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Society for New Music in Edmonton

General Admission

NME and ECGS Members / Students / Elders

New Music Edmonton opens our <a fr-original-style="" href="https://newmusicedmonton.ca/2026-27-season/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">2026-27 season</a> with Derwen, featuring <a fr-original-style="" href="https://caitlinsrichards.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Caitlin Si&acirc;n Richards</a> and Bill Richards. Derwen is a durational work of improvised electro-acoustic music for amplified strings and keys. The title is the Welsh word for oak tree, a metaphor for sacredness, family, sustainability, strength, resilience, and creation. Sonic materials and inspirations come from many sources, including modern/post-modern, contemporary, Urban, electro-acoustic, folkloric, and narrative. Ideas undergo sustained development; as phrases unfold, organic forms emerge. The evening will begin with a set from <a fr-original-style="text-align: start;" href="https://us.list-manage.com/13Rr8sLG_Wh?e=63593cbb65&c2id=701deeb982d607b83074f7a3603efdd5" id="isPasted" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-align: start; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Steph Patsula</a> and <a fr-original-style="text-align: start;" href="https://us.list-manage.com/1Bs9UuFsxtv?e=63593cbb65&c2id=701deeb982d607b83074f7a3603efdd5" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-align: start; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Jared Epp</a>: A two-person drone improvisation unfolding through the pipe organ at St. Mary&rsquo;s and an expanded field of electronic and acoustic sound. Jared activates the organ, moving air through its pipes and into the architecture of the church, while Steph introduces additional sonic textures through electronics, cassette, and amplified objects. The performance develops through sustained tones, resonance, accumulation, and subtle shifts in density. Rather than treating the organ as a fixed centre, the two performers listen into the room, allowing sounds to overlap, interfere, recede, and gather within the acoustics of the space. The Artists Pianist/composer Bill Richards and violist/visual artist <a fr-original-style="" href="https://caitlinsrichards.wordpress.com/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Caitlin Si&acirc;n Richards</a> return to a period in Caitlin&rsquo;s childhood when they played music together. Playing by ear shaped their musical conversations influenced by traditional folk music, blues and jazz standards. Bill is known for his unique fusions of traditional and contemporary idioms and styles. Bill holds the degrees of BA (Music) and MMus (Composition), University of Saskatchewan, and PhD Music (tonal and post-tonal theory), Western University, and is Associate Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications, MacEwan University. Bill&rsquo;s compositional oeuvre includes film scores, electronica, and works for jazz group and chamber ensemble. Caitlin&rsquo;s art stems from an intuitive process that uses gesture to communicate ideas of presence. She holds a BFA (Art and Design) from the University of Alberta and an Arts and Cultural Management Certificate from MacEwan University. Drawing from ecologies and observation, she explores papermaking, collage and sound. <a fr-original-style="text-align: start;" href="https://www.stephpatsula.com/" id="isPasted" style="text-align: start; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Steph Patsula</a> and Jared Epp are multidisciplinary artists working across experimental sound, performance, and installation. Their practices share an interest in embodied listening, materiality, and sonic encounter. Patsula works with cassette players, hand-built instruments, found materials, and electronics through scores and open structures. Epp&rsquo;s electronic music builds multilayered soundscapes through texture, layering, and improvisation. Accessibility <a fr-original-style="text-align: start;" href="https://www.stmarysanglican.ca/" id="isPasted" style="text-align: start; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">St. Mary&rsquo;s Anglican Church</a> &ndash; There is ground level access to the sanctuary through an entrance and parking at the back of the building through the alley. There is one gender-neutral washroom on the main floor. The WB #101 bus stops approx 160 m from the venue (stop #1347) and the EB #101 is across the street (stop #1323). There is street parking with limited angle parking in front of the venue. More information on the artists at&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://newmusicedmonton.ca/derwen-caitlin-sian-richards-and-bill-richards/" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://newmusicedmonton.ca/derwen-caitlin-sian-richards-and-bill-richards/</a>

