Streaming audio | Interview with the CEC

The Canadian Electroacoustic Community has posted an interview with Professor lanza speaking to Ian Chuprun for the eContact! journal.

The interview is split into two parts, in total about one hour, they have helpfully provided a written breakdown of the topics discussed.

Part 1 | Part 2 

Concert announcement | John Cage celebration

Join us tonight for a special performance at the Sala Rossa

alcides lanza & Meg Sheppard will be performing at the concert "An Opening of Doors: La musique de John Cage", an hommage to John Cage in celebration of Cage's centenary.

Wednesday September 5th, at the Sala Rossa 4848 St-Laurent, 8 p.m.

admission will be free

stream selections of my music at the CMC

The Canadian Music Centre has an archive of samples of my work available for online streaming.

Visit my page on their site and take a listen: http://goo.gl/xfkts 

alcides lanza will be performing at the BALANCE/UNBALANCED conference this saturday november 5th at Concordia University's D.B. Clarke Theatre. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free.


The BALANCED/UNBALANCED conference "bring[s] artists together with scientists, economists, philosophers, politicians, sociologists, engineers, politicians and policy experts with the intent of engendering a deeper awareness and creating lasting intellectual working partnerships in solving our global environmental crisis."


arghanum V, was written as statement against the destruction of nature by man. When accordionist Joseph Petric commissioned the original version of the work, it was to be premiered at the “Sound Symposium”, in Newfoundland in 1990. At the time, the deforestation in that area of Canada was considerable. Large industrial conglomerates destroyed complete forests having no plans for re-forestation of the area. The first indication in the score “agitated and wild, with repressed anger” is a commentary “sobre la belleza de lo salvaje” [on the beauty of the wild] and the exploitation and destruction of the wild by mankind.

Upcoming Concert! ~ March 19, 2011

The Duo Sheppard/lanza in concert

[with guest artists Daniel Añez & Janelle Fung]

The Past is Present

works by

Robert F. Jones

Bruce Pennycook

Edgard Valcárcel

Eduardo Bértola

Laurie Radford

&

alcides lanza

Pollack Hall

McGill University

555 Sherbrooke West

Montréal, Québec

Tickets are $10
FREE ADMISSION WITH MCGILL ID
[Tickets must be picked-up at the Box Office by 6 p.m. Friday March 18th]