Newsletter of the Canadian Music Centre • British Columbia Region

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New Music in New Places Imagine a capacity crowd of nearly 200 people outside the beluga pool of the Vancouver Aquarium under a moon-lit sky. They have been led to this place through several galleries by Kathryn Cernauskas playing travelling music on her flute. Across the water, Heather Pawsey sings the Princess Aria from Princess of the Stars by R. Murray Schafer and audience members collectively draw in their breath as the belugas begin to dance and add their own songs. Later the audience is seated by the underwater whale viewing area as they hear Pawsey, Cernauskas and pianist Karen Shumka give the world premiere of Leslie Uyeda’s Whales. This incorporates the sounds of whales seen swimming beyond the glass walls. A few months earlier another capacity crowd of about 300 in the Dominion Observatory (the "Centre of the Universe" ) listens to Victoria’s vocal sextet Hexaphone sing Linda Catlin Smith’s Her Harbour in the aweinspiring space under the telescope. The music is repeated in three other interesting acoustical spaces of the centre. A capacity audience is also crammed into Fisgard Lighthouse, a national historic site, to hear Aventa perform instrumental and electroacoustic music.

Pictured left to right: Kathryn Cernauskas(flute), Heather Pawsey (soprano) and Karen Shumka (piano). Photo by Lindsey Donovan

These events were part of the second round of New Music in New Places projects co-ordinated by the BC Region of the Canadian Music Centre. The Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund. In the fall of 2006 and the winter of 2007 there will be eight New Music in New Places projects in BC funded by the SOCAN Foundation. Venues include the Vancouver Airport, Vancouver Art Gallery, the atrium of

the main branch of the Vancouver Public Library, Queen Elizabeth Park, Napier Square and Britannia School, the labyrinth at St. Paul’s Church, the Vancouver Aquarium and Kamloops Art Gallery. Vocal, instrumental and electroacoustic music will be performed. Consult the CMC website at www.musiccentre.ca for dates and times as they are confirmed. -- Colin Miles

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Centregramme ISSN 0227-3233 is the newsletter of the B.C. Regional Office of the Canadian Music Centre / Centre de musique canadienne Editors: Marci Rabe, Colin Miles Copy editor: Kara Gibbs Production & design: Kara Gibbs Published by the Canadian Music Centre, British Columbia Region; 837 Davie Street; Vancouver, B.C.; V6Z 1B7 Phone: 604.734.4622 Fax: 604.734.4627 E-mail: [email protected] The CMC is an independent non-profit, non-government agency which promotes and disseminates the music of Canada’s composers. Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Canadian Music Centre.

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Honourary Members/Membres honoraires Patron / Presidente d’honneur Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Governor General of Canada Son Excellence la trés honorable Michaëlle Jean C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Gouverneure Générale du Canada † Dr. Murray Adaskin, O.C. Mr Hugh Anson-Cartwright † Louis Applebaum, C.C.O. ON † Dr. Violet Archer, C.M., Hon. Fellow, RCCO

† Mr. Louis Audette, O.C., C.R. † M. Paul Baby, Pres. hon. a vie, CMCM. Victor Bouchard, O.C. Dr. Alexander Brott, C.M., C.Q. † Mr. Floyd S. Chalmers, C.C., O. ON Ms. M. Joan Chalmers, C.C., O. ON † Dr. Jean Coulthard, O.C., O.B.C. Dr. Victor Feldbrill, O.C. † Dr. Lyell Gustin Mr. Otto Joachim, C.Q., U.D.h.c. † Dr. Richard Johnston, C.M. Maryvonne Kendergi, O.C., C.Q., O. des A. et L. (Fr)

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Events & Announcements Inside this Issue Cover - Feature Article: “New Music in New Places” p. 3 - Events & Announcements p. 4 - New Associate Composers p. 7 - Composer News p. 11 - 2006 Calendar p. 19 - Donors to the BC Region

2006 Symposium “New Music in New Places” is the topic of a public symposium that will be held on Friday afternoon, September 29 2006. It will be taking place in the Asia Pacific Hall at the S.F.U. Morris J.Wosk Centre for Dialogue, in downtown Vancouver. The symposium will attract performers, composers and listeners who have heard contemporary music in alternate venues as well as music-lovers who are intrigued by the possibilities. What features have made past successful events spine-tingling? What are the best recipes for new music in new public spaces? This is an opportunity for those who create, perform and listen to music to envision future events enriching our musical life and celebrating music in new and unexplored environments. As an artistic focus to the dialogue, the 12 voices of Musica Intima will sing a short specially commissioned work by Jordan Nobles around the perimeter of the Asia Pacific Hall, and electroacoustic music by BC composers will frame the event. The afternoon will feature interesting speakers that will be making short presentations. Registration is at 11:45 am Friday September 29 at the Wosk Centre (580 West Hastings Street in Vancouver, on the corner of West Hastings and Seymour). Registration is $10 and free for students. A light lunch and beverages will be provided. Pre-registration is available by contacting the Canadian Music Centre, and is recommended as seating is limited to 154. All are welcome. The Canadian Music Centre gratefully Centregramme Fall 2006

acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund.

Murray Adaskin Grand Piano Project March 28, 2006 marked the birth centenary of Dr. Murray Adaskin, one of Canada’s most stellar composers. He created wonderful solo and ensemble works and enjoyed highest esteem among his colleagues as a conductor, arts administrator, Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre, and more. Beloved teacher and mentor to generations of students, Dr. Adaskin wrote nearly two thousand recommendation letters for them during his career as part of a lifelong focus of encouraging young composers. The BC Centre celebrated his centenary with a reception at which Patricia Au performed, free of charge, Adaskin’s Piano Sonata and Savannah. She played on Murray Adaskin’s grand piano which is now housed at the Canadian Music Centre. Four agencies, the Victoria Piano Summer School (VPSS), Canadian Music Centre (CMC) - BC Regional Office, BC Registered Music Teachers’ Association (BCRMTA) and Victoria Conservatory of Music, joined together on a project to place Murray Adaskin’s 1961 Heintzmann grand piano at the CMC office in Vancouver. Preserving this instrument on which Dr. Adaskin composed many works will benefit Canada’s musical history and aid the musical community in many ways. Planned and potential events include: - student performances presented by Registered Music Teachers, individual studios, and other groups with special provisions to encourage use by out-oftown teachers and students when visiting Vancouver - Canadian-music presentations by composers, musicologists and performers - varied professional concerts suitable for intimate audience size Page 3

- workshops and master classes, for piano and for piano-accompanied instruments - composition classes and workshops - composer receptions, CD launches, award presentations and other events with live music - receptions for nearby artistic or other activities. This fine performing instrument will add flexibility and revenue-earning potential to CMC facilities, and will be of great practical value for musicians choosing and studying Canadian music. The cost of transportation, as well as half the cost of restoring this magnificent instrument has been donated. CMC-BC seeks about four thousand more dollars to complete this project. We ask you to join in this vital and timely project. Please send your donations marked Adaskin Piano to: 837 Davie Street Vancouver, BC V6Z 1B7 Donor names will be listed on a plaque at CMC, and all donations are tax-credible.

