BEAMS presents

Together Apart VII…an evening of audio wonderments

Call for live performances and videomusic works!

Deadline: November 30, 2026

We are seeking submissions for live performances and videomusic works from sound and electroacoustic music artists of all kinds, up to 20 minutes in length. A modest artist fee will be paid for the accepted submissions.

Together Apart is an evening of sound and electroacoustic music artists from around the world to be presented by the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) on December 12, 2026 at 8 pm at Collins Studio Gallery in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and on our streaming channel: https://www.twitch.tv/beamsdotca

The previous six years’ events were very diverse with artists from Canada, UK, USA, Singapore, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The performance and video works explored various facets of improvisation, modular synths, found sound objects, and location specific works. Their accompanying videos featured computer generated images, analogue video synthesizers, manipulated video, documentary style footage, 16 mm experimental film and documentation of the performance itself. We are again looking for diverse “audio wonderments” to share with our audience this year in a live setting!

Send your submissions by November 30^th with the subject line “Together Apart VII” to:

beams-submission@googlegroups.com

Here’s a link to our 2024 event:

https://youtu.be/R1Pqfod9h_w?si=6RdrspARhMYsJaTH

The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the promotion and production of sound art, experimental music and new media. Its membership consists of professional musicians, composers and performance artists from diverse backgrounds driven to create a voice for sound orientated art in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

This event is sponsored by the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS). BEAMS thanks them for their continued support!

Contact:

Shawn Pinchbeck

shawn@beams.ca

www.beams.ca

 

     

Edmonton Noisefest 2026-08-15

See https://noisefest.ca for more details!

BEAMS AGM 2026

 BEAMS AGM will be on July 11th at 11am 2026.

If you want to take part email info@beams.ca.

We are looking for board members and volunteers.

-- Abram (Secretary) 

BEAMS at the WORKS

 

 

BEAMS at The Works!!

 

BEAMS in association with the Collins Studio Gallery will be presenting a concert of experimental and electroacoustic music at The Works at 8 pm on Tuesday, June 23 at the Collins Studio Gallery (11741-94 St), Edmonton. Tickets are $10 for BEAMS members and $20 for Non-members.

 

Put the date on your calendar to have your cochleas tickled and your third eye stimulated by experimental, electronic and electroacoustic performances by:

 

8:00 pm    Hitoshi Sugiyama 

8:40 pm    Garlands

9:20 pm    Nathaniel Sutton

10:00 pm  W/KRP

10:40 pm  Tippy Agogo 

 

The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the promotion and production of sound art, experimental music and new media. Its membership consists of professional musicians, composers and performance artists from diverse backgrounds driven to create a voice for sound orientated art in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

 

Contact:
info@beams.ca
www.beams.ca

Drone Day 2026 May 30th

Drone Day 2026 May 30th

FREE Communal Drone 1PM to 5PM + bleeding heart artists Mika Haykowsky. Bring your own gear and come drone with us in 3 different drone jam rooms!

Samosas from 5pm to 7pm ($)

BEAMS Drone Performances $20 PWYC 7PM to 10PM featuring

Usable Parts then Dichotomos. Followed by,

Raylene Campbell and Dr. Nico. Followed by

Gozu Mezu and ATTOSECOND

All at St. Mary's Anglican Church

11203 68st.

Free Event (1-5pm) and $20 PWYC (7pm to 10pm)

All Ages

Sponsored and supported by Bleeding Heart Art Space, BEAMS, and AMAAS.

Poster by Parker Theissen! 

Edmonton DroneDay 2026 Call for Participation

Hi!

We're looking for local and not-local drone music artists to play in Edmonton on May 30 , 2026 from 2pm to 11:00pm. We're looking for community members to come and drone from 2pm to 5pm, and we're looking for multiple 20-30 minute drone performance for the evening from 7pm to 10pm.

Drone music is music with long tones, think the tubes on a bagpipe that the
musician doesn't control, those are drones. Drone music is like that.
Here's 6 hours of examples if you need a refresher on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDFcaXzo2sM

We'll be in person at the the St. Mary's Anglican Church, 11203 68 St NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5B 1N6.

It'll be from 2pm to 11:00pm on May 30th, 2026.

On April 22nd, 2026 we will look at the submissions and adjudicate who to invite to play the evening of Drone Day. We reserve curatorial rights. Community members are recommended to fill out this form for the community drone during the day, which is like a 3 stage open mic drone jam.

