Jami Reimer
Education & Certifications
Expected 2023 Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
Master of Fine Arts: Interdisciplinary Contemporary Arts
2018 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Orff Level 1 Certificate: Music for Children
2017 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Bachelor of Education: After-degree, Senior years stream
2014 Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, MB
Bachelor of Music, Music Education: Choral
Employment History
2023 Vancouver School Board District Parent Association Junior Choir conductor
2020-2023 SFU School for Contemporary Arts,Vancouver, CA
Teaching Assistant: Music Fundamentals, Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Composition in the Arts, Sound, 21st Century Music Appreciation, Creative Sound Studio
2021-2023 Lobe Spatial Sound Studio,Vancouver, Front of House staff
2019-2020 El Alsson British and American International School, Cairo, EG
Music and theatre teacher
2015-2023 The American School in Switzerland Summer Program, Lugano, CH
Teaching artist and performer with Dedicated Performing Arts Team
2018-2019 The American School in Switzerland, Lugano, CH
Middle Years general music and choir teacher
2017 Stonewall Centennial School
Music teacher, Art teacher
Selected Projects
2023 Soft tongues: a bioacoustic opera, MFA Thesis performance, School for Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA
Multimedia music performance for choir and multichannel sound
2023 The 13th Chronicle, MFA Thesis performance for Salome Nieto, School for Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA
Music composition and sound design for dance performance
2022 A Frog of Chorus, Small File Media Festival, Vancouver, CA
Moving image/sound
2022 Biologists Singing, Screening for School for Contemporary Arts Reorientation Day, Vancouver, CA
Moving Image/sound
2022 I like it when you’re loud: Mating Choruses, Erotic Voice, and Embodied Listening, Geez Magazine
Longform nonfiction
2021 Mouth, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CAN
Composer/Sound Designer/Performer: Sonic performance
2019 The Happy Prince,The American School in Switzerland, Lugano, CH
Director/Music Director/Composer/Lyricist: Musical theatre
Conference/Workshop presentaitons
2022 Guest Artist workshop: Seven Oaks School Division , Arthur E. Wright Community School, Canada
“Spooky sound design workshop ”
2022 Great Lakes Association of Sound Studies: Listening as Shared Social Practice , University of Regina, Canada
“Listening to the posthuman choir”
2022 Conference of Interdisciplinary Musicology: Participation, University of Edinburgh, Scotland “Biologists singing: Collective vocalization, posthuman listening, and interspecies audibility”
2022 Artist in residence talk, Faculty of Zoology, University of Campinas, São
Paulo, Brazil
“Speculative bioacoustics, sonic companionship, and the posthuman choir”
2021-2022 Guest lecturer at University of Manitoba, Faculty of Education
“Infusing music and sound technologies across early years curriculum”
2017 WestCAST: Moving Forward in Education: Sustainability, Creativity, Technology, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC
“Sounds of my Neighbourhood” Soundscape presentation and workshop with preservice teachers
2017 Seven Oaks School Division Arts Camp, Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg,MB
“Atelier Théatre Musical”
2014 Listening Exercise No.1, Sound in the Land conference, Waterloo, ON
Cyclist performer/ composer: Soundscape Conference/Workshop Presentations
Honours & Awards
2023 Murray and Dorothea Adaskin Prize, Canadian Music Centre
2023 Robert Fleming Prize for music composition, Canada Council for the Arts
2023 Canada Council for the Arts grant recipient: Amphibians in Spatial Sound
2022 Small file media festival winner for “Molecules” category
2021 Manitoba Arts Council Recognize Graduate Scholarship
2021 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant recipient
2020 2022 Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University
2017 Highest Standing Education Senior Years Stream medal recipient, University of Manitoba
2009-2013 Music Merit Scholarship, Canadian Mennonite University
2014 Verna Mae Janzen Music Performance Competition finalist, Canadian Mennonite University
Education & Certifications
Expected 2023 Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
Master of Fine Arts: Interdisciplinary Contemporary Arts
2018 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Orff Level 1 Certificate: Music for Children
2017 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Bachelor of Education: After-degree, Senior years stream
2014 Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, MB
Bachelor of Music, Music Education: Choral
Employment History
2023 Vancouver School Board District Parent Association Junior Choir conductor
2020-2023 SFU School for Contemporary Arts,Vancouver, CA
Teaching Assistant: Music Fundamentals, Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Composition in the Arts, Sound, 21st Century Music Appreciation, Creative Sound Studio
2021-2023 Lobe Spatial Sound Studio,Vancouver, Front of House staff
2019-2020 El Alsson British and American International School, Cairo, EG
Music and theatre teacher
2015-2023 The American School in Switzerland Summer Program, Lugano, CH
Teaching artist and performer with Dedicated Performing Arts Team
2018-2019 The American School in Switzerland, Lugano, CH
Middle Years general music and choir teacher
2017 Stonewall Centennial School
Music teacher, Art teacher
Selected Projects
2023 Soft tongues: a bioacoustic opera, MFA Thesis performance, School for Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA
Multimedia music performance for choir and multichannel sound
2023 The 13th Chronicle, MFA Thesis performance for Salome Nieto, School for Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CA
Music composition and sound design for dance performance
2022 A Frog of Chorus, Small File Media Festival, Vancouver, CA
Moving image/sound
2022 Biologists Singing, Screening for School for Contemporary Arts Reorientation Day, Vancouver, CA
Moving Image/sound
2022 I like it when you’re loud: Mating Choruses, Erotic Voice, and Embodied Listening, Geez Magazine
Longform nonfiction
2021 Mouth, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CAN
Composer/Sound Designer/Performer: Sonic performance
2019 The Happy Prince,The American School in Switzerland, Lugano, CH
Director/Music Director/Composer/Lyricist: Musical theatre
Conference/Workshop presentaitons
2022 Guest Artist workshop: Seven Oaks School Division , Arthur E. Wright Community School, Canada
“Spooky sound design workshop ”
2022 Great Lakes Association of Sound Studies: Listening as Shared Social Practice , University of Regina, Canada
“Listening to the posthuman choir”
2022 Conference of Interdisciplinary Musicology: Participation, University of Edinburgh, Scotland “Biologists singing: Collective vocalization, posthuman listening, and interspecies audibility”
2022 Artist in residence talk, Faculty of Zoology, University of Campinas, São
Paulo, Brazil
“Speculative bioacoustics, sonic companionship, and the posthuman choir”
2021-2022 Guest lecturer at University of Manitoba, Faculty of Education
“Infusing music and sound technologies across early years curriculum”
2017 WestCAST: Moving Forward in Education: Sustainability, Creativity, Technology, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC
“Sounds of my Neighbourhood” Soundscape presentation and workshop with preservice teachers
2017 Seven Oaks School Division Arts Camp, Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg,MB
“Atelier Théatre Musical”
2014 Listening Exercise No.1, Sound in the Land conference, Waterloo, ON
Cyclist performer/ composer: Soundscape Conference/Workshop Presentations
Honours & Awards
2023 Murray and Dorothea Adaskin Prize, Canadian Music Centre
2023 Robert Fleming Prize for music composition, Canada Council for the Arts
2023 Canada Council for the Arts grant recipient: Amphibians in Spatial Sound
2022 Small file media festival winner for “Molecules” category
2021 Manitoba Arts Council Recognize Graduate Scholarship
2021 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant recipient
2020 2022 Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University
2017 Highest Standing Education Senior Years Stream medal recipient, University of Manitoba
2009-2013 Music Merit Scholarship, Canadian Mennonite University
2014 Verna Mae Janzen Music Performance Competition finalist, Canadian Mennonite University