Library Renewal Project The CMC-BC Region library renewal project, which has been underway for several years, is nearing completion. Without the generous assistance of all of the sponsors, it would have been impossible to accomplish the objectives set forth for this project. We are incredibly grateful to all of the projects supporters. With their combined support, the differences that can be seen and experienced, the benefits to our library patrons and in turn to our Associate Composers increases ten-fold! The taste-buds of researchers, performers, teachers, and students alike are sure to be tantalized. One of the most exciting initiatives of this project has been identifying and (...continued on page 17) Canadian Music Centre

New Associate Composers the University of Michigan (B.M., M.M.) and the Indiana University School of Music (D.M). She has served on the music faculty at Indiana State University and is presently Assistant Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Dorothy Chang Stephen Brown Stephen Brown was born in Nottingham, England and grew up in Montreal,QC and Kitchener,ON before moving to Toronto,ON where he later attended the Royal Conservatory of Music. Stephen is a composer, conductor and teacher. He is Faculty Head of Theory and Composition at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and a senior theory examination designer for the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. His compositions include a symphony, a piano concerto, two song cycles, two overtures, two suites for orchestra, a missa brevis, and many chamber and solo works. He has taken a particular interest in pedagogical works, writing five books of student pieces for piano as well as a book each for violin and flute. His music is published by Berandol and Waterloo. Stephan’s music has been performed widely by ensembles including Erich Kunzel and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. He has also recieved performances by the St. Cecilia Orchestra in Sidney, British Columbia, of which he is the artistic director and conductor. Besides his love of classical music, he takes an active interest in early jazz, playing banjo with the Bastion Jazz Band. The band is a regular fixture on Sunday evenings, at the Blethering Place in Victoria, British Columbia. Centregramme Fall 2006

Described as "evocative and kaleidoscopic", the music of Dorothy Chang has been performed by numerous ensembles including the Albany Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Queens Symphony, Music from China, the Helikon Ensemble, Toca Loca and the Feliano Trio among others. She has received numerous commissions and has been featured in music festivals across North America. Dorothy's music has been recognized through numerous prestegious honours and prizes. She has held residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, MacDowell Colony, Ragdale Foundation, Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Lancaster Music Festival. For the 2003-2004 season, Dorothy was selected to be the Music Alive composer-in-residence of the Albany Symphony Orchestra in Albany, New York. In 2005, she began a three-year extended residency with the symphony. Dorothy is composer and co-founder of the Riverbed Theatre Company, which specializes in collaborative, imagebased theatre productions. As composerin-residence of the Kylix New Music Ensemble from 1999-2001, Dorothy composed several new works for the group and participated in educational outreach concerts at the Contemporary Performer’s Workshop in Cincinnati, Ohio. Born in 1970, Dorothy began her music studies on piano at age six and began composing at the age of fourteen. She received degrees in composition from Page 4

Nicholas Fairbank Composer, teacher and performer, Nicholas Fairbank was born and raised on Canada's West Coast, and now lives and works in Victoria, BC. Pursuing various musical activities, Nicholas divides his time between work as a collaborative pianist, harpsichordist, organist, conductor, and singer. Nicholas is currently on the keyboard and theory faculties of the Victoria Conservatory of Music and is Artistic Director of Via Choralis Chamber Choir. He is a member of the College of Examiners of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, and represents the West Coast on the National Council of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. He also sings with the vocal ensemble Hexaphone. After early piano and organ studies in Vancouver he pursued advanced musical training in London and Paris. He has earned Masters degrees from the Université de Paris (Musicology & French literature), the University of California at Santa Barbara (French language and pedagogy), and the University of Victoria (Composition), as well as Associateship diplomas from the Royal Conservatory of Music (gold medal winner for pipe organ, 1981), and the Canadian Music Centre

Royal Canadian College of Organists (Willan and Barker prizes 1998). His composition teachers have included Stephen Chatman and John Celona. Nicholas Fairbank's catalogue of compositions includes more than 35 works for voice, piano and organ solo, and for various choral and instrumental ensembles. (Photo by Angela Fairbank)

Marcus received his bachelors degree from the University of Michigan and his Masters from Indiana University. He is the Associate Principal Trumpet with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and has been a member of SOCAN since 2003. An active performer, Marcus is also part of numerous ensembles throughout the Lower Mainland.(Photo by Nick Sieflow)

including pop, jazz, blues, ragtime and even serialism. Frank now makes his home in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Nellie Keate)

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Frank Levin Marcus Goddard Marcus has written over thirty-five works for varied chamber ensembles as well as three recent pieces for orchestra. His works have been read by both the Vancouver and the Victoria Symphony Orchestras. Marcus’ Desolation Sounds for brass quartet was premiered by the brass faculty at the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific in Powell River in 2003. Marcus has received many commissions for his compositions in Canada and in the United States. He recently completed Reflections in Slayton Pond, a work for flute and piano commissioned by the Minneapolis duo Sarabande. His works have been performed by numerous ensembles including Standing Wave, The Quiring Chamber Players, the VSO Brass Quintet, and the Vancouver Brass Choir. As well as working collaboratively with film directors to compose and produce the score to the film Breakfast at Sharkey’s, Marcus has worked with Indiana based choreographers Amy Allen and Nick Wheeler to composer two modern dance works entitled Red Orchard and Serenity through a Window. Recent works with samplers and improvisational techniques have led to the creation of an experimental Modern Dance Suite.

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Frank Levin is a composer of piano music, songs, and small ensemble pieces that have been described as “expressive” and “melodic”. His works have been published by Boston, Schaum and The Willis Music Companies, and two "fake books" have been published by Mel Bay. A CD of his piano music entitled Morning to Midnight, recorded by Scott Pratt, received high praise in Fanfare Magazine. A second CD of piano music entitled San Francisco Souvenirs is soon to be released. Frank was born in Ottawa into a family that included a number of artistic amateurs. He began piano lessons at the age of seven and started writing music at the age of twelve after being inspired by the piano concertos of Rachmaninoff. At sixteen, Frank obtained his Grade Ten Piano Certificate from The Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, and later studied composition with Frederick Karam. In the 1970s, Frank attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and took classes most notably in harmony, counterpoint and form and analysis with Dr. Sol Joseph. In the 1980s, he studied popular song writing with Gary Remal and jazz theory with Jim Grantham. Frank prefers to work in small forms and describes the style in which he composes as "Classical Crossover." His works always retain a strong classical sensibility while exhibiting a variety of more contemporary influences

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Jordan Nobles began his musical career by writing and playing guitar in rock bands. At 18 he began to study composition as well as classical guitar, piano and percussion in post-secondary institutions including Simon Fraser University. To date his music has received many concert performances throughout North America and has appeared in both short films and theatre. In 1995 he co-founded the new music group Ensemble Symposium with whom he performed regularly until 2000. Ensemble Symposium has premiered over 100 new works by Canadian and international composers, as well as toured in Canada and the Northwestern USA. From 1998-2002, Jordan produced and regularly compiled Oscillations, a monthly regional contemporary music calendar which was distributed throughout BC and Canada. In 2001 he founded Redshift, a non-profit collective of BC composers which recently produced a spatial concert inside the Vancouver Public Library's Atrium to great reviews. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has recently premiered two new works by Jordan, one of which was a commission to be performed in the lead up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Jordan has been involved with many new music organizations in Vancouver and has worked as an Associate Producer for CBC's Westcoast Performance and the CBC Radio Orchestra. (Photo by Amie Stafford)

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Leslie Uyeda Leslie Uyeda, born in Montreal, is a composer, conductor, vocal coach, and pianist. From 1992-2004 she was the Chorus Music Director for Vancouver Opera, where she also conducted several mainstage productions. Leslie has conducted for Pacific Opera, the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Banff Centre and the Edmonton Opera. She has been the Chorus Director of Manitoba Opera and Opera Hamilton, and pianist and coach at the Canadian Opera Company, the Banff Centre, the Chautauqua Institute of Music, L’Opera de Montreal, the Victoria Summer Vocal Academy and the UBC school of music. Leslie is currently music director of Naomi’s Road, Vancouver Opera’s new opera for children by Ramona Luengen and Ann Hodges. In 2000 Leslie’s opera, Game Misconduct, was commissioned by and premiered at Festival Vancouver. Her third song cycle has been performed by soprano Wendy Neilsen and pianist Rena Sharon, and her choral compositions have been performed and recorded by The Elektra Women’s Choir, Chor Leoni and the Phoenix Chamber Choir. Fresh Snow for soprano and piano (commissioned by Vancouver Opera and written for Heather Pawsey) was heard on CBC “Sounds like Canada” in December of 2005. Music in the morning commissioned and presented five performances of GraceNotes, a programme of new music by Leslie Uyeda, in December of 2005. Leslie maintains a busy schedule that in addition to composing includes guest conducting, coaching singers, adjudicating competitions, and giving master classes and lectures. (Photo by Lindsey Donovan) Centregramme Fall 2006

