Meredith Bates

Sound worlds shaped by attention.

I’m a violinist, improvisor, and composer based between Salt Spring Island and Vancouver, BC. My music moves through experimental, ambient, and electroacoustic forms—long-form pieces that treat listening as a dynamic practice.

The Observer Effect — Books I & II is out March 13, 2026 on phonometrograph: nearly 140 minutes of incantations about witnessing and being witnessed, recorded live in studio, solo and with collaborators.

It follows Tesseract (2023), nominated for a JUNO Award for Best Instrumental Album of the Year, and If Not Now (2020), my ambient and electroacoustic debut.

JUNO and WCMA award-winning artist. Founder of Like the Mind, Sound Migrations, and Improvised Arts Society.

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