The winners of the 33rd Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art (France) are announced. Cantique #2, by Louis Dufort and Marie Chouinard, received a mention in the category “Trivium — work for multimedia” while their Cantique #3 was selected in the “Trivium — sound installation” category. Composers James Duhamel, Nicolas Bernier, Natasha Barrett, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, Ludger Brümmer, and Roxanne Turcotte had their work selected in other categories.

Voyages sonores is a weekend of acousmatic events organized by BEAST and held on March 17 to 19, 2006 at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Centre (Birmingham, UK). The event features guest composers Françoise Barrière and Christian Clozier from IMEB (France), and Robert Normandeau. The Utility of Space by Natasha Barrett, Tangram by Robert Normandeau, and Sorties by Jonty Harrison are amongst the 28 works presented.

The premiere of Trade Winds by Natasha Barrett will take place on February 5, 2006 at the Harstad Kulturhus (Norway) during the festival for contemporary music Ilios.

Musiques & Recherches presents Patchwork au féminin (A Feminine Patchwork), a concert of acousmatique music dedicated to works composed by women, on November 11, 2005 in Brussels. Natasha Barrett, Marcelle Deschênes, Beatriz Ferreyra, Monique Jean, Elainie Lillios, Roxanne Turcotte and Annette Vande Gorne are amongst the selected composers.

Natasha Barrett is giving two concerts soon. Firstly, Where Shadows Do for Bodies Stand, for guitar and computer, will be presented at the Intitute for Digital Arts in Gävle (Sweden) on November 10, 2005. Also, Dr Ox, her improvised electronics duo with cellist Tanja Orning, will be live in Oslo (Norway) on November 26, 2005.

Soundings… finishes its 2004-05 season with another 4 concerts of international Sonic Art held at Reid Concert Hall (Edinburgh). On February 5, 2005 a concert by Adrian Moore will feature his recent work, Power Tools, as well as works by Christian Zanési and Beatriz Ferreyra. The following day, the concert “Sonic Environments” will present works based on real and imaginary soundscapes, featuring composers Pete Stollery, Paulina Sundin, and Natasha Barrett.