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Free Salon, w/Registration | Sep 7, 1-3 PM | <a fr-original-style="" href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/XkW3F65PnzBWRDMZ8" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Responsive Ecologies Lab (RELab) at TMU</a>, Toronto&nbsp;All Ages | Accessible Venue | Salon&nbsp;(Participants should bring wired headphones) In celebration of 20 years of Polaris Music Prize, we&rsquo;ve created the Polaris Festival presented by Sirius XM Canada. The Festival is happening throughout September with over 15 events like Salons, Concerts, Listening Sessions, and our Concert &amp; Award Ceremony at Massey Hall. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://polarismusicprize.ca/polaris-festival/" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Browse Festival events here.</a><hr fr-original-style="" style="clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">Patchwork is a hands-on workshop series organized by Katie Stelmanis (Austra &ndash; past Polaris nominee) that aims to create an unintimidating space for learning about modular synthesis. While synth communities are often dominated by white cis-masculine norms, Patchwork expands the possibilities of who can participate in this form of music-making by centering women, 2SLGBTQ+ and/or racialized people who may or may not have any experience with noise-making electronics. Similar workshops have been hosted at <a fr-original-style="" href="https://relab.blog.torontomu.ca/" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">The Responsive Ecologies Lab (RE/Lab)</a>. This TMU research facility works in close collaboration with YorkU&rsquo;s <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.designingsoundfutures.org/" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Designing Sound Futures (DSF)</a>, a research project focused on sound, technology, inclusive design and transdisciplinary learning. In collaboration with Casey Mecija (Ohbijou), a musician, assistant professor and research associate with RE/Lab and DSF, Patchwork for Polaris invites the public to learn more about modular synthesis, interact with equipment, and learn from four artists working with the form. The event will feature an introduction to modular synthesis led by Heidi Chan.

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; color: rgb(42, 42, 196); padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for Patchwork: Modular Worldmaking, Presented by Polaris Music.&nbsp; Remember to grab your ticket to the Polaris Concert &amp; Award Ceremony on September 16th at Massey Hall today: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/polaris-music-prize-concert-2025/" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/polaris-music-prize-concert-2025/</a> Hope to celebrate with you soon!&nbsp; Amber Stillamber@polarismusicprize.ca

Free Salon, w/Registration | Sep 7, 1-3 PM | <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/XkW3F65PnzBWRDMZ8" target="_blank">Responsive Ecologies Lab (RELab) at TMU</a>, Toronto All Ages | Accessible Venue | Salon (Participants should bring wired headphones) In celebration of 20 years of Polaris Music Prize, we’ve created the Polaris Festival presented by Sirius XM Canada. The Festival is happening throughout September with over 15 events like Salons, Concerts, Listening Sessions, and our Concert &amp; Award Ceremony at Massey Hall. <a href="https://polarismusicprize.ca/polaris-festival/" target="_blank">Browse Festival events here.</a><hr />Patchwork is a hands-on workshop series organized by Katie Stelmanis (Austra – past Polaris nominee) that aims to create an unintimidating space for learning about modular synthesis. While synth communities are often dominated by white cis-masculine norms, Patchwork expands the possibilities of who can participate in this form of music-making by centering women, 2SLGBTQ+ and/or racialized people who may or may not have any experience with noise-making electronics. Similar workshops have been hosted at <a href="https://relab.blog.torontomu.ca/" target="_blank">The Responsive Ecologies Lab (RE/Lab)</a>. This TMU research facility works in close collaboration with YorkU’s <a href="https://www.designingsoundfutures.org/" target="_blank">Designing Sound Futures (DSF)</a>, a research project focused on sound, technology, inclusive design and transdisciplinary learning. In collaboration with Casey Mecija (Ohbijou), a musician, assistant professor and research associate with RE/Lab and DSF, Patchwork for Polaris invites the public to learn more about modular synthesis, interact with equipment, and learn from four artists working with the form. The event will feature an introduction to modular synthesis led by Heidi Chan.

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