Julia Ryckman
Education
| 2008 | Royal Conservatory of Music, ARCT, Voice Performance |
| 2004 | Honours Bachelor’s degree in English, University of Winnipeg |
| 2001 | Royal Conservatory of Music, Grade X, Piano |
Training
| 2005 – present | Private Opera Instruction with Diane Berger |
| 2005-2006 | Private Opera Instruction with Valdine Anderson |
| 2006 | Contemporary Opera Lab, University of Manitoba |
| 2005 | Richard Miller’s Voice Performance Pedagogy, Oberlin College, Ohio |
Musical Performance Groups
| 2010 – present | This Hisses with fellow musicians Patrick Short and Jean-Paul Perron |
| 2005 – present | Slattern |
| 2008 – present | Triunfo Do Gato with fellow musician Rob Vilar |
| 2006 – 2009 | The Gorgon with fellow musicians Alana Mercer and Jennifer Alexander |
| 2004-2007 | DADA DADA:Lazers with fellow musicians Thomas Dorey, Glenn Hall, and Rob Vilar |
Musical Recordings
| 2013 | This Hisses “Anhedonia” Label: Transistor 66 Record Co.12” Vinyl, CD, Digital DownloadDistributor: Outside Music |
| 2011 | This Hisses “Surf Noir” Label: Transistor 66 Record Co.12” Vinyl, CD, Digital Download |
| 2011 | Slattern – Slattern/Lipstickface Split 12” Self-released12” Vinyl |
| 2011 | Manitoba Folkways Project of Jen Delos Reyes and Kerri-Lynn Reeves Documenting music being made about Manitoba in Manitoba today.This Hisses performed three original songs that were documented through audio recording, video, and photography. The songs were included in a digital compilation album and the video and photographs were presented in an exhibition, in Winnipeg. |
| 2009 | CKUW – Uncovered Local Musicians covering an inspirational local artist.The Gorgon was invited to participate in this project and recorded a cover of Personality Crisis’ song “Creatures for Awhile”. CD |
| 2008 | Record of the Week Club Song “Don’t Wanna Cross” written and performed collaboratively with Matt Peters and Lloyd PetersonGround breaking community-building recording project of Michael P Falk (formerly Petkau), which was nominated for Pop Recording of the Year at the 2009 Western Canadian Music Awards. CD, Digital Download |
| 2008 | The Gorgon “Corpse Whale” Label: Transistor 66 Record Co. CD, Digital Download |
| 2006 | DADADADA:Lazers “Whims of Fantasy” Self-released CD |
| 2005 | DADADADA:Lazers (self-titled) Self-released CD |
| 2005 | Slattern “Demo 1” Self-released mini-CD |
Site-Specific Projects
| 2013 | Becoming Beluga, Churchill, Manitoba.Collaborative social sculpture/residency/documentary film project with Ryan Klatt and Laura Magnusson. I joined the project for four days to perform opera and vocal improvisation. |
| 2013 | Songworks 2013, Songwriters Association of Canada Professional Songwriting Camp. Dorthy Lake, Whiteshell Provincial Park. Invited to be one of nine songwriters, working with three Manitoba producers, co-writing and recording three songs in three days. |
Live Music with Film/Expanded Cinema
| 2013 | Slattern / Julia Ryckman Commissioned by the Winnipeg Film Group to write and perform a one hour original music score to Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed.Performed February 28, 2013 at Cinematheque, Winnipeg, Manitoba.Encore presentation June 6, 2013 (shortened performance) at The West End Cultural Centre for Band vs Filmmakers: A Concert In Support of Cinematheque. |
| 2011 | “Hagioscope”, 2011 Story and Music by Slattern / Julia Ryckman Live Animation by Doreen GirardPerformed as part of “Winter’s Night”, a program of Expanded Cinema at the following: The Alamo, Austin, Texas, December 12, 2011; The Black Lodge Studio, Co-presented by Cinematheque and MAWA, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 27, 2012; and Suoni Per Il Popolo, experimental music festival, Montreal, Quebec, June 2012. |
| 2010 | “Sontiainen”, 2010 Story and Music by Slattern / Julia Ryckman Live Animation by Doreen GirardPerformed as part of “Winter’s Night”, a program of Expanded Cinema at the following: The Alamo, Austin, Texas, December 12, 2011; The Black Lodge Studio, Co-presented by Cinematheque and MAWA, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 27, 2012; and Suoni Per Il Popolo, experimental music festival, Montreal, Quebec, June 2012.Performed at WNDX: Winnipeg’s Festival of Film & Video Art, September 30, 2012Performed at Slattern/Lipstickface Split 12” release show, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 28, 2011Debut at Plastic Paper: Winnipeg’s Festival of Animated Illustrated and Puppet Film, May 8, 2010. |
Live Theatre Performances
| 2012 | The Circus of Objects, by Adhere And Deny Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB September 2012 Curator: Grant Guy |
| 2012 | The Sandwich Neo-psychedelic performance work by Out of Line Theatre, creation and direction by Mia van Leeuwen, co-creation and performance by Ian Mozdzen, featuring Natasha Torres-Garner, Delf Gravert and myself, with video by Richard Altman. May 9-12, 2012 at Atomic Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba. |
Video
| 2013 | This Hisses “Blacksmith” Music VideoDirected by Gwen Trutnau and Ryan Simmons Acting Role |
| 2011 | Slattern “Baby Love Hurts” Music VideoDirected by Travis Cole and Damien Ferland Acting Role |
| 2011 | Love Winnipeg Video by Barbara Sternberg“Will Love” by Slattern (from Slattern/Lipstickface split 12”) used as sole soundtrack to video. |
| 2010 | Yasmina’s Yatra Directed by Ryan Klatt, Music by Andy Rudolph Performed choral vocal pieces for score. |
| 2010 | Dancing in the Club Directed by Alek Rzeszowski Acted in role as club-goer. |