abahmed is a Vancouver based composer and audio engineer with an extensive background as a multifaceted film technician (IATSE Local 891). He's produced music for film and theatre and also interned with the SCA's Mauricio Pauly. While completing his studies at the SCA, he composed music for several student productions, including ASCENSION 2021 and most recently Ghost Forest. Outside of school, his CV includes work for a number of projects and clients, both local and international. Congratulations, Alex!
SCA at Open Ears
SCA alumnus George Rahi will be presenting Music for the Augmented Pipe Organ (more HERE) and A Wake of Vultures, the "project-based interdisciplinary performance collective" of SCA alumni Nancy Tam, Daniel O'Shea, and Conor Wylie, will be presenting Tam's Walking at Night by Myself and …wreckage upon wreckage… (more HERE) as part of Kitchener's Open Ears Festival of Music & Sound, which runs June 2 – 5, 2022. Joining the Vultures' crew for the shows are SCA alumni Anjela Magpantay, Ira Jordison, Paul Paroczai, and Charlie Cooper.
Ybarra at Griffin
SCA alumnus Faune Ybarra is Griffin Art Projects' new Public Programming and Residency Coordinator. Congratulations – and great choice!
Vanden Heuvel does BODYTRAFFIC
SCA alumnus Kadin Vanden Heuvel will be one of the instructors for BODYTRAFFIC’s Summer Program in LA. More HERE.
Gestural Symphony No.1 trailer
Watch a trailer for SCA alumnus Alexa Fraser's Gestural Symphony No.1, commissioned by What Lab as part of Fraser's / THEATRE CORPS.' “The Deep End” residency, including other SCA alumni – Paula Viitanen, Linnea Antos, and Dominique Samuels – as part of the project. Gestural Symphony No.1 runs June 23 – 26, 2022, at What Lab. Watch HERE.
Pipe organ press
Read Stir Vancouver's quickie preview on Vancouver New Music's fast-upcoming pipe organ show on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at 8:00 PM (plus an artist chat at 7:15 PM) at the Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W 45th Avenue), featuring Sarah Davachi, SCA alumnus George Rahi, and the SCA's Stefan Maier. Read it HERE.
Postalian introduces New Societies
Watch SCA alumnus Brian Postalian introduce the upcoming New Societies show, presented as part of Upintheair Theatre's 2022 rEvolver Festival, which is chockablock with SCA folks, including Postalian, Sena Cagla, Howard Dai, Alexa Fraser, Evan Medd, Hannah Meyers, Pascal Reiners, Amanda Sum (here with a "snack cameo"), Meagan Woods, Montserrat Videla Samper, Christian Ching, and Stefan Nazarevich. Watch it HERE.
Redvers' red carpet slight
Good grief! SCA alumnus and filmmaker Kelvin Redvers was initially "turned away from a red carpet screening at the Cannes Film Festival for wearing moccasins with his tuxedo." Telefilm Canada and the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), who "called on Cannes to update its red carpet fashion policy, offering to provide more information on Indigenous attire," had to step in. More HERE.
Tham conductors Bright Moon
Read Stir Vancouver on SCA alumnus Jennifer Tham's upcoming performance as guest conductor for the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s season finale, Bright Moon, on June 3, 2022, at 7:30 PM at Fraserview Church (11295 Mellis Drive, Richmond). Read it HERE.
Walkley's workshop
SCA alumnus Helen Walkley is running The Presence of Mind in Motion: an improvisation intensive from July 22 – 25, 2022, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, in the 4th floor "Blonde studio" here at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Listening to Paint Dry with Kujala
Presented by Vancouver New Music, join SCA alumnus Jorma Kujala for a Soundwalk: Listening to Paint Dry on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at 2:00 PM, starting at the NE corner of East 8th Avenue and Kingsway. More HERE.
Kuebler's Summer Intensive
Radical System Art's Shay Kuebler is running a Summer Intensive here at our place (SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver) from July 22 – 25, 2022, from 10:00 – 5:00 PM. More HERE.
