First United Concert Series: George Rahi

Join composer and sound artist George Rahi for Music for the Augmented Pipe Organ, a free concert in collaboration with The Vital Organ Project, that merges the vibrant acoustics of the pipe organ with the techniquest of electronic music

George Rahi (b 1987, Philadelphia) is a composer and sound artist based in Vancouver, unceded Coast Salish territories. He works with speculative instruments and technologies as a method of exploring acoustic and digital anomalies, modes of listening, and spatial and architectural thinking. His work includes installations, instrument making, solo + ensemble performance, and works for radio, theatre & public spaces. Recent presentations include the Stavanger Concert Hall, Artificial Sonification exhibition (Matera), SPEKTRUM (Berlin), Kunst-Station Sankt Peter (Cologne), Institute for New Music (Salzburg), and Orgelpark (Amsterdam). His work has been supported by awards such as the Canadian Music Centre’s Adaskin Prize, Lab30 Audience Award, Canada Council for the Arts Guest of Honour (Frankfurt), R. Murray Schafer Soundscape Award. He has been an artist in residence at Elektronmusikstudion (EMS), Bergen Centre for Electronic Art, and HCMA architecture.