Sunday was the final day of Open Ears–Jeff told me that it was intended to be the “hangover” after Blue Dot, at that is exactly what it was. I went soundwalking in Victoria Park again with Murray Schafer (and talked to him this time), and while it was not as good of an experience, it was still interesting to hear him talk. I then went to see /~spin~/ at the City Hall Rotunda, which was flute and electronics and surround-sound by Ellen Waterman and James Harley. It was cool, I particularly enjoyed the stuff with birdsong, but it was also very mellow and spacey, so I’m pretty sure I drifted off a little in the sun. Oh well? It was the end of Open Ears, but it wasn’t the Finale. So Peter had it right, it was the Coda.

What a great experience, though! The whole festival was amazing, the shows were great, there was only one performance I went to that I didn’t like especially, and I encountered so many amazing artists! It was the best part of the festival, I think, just spending time with people who *get it*. I loved my volunteer experiences, too, particularly the crewing ones. Jeff and Jason are my new two favourite people after this festival, and I learned a lot about set up and lighting and mics.

I also had fun blogging all of this, although I felt bad about missing performances (even though moving is a pretty legit excuse), and I am really sad I missed the Harbingers of Spring soundwalk. And the symposia! I missed *all of them* and I am mad about it. (Apparently there was some Edwin/Glenn tension and I MISSED IT.) I found out very late about the #openears Twitter extravaganza, but it is pretty great, so you should check it out. There were several other bloggers covering the events, so I feel even less bad about missing things. Read them all for multiple takes on everything!

THE DIRECTORY

Muffyoglb KWS and “In C”,  Not-Vexations and Flying Bulgars, Jesse Stewart/tranSpectra, David Lang/Elevated and E.T.C., Dancetheatre David Earle/Penderecki String Quartet and the Hard Rubber Orchestra, The Books and Blue Dot

TeleViper 4’33, Safa, Harbingers of Spring, Red Chamber, PSQ and Dancetheatre David Earle, Hard Rubber Orchestra, The Books

The Record/Within Earshot Harbingers of Spring (video), Whispering Room, Vexations and “Heima”, Turtle Island String Quartet, KWS with Eve Egoyan, Blue Dot, The Books

The Omniscient Mussel “In C”, KWS, Flying Bulgars, Harbingers of Spring, Dancetheatre David Earle/PSQ, Installations, Blue Dot

Feast of Music Harbingers of Spring Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Dancetheatre David Earle/PSQ, Hard Rubber Orchestra, Eve Egoyan/David Rokeby, Evergreen Club Gamelan, The Books, Blue Dot, Installations, /~spin~/

Obohemia “In C”, KWS, Vexations, Flying Bulgars , David Lang/Elevated and E.T.C., Francisco López, 4’33,
Red Chamber and Hard Rubber Orchestra, Soundwalk, Nagata Shachu, DIVA/Eve Egoyan/David Rokeby, Evergreen Club Gamelan, The Books, Blue Dot

Others Cultureguru: KWS, The Books, Blue Dot, Edwin Outwater: Blue Dot, Hot Pie Records: Blue Dot Pictures, Colin Ellard: Harbingers of Spring (x2), edeva: Installation “Syncopated Percussion”, Rob rinG: David Lang/Elevated, Mike Christie: The Books, Blue Dot, Randall J. Howard: R. Murray Schafer and rare

If anyone can find any more, let me know!

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