About "Music Off the Page"
As a practicing musician, founder Róisín Adams hopes to inspire collaborations between musicians (from beginner to professional), stimulate the community with contemporary music and discourse and offer accessible programming for participants of all ages that explores sound and music. Thematic areas of interest are: philosophy of sound, improvisation, composition, music education, debunking piano pedagogy and extreme musical self-expression. Her work in the Fieldhouse studio project will build on their artistic practices with the ultimate goal of encouraging interest in music and connecting Vancouver’s vibrant musical community to the community at large.
This project is generously supported by the West Point Grey Community Association and the Vancouver Park Board’s Field House Activation Program which provides project space and access to parks to foster community-engaged activity that focus on : arts, culture, sport, environment, local food and social encounters. To learn more about all the other Fieldhouse studio projects, click here >>
About the Artist
Róisín Adams is a composer, pianist and educator based in Vancouver, Canada, whose work has been praised for its evocative, entrancing and ethereal qualities. She founded the improvisatory instrumental jazz quartet Hildegard’s Ghost in 2013, and performs with contemporary electro-acoustic trio "Beatings Are In The Body" featuring Erika Angell and Peggy Lee.
Adams has studied with Vicky Chow, Amanda Tosoff, Lisa Cay Miller, Sharon Minemoto, Alan Matheson and François Houle. Her compositions have been performed by Ellwood Epps, Vicky Mettler, Elisa Thorn, Michael James Park, Rachel Iwaasa, Catherine Laub and NOW Society Orchestra. Her work has been featured at the Silk Purse Jazz Waves Series, Queer Arts Festival, Sonic Boom Festival, Western Front, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Kay Meek Theatre, and TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
Adams was a recipient of a Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity residency (2017), Vancouver Community College Contemporary Competition Award (2013), Chris Gage Memorial Award, Fred Bass Scholarship, and Andres Alejandro Espinoza Memorial Scholarship. She has also been awarded grants from the Canada Council for the Arts (2016), Creative BC Music Fund (2017), British Columbia Arts Council (2018) and SOCAN Foundation (2018).
Websites: www.roisinadams.com & www.hildegardsghost.com
This project is generously supported by the West Point Grey Community Association and the Vancouver Park Board’s Field House Activation Program which provides project space and access to parks to foster community-engaged activity that focus on : arts, culture, sport, environment, local food and social encounters. To learn more about all the other Fieldhouse studio projects, click here >>
About the Artist
Róisín Adams is a composer, pianist and educator based in Vancouver, Canada, whose work has been praised for its evocative, entrancing and ethereal qualities. She founded the improvisatory instrumental jazz quartet Hildegard’s Ghost in 2013, and performs with contemporary electro-acoustic trio "Beatings Are In The Body" featuring Erika Angell and Peggy Lee.
Adams has studied with Vicky Chow, Amanda Tosoff, Lisa Cay Miller, Sharon Minemoto, Alan Matheson and François Houle. Her compositions have been performed by Ellwood Epps, Vicky Mettler, Elisa Thorn, Michael James Park, Rachel Iwaasa, Catherine Laub and NOW Society Orchestra. Her work has been featured at the Silk Purse Jazz Waves Series, Queer Arts Festival, Sonic Boom Festival, Western Front, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Kay Meek Theatre, and TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
Adams was a recipient of a Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity residency (2017), Vancouver Community College Contemporary Competition Award (2013), Chris Gage Memorial Award, Fred Bass Scholarship, and Andres Alejandro Espinoza Memorial Scholarship. She has also been awarded grants from the Canada Council for the Arts (2016), Creative BC Music Fund (2017), British Columbia Arts Council (2018) and SOCAN Foundation (2018).
Websites: www.roisinadams.com & www.hildegardsghost.com