Bells and Whistles A Sound Art Workshop for Artists Sat. August 21 and Sun. August 22nd 1999 Ottawa, Ontario
		Amidst the cacophony of everyday life, it is important to explore sound in new ways. Join us for two days of soundmaking, listening and composition using sounds from our own community! Bells and Whistles is a two day audio/radio art workshop designed to encourage artists in all disciplines to use sound in creative non-traditional ways. Whether you're a visual artist using sound sculpture in a gallery, a sound poet who uses "found sound", or a radio producer wanting to explore new ways of composing radio programs, this workshop will open your ears to new possibilities.

The weekend's activities:

Concert/Seminar - Hear innovative sound works being done by artists across the country.

Listening Sessions - To be a good sound artist, one must be a good listener. Soundwalking (recorded walking tours of Ottawa's neighbourhoods) sessions will be held, as well as "ear cleaning" sessions which will teach you how to hear the sounds that you normally ignore.

Technology Workshops - Topics will include microphones, production techniques, computer based sound editing, and choosing appropriate technology.

Composition - Sounds of Ottawa will be gathered prior to the workshop which will be used to compose a sound work depicting our Nation's capital at the eve of the new Millennium. Workshop participants will do much of the preliminary work on this project.

The final composition will be broadcast on Canada Day 2000 by CKCU 93.1 FM and on the Internet.

Guest Artist - Hildegard Westerkamp

Hildegard Westerkamp is an internationally renowned audio artist and electroacoustic composer based in Vancouver. The majority of her compositions deal with the acoustic environment: with urban, rural or wilderness soundscapes, with the voices of children, men and women, with noise or silence, music and media sounds, or with the sounds of different cultures. Hildegard has travelled to many cities and countries to perform and teach, including Brazil, Germany, and India. She has composed film soundtracks, sound documents for radio, and has produced and hosted radio programs such as Soundwalking and Musica Nova on Vancouver Co-operative Radio.

The Details:

Date: Sat. August 21 and Sun. August 22nd 1999

Time: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day

Place:The National Library of Canada,

Room 156

395 Wellington Street, Ottawa

Registration:

$45 members of the Canadian Society for Independent Radio Production (CSIRP)

$50 non-members

Bells and Whistles Registration Form
Name:	________________________________________________
Address:	________________________________________________
Phone:	________________________________________________
Email:	________________________________________________
What is your main art form? (visual, theatre, music, performance art, radio art etc.)
________________________________________________________
Registration is limited to 20 participants. Register early to avoid disappointment. Please tell us of any special needs.  Please bring your own tape recorder and microphone. Ordinary cassette recorders are fine - you don't have to have fancy technology to do sound art.
Make cheques payable to: CSIRP
Your cheque ($50 regular or $45 for CSIRP members) should be mailed to:
Bells and Whistles, c/o CKCU, 517 University Centre, 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6

For further information contact Victoria Fenner, CSIRP (613) 725-9799 or Hal Doran (613) 725-3521

Or check out our website: http://www.web.net/csirp/

"Bells and Whistles" is presented by the Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Society for Independent Radio Production, in association with CKCU 93.1 FM.

CSIRP gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.

WIN YOUR REGISTRATION TO BELLS AND WHISTLES!

To celebrate and document Ottawa at the turn of the Millennium, we will create a special artwork composed of Ottawa sounds.

Send us a sound on tape which defines the spirit of Ottawa! The creator of the most original sound will receive a free registration. All submissions will be incorporated into the finished work, and the winner will be announced on 93.1 FM CKCU's Special Blend, Friday August 16^th.

Contest deadline:

Friday, August 6, 1999
Send submissions to:

Bells and Whistles, c/o CKCU, 517 University Centre, 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6

Primer! How to get good sound with minimal equipment.

"Get out into the open. Go into the streets, the meadows, the jungles and the ice fields. Create from there..."

R Murray Schafer , from the essay "Radical Radio", 1987.