MONTREAL/November 8, 2005—
Catherine Wild, Dean of Concordia's Faculty of Fine Arts is pleased to announce that Concordia's Artist in Residence, R. Murray Schafer is this year's winner of the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. Dean Wild will make reference to the prize in her address inaugurating the 2005-2006 Defiant Imagination: Public Exploration of Art and Imagination Series, (free admission) on Wednesday, November 9th at 6:00 PM at Concordia University (EV building - 1515 St. Catherine Street West, Amphitheatre 615), with the first presentation featuring Schafer, who will speak on The Theatre of the Senses.
Having an artist of Schafer's caliber presenting the inaugural event of the 2005-2006 Defiant Imagination: Public Exploration of Art and Imagination Seriesfurther reinforces the quality and dynamism of this collaboration between Concordia's Faculty Fine Arts, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the MusÈe d'art contemporain de Montrèal.
A composer of international acclaim, as well as an educator, environmentalist, literary scholar, visual artist and provocateur, Schafer is the originator of the word 'Soundscape', having initiated research in acoustic ecology with the World Soundscape Project at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
Concordia's President Claude Lajeunesse recognized the importance of having Schafer at Concordia saying, "We are honored to have R. Murray Schafer as our Artist in Residence this year. But the true winners will be the students who are fortunate enough to work with him."
This fall, more than 70 students will work together to design and develop The Theatre of the Senses under Schafer's mentorship. The final production will take place on December 5th in a secret location chosen by Schafer.
For complete information on:
The Defiant Imagination Lecture Series, please visit: http://www.finearts.concordia.ca/news/
Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts, please visit: http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/
To arrange interviews contact Lina Uberti at 514.848.2424 ext 4606.
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Source :
Tanya Churchmuch
Senior Media Relations Advisor
Concordia University