Songs for a Lost Pod in The Straight
Read The Georgia Straight on Songs for a Lost Pod by Leah Abramson, featuring the SCA's Barbara Adler (Narrator) and Kyla Gardiner (Lighting Design) and SCA alumnus Megan Stewart (Director & Dramaturg). Songs for a Lost Pod runs May 28 & 29, 2022, at 7:00 PM, here in Studio T at SFU's Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver), presented by the good folks at Music on Main. Read it HERE.
SCA in EDAM's Pile On II
SCA alumni Alex Mah, Olivia Shaffer, and Antonio Somera Jr. join Anne Cooper, Francesca Frewer, Hayley Gawthrop, Arash Khakpour, and Diego Romero in EDAM Dance’s Artistic Director Peter Bingham's Pile On II, presented as part of EDAM's Spring Choreographic Series on May 25, 27, 28 + June 1, 3, 4, 2022, at 8:00 PM at 303 E 8th Ave, Vancouver. More HERE.
Carter and Kisyuu's Flow Tide
SCA alumnus Shion Skye Carter's collaborative work Flow Tide – created/performed with Japanese calligrapher Kisyuu, with music by SCA alumnus Stefan Nazarevich, and filmed by jo passed – is screening as part of Montréal's Festival Accès Asie on May 27, 2022, at 7:30 PM. More HERE.
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi on the ADP
Listen to a live set from SCA alumnus Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi from Adaptor Records Podcast HERE.
ReIssue's Year 1 Anthology
The Year 1 Anthology from ReIssue, the otherwise online "interdisciplinary publication platform" edited by SCA alumnus Casey Wei. Order it directly from the ReIssue website or look for it soon at better bookstores and shops. More HERE.
Kotowich's workshop – act fast!
Early bird pricing for SCA alumnus Jeanette Kotowich's De-colonial Perspectives to Creative Embodiment workshop on Saturday June 11, 2022, at 2:00 – 4:00 PM, presented by The Dance Centre, ends today (May 27, 2022)! More HERE.
Kanagawa and Friesen up for Leos
Alongside co-star Carmen Moore, SCA alumnus Hiro Kanagawa was nominated for a 2022 Leo Award for his performance in Luvia Petersen's short film iDorothy. And SCA alumnus Suzanne Friesen was also nominated for a Leo Award for Best Cinematography for her work on Elizabeth Lazebnik's Be Still. Congratulations!
Khakshoor programs Iranian Experimental Film
SCA alumnus Somayeh Khakshoor was the was the guest programmer for Iranian Experimental Film, Part 1: The Artistic Radicals, an evening of "radical, experimental Iranian short films made between 1964 and 1988" at The Cinematheque on May 25, 2022. More HERE.
SCA in Esse
Issue 105 "New New Age" of Esse includes Jayne Wilkinson on SCA alumnus Julian Yi-Zhong Hou and Zadie Xa and SCA alumnus Didier Morelli on SCA alumnus Michelle Sound's Centre d'art daphne exhibition okāwīsimāk nawac kwayask itōtamwak | Aunties do it better. More HERE.
Goodman's Core/Us
SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman is presenting Core/Us at Seattle's On the Boards (100 West Roy Street) on June 23 and 26, 2022, at 8:00 PM. More HERE.
Alzamora-Rivera in Listening, Attuning
SCA alumnus Mar Alzamora-Rivera is participating in FEELed Lab's Listening, Attuning, a "A Feminist Environmental Humanities Summer Symposium," running May 23 – 31, 2022. More HERE.
rEvolver in the Sun
The Vancouver Sun previews Upintheair Theatre's 2022 rEvolver Festival, which has good SCA alumni representation, both on and off stage: including Torien Cafferata in Controller; Arthi Chandra, Howard Dai, Hannah Meyers, and Montserrat Videla Samper in Passenger Seat; sound design support for Holy Moly by Stefan Nazarevich; Sena Cagla, Howard Dai, Alexa Fraser, Evan Medd, Hannah Meyers, Brian Postalian, Pascal Reiners, Amanda Sum, Meagan Woods, Montserrat Videla Samper, Christian Ching, and Stefan Nazarevich in Rumble Theatre's New Societies; and Pedro Chamale and Derek Chan as participants in Real Talks. Read it HERE.