Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre engages communities through exceptional artistic performances that are collaborative, innovative and approached through various genres of music/sound and other performing arts.
Originally founded in 2007 under the name of BC Living Arts, Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre was reborn with a new purpose and branding in 2017. STA is a registered Canadian charity.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
Sound the Alarm acknowledges that our work takes place on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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Sound the Alarm: Music Theatre is a registered Canadian charity.
Please consider a donation to help STA continue bringing quality programming to you, and to help support our talented artists.
$5+ PATRON:
Charitable Tax Receipt, able to vote at our AGM
$500+ PATRON:
all the above + 2 tickets a performance within 2 yrs
$1000+ PATRON:
all the above + 4 more tickets, named donor recognition
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All donations will automatically make you a member of the organization, and a taxable charity receipt will be emailed to you directly.
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Major Sponsor/Partner
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Thank you so much for your support.
Our Approach:
We push the interpretive possibilities of music and sound through all its dramatic capacities, and whenever possible, include new technologies and new ways of generating sound and tonal language.
By marrying music and sound with a synergistic form of performance (opera, musical theatre, traditional theatre, dance, cabaret, movement, circus, interactive media etc) our approach fosters collaboration between artistic genres and enables us to delve together into new artistic territories.
We collaborate with communities and people who are directly affected by the social issues presented in our projects, and by understanding their stories, we ensure the messages we deliver are authentic.
Exploring the
'theatre of
music and sound'
It’s our passion.
Our Core Beliefs
1/ Music and Theatre has the power to challenge, transform, connect and energize.
2/ Arts can help amplify awareness of (or 'sound the alarm' for) social needs/issues that we feel are not being heard, listened to, or understood by wider society.
We aim to:
1/ Create experiences & conversations that 'sound the alarm' on social issues.
2/ Encourage audiences to pause, listen, and experience different perspectives.
3/ Help to keep Canadian communities thriving and culturally vibrant by making innovative, high quality programming that is accessible to as wide an audience as possible and reflects our diverse communities.
4/ Develop domestic talent while advocating for diversity and equity.
5/ Collaborate with organizations and companies that are supportive of developing artistic communities.
Our Staff/Team
Alan Corbishley
(he/him)
Organization Founder
+ Artistic/Executive Director
Renee Fajardo
(she/her)
Artistic Producer
Blake Kriedemann
(he/him)
Venues Manager/
Co-Production Manager
Aaron Quibel
(he/him)
Co-Production Manager
Board of Directors
As of January 2025
Practicing decolonization in the arts is constant and difficult work. STA is committed to doing that work - which in part, means acknowledging, reflecting, and deeply understanding the tensions inherent to being an organization operating in support of amplifying diverse voices, and partnering with communities of which we are not always a part of.
Amy
Baskin
(she/they)
Co-President
Mental Health Educator
Jon
Chescoe
(he/him)
Co-President
Insurance Consultant
Jayda
Novak
(she/her)
Secretary
Supervising Line Producer (Media)
Mahdis
Soltani
(she/her)
Director
Architect and Singer
Mark
Wolf
(he/him)
Director
Criminal Prosecutor (Lawyer)
Shena
Changirwa
(she/her)
Treasurer
Civil Engineer