Ryszard Wrzaskala Born in Poland in 1932, Ryszard Wrzaskala is a composer, arranger, conductor and teacher. In 1960 he received his Masters of Music degree from the PWSM (State Advanced Institute of Music) in Poland. He started his musical career in 1951 as a choral conductor, and from 1959-1965 was the musical director and conductor of the Legnica State Symphony Orchestra. After winning first prize in a Polish radio song competition, he moved to Warsaw where he wrote and arranged music for Polish radio and TV. There he toured internationally as the musical director and conductor of the world renowned Polish dance company “Mazowsze”. Once he moved to Canada in 1969, Ryszard had a varied career of teaching, arranging, and performing. Despite this, “his heartand creative soul-[was] in composing.” (Melanie Minty, NOW newspaper) He has worked with ensembles including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Delta Symphony Society, and in 1994 represented Canada in the “31st

International Song Festival” in Sopot, Poland. Throughout his musical career, Ryszard has been the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions. These include a medal for “Distinguished Services to the Legnica Province”, an international “Who’s Who in Music” diploma, and three gold medals in the Netherlands’ Expo Song Festivals (2000 and 2002). Ryszard has produced and released CDs of his various styles of music, including One Woman Man in 2002, and 20 Original Piano Pieces in 2005. His latest work is a musical entitled Soul Food.

New Associate Composers from Other Regions Prairies Allan Bevan Vincent Chee-Yung Ho

Ontario Michael Dobinson Bill Gilliam Victor Mio Juan Trigos

Québec Eric Champagne Analia Llugdar Andrew Svoboda

2006 SYMPOSIUM Topic: New Music in New Places September 29, 2006 (registration is at 11:45am, symposium takes place in the afternoon) Featuring a premiere by Jordan Nobles, performed by Musica Intima Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue 580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver (corner of West Hastings and Seymour)

$10 registration fee, students free . Seating is limited, so contact the Canadian Music Centre to pre-register. A light lunch and beverages will be provided.

All are welcome! The Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund.

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B Michael Conway Baker has been active on the educational circuit, speaking to various college classes around the city about “The Classical Composer in Hollywood”. He has also been working on recording and mixing various tracks for a CD to be released later this year. In early 2005 the CBC Orchestra performed Vancouver Variations at the Chan Centre and announced that it would become the theme for the CBC's daily request program "Here's to You". Later that year he composed a film score for a 20 minute video on Stanley Park. His works have been recently performed by the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, Kwantlen University Concert Band, Kamloops Symphony Orchestra and Pro Arte Dance. In January, Sergio Barroso attended the VI International Contemporary Music Festival in Santiago. This was part of an invitation by the Universidad de Chile for the premiere of Hélice for soprano saxophone and electronics commissioned by Miguel Villafruela through the Canada Council. The following month Sergio performed on harpsichord and synthesizer at the “Escuela Superior de Música” in Lima, Perú in a concert that included his own compositions. After recording the complete Unmeasured Preludes by Louis Couperin and Jean-Henry D'Anglebert, he completed Verdehalago for soprano, alto/picc flute, violin, double bass, percussion and electronics. This work was commissioned by Motion Ensemble from Nova Scotia through the Canada Council, and will be premiered this upcoming season by the ensemble in Halifax.

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Composer News This work for SATB choir and interculC tural ensemble will be premiered on SepStephen Chatman was the winner of the 2005 “Outstanding Classical Composition” award for Proud Music of the Storm at the Western Canadian Music Awards. He was also the recipient of the 2004 “Dorothy Somerset Award” for Performance and Development in the Visual and Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia. Early this year, Vancouver VisionsMusic by Stephen Chatman was released on the Centrediscs label featuring 7 of Chatman’s chamber works. In the spring of 2006 Hear My Prayer- Hymns and Anthems was released on the NAXOS label and featured Remember for SATB chorus. In October of 2005 he was invited to be the keynote speaker at the SCI Society of Composers Conference in Montana, and was invited the following August to be a guest composer at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival. Stephen Chatman’s music continues to receive numerous performances across Canada and internationally. In March of 2007 Bramwell Tovey will conduct the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Over Thorns to Stars.

André Cormier has had numerous pieces premiered internationally. In 2005 these included: J’ai Mon Marteau from Conséquences in Germany, Horaires in Sackville, Débris in Los Angelas, and Cé la wé qua hang in Valencia. In February of this year the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) did live improvisation over electronic paraphrases of Cormier’s Messe Blanche.

D Moshe Denburg was commissioned by the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra and the Orchid Ensemble to write El Ginat Egoz (Into the Walnut Garden).

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tember 30, 2006 at the Chan Centre. Other recent works include a series of transcriptions for guitar of seven of J.S. Bach’s 2 and 3 part inventions for keyboard (Bach Transcriptions for Classical Guitar), as well as a series of etudes for different combinations of non-western and western instruments (Intercultural Etudes). These etudes are meant to illustrate specific musical devices and challenges, and are part of an ongoing project which includes the development of a manual of world music orchestration entitled Orchestrating the World. The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra has also recently performed Denberg’s Rapprochements (Reconciliations) and The King is Dancing.

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Ethridge

recently conducted composition classes and presented workshops for the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival at St. Michael’s University. In April of 2005 Celebration for two pianos received its premiere performance by Monika Wilson and Anita Liebich at the Shuswap Music Festival in Salmon Arm. The following October, Forlane for piano was premiered by the composer at St. Andrew’s United Church Hall. Ethridge was also a featured composer in the 2005 Canadian Music Week presented by the Victoria Branch of the BCRMTA. Child Face, Offering and Rebuff, Capilano Legend, and Forlane were performed for this event.

F Nicholas Fairbank has received a commission by Daniele Letocha for a 30minute work for piano (or chamber organ) and string quartet. It will receive Canadian Music Centre

its premiere performance in Montreal in June of 2008. Recent works include Gare de Montreal, I Dreamed I Was a Cat, and Four Limericks, Canadian Folksong Arrangements, all of which were premiered last year in Victoria. His OnTrack Boogie for solo piano will be published by the Conservatory Canada in their new collection Making Tracks-An Expedition in Canadian Music.

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was recently commissioned by John Fear to compose a work for trumpet and piano honouring the memory of Hans Fear. This piece will be premiered in July of 2007. Sundances was performed in the spring of 2005 at the 75th Anniversary Celebrations concert of the Victoria branch BCRMT. In November of 2005, a concert "Celebrating the music of Joan Hansen" was hosted by the VCM. The program included the premiere of Herbal Remedies for flute choir, Bobbi Does the Tango for violin and piano, and The Curfew Tolls which was commissioned and performed by cellist Lawrence Skaggs and pianist Susan de Burgh. Whisper Time, a collection of 18 elementary and intermediate piano solos by Joan Hansen, was published by Waterloo in 2004. These pieces are included in the VCM's new piano syllabus.