Sign up HERE: https://forms.gle/hhticnAp8VhwPmW3A

There will be a honorarium, it was $50 last year. This year's honorarium will be based on the door and venue costs.

Email us at beams-submission@googlegroups.com with "DroneDay2026" in the subject line if you have questions.

Sincerely,

Abram Hindle

Droneday Co-Organizer

 

BEAMS presents…

Art’s Birthday

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026

Time: 8:00 pm MST

Where: Collins Studio Gallery (11741 – 94 Street)

One of the world’s most unusual celebrations of art is slated to take centre stage in the Alberta capital. Art’s Birthday Edmonton 2026, facilitated by the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society, holds court Saturday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. at Collins Studio Gallery (11741-94 Street).

The show will feature a wide range of Edmonton and out of town sound artists and experimental musicians, many of whom have garnered international reputations for their work. Featured on this year’s program is: XiME, Paula Kirman, Telepeasants, SkruntSkrunt, Wayne DeFehr, Bill Richards and Jacob Audrey Taves!

BEAMS has hosted this annual event in Edmonton since 2010, as part of a global tribute to art, an idea conceived by French surrealist Robert Filliou in 1963. He believed that a million years ago, art did not exist until a sponge was dropped into a pail of water, and picked his own birthday, Jan. 17, to celebrate the occasion. Charmed by the absurdity of the notion, artists, predominantly in Europe, have been celebrating Art’s Birthday ever since. A comprehensive background of the event and international listings are available on artsbirthday.net.

Admission to Art’s Birthday Edmonton 2025 is $10 for BEAMS members and $20 for non-members, although a BEAMS membership is included in the latter price.

The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the promotion and production of sound art, experimental music and new media. Its membership consists of professional musicians, composers and performance artists from diverse backgrounds driven to create a voice for sound orientated art in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

This event is sponsored by the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS). BEAMS thanks them for their support!

Media Contact:

Shawn Pinchbeck

info@beams.ca

 

 Facebook:

https://fb.me/e/8FC6ImSeI

 

BEAMS Art’s Birthday 2026

Call for live performances!

Submission Deadline: January 5, 2026!

We are seeking submissions of live performances for the BEAMS Art’s Birthday celebration happening at 8 pm on Saturday, January 17 at the Collins Studio Gallery (11741-94 St), Edmonton.

Performances should be no longer than 20 min and represent the genres of electroacoustic music, experimental music, electronic music, sound art, noise, improvisation, sound experimentation or soundy performance art.

Send your proposals by January 5^th with the subject line “Art’s Bday 2026” to:

beams-submission@googlegroups.com

Art’s Birthday originated in 1963 when French surreal artist Robert Filliou declared that art didn’t exist until a million years ago when someone dropped a dry sponge into a pail of water. Choosing his own birthday of Jan. 17 to celebrate the event, Filliou proposed a public holiday, which has since been adopted by arts organizations and collectives in more than 20 nations worldwide. BEAMS has been hosting it yearly since 2010.

The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the promotion and production of sound art, experimental music and new media. Its membership consists of professional musicians, composers and performance artists from diverse backgrounds driven to create a voice for sound orientated art in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

This event is sponsored by the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS). BEAMS thanks them for their continued support!

Contact:

info@beams.ca

www.beams.ca

BEAMS and the CEC present… A Double Header!! CEC Jeu de temp/Times Play (JTTP) Competition winning works + BEAMS Together Apart VI…an evening of audio wonderments

 

 BEAMS and the CEC present…

A Double Header!!


CEC Jeu de temp/Times Play (JTTP) Competition winning works

+

BEAMS Together Apart VI…an evening of audio wonderments

 Date: Saturday, November 29, 2025

Times: 7:00 pm, JTTP. 9:00 pm, Together Apart.

Where: St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 11203 68 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta

Tickets: $25 Non-members/$20 BEAMS members (for both concerts)


The Canadian Electroacoustic Community’s (CEC) Jeu de temp/Times Play (JTTP) Competition features recent works by young and/or emerging electroacoustic artists from or living in Canada. This is the 25th Anniversary year of the competition where the top 5 placing compositions and 7 thematic prize winners are awarded cash and non-cash prizes. BEAMS is honoured to be presenting the world premiere of the 2025 winning works in 8 channel surround. Barry Truax Award prize winner Graeme Dyck will be in attendance.


Together Apart is a concert curated by BEAMS President Shawn Pinchbeck of Edmonton sound and electroacoustic music artists. Each piece has been specially selected for this event to tickle your ears, lubricate your listening organs and open your third eye! 

