John Robert Matz

John Robert Matz

Sound Jam

Saturday, Jan 18 & Sunday, Jan 19, 2025, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Rankin Family Pavilion 214/5
Brock University
1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way. St. Catharines

Free admission, registration required

John Robert Matz will facilitate a weekend-long sound jam, providing mentorship and feedback as participants create game prototypes that use sound in innovative ways.

“Composing Tchia: The Journey to Creating an Authentic Score for a Digital New Caledonian Adventure”

Monday, Jan 20, 2025, 7-8:30 p.m.
The Film House
First Ontario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines

Free admission, tickets required

A public lecture about the creative and technical process of writing the score for the action-adventure game Tchia.

John Robert Matz is a composer, performer, and music educator based in Chicago. In 2023, he composed the score to the action-adventure game Tchia in collaboration with Awaceb, inspired by the developers’ familial and cultural ties to New Caledonia. Matz’s score combines influences from popular and traditional Indigenous musical traditions and provides a model of ethical cross-cultural collaborations.

These events are hosted in partnership with the Department of Digital Humanities.

Please contact the Department of Music with any questions at music@brocku.ca

To learn more about the 2024-2025 Walker Cultural Leader Series at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, please visit the website.