L Leila Lustig recently completed three one-act operas on librettos by Victoria playwright Geoffrey Hargreaves. Our Lady of Esquimalt Road, Office Party and Gonzo Charlie Gray are intended for small opera companies or opera workshops. In 2004 and 2005 the Bel Canto Singers of Victoria premiered Magnificat and Arise, Then Women of Today!, and But Centregramme Fall 2006

Peaceful Was the Night was premiered by mezzo-soprano Norma Selwood and pianist Stephen Shields. Other recent compositions include: There Are No Words, for string quartet; Calving at Disenchantment Bay, for SATB acappella; A Freshly Ironed World, for SSA, 2 flutes and piano; What Awon Forgot, for SSA, solo voice, 2 flutes, guitar or harp, and drum; and A Pastoral Dialogue for Two Shepherdesses, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, oboe and harpsichord.

M David MacIntyre’s Radio Songs (words by Robin Blaser) premiered in November of 2005 at Heritage Hall on Main Street. In May it was performed again in excerpt as part of “Songs-SFU Composers and Writers”, and will also be performed as part of “Thursdays at Noon” at SFU in October. All the lovers was also premiered in 2005, and was performed by Vancouver Opera as part of a public forum surrounding the production of Cosi fan tutti. Ave Maria for SSSAAA choir continued to receive numerous performances around the world in the 2005-06 season. This included performances in Finland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Japan, and the United States.

in 2005, and Four Bells for Bass Trombone and piano was premiered in 2006. A recently completed SATB choral piece entitled Be Still My Soul will be premiered in the coming months. Additionally, with partial funding from the Canada Council, No Passport Required for 2 soloists and orchestra will be recorded in Vancouver this fall.

R In 2005, Sylvia Rickard became a member of the B.C. Registered Music Teacher’s Association (Victoria Branch) as a teacher of composition. Her commissioned piece, Tuning to Spirit, was premiered at the New Music North Festival the same year in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Recent premieres include Vermicelli Trio at the University of Victoria, and Welcoming Waves at the Sonic Boom Festival in Vancouver. Sylvia has just finished an SATB choral piece based on Janine Rickard’s poem My Mother, The Parrot!

Jeffery Ryan is currently continuing his position as Composer-in-residence with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and as Composer-Advisor of Music Toronto.

Ian McDougall was the recipient of the “Distinguished Alumni Award” from the University of Victoria in November of 2004. The double CD set entitled In a Sentimental Mood by the Ian McDougall Quintet was nominated for a JUNO award in the category of “Best Traditional Jazz album”. McDougall’s Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra was premiered by Julia Nolan Page 8

In 2004 and 2005 he received premiere performances of: Slash for string quartet, Cruithne for orchestra, Map of the City/ Map of the World for orchestra, and Timepieces for soprano, clarinet, violins, viola and cello. Pangaea, recorded and released by Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, was nominated for a 2005 JUNO award for “Best Classical Composition”. In 2006 Sympony #1: Fugitive Colours was premiered by the VSO, and String Quartet #3: Trukhachevski was premiered and toured by the Penderecki String Quartet.

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The CD, Quantum Mechanics: Music of Jeffery Ryan, is due out on the Centrediscs label in December of 2006. Upcoming projects include new works for the Elektra Women’s Choir and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

S Frederick Schipizky was commissioned by the Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition to write Sonia’s Letters, the test piece for this years string competition. The new work was performed by all competitors during the competition which took place in May of 2006 in Brandon, Manitoba. Schipizky was the first composer in the history of the competition to also participate as a jury member. Recent premieres include Late night in Central Park and Symphonic Messaging for orchestra. From Under the Overture will receive its American premiere this fall by the Grand Rapids Symphony in Michigan.

Ernst Schneider will have several piano pieces included in the new Canadian National Conservatory of Music’s publications Northern Lights – An Exploration of Canadian Piano Music and Making Tracks – An Expedition of Canadian Piano Music. These two new books will be introduced in Yorkton, SK as part of the “Summer Sizzle Da Capo” piano pedagogy symposium. Recent premieres include When I was one-and-twenty for SATB and Four Okanagen-Similkameen Scenes for three recorders and guitar. In June 2006, Rodney Sharman was a guest of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Centre for a performance of The Garden by pia-

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nist Anthony de Mare. He was part of a post-concert panel with composers Jerome Kitzke, Frederic Rzewski and pianist de Mare. He also gave lectures on his work at the City University of New York. Rodney returned to New York in July through the generosity of the Canada Council for a concert devoted to his music at The Stone. Premieres in the 2006/07 season include: Arsis and Thesis, for Mark McGregor (flute) and Rachel Iwassa (piano); The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, a mono-drama for Frances-Marie Uitti (cello/voice); a new work for the Kingston Symphony; and a new work for Toronto Symphony bassoonist Kathleen McLean. Rodney Sharman is currently completing a work for the St. Lawrence String Quartet.

Fred Stride was the composer in residence with the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble in the 2005-06 season. During this time, Caverns: For Solo Jazz Tenor Saxophone and Wind Ensemble and Trajectories: A Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble were premiered. Besides the two commissioned works, each concert in the 05-06 season included an older piece by Fred Stride. The University of Victoria Wind Symphony has released a CD featuring Impressions, a work that is also featured in an instructional DVD created by Dr. Gerry King on the craft of conducting. The Fred Stride Jazz Orchestra has just finished recording a CD of new pieces for large jazz ensemble to be released in late 2006, and Fred is currently completing a large scale commission for bass clarinet quartet.

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U In December, Music in the Morning presented five sold out performances of Leslie Uyeda’s programme of new music entitled GraceNotes. In March, Heather Pawsey, Kathryn Cernauskas and Karen Shumka premiered Whales, a new trio for soprano, flute, piano and pre-recorded beluga and orca song in a gala concert at the Vancouver Aquarium. She is now working on a new song cycle for soprano, clarinet and piano.

W In March of 2006, the remainder of Elliot Weisgarber's compositions for flute and piano were committed to disc in an archival recording made specifically for the CMC's library by the late composer's daughter, flutist Karen Suzanne Smithson and his good friend, pianist Winfried Rompf. Five works were recorded, and the scores as well as the CD were submitted to the CMC. The works included are as follows: Aki-no-Hinode (Autumn Sunrise), Kojo-no-Tsuki, Sonata for Flute and Piano, Three Pieces for Flute and Piano, and Tsugaru Yama Uta. During the winter of 2004, Charles Wilson’s The Summoning of Everyman was performed by Opera-in-concert at the Jane Mallet Theatre in Toronto.

Z Jin Zhang is currently working on a CD of his compositions, a project that is being financially supported through a special sound recording grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. The CD is expected to be released in the spring of 2007. He is also working on a commissioned piece for the Orchid Ensemble, again with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

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Pictured left to right: Jennifer Butler (flute) and Wendy Humphreys (voice) at Beaver Lake in Stanley Park. Photo by Kara Gibbs

Canadian Composers Featured in the 2005-2006 “New Music In New Places” Series November 2, 2005 - Heritage Hall (Vancouver BC) - David McIntyre February 19, 2006 - Beaver Lake Stanley Park (Vancouver, BC) - R. Murray Schafer February 21, 2006 - Museum of Anthropology (Vancouver, BC) - Andrew Czink, Michael O’Neill, Kenneth Newby, Mark Parlett February 26, 2006 - Centre of the Universe: Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (Victoria, BC) - Linda Catlin Smith, Rodney Sharman, Violet Archer, Jean Coulthard, Nicholas Fairbank March 7, 2006 - The Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, BC) - Jennifer Butler, James Beckwith Maxwell, Jordan Nobles March 12, 2006 - The Vancouver Golf Club (Coquitlam, BC) - Nicolai Korndorf, Ann Southam, Alexina Louie, Roger Matton March 25, 2006 - The Vancouver Aquarium (Vancouver, BC) - Murray Adaskin, Walter Buczynski, Patrick Cardy, Michael Conway Baker, Kathryn Cernauskas, Stephen Chatman, Jean Coulthard, Paul Douglas, Euphrosyne Keefer, Leila Lustig, Barbara Pentland, R. Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, Norman Symonds, Nancy Telfer, Leslie Uyeda April 13, 2006 -Fisgard Lighthouse (Victoria, BC) - Giorgio Magnanensi, Doug Schmidt, John Celona ( Associate composers shown in bold ) The Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges th support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund

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Concert Calendar 2006 PLEASE NOTE: These listings emphasize performances of Canadian Music in BC and performances of music by BC composers wherever they occur. This list is not comprehensive.