 This is the 6th year of Together Apart, previously held online during the pandemic years and presented in-person for the first time. This year’s fantastical audio voyage will include live and video works by: Graeme Dyck, Echoradia, Don Hill, Instant Places, Mutant Beatniks, James Parrot, and The Swinging Santoros.


Please join us for this brimming evening of sound and performance.


The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the promotion and production of sound art, experimental music and new media. Its membership consists of professional musicians, composers and performance artists from diverse backgrounds driven to create a voice for sound orientated art in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
 
This event is sponsored by the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS), the Sound Studies Institute (SSI) and the Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology (CCE) at the University of Alberta. BEAMS thanks them for their support.

Media Contact:

Shawn Pinchbeck shawn@beams.ca


Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/share/1APfjkecT9/

PATIEN(T/CE) An electroacoustic event at Blakbar with Jess Keyes, Audrey Flowers, and Kelly Ruth

 

PATIEN(T/CE)
AN ELECTROACOUSTIC
EVENING AT
BLAKBAR

JESS KEYES
AUDREY FLOWERS
KELLY RUTH
+IMPROV/JAM

NOVEMBER 5
7:30 DOORS
8:00 MUSIC

Jess Keyes (Baltimore) explores chronic illness
and disability through voice, synthesizers,
and wearable handmade controllers.
Audrey Flowers hammers percussion and synthesis
Kelly Ruth spins a sonic spinning wheel.

BLAKBAR 10762 Whyte Ave
$15 PWYC 20251105T19:30

https://www.facebook.com/events/854330970371409 

 

Together Apart VI…an evening of audio wonderments: Call for live performances and videomusic works.

BEAMS presents
Together Apart VI…an evening of audio wonderments

Call for live performances and videomusic works! Deadline November 8, 2025!

We are seeking submissions for live performances and videomusic works from sound and electroacoustic music artists of all kinds, up to 20 minutes in length. This year, we will have an 8 channel sound system available for multichannel works! A modest artist fee will be paid for the accepted submissions.

Together Apart is an evening of sound and electroacoustic music artists from around the world to be presented by the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) on November 29, 2025 at 8 pm at St. Mary’s Church in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and on our streaming channel: https://www.twitch.tv/beamsdotca

The previous five years’ events were very diverse with artists from Canada, UK, USA, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The performance and video works explored various facets of improvisation, modular synths, found sound objects, and location specific works. Their accompanying videos featured computer generated images, analogue video synthesizers, manipulated video, documentary style footage, 16 mm experimental film and documentation of the performance itself. We are again looking for diverse “audio wonderments” to share with our audience this year in a live setting!

Send your submissions by November 8th with the subject line “Together Apart VI” to:
beams-submission@googlegroups.com
 

Here’s a link to our 2024 event:
 

https://youtu.be/R1Pqfod9h_w?si=6RdrspARhMYsJaTH
 

The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the promotion and production of sound art, experimental music and new media. Its membership consists of professional musicians, composers and performance artists from diverse backgrounds driven to create a voice for sound orientated art in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
This event is sponsored by the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS). BEAMS thanks them for their continued support!
Contact:
Shawn Pinchbeck
shawn@beams.ca
www.beams.ca

     

BEAMS Drone Day 2025 Schedule

 

DroneDay 2025 in Edmonton on Saturday May 24th 2025 from 2pm to 10:30pm.  We'll be in person at the the Collins Studio Gallery 11741 94 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5G 1J1, just off 118 Ave surrounded by restaurants, galleries, grocery stores, and convenience stores. 

$5 PWYC for BEAMS MEMBERS
$10 for BEAMS MEMBERSHIP
$10 for membership + $5 PWYC for non members.

Here's the schedule for May 24th, 2025:

Time of Day		Artist	Set
2:00pm		paula eve kirman (all lowercase because i am cool)	30 Minutes
3:00pm		Wayne Defehr	30 Minutes
4:00pm		Jared Epp	30 Minutes
5:00pm		James Parrott	45 Minutes
6:00pm		Bibby Fibb	30 Minutes
7:00pm		Nathaniel Sutton	45 Minutes
8:00pm		Garlands	45 Minutes
9:00pm		Attasecond	30 Minutes
10:00pm		Gray Hartley and lunar blue	30 Minutes

BEAMS Presents Drone Day 2025

 

Edmonton DroneDay 2025

 

May 24th, 2025 in Edmonton come to BEAMS presents droneday 2pm to probably 10:30pm or 11pm. With lots of droners in no particular order. Garlands @rolandjazzchorus69 , Jared Epp  , attasecond with Elijah Hennig and Gary James Joynes, Wayne Defehr, James Parrott  , Nathaniel Sutto, paula eve kirman  , Bibby Fib  from Lloydminster , Gray Hartley and lunar blue. Collins Studio Gallery near 118 ave in Edmonton, AB, Canada.

