Arts And Older Adult Podcast : Episode 3 :: Intergenerational Listening at Avoca Bridge

In this episode, musician and sound artist Guillaume Jabbour and lifelong learner Barbara Radford-Alfonso join host Louise Campbell in a discussion on the variety of forms arts with older adults can take, from the perspective of a teaching artist and an older adult who seeks out arts programming. A specific topic of discussion is Guillaume's intergenerational audio project on Avoca Bridge in which Barb participated.

To find out more about organizations and films referred to in this podcast, see:
EngAge: 
Concordia’s ACT Lab: https://actlab.ca/
Avoca Bridge Stories Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/guillaumejabbour/sets/les-recits-du-pont-davoca-avoca-bridge-stories/ 
Storymap of the hamlet of Avoca, Municipal Regional County of Argenteuil: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1d49af892cbb4873823f8bc892642e04

Guillaume Jabbour (he/him) centers his practice around sound, research-creation and community engagement. He recently completed a master’s degree in media Studies and is continuing as a doctoral fellow in Communication Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, QC. Guillaume’s research explores soundwalking and deep listening practices as means of fostering intergenerational and community connections. As a musician and community sound artist, he performs and facilitates workshops with older adults and youth, exploring the beauty and power of sound. Guillaume lives with his wife, fellow community Artist and photographer Tanis Saucier, and two teenage children in Gore, QC.

Barbara Radford Alfonso is a lifelong learner, with a passion for audiobooks, sometimes two at once, ancestry research, and photography, her creative hobby. A breast cancer survivor, mom of twin daughters, and grand mom of two delightful granddaughters, Barbara lives in the Lower Laurentians with her husband of 52 years.

Louise Campbell is a Montreal-based musician whose professional hats range from composer-performer and participatory arts facilitator to cultural mediator and Teaching Artist. Regardless of the hat she is wearing, Louise seeks to interrogate and renew the ways in which we make music and art by creating new works with everyone, regardless of age, ability, level of prior experience, or training. Louise works extensively as a Teaching Artist with ELAN ArtistsInspire and Culture in Schools, and as a cultural mediator with arts organizations such as Innovations en concert, Bradyworks, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the Opéra de Montréal.

Acknowledgements

Hosted by Louise Campbell, this podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing and editing by Tyler Rauman. Music featured on this podcast was performed by the Jabbour Family Band featuring Rowan Jabbour on piano, Oscar Jabbour on fiddle, and Guillaume Jabbour on guitar and accordion. The pieces were recorded live in their Lower Laurentians home. The two pieces are Hommage à Philippe Bruneau by Guy Loyer, and La Turlutte à Antonio Bazinet by Antonio Bazinet. Art featured on this episode is by Tanis Saucier.

This podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing by the Tyler Rauman. Music featured on this podcast was composed, performed and produced by . This recording was made possible with the financial support of the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québecois d’expression anglaise. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of ELAN or our funder.

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