DATE

COMPOSER

EVENT INFORMATION

LOCATION

January 6

John Oliver

“La Abuela” (premiere) - Alexander Dunn and the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Tania Miller (conductor)

Victoria, BC

January 7

Stephen Chatman

“Carols of the Nativity” - Hudson Valley Society for Music Holiday Concert

New York, USA

January 11

Dorothy Chang Robert Lemay

Chang “Two Preludes”; Lemay “Oran” - Julia Nolan (sax), Sandra Joy Friesen (piano) - Around the World in the 20th Century

Vancouver, BC

January 1215

Nikolai Korndorf Jocelyn Morlock Brent Lee

Korndorf “Let the Earth Bring Forth” and “Smile of Maude Lewis”; Morlock “Music of the Romantic Era” and “Golden”; Brent Lee “Arcadia” and “Luminous Night” - Windsor Symphony Orchestra, John Morris Russell (conductor) - Windsor Canadian Music Festival

Windsor, ON

January 21

Healey Willan Imant Raminsh R. Murray Schafer

Willan “Requiem”; Raminsh “Symphony of Psalms”; Schafer “Three Hymns from the Fall into Light” - Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn (conductor) - Opus, Glimpses of North American Choral Works

Vancouver, BC

January 22

Jeffery Ryan

“Visions of Joy” - Niagara Symphony, Daniel Swift (conductor) - Sean O'Sullivan Theatre

St.Catherines, ON

January 24

André Cormier

“Granules” (premiere) - Johnny Chang (violin) - Roy O Disney Hall

Valencia, Spain

January 28

Rodney Sharman

“Apollo’s Touch” - Ars Lundi Schlagzeug Ensemble - Haus des Rundfunks - Ultra Schall Festval fuer Neue Musik

Berlin, Germany

February 2-4

Rodney Sharman

"Letters For The Future" - Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Scholars, Hans Graf (conductor) - Roy Thompson Hall

Toronto, ON

February 5

David MacIntyre Rodney Sharman

MacIntyre “Berceuse in memory of Murray Adaskin”; Sharman “Fandance” - Turning Point Ensemble, Owen Underhill (conductor) - Vancouver East Cultural Centre

Vancouver, BC

February 8

Ian McDougall

“Four Bells” (premiere) - comissioned by Jonathan Warburton Eastern New Mexico University

New Mexico, USA

February 11

Leila Lustig

“Some Questions About Life” (premiere) and “Arise, Then Women of Today!” - The Bel Canto Singers of Victoria, Catherine Young (director) - Cordova Bay United Church

Victoria, BC

February 11

Stephen Chatman

“Midnight Sun” from “Varley Suite” - Alessandra Genot (violin) - 2006 Winter Olympics “Tredici Compositori per Tredici Nazioni” - Auditorium Baralis

Torino, Italy

February 11

Linda Catlin Smith Bradshaw Pack José Evangelista

Smith “Les fleurs anciennes (14c. France ars subtilior)”; Pack “Arioso distante (Brandenburg #3)”; Evangelista “Alap & Gat (East Indian classical music)” - Members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Ken Hsieh (conductor) - Roundhouse Community Centre - Border Crossings: Music that ignores the genre lines

Vancouver, BC

February 14

Jeffery Ryan

“Vesica Piscis” - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko (conductor) - Centennial Concert Hall - Centara Corporation International New Music Festival

Winnipeg, MB

February 16

André Cormier

“Répliques” (premiere) - Mieka Kohut (viola) - Fran Willis Contemporary Art Gallery

Victoria, BC

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COMPOSER

EVENT INFORMATION

LOCATION

February 18

Michael Conway Baker

“Flight of the Heron” - Kay Meek Theatre

Vancouver, BC

February 18

Rodney Sharman

“Anthem: Passing of the Claimant” - Canadian Chamber Choir and Guelph Chamber Choir; Julia Davids (conductor) - St Georges Church, (repeated February 20, Toronto ON)

Guelph, ON

February 19

John Celona

“Possible Orchestras (at the 21st harmonic)” and “Instrument Flying” - Aventa Ensemble - Phillip T Young Recital Hall

Victoria, BC

February 20

Christopher Butterfield John Celona

Butterfield “Computer Felicity Church”; Celona “Basilica Nuova” - Aventa Ensemble - Phillip T Young Recital Hall

Victoria, BC

February 20

Rodney Sharman

“Apollo’s Touch” - Sound Invasion; Antonio Caggiano (vibraphone) - Musik der Jahrhunderte Theaterhaus

Stuttgart, Germany

February 21

Rudolf Komorous Christopher Butterfield

Komorous “Lurid Bride” and “Strange Sphere”; Butterfield “Port Bou” - Aventa Ensemble - Phillip T Young Recital Hall

Victoria, BC

February 24

Stephen Chatman

“How Sweet and Fair” and “Due West” - Kansas Music Educators Association - MJT Little Theatre

Kansas, USA

February 25

Ian Crutchley Yannick Plamondon

Crutchley “All Day Permanent Red” (premiere); Plamondon “Schrift” (premiere) - Vancouver Playhouse Theatre - VNM Sonic Inversions

Vancouver, BC

February 25

Fred Stride

“Trajectories: A Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble” commissioned and performed by Jens Lindemann and the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble - Evergreen Cultural Centre

Coquitlam, BC

February 25

Jeffery Ryan

“Symphony #1: Fugitive Colours” (premiere) - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), commissioned by the VSO- Orpheum Theatre (repeated February 27)

Vancouver, BC

February 26

Rodney Sharman

“Winter Solstice, Song of Love and Loss” - Hexaphone - Victoria Conservatory

Victoria, BC

March 2

Jeffery Ryan

“String Quartet #3: Trukhachevski” (premiere) - Penderecki String Quartet, commissioned by Music Toronto - Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts (repeated March 3 in Waterloo, ON; US premiere June 26 in Bloomington, IN; August 2 in Ottawa, ON)

Toronto, ON

March 11

Nicholas Fairbank

“Three Short Pieces” - Christ Church Cathedral - Saturday Recital Series

Montreal, QC

March 11

Michael Conway Baker Stephen Chatman

Conway Baker “Through the Lions Gate”; Chatman “Proud Music of the Storm”- Kamloops Symphony Orchestra and TRU Chorus, Bruce Rodney Dunn (conductor) - The Sagebrush Theatre

Kamloops, BC

March 13

Michael Conway Baker Jeffery Ryan

Conway Baker “Through the Lions Gate” and “Chanson Joyeuse”; Ryan “Visions of Joy”- Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, Ken Hsieh (conductor) - Taipei National Concert Hall

Taipei, Taiwan

March 16

Jeffery Ryan

“Quantum Mechanics” - The Western Front - Sonic Boom Festival

Vancouver, BC

March 17

Grace Jong Eun Lee Leila Lustig André Cormier Mark Armanini Jennifer Butler

Lee “From the Noon Day Hills”; Lustig “Animal Odours” (premiere); Cormier “Psitacosis” from “Infections”; Armanini “Night Bird Singing”; Butler “Which Love Creates” - Western Front - Sonic Boom Festival

