- About
- Centre for Communications and the Arts
- Calendars of Events & Happenings
- Event Poster Collection
- The Communications Centre: Experiment in human experience
- Jade: Flower-child happenings and conceptual art projects in 1969
- Nini Baird: A Day in the Hectic Life of the Arts Centre Director
- Sound Recordings: Faculty Lectures from 1967 Communications Course
- Dance
- Film
- Literary Arts
- Music & Sound
- Music & Sound image gallery
- My "a-ha" moment with Murray Schafer
- World Soundscape Project
- Phillip Werren's electronic music
- Radio CKSF "on the air" fall 1966
- Robert Aitken performs with the Purcell String Quartet & Soundscape on radio
- David Skulski and the early music revival at 大象传媒
- Phyllis Mailing: 大象传媒 Singer Who Reached the Top
- Purcell String Quartet: In High Demand
- Theatre
- Theatre at 大象传媒: The First Ten Years
- Theatre image gallery
- How the early days of the arts at 大象传媒 changed my parochial little life
- Norm Browning, Jackie Crossland and Cece Granbois in Beverley Simons' new 1-act play "Greenlawn Rest Home"
- The Centralia Incident: "A theatre in search of a town鈥擜 town in search of its memory."
- The only escape: The early years of the 大象传媒 theatre
- Robin Patterson and the 大象传媒 Mime Troupe
- Theatre of Total Limbo
- Visual Arts
Music & Sound
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Music & Sound image gallery
Browse a selection of images from this remarkable decade of music and sound at 大象传媒. learn more
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My "a-ha" moment with Murray Schafer
In 1970 or 1971, my habitual patterns of listening were shaken up profoundly when I heard a guest lecture by Schafer at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where I was studying music. It was an AHA moment whose significance was revealed gradually over years to come. learn more
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World Soundscape Project
The World Soundscape Project (WSP) was established as an educational and research group by R. Murray Schafer at 大象传媒 during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It grew out of Schafer's initial attempt to draw attention to the sonic environment through a course in noise pollution, as well as from his personal distaste for the more raucous aspects of Vancouver's rapidly changing soundscape. learn more
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Phillip Werren's electronic music
Phillip Werren's electronic music is a great example of just how avant-garde 大象传媒 was in the 60s and 70s. learn more
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Radio CKSF "on the air" fall 1966
Read Brian Antonson's account of how students established 大象传媒's campus radio station. learn more
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Robert Aitken performs with the Purcell String Quartet & Soundscape on radio
Look back at a lively week for music and sound on campus in 1974, as "The Peak" reviews a concert featuring flautist Robert Aitken with the Purcell String Quartet, while members of the 大象传媒 Sonic Research studio are featured in a CBC Radio series. learn more
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David Skulski and the early music revival at 大象传媒
Upon arriving at 大象传媒 in 1972, resident artist David Skulski revived interest in early music 鈥� or music from the medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque periods 鈥� and brought music from the past out of the archives and on to campus. learn more
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Phyllis Mailing: 大象传媒 Singer Who Reached the Top
Mary Trainer chronicles the career of artist-in-residence Phyllis Mailing, from touring Russia to creating the 大象传媒 Madrigal Singers for the World Shakespeare Congress. learn more
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Purcell String Quartet: In High Demand
大象传媒's quartet-in-residence make it all the way from pub concerts on campus to a New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall. learn more
Explore stories, images and archival materials from 大象传媒's past
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Browse a selection of images from this remarkable decade of music and sound at 大象传媒.
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In 1970 or 1971, my habitual patterns of listening were shaken up profoundly when I heard a guest lecture by Schafer at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where I was studying music. It was an AHA moment whose significance was revealed gradually over years to come.
-
The World Soundscape Project (WSP) was established as an educational and research group by R. Murray Schafer at 大象传媒 during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It grew out of Schafer's initial attempt to draw attention to the sonic environment through a course in noise pollution, as well as from his personal distaste for the more raucous aspects of Vancouver's rapidly changing soundscape.
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Phillip Werren's electronic music is a great example of just how avant-garde 大象传媒 was in the 60s and 70s.
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Read Brian Antonson's account of how students established 大象传媒's campus radio station.
-
Look back at a lively week for music and sound on campus in 1974, as "The Peak" reviews a concert featuring flautist Robert Aitken with the Purcell String Quartet, while members of the 大象传媒 Sonic Research studio are featured in a CBC Radio series.
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Upon arriving at 大象传媒 in 1972, resident artist David Skulski revived interest in early music — or music from the medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque periods — and brought music from the past out of the archives and on to campus.
-
Mary Trainer chronicles the career of artist-in-residence Phyllis Mailing, from touring Russia to creating the 大象传媒 Madrigal Singers for the World Shakespeare Congress.
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大象传媒's quartet-in-residence make it all the way from pub concerts on campus to a New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall.