The 1st Festival di musica elettroacustica will take place from May 28 to 30, 2004 in Cagliari (Sardinia) and will features works by: Tu M’, Ralf Wehowsky, Michel Chion, Åke Parmerud, Theodore Lotis, Elio Martusciello, François Bayle, Marc Favre, Bernard Fort and many other composers.

The Fibonacci Trio will premiere three new mixed by Laurie Radford, Cléo Palacio-Quintin, and Yannick Plamondon on May 20, 2004 at Redpath Hall in Montréal. Also on the programme: James Clark and Nicolas Gilbert.

Robert Normandeau is one of the guest composers at the festival June in Buffalo (NY) on June 1 to 6, 2004. The theme in 2004 is “Music + Computers.” Robert Normandeau will present two recent multiphonic works, Chorus (2002) and StrinGDberg (2001-03). Åke Parmerud, Zack Settel, Tristan Murail, Elainie Lillios and Cort Lippe (who is the festival’s co-curator with David Felder) are amongst the featured composers.

After a well received performance at Berlin’s Club Transmediale, Magali Babin and i8u’s alluring duo will rock the 5th Mutek festival on June 5, 2004 at SAT (Montréal).

Composers Natasha Barrett and Denis Smalley will each premiere a new composition for the Sonorities festival of contemporary music, held in Belfast (Northern Irland) from April 23 to May 1, 2004. Natasha Barrett presents her new work, Abemolpas, April 27. This concert also features works by Christian Calon and Elio Martusciello. The following day, April 28, Denis Smalley will premiere his new composition, entitled Resounding. On, April 29 the concert will feature works by Robert Normandeau and Jonty Harrison. Finally, the May 1 concert will showcase the works of Barry Truax, including the latest “remix” of his classic composition Riverrun

Composer Michelle Boudreau invites you to the launch of her new CD. Des passages de Charnière et autres pièces, Tuesday May 25, 2004 at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur in Montréal, starting at 5pm. The evening, based on the themes of mutness and contradiciton, will feature a selection of silent videos, screened at each half-hour.