Vancouver, BC

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DATE

COMPOSER

EVENT INFORMATION

LOCATION

March 18

Marcus Goddard John Burke

Goddard “Voices Rising”; Burke “...in a sort of runic rhyme” Western Front - Sonic Boom Festival

Vancouver, BC

March 19

Jordan Nobles Colin MacDonald Randy Raine-Reusch Barry Truax

Nobles “Lattice”; MacDonald “Virus = Very Yes”; RaineReusch and Truax “The Way of the Spirit” (premiere) - Western Front - Sonic Boom Festival

Vancouver, BC

March 19

Stephen Chatman

“There is Sweet Music Here” - Chatham Chorale Chamber Singers, Margaret Bossi (director) - First Church, Springfield

Massachusetts, USA

March 23

Stephen Chatman

“Varley Suite” - Alexa Wilks (violin) - Ottawa University

Ottawa, ON

March 24

Fred Stride

“Runway”(premiere) - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Fred Stride (conductor)

Winnipeg, MB

March 26

Imant Raminsh

“Missa Brevis” and “Magnificat”- Richmond Chorus - Proudly Canadian!

Richmond, BC

March 26

Jocelyn Morlock Serge Arcuri

Morlock “Darwin Fish” (premiere); Arcuri “Ancient Temples” (premiere) - Scotia Bank Dance Centre - VNM Tempus ex machina

Vancouver, BC

March 26

Steve Tittle

"Let it shine all the time" - Pro Nova Ensemble - Mt. Seymour United Church (repeated March 29, North Shore Unitarian Church ,West Vancouver)

North Vancouver, BC

March 26

Gordon Fitzell

“Lucid” - Eighth Blackbird - Sanders Theatre

Cambridge, MA

March 29 April 1

Stephen Chatman

“In Flanders Fields” and “Reconciliation” - Tennessee All State Men’s Chorus, Tennessee Music Education Association - Nashville Convention Centre

Tennessee, USA

April 2

Barry Truax Stephen Chatman Jocelyn Morlock Ian Crutchley Robert Pritchard

Truax “Steam”; Chatman “Slink”; Morlock “Velour”; Crutchley “Six Pieces for Alto Flute” and “Slide”; Pritchard “Escape, My Soul” - performed by Chenoa Anderson - Struts Gallery

Sackville, NB

April 2

Jocelyn Morlock Serge Arcuri

Morlock “Solace”; Arcuri “Episodes” - Members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor) Roundhouse Community Centre - VSO Symphony at the Roundhouse

Vancouver, BC

April 6

Tobin Stokes

Music for the ballet "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Premiere) Ballet BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Vancouver, BC

April 6

André Cormier

“Tammy Powder” (premiere) - Quatuor Bozzini String Quartet Chapelle Saint-Louis

Montreal, QC

April 6

Rodney Sharman

“Elysium” - Thomas Schuster (organ) - FIU Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall - 2006 New Music Miami ISCM Festival

Miami, Florida

April 7

Michael Conway Baker

“Okanagan Spring”- Kwantlan College Concert Band (repeated May 27, Kelowna BC)

Vancouver, BC

April 8

Jocelyn Morlock Colin MacDonald Wayan Sudirana

Morlock “Demon Snail”(premiere); MacDonald and Sudirana “Purwa Pacima” - Gamelan Gita Asmara - Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Gardens

Vancouver, BC

April 9

Nicholas Fairbank

“The Yak” - Viva Boys’ Concert Choir - St. Aiden’s United Church

Victoria, BC

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DATE

COMPOSER

EVENT INFORMATION

LOCATION

April 9

Dorothy Chang

“Chamber Variations”- Mélange Chamber Ensemble - St. James Community Square

Vancouver, BC

April 10

Sylvia Rickard

“Minuet and Trio” from “A Students Guide to Musical Form” Austin Hung (piano) - Metropolitan United Church - Greater Victoria Arts Festival

Victoria, BC

April 12

André Cormier

“Messe Blanche” - Tonoi Ensemble - Culver Hotel

California, USA

April 16

Nicholas Fairbank

“Kinesis” (premiere) - Patrick Wedd (organ) - Christ Church Cathedral

Montreal, QC

April 20

Rodney Sharman

“Intermezzo (Wiegenlied)” and “In A Room” - Geoffrey Morris (guitar ) - Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

April 21

Dorothy Chang

“Flight: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra” (premiere) - Paolo Bortolussi (flute) and the Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller (conductor)

New York, USA

April 21

Tobin Stokes

"Tennyson Suite" (Canadian premiere) - Lafayette String Quartet and the Academy Chamber Choir - Powell River Academy

Powell River, BC

April 22

Ernst Schneider

“When I was one-and-twenty” (premiere) - Naramata Community Choir - International Choir Festival

Penticton, BC

April 23

Ernst Schneider

“Two Songs for Alto Voice, piano and flute” - Mia Harris (voice)

Penticton, BC

April 23

Ryszard Wrzaskala

“Impromptu in Blue” (premiere of piano transcription) - James Gowan Theatre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Burnaby, BC

April 28

Stephen Chatman

“A Magical Machine” (premiere) - Central Bucks High SchoolWest Choirs, Joseph Ohrt (director) - Toronto Centre for the Arts, George Weston Recital Hall

Toronto, ON

April 29

Michael Conway Baker

“The Flight of Aphrodite”- International Symphony Orchestra

Ontario

April 30

Nicholas Fairbank

“Two Fantasies for Horn and Organ” (premiere) - David Watson (horn) and Nicholas Fairbank (organ) - Pemberton Chapel, Jubilee Hospital

Victoria, BC

May 5

Harry Freedman Stephen Chatman Keith Bissell

Freedman “Blue, Green, White: Songs of the Eastern Provinces”; Chatman “Skidegate Love Song”; Bissell “Adieu de la mairee a ses parents” (arr.) - Musica Intima - The Canadian Concert - (repeated May 7)

Vancouver, BC

May 7

John Korsrud

“Liquid” (premiere)- commissioned and performed by the Turning Point Ensemble - Scotia Bank Dance Centre

Vancouver, BC

May 5-20

Michael Conway Baker

"Chanson Joyeuse" (Concert Band Version)- Kwantlen Concert Band

Dublin and Cork, Ireland

May 10-11

Michael Conway Baker

"He Ran with a Dream" (Terry Fox Song) - Mulgrave School Choirs

Vancouver, BC

May 11

Barry Truax

“The Shaman Ascending” - University of California Riverside Sound and Space: Concert of multi-channel electroacoustic works

Riverside, CA

May 12

Christopher Butterfield

“Triple Expansion” (premiere)- Greater Victoria Youth Symphony Orchestra with guests from the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, Janos Sandor & Yariv Aloni (conductors) Kay Meek Centre

Vancouver, BC

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DATE

COMPOSER

EVENT INFORMATION

LOCATION

May 13

Grace Jong Eun Lee

“Kayagum Concerto” - Members of the VSO, Ken Hsieh (conductor) - Roundhouse Community Centre -Ocean Crossings: Western music/ Eastern inspirations

Vancouver, BC

May 13-14

Imant Raminsh

"The Peace of Wild Things" (premiere) and "I Will Sing Unto the Lord" - Cantiamo Vocal Ensemble and the Monterey Chamber Orchestra - First Congregarional Church

Califormia, USA

May 14

Nicholas Fairbank

“If the Wind is West...” (premiere) - Hexaphone - Open Space Gallery

Victoria, BC

May 14

Michael Conway Baker

“A Psalm for Our Time”- West Vancouver United Church

Vancouver, BC

May 19

Ernst Schneider

“Four Okanagan-Similkameen Scenes” (premiere) - commissioned by Wind in the Woods - Art Gallery of the South Okanagan - Meadowlark Festival