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for purchasing tickets to Derwen &ndash; Caitlin Si&acirc;n Richards and Bill Richards, September 18, 2026, 7:30 PM at St. Mary&rsquo;s Anglican Church. We look forward to seeing you there.&nbsp;Sincerely,Chenoa Anderson General Manager, Society for New Music in Edmonton (NME)www.newmusicedmonton.caᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (amiskwaciy), Treaty 6 Territory

New Music Edmonton opens our <a href="https://newmusicedmonton.ca/2026-27-season/" target="_blank">2026-27 season</a> with Derwen, featuring <a href="https://caitlinsrichards.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Caitlin Siân Richards</a> and Bill Richards. Derwen is a durational work of improvised electro-acoustic music for amplified strings and keys. The title is the Welsh word for oak tree, a metaphor for sacredness, family, sustainability, strength, resilience, and creation. Sonic materials and inspirations come from many sources, including modern/post-modern, contemporary, Urban, electro-acoustic, folkloric, and narrative. Ideas undergo sustained development; as phrases unfold, organic forms emerge. The evening will begin with a set from <a href="https://us.list-manage.com/13Rr8sLG_Wh?e=63593cbb65&amp;c2id=701deeb982d607b83074f7a3603efdd5" target="_blank">Steph Patsula</a> and <a href="https://us.list-manage.com/1Bs9UuFsxtv?e=63593cbb65&amp;c2id=701deeb982d607b83074f7a3603efdd5" target="_blank">Jared Epp</a>: A two-person drone improvisation unfolding through the pipe organ at St. Mary’s and an expanded field of electronic and acoustic sound. Jared activates the organ, moving air through its pipes and into the architecture of the church, while Steph introduces additional sonic textures through electronics, cassette, and amplified objects. The performance develops through sustained tones, resonance, accumulation, and subtle shifts in density. Rather than treating the organ as a fixed centre, the two performers listen into the room, allowing sounds to overlap, interfere, recede, and gather within the acoustics of the space. The Artists Pianist/composer Bill Richards and violist/visual artist <a href="https://caitlinsrichards.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Caitlin Siân Richards</a> return to a period in Caitlin’s childhood when they played music together. Playing by ear shaped their musical conversations influenced by traditional folk music, blues and jazz standards. Bill is known for his unique fusions of traditional and contemporary idioms and styles. Bill holds the degrees of BA (Music) and MMus (Composition), University of Saskatchewan, and PhD Music (tonal and post-tonal theory), Western University, and is Associate Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications, MacEwan University. Bill’s compositional oeuvre includes film scores, electronica, and works for jazz group and chamber ensemble. Caitlin’s art stems from an intuitive process that uses gesture to communicate ideas of presence. She holds a BFA (Art and Design) from the University of Alberta and an Arts and Cultural Management Certificate from MacEwan University. Drawing from ecologies and observation, she explores papermaking, collage and sound. <a href="https://www.stephpatsula.com/" target="_blank">Steph Patsula</a> and Jared Epp are multidisciplinary artists working across experimental sound, performance, and installation. Their practices share an interest in embodied listening, materiality, and sonic encounter. Patsula works with cassette players, hand-built instruments, found materials, and electronics through scores and open structures. Epp’s electronic music builds multilayered soundscapes through texture, layering, and improvisation. Accessibility <a href="https://www.stmarysanglican.ca/" target="_blank">St. Mary’s Anglican Church</a> – There is ground level access to the sanctuary through an entrance and parking at the back of the building through the alley. There is one gender-neutral washroom on the main floor. The WB #101 bus stops approx 160 m from the venue (stop #1347) and the EB #101 is across the street (stop #1323). There is street parking with limited angle parking in front of the venue. More information on the artists at <a href="https://newmusicedmonton.ca/derwen-caitlin-sian-richards-and-bill-richards/" target="_blank">https://newmusicedmonton.ca/derwen-caitlin-sian-richards-and-bill-richards/</a>

Society for New Music in Edmonton

Derwen | S.Patsula & Jared Epp

11203 68 St NW

General Admission

$25

NME and ECGS Members / Students / Elders

$20

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