Crow Stone Tone Poem
2015-25, interspecies score and performance
based on a dialogue with a crow, using stones

video above is a 2022 performance of Crow Stone Tone Poem for Vancouver New Music with Adrian Avendaño, Giorgio Magnanensi, Martin Reisle, Anju Singh, and Stefan Smulovitz.

The Crow Stone Tone Poem is a performance for solo or duet using land-based and electronic instruments. The score is based on an experience with a free-living crow who lives in the territory that includes my home. I consider it a creative play as a form of interspecies communication. The crow initiated the project by gifting me a pebble for water I left for their family. That instance started a dialogue with them, using stones from the water dish, that took place over the course of a week. The ten stone arrangements made by the crow and myself were adapted into a score for music performance. The score contains performers notes that orient musicians to consider what it means to co-create with a crow. 

excerpt from score for Crow Stone Tone Poem

If you are interested in the score for purchase or performance, please contact me at jandreyev @ ecuad.ca

excerpt from score for Crow Stone Tone Poem

Associated Publications:

Andreyev, Julie. “Bird Park Survival Station”. Gillieson, Katherine and Jon Hannan, editors. Occasional Papers: Creative Research at Emily Carr. Vancouver: Occasional Press, 2022.
Andreyev, Julie. “Crows and Stones” (chapter). Lessons from a Multispecies Art Studio: Uncovering Ecological Understanding & Biophilia Through Creative Reciprocity. Intellect Books, 2021
Smith, Janet. “Beyond notation: Emily Carr Univeristy students’ creations inspire a world of sound.” Stir: Arts + Culture. December 7, 2020

exhibitions

2025 group exhibition “Near Dwellers as Indwellers”, Both Kinds Project Space, curated by Daphne Plessner, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2024 group exhibition “Near Dwellers as Creative Collaborators”, Street Road Artist Space, curated by Daphne Plessner, Cochranville, PA, USA