Penticton, BC

May 21

Ryszard Wrzaskala

“Polonaise” (premiere) - Terry Fox Theatre

Port Coquitlam, BC

May 27

Mark Armanini Hope Lee

Armanini “Heartland”; Lee “Parting at Yang Kuan” (premiere, commissioned by Canada Council) - The Orchid Ensemble Norman Rothstein Theatre

Vancouver, BC

May 27

Fred Stride

"Parade of the Matadors" - Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble Evergreen Cultural Centre

Coquitlam, BC

May 27

Hildegard Westerkamp

“Talking Rain”, “Fur Dich-For you” and others - Open Space Arts Society

Victoria, BC

May 31

Sylvia Rickard

“Rarescale” (premiere) - Evelyne Deschenes (flute), Charlotte Ridgway (piano) - Unitarian Church

Victoria, BC

June 2

Nicholas Fairbank

“If the Wind is West...” and “Canadian Folksong Arrangements” - Hexaphone - Artspring Theatre Gallery (repeated June 3, Colwood BC)

Saltspring Island, BC

June 4

Nicholas Fairbank

“Quartet” (premiere) - Walter Mony (violin), Larry de la Haye (clarinet), Larry Skaggs (cello), Nicholas Fairbank (piano) Alix Goolden Hall

Victoria, BC

June 9

Dorothy Chang

“Streams” (premiere) - Charles Noble (viola) - The XXXIV International Viola Congress

Montreal, QC

June 10

Itamar Erez

“Desert Song” CD launch concert - Itamar Erez & The Adama Ensemble - Gallery ‘O’

Vancouver, BC

June 10

Barry Truax

“Riverrun” - Ontario College of Arts and Design (presented by Contact Contemporary Music and New Adventures in Sound Art) - Power of Space

Toronto, ON

June 10

David MacIntyre

“Angels Reel” (premiere) - Elektra Women’s Choir - Morna Edmundson (conductor) - Hycroft Manor

Vancouver, BC

June 11

Leila Lustig

“Soul Singing” (premiere) - The Bel Canto Singers of Victoria, Catherine Young (director) - St. Mary’s Anglican Church

Oak Bay, BC

June 22

Rodney Sharman

“The Garden” - Anthony de Mare (piano/voice) - Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Centre

New York, USA

June 23

Marcus Goddard

“Voices Rising” - Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific Evergreen Theatre

Powell River, BC

June 23

Ernst Schneider

“Two Songs for Alto Voice, piano and flute” - Lynda Lipsett (voice)

Kelowna, BC

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COMPOSER

EVENT INFORMATION

LOCATION

June 24

André Cormier

“Scrubbing” from “Conséquences” (US premiere) - Dangerous Curve

Los Angeles, USA

June 28

Ryszard Wrzaskala

Piano recital of original works - Polish Academic Club

Vancouver, BC

July5-9

Dorothy Chang Stephen Chatman

Chang “Two Preludes”; Chatman “To the Garden the World” (premiere) - 14th World Saxophone Congress 2006

Ljubljana, Slovenia

July 13

Sylvia Rickard

“Rum-ba-ba” - Casalmaggiore International Festival

Casalmaggiore, Italy

July 18

Rodney Sharman

“Apollo's Touch”, “In a Room”, “Parhelia”, “Six Etudes” (premiere), “Watchful” (premiere) - Shelly Burgon (harp: “Six Etudes”), Emily Manzo (piano: “Watchful”) - The Stone

New York, USA

July 20

Sylvia Rickard

“The Bells of Casalmaggiore” - Casalmaggiore International Festival

Casalmaggiore, Italy

July 28

Sylvia Rickard

“Five Elements” - The Avenue Winds - Victorian Englander Houseconcert Hall - San Francisco Chamber Winds Festival

San Francisco, USA

July 28

Rodney Sharman

“The Garden” - Rachel Iwaasa (piano/voice) - The Roundhouse Community Centre

Vancouver, BC

July 31

Anita Sleeman

"Rhapsody on Themes by Dohnányi" (premiere)- Laurence Kayaleh (violin), Graham Oppenheimer (viola), Paul Marleyn (cello), Ross Edwards (clarinet), Lawrence Vine (horn) and Stephane Lemelin (piano) - commissioned by CBC for the 2006 Ottawa Chamber Music Festival - Tabaret Hall

Ottawa, ON

August 14

Peter Hannan

“Rethink Forever” - Musica Intima (Part of Festival Vancouver) - Christ Church Cathedral

Vancouver, BC

August 20

Jocelyn Morlock Steven Chatman Patrick Carrabre

Morlock "Dervish"; Chatman "In memoriam Harry Adaskin"; Carrabre "Black Echoes" - Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival

Pender Harbour, BC

August 28

Rodney Sharman

“Watchful” - Emily Manzo (piano) - Spiegeltent

New York, USA

September 15

Keith Hamel Dorothy Chang Michael Gonneville Robert Pritchard

Hamel “Krishna’s Flute”; Chang “Imperfection”; Gonneville “Chute- Parachute”; Pritchard “Strength” and “Beneath the Skin” (world premiere) - Telus Studio Theatre- Sound Extensions

Vancouver, BC

September 15-16

Frederick Schipizky

“From Under the Overture” - Grand Rapids Symphony, David Lockington (conductor)

Michigan, USA

September 17-18

Tobin Stokes

"Mind over mountain" (Premiere) - Victoria Symphony Orchestra commission, Tania Miller (conductor) - Royal Theatre

Victoria, BC

September 20

Ramona Luengen

“Piano Concerto” (Premiere) - CBC Radio Orchestra (commissioned by CBC), Jane Coop (piano) and Alain Trudel (conductor) - Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver, BC

September 24

David Scott Murray Adaskin

Scott "The Rising Curve of Day"; Adaskin "The Travelling Musicians" - Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Tania Miller (conductor) - Royal Theatre - PK Page Birthday Celebration

Victoria, BC

September 29

Jordan Nobles

World premiere commission by the CMC-BC with the aid of Spirt of BC - Musica Intima - Wosk Centre for Dialogue

Vancouver, BC

September 30

Moshe Denburg John Oliver

Denburg “El Ginat Egoz (Into the Walnut Garden)” (premiere); and works by John Oliver - Vancouver Inter-cultural Orchestra Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Vancouver, BC

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COMPOSER

EVENT INFORMATION

LOCATION

October 5

David MacIntyre

“Radio Songs” - SFU Theatre - Thursdays at noon series

Burnaby, BC

October 6

Sylvia Rickard

“Rarescale” - Carla Rees (bass flute), Kerry Wilson (piano) The Space

London, England

November 15

Rodney Sharman

“Moments” - Aventa Ensemble, William Linwood (conductor) Phillip T. Young Recital Hall

Victoria, BC

November 17

Imant Raminsh

"Pau, A Testament" - Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn (conductor) - Ryerson United Church - Memoirs: Remembering Mozart and Casals

Vancouver, BC

November 18

Gary Kulesha

"Concerto for Cello and Orchestra" (premiere) - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra with Shauna Rolston (cello) - CBC commission - Orpheum Theatre

Vancouver, BC

November 18-19

Stephen Chatman

“Proud Music of the Storm” - Glacier Symphony and Chorale, John Bernard Zoltek (director) - Flathead Auditorium

Montana, USA

November 26

Stephen Chatman

“Proud Music of the Storm” - Hong Kong Philharmonic and Choruses, Luke Chih (conductor) - Hong Kong Cultural Centre

Hong Kong, SAR China

December 2

Rodney Sharman

“Apollo’s Touch” - Rick Sacks (vibraphone) - Toronto Music Gallery

Toronto, ON

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filling in the gaps of the library collection housed at CMC-BC. There are many new treasures to be explored. Several hundred scores, recordings, and dissertations have been purchased to round out both reference and circulating materials. We have replaced items gone missing, added items that we had not previously held in the BC Region's collection, and purchased additional copies of high demand pedagogical works. Significant additions can be found in piano, vocal, and chamber music of varying degrees of difficulty.