 

Drone music is music with long tones, think the tubes on a bagpipe that the musician doesn't control, those are drones. Drone music is like that. Here's 6 hours of examples if you need a refresher on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDFcaXzo2sM Also see https://droneday.org/events.html

 

We'll be in person at the the Collins Studio Gallery 11741 94 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5G 1J1, just off 118 Ave surrounded by restaurants, galleries, grocery stores, and convenience stores.

 

It'll be from 2pm to 10:30pm on May 24th, 2025.

Email us at beams-submission@googlegroups.com with "DroneDay2025" in the subject line if you have questions.

 

 

Edmonton DroneDay 2025 Call for Artists

 https://forms.gle/KXjncMnAtyvUpyqM8

Hi!

We're looking for local and not-local drone music artists to play in Edmonton on May 24 , 2025  from 2pm to 10:30pm. We're looking for 30 minute to 1 hour sets.

Drone music is music with long tones, think the tubes on a bagpipe that the musician doesn't control, those are drones. Drone music is like that. Here's 6 hours of examples if you need a refresher on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDFcaXzo2sM Also see https://droneday.org/events.html

We'll be in person at the the Collins Studio Gallery 11741 94 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5G 1J1, just off 118 Ave surrounded by restaurants, galleries, grocery stores, and convenience stores.

It'll be from 2pm to 10:30pm on May 24th, 2025.

On April 2nd, 2025 we will look at the submissions and adjudicate who to invite to Drone Day. We reserve curatorial rights.

There will be a honorarium, it was $50 last year. This year's honorarium will be based on the door and venue costs.

 

If you want to play fill out this form:

 

 https://forms.gle/KXjncMnAtyvUpyqM8

Email us at beams-submission@googlegroups.com with "DroneDay2025" in the subject line if you have questions.

BEAMS Art's Birthday 2025!

 

BEAMS presents…
Art’s Birthday

 

Date: Friday, January 17, 2025
Time: 8:00 pm MST
Where: Collins Studio Gallery (11741 – 94 Street)
and https://www.twitch.tv/beamsdotca

 

One of the world’s most unusual celebrations of art is slated to take centre stage in the Alberta capital. Art’s Birthday Edmonton 2025, facilitated by the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society, holds court Friday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. at Collins Studio Gallery (11741-94 Street).

 

The show will feature a wide range of Edmonton sound artists and experimental musician, many of whom have garnered international reputations for their work. Scheduled to play the event are Don Hill, Brothers of Sisters, James Parrott, Stephen Sereda, Kaunsel and II F Argon.

 

BEAMS has hosted this annual event in Edmonton since 2010, as part of a global tribute to art, an idea conceived by French surrealist Robert Filliou in 1963. He believed that a million years ago, art did not exist until a sponge was dropped into a pail of water, and picked his own birthday, Jan. 17, to celebrate the occasion. Charmed by the absurdity of the notion, artists, predominantly in Europe, have been celebrating Art’s Birthday ever since. A comprehensive background of the event and international listings are available on artsbirthday.net.

 

Admission to Art’s Birthday Edmonton 2025 is $10 for BEAMS members and $20 for non-members, although a BEAMS membership is included in the latter price.

 

The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the promotion and production of sound art, experimental music and new media. Its membership consists of professional musicians, composers and performance artists from diverse backgrounds driven to create a voice for sound orientated art in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

 

This event is sponsored by the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS). BEAMS thanks them for their support!

 

Media Contact:
Shawn Pinchbeck
President, BEAMS
info@beams.ca

 

 

BEAMS Art’s Birthday 2025 Call for live performances!

 

BEAMS Art’s Birthday 2025

Call for live performances!

Submission Deadline: January 6, 2025!

We are seeking submissions of live performances for the BEAMS Art’s Birthday celebration happening on January 17, 2025 at the Collins Studio Gallery at 11741-94 St, Edmonton.

Performances should be no longer than 20 min and represent the genres of electroacoustic music, experimental music, electronic music, sound art, noise, improvisation, sound experimentation or soundy performance art.

