Aaron GERVAIS - “Shoot Like a Film Star”, from the album P*P.
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James HARLEY - CD: “Neue Bilder” available. Reviews: Wholenote, Gapplegate.
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Bob PRITCHARD - CD: “Breathe on Me”, from the album ELEKTROLOGOS.
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James HARLEY - CD: Hendrix Uncovered, New Music Inspired by Jimi Hendrix. Includes “Spangled”.
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BOOK CHAPTER: James HARLEY - “Graphic conception of musical structure and sonority in Jonchaies by Iannis Xenakis”. Published in XENAKIS MATTERS. Pendragon Press.
DECEMBER 15 – PREMIERE: Aaron GERVAIS - ‘A Mural’. Premiere by The Coterie, for soprano, piano, violin, and cello, written in collaboration with librettist/songwriter Royce Vavrek. National Opera Center, New York.
DECEMBER 1 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS - Composition Lessons: Daft Punk’s “Technologic”.
NOVEMBER 20 – TALK: Gordon FITZELL - "Shaping Sound: Recent Approaches to Musical Presentation". McNally Robinson Booksellers, Winnipeg, MB.
NOVEMBER 17 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - "Jardinages". Button Factory, Waterloo. performed by the KWG New Music Collective. LIVE INTERVIEW: Saturday, November 17.
Paul STEENHUISEN speaks with New Music Edmonton festival Guest Composer Giorgio Magnanensi. 11:00 a.m. Alberta College. free admission.
NOVEMBER 16 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - "Form Archimage", performed by Roger Admiral, with Giorgio Magnanensi, live video.
NOVEMBER 10 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS' latest post is a Quiz - "What Kind of Composer Are You?" PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - "Preludes, Book II", "Minimalisms II", and "15".
Performed by Roger Admiral, piano. Gallery 345, Toronto.
DECEMBER 15 – PREMIERE: Aaron GERVAIS - ‘A Mural’. Premiere by The Coterie, for soprano, piano, violin, and cello, written in collaboration with librettist/songwriter Royce Vavrek. National Opera Center, New York.
DECEMBER 1 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS - Composition Lessons: Daft Punk’s “Technologic”.
NOVEMBER 20 – TALK: Gordon FITZELL - "Shaping Sound: Recent Approaches to Musical Presentation". McNally Robinson Booksellers, Winnipeg, MB.
NOVEMBER 17 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - "Jardinages". Button Factory, Waterloo. performed by the KWG New Music Collective. LIVE INTERVIEW: Saturday, November 17.
Paul STEENHUISEN speaks with New Music Edmonton festival Guest Composer Giorgio Magnanensi. 11:00 a.m. Alberta College. free admission.
NOVEMBER 16 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - "Form Archimage", performed by Roger Admiral, with Giorgio Magnanensi, live video.
NOVEMBER 10 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS' latest post is a Quiz - "What Kind of Composer Are You?" PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - "Preludes, Book II", "Minimalisms II", and "15".
Performed by Roger Admiral, piano. Gallery 345, Toronto.
Howard BASHAW and Roger ADMIRAL @ The Canadian Music Centre in Toronto.
NOVEMBER 8 – LECTURE/RECITAL: Howard BASHAW and Roger ADMIRAL. Piano Music of Howard BASHAW, performed by Roger ADMIRAL. University of Guelph. Performances of ’15’ and ‘Form Archimage’.
NOVEMBER 7 – LECTURE/RECITAL: BASHAW/ADMIRAL. Piano Music of Howard BASHAW, performed by Roger ADMIRAL. Wilfrid-Laurier University, Kitchener-Waterloo. Performances of ’15’ and ‘Form Archimage’.
NOVEMBER 6 – LECTURE/RECITAL: BASHAW/ADMIRAL. Piano Music of Howard BASHAW, performed by Roger ADMIRAL. University of Toronto. Performances of ’15’ and ‘Form Archimage’.
NOVEMBER 7 – LECTURE/RECITAL: BASHAW/ADMIRAL. Piano Music of Howard BASHAW, performed by Roger ADMIRAL. Wilfrid-Laurier University, Kitchener-Waterloo. Performances of ’15’ and ‘Form Archimage’.
NOVEMBER 6 – LECTURE/RECITAL: BASHAW/ADMIRAL. Piano Music of Howard BASHAW, performed by Roger ADMIRAL. University of Toronto. Performances of ’15’ and ‘Form Archimage’.
Howard BASHAW and Roger ADMIRAL outside HOSU restaurant.
NOVEMBER 4 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - "Preludes, Book II", "Minimalisms II", and "15". Performed by Roger Admiral, piano. New Jersey University. (Cancelled due to hurricane).
NOVEMBER 2 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Paul STEENHUISEN, available on iTunes.
NOVEMBER 1-2 – PERFORMANCES: Gordon FITZELL's installation work ":spin". @ the Bruges Concertgebouw, Belgium, as part of the ISCM World Music Days 2012. see video
NOVEMBER 2 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Paul STEENHUISEN, available on iTunes.
NOVEMBER 1-2 – PERFORMANCES: Gordon FITZELL's installation work ":spin". @ the Bruges Concertgebouw, Belgium, as part of the ISCM World Music Days 2012. see video
OCTOBER 30 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - ‘Wild Fruits 2: Like a ragged flock, like pulverized jade’. EcoMusicologies Conference, New Orleans. ~spin~ (Ellen Waterman – amplified flutes, James Harley – electronics)
OCTOBER 26 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - ‘Re:Cage’. Recital Room, University of Guelph. James Harley/Cam McKittrick – electronics
OCTOBER 22 – Excerpts of pieces by AMP composers now available on SoundCloud.
GUEST LECTURE: Gordon FITZELL - "Flexible Approaches to Live Electronics". Zentrum für innovative Musik-Technologie, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. Vienna, Austria.
OCTOBER 17 – PREMIERE: Howard BASHAW - "15", for piano, performed by Roger Admiral. University of Alberta / Augustana Faculty Chapel (Camrose)
OCTOBER 9 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Gordon FITZELL available on iTunes.
SEPTEMBER 25 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Howard BASHAW available on iTunