Jascha Narveson talks growing up surrounded by vinyls, being captivated by the technology rather than the instruments in the room, being a listener rather than a composer, the rewarding process of collaborating with dancers, and much more!

Featured music:

Soundpaper roll two, 8Bit Elf Coffe Shop - 5 minute excerpt

In Line (PLOrk Sideband)

Flash Crash

action/reaction (BounceBounce)

Late_Night_Project 100 | night swim

Late_Night_Project 101 | shortburst

Late_Night_Project 102 | newmood

Late_Night_Project 106 | gates

Late_Night_Project 103 | wheel

Late_Night_Project 104 | hall

Late_Night_Project 107 | burrs

Andrew Staniland talks providing good questions rather than good answers, caution in bringing in the outside world through electronics, writing music only for friends, and much more!

Featured works:

Adventuremusic - Toca Loca

True North

The Laws of Nature

Boundary-pushing, community-oriented, genre-blurring composer Daniel Pelton hails from Calgary, Alberta. Join us as we talk finding the fun in live concert, music for the people, the necessity in putting yourself out into the world and “doing the thing,” and much more!

Featured works:

Long Time No Time - Get Up Get Down live at The Palomino

Frank Zappa Roxy The Movie - T'Mershi Duween

For S. - The Daniel Pelton Collective

34902 - 32407

Prelude - Letters from Taylor

Prelude and Jig - The Daniel Pelton Collective

Sweet Child O’ Mine - Letters from Taylor

All Along the Watchtower - Letters from Taylor

Why - Letters from Taylor

Ryan Shore talks his writing process and "throwing down the clay", the two-way street of music, the true skills needed to succeed, improvisation's influence in his work, and so much more!

Featured works:

Odd's Victory

Numb

The Parents

First Solo Flight

News on the March

Mike, Amy and Carver

Rex Steele Main Theme

Full Suite Ahead

Allumette

Arden's Wake

Floyd's Theme

Dr. Matthew Emery talks the intricacies of writing for voice, “honest music,” removing unnecessary pitches, the relevance of Canadian choral music, finding great inspiration in the little atmospheric details, mentorship coming full circle, and much more!

Featured music:

Walk Safely Over Soft Places

From Dewy Dreams, My Soul Arise

Mist trapped in the trees

Lead Us Home

Composer Kevin Lau talks his composition ideation and sketching process in comparison with an author’s, conveying the universality of hardship and healing through music, how music moves through time, consideration of the collaborator, the idea of “deep connection amidst surface diversity,” responding to your authentic intuition, and so much more!

Featured music:

Under a Veil of Stars

2024 JUNO winner Nicole Lizée talks coffee-fuelled composition rituals, being born into an immersive malfunctioning technological environment, visuals fully embedded in coexistence with music as a member of the ensemble, favourite and most precious equipment, conversations rather than answers, and much more!

Featured music:

This Will Not Be Televised (2007)

RPM

Dr. Matthias McIntire talks finding pieces of unfinished pieces, taking inspiration from animals, the process of field recording, and more!

Featured music:

Mysterious Island Seaside Town

Earthbound and Skyward for solo piano

Komqwejwi'kasikl 3 Old Water

Cathedral Grove (and the Gray Jay)