Send your proposals by January 6^th with the subject line “Art’s Bday 2025” to:

beams-submission@googlegroups.com

Art’s Birthday originated in 1963 when French surreal artist Robert Filliou declared that art didn’t exist until a million years ago when someone dropped a dry sponge into a pail of water. Choosing his own birthday of Jan. 17 to celebrate the event, Filliou proposed a public holiday, which has since been adopted by arts organizations and collectives in more than 20 nations worldwide. BEAMS has been hosting it yearly since 2010.

The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the promotion and production of sound art, experimental music and new media. Its membership consists of professional musicians, composers and performance artists from diverse backgrounds driven to create a voice for sound orientated art in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

This event is sponsored by the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS). BEAMS thanks them for their continued support!

Contact:

info@beams.ca

www.beams.ca

Together Apart V…an evening of audio wonderments

 

BEAMS presents…
Together Apart V…an evening of audio wonderments

Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024
Time: 8:00 pm MST
Where: https://www.twitch.tv/beamsdotca and your private parlour

Together Apart is an evening curated by composer Shawn Pinchbeck (CAN/EST) of sound and electroacoustic music artists from Canada, USA and the UK; presented by the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS). Each piece has been specially selected for this event to tickle your ears, lubricate your listening organs and open your third eye.

This year’s fantastical audio visual voyage will include works by: Derwen (CAN), Instant Places (CAN), Matthew Conroy (USA), Mutant Beatniks (UK), Telepaesants (CAN/SGP), Bleakhouse (UK), The Bugs (CAN), Don Hill (CAN), Post Horn (EST), gintas k (LTU) and Sahar Te (CAN). We will be broadcasting live from Chateau La Napoule, France.

Please join us for the live presentation or enjoy it on our Twitch channel afterwards at your leisure up to November 30th.

The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the promotion and production of sound art, experimental music and new media. Its membership consists of professional musicians, composers and performance artists from diverse backgrounds driven to create a voice for sound orientated art in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

This event is sponsored by the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS). BEAMS thanks them for their support!

OSPAC Open House with Juno award winners and BEAMS

What: OSPAC Openhouse!

When: Sept 27,28,29 but BEAMS is on Sept 29, 2024 at 1pm

Where: 8426 Gateway Blvd NW, Edmonton

The three-day Open House will feature four sessions dedicated to various musical genres:

Friday, Sep 27 - 8 pm to midnight

Blues to Rock
Hosted by Lionel Rault – iconic Edmonton musician, music historian, and CKUA on air personality.
Also featuring Ron Rault, Bill Hobson, David Aide, Dave Babcock, member of Cosmopoliatn Music Society's concert bands, and closing set by Punch Drunk Cabaret.

Saturday, Sep 28 – 1 pm to 5 pm

Celtic Folk
Hosted: Maria Dunn - Juno award winning singer songwriter.
Also featuring Terry McDade, Shannon Johnson, Jeremiah McDade, Debbie Houle, Sherryl Sewepagaham, and members of Cosmopolitan Music Society's chorus.

Saturday, Sep 28 – 8 pm to midnight

Hip Hop
Curated by Arlo Maverick and Hosted by: Bobby T - business leader, content creator, and social media guru.
Also featuring Darren Jordan, Dirt Gritie, KazMega, Touch, and closing set by Dirt Gritie & Band.

Sunday, Sep 29 – 1 pm to 5 pm

Electroacoustic & Experimental
Hosted by Dr. Shawn Pinchbeck - founding member of the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society and PhD in electroacoustic music.

Also featuring: Clinker, Blipvert, k burwash, Instant Places, James Parrot, Caitlin Richards, J. Daniel Cramer,  members of Cosmopolitan Music Society's various ensembles and a closing set by Bordeaux!

This is a free event thanks to generous funding from the Edmonton Arts Council and the City of Edmonton.

Bar, concession, and food truck on site.

www.ospac.ca

Annual General Meeting

AGM June 24 Monday at 12 noon.

Come to this page just before noon to see a zoom or a jitsi.com link for the video conference AGM.

 https://meet.jit.si/moderated/4afbb495020bcc1f1ccaa38b1e3ec7dd87b13464a0e7b649861d1e53e9cc7fb1

BEAMS and AMASS sponsor Edmonton Noisefest 2024

 On August 17th 2024 Edmonton noisefest will happen again at the Aviary!

Checkout https://noisefest.ca/ for more details.