After 27 years, the jewel centrepiece of our setting had become somewhat chipped and tarnished. The initiative of the CMC-BC Regions library renewal project has seen the gem restored. If you ever find yourself in Vancouver, we hope that you will visit us and see first-hand the magnificent changes that have resulted from this necessary and worthwhile undertaking.

To accommodate the wealth of new library acquisitions, new shelving was purchased and installed, improving the ease of usability for people browsing the stacks for recordings to listen to, and music to perform, study, teach, share, and enjoy. Additionally, a safe work environment has been established by bracing the library's shelving for earthquake preparedness. Other upgrades have also taken place, one of which is the purchase of a new electric keyboard for patron use in the library. Two can listen, as this

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Funding for the CMC-BC Region Library Renewal Project was received by The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, Heathcliff Foundation, The McLean Foundation, the Spirit of BC Opportunities Fund, Burlington Northern Sante Fe Foundation, Hamber Foundation, the BC Gaming Commission, and Service Canada's Summer Career Placement Program.

Barbara Pentland Promotional Projects This summer, six grants totalling $24,000 were awarded by the Canadian Music Centre from the Pentland Fund. Four recording grants and two perforPage 17

mance grants were given to applicants with a demonstrated history of excellence in the performance, study, and advancement of Canadian Contemporary Music. In Saskatchewan, Sophie Bouffard and David L. MacIntyre were awarded a recording grant for Songs of North. In Ontario, Lynn Kuo and Marianne Humetska were awarded a performance grant for Music Biennale Zagreb, and Patricia Green and Midori Koga were awarded a recording grant for The Ice Age and Beyond: Songs of Pentland, Panneton, McIntosh, Doolittle, Morlock and Agoes. In BC, Jane Hayes was awarded a recording grant for Barbara Pentland Works for Solo piano 1938-1945, and Mark McGregor and Rachel Iwaasa were awarded both performance and recording grants for their ensemble Tireias. These grants support endeavors that will further the musical legacy of Barbara Pentland.

To Kara Gibbs, we would like to extend our greatest appreciation and thanks for the many, many hours she so graciously volunteered to work on this newsletter. Kara, your spirit and tireless dedication inspire us all! Canadian Music Centre

New Music in New Places 2006 - 2007 Season October 5, 2006 11:25am and 3:10pm - Orchid Ensemble at Napier Square in Vancouver (Commercial Drive and Napier Street) with works by Jin Zhang, Moshe Denburg, Mark Armanini and Hope Lee as well as original poetry by the grade 9 and 10 students of Brittania Secondary School. December 9, 2006 3:00pm - The Yarilo Ensemble at the Vancouver Public Library (Alice MacKay Room) with works by Miodrag Lazarov, Barbara Pentland, Alexina Louie and Michael Conway Baker. Other concerts in the 2006 - 2007 season include: * CommOcean! at the Vancouver Aquarium featuring a world premiere by Leslie Uyeda. * The Harmonic Labyrinth at St. Paul’s United Church featuring music by John Sherlock, John Burke, Jordan Nobles, and Colin MacDonald. * Music For A Tangled Sky at the Vancouver International airport featuring music by Jocelyn Morlock. * Different Stones at the Vancouver Art Gallery featuring music by Jennifer Butler, Marci Rabe, Jordan Nobles, Christopher Kovarik and Tudor Feraru. * Randy Raine-Reusch at the Kamloops Art Gallery with music for eight-channel interactive computer system and world instruments. * Knife Edge, a linear octophonic electroacoustic concert at Queen Elizabeth Park. Check the CMC website at www.musiccentre.ca for dates and times as they are confirmed. The Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the SOCAN Foundation and the Government of Canada through the Canada Music Fund.

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2005 Donors to the CMC BC Region The British Columbia Regional Office of the Canadian Music Centre gratefully acknowledges the financial support of The British Columbia Arts Council; British Columbia Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch; The Canada Council for the Arts; City of Vancouver; Spirit of BC Arts Fund; The SOCAN Foundation; Heathcliff Foundation; The Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation; Pentland Fund; Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation and Vancouver Foundation.

Benefactor Marnie Carter

Patron Ian Hampton George Laverlock Harry Locke

Dorothea Adaskin BCRMTA Provincial Christopher Butterfield Kathryn Cernauskas

Colin Miles David Van Berckel, (Opus Framing and Art Supplies)

June Goldsmith, CM Dr. Sherrill Grace Carol M. Jutte Heather Pawsey

Hans-Karl Piltz Anonymous

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Sylvia Rickard Dr. Oliver Robinow Arne Sahlén Ernst Schneider

Dr. Frederick & Ruth Schipizky Edward A. Suderman Barry Truax

Owen Underhill UBC, School of Music Jon Washburn, CM

Contributor

Jane Coop Jane Adams Bette Cosar Peter Allen Richard Coulter Edward Arteaga Dr. Paul Crawford Dr. John Beckwith Kelly Crook Maxine Berry Dr. & Mrs. D.G. Dahlstrom James Bray Leslie Dala Dr. William Bruneau Tom Durrie Dr. Lawrence & Maggie Burr Jean Ethridge Lloyd Burritt Judith Forst, OC, OBC John & Tawny Capon Rosalie Frampton Patrick Carpenter Sandra Friesen Dr. Dorothy Chang and Martin Gotfrit Paolo Bortolussi Hilda Gregory, CM, OBC Dr. Stephen Chatman Cecilia Chueh Lorraine Ambrose Elizabeth Atchison Michael Conway Baker, OBC

Walter H. Ball BCRMTA/Chilliwack BCRMTA/Mid-Island BCRMTA/Mission BCRMTA/North Island BCRMTA/Penticton BCRMTA/Richmond BCRMTA/Trail-Castlegar BCRMTA/Vernon Jeremy Berkman Dennis Berryman Kathleen Bowles Elizabeth Brodovitch Harold Douglas Brown

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Brenda Campbell & Brian Mix Greg Constable Rita Costanzi Helen Dahlstrom Janet Danielson Andrew Dawes, OC Gwen Doi Annette Dorrepaal Paul M. Douglas Jack & Ruth Downs Sylvia L'Écuyer Morna Edmundson Lynn Ewing Diana Filer Ann Golden Fisher Judith Fraser Jane Gardiner

Gerald & Mary Stanick National Pro Music Teachers Dr. Keith Hamel Grant Strate, CM Winifred Nowell Andrew & Marilyn Hames Ron & Wendy Stuart Ellie O’Day Dr. Corey Hamm Trinity Western University Dr. John Oliver Jane Hayes Vancouver Musicians’ Anne Pearson Don James Association Digby Peers Linda Johnston Bethiah Weisgarber Paul & Irene Percival Sharman King Dr. James & Mrs. Alexandra Pohran-Dawkins Janet & Derwyn Lea Bronwen Whittaker Dr. Dale Reubart Dr. Sherry Lee Willowbrook Drywall Ltd. Robert Rogers Diane Loomer, CM in memory of Harley Rothstein Jean Lyons Smyth Humphreys Carol Sirianni Nancy M. Macdonald Karen Wilson Dr. Anita Sleeman Barbara McLean Richard Woods Stanis Smith Roderick & Aria Monteith William Zwozdesky Anonymous

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