Call For Board Members
Join our board!
New Works Calgary is a non-profit presenting organization with 40+ years of experience presenting exploratory music in Calgary.
For more information about New Works Calgary visit newworkscalgary.
We’re looking for engaged board members who are passionate about fostering our local arts community and infrastructure. Excitement about underground music is a desirable attribute!
Values
We support the creation of exploratory music and cross-disciplinary artistic expression.
We work with a spirit of exploration, curiosity and openness.
We embrace relationality, building a sense of fascination and belonging through music and community connection.
We strive for artistic integrity in all we do.
Vision
Connecting Calgarians through exploratory music, sound and interdisciplinary performance.
Mission
We cultivate curiosity by elevating and sharing exploratory music and interdisciplinary art with wide-eared artists, performers and listeners in Calgary and beyond.
Recent presentations:
October 24, 2022: Oren Ambarchi + crys cole (Bug Incision co-presentation)
August 2022: Takleef Ensemble + Bitter Fictions
July 2022: Derek Gripper + Shumaila Hemani
April 2022: Caroline Shaw + Vanessa Goodman’s Graveyards & Gardens
Upcoming presentations
February 2023: Device for listening to snow falling —a participatory outdoor performance created and facilitated by Caitlind RC Brown and Wayne Garrett
March 2023: Le Desert Mauve — a new experimental opera by composer Symon Henry, based on the novel le désert mauve by Nicole Brossard
A series of monthly public, free outdoor soundwalks
General Board Commitments:
- One board meeting per month, generally occurring over Zoom. Meetings generally take one hour.
- One Annual General Meeting per year, in-person meeting at a restaurant or pub.
- Occasional volunteer commitments such as helping out with photography, tickets and ushering at shows.
- Support keeping our beautiful website up to date.
Specific Skills
We’re looking for general board members, but we are especially looking for a new Treasurer. If this role interests you, please indicate this in your application.
Perks:
- Free access to our concerts.
- A great community to spend time with.
- Thoughtful conversation about music in Calgary.
How to Apply
Send an email to Rebecca Bruton, New Works Calgary Artistic Director via artisticdirector@
Tell us a little bit about who you are, any special skills you might hold and why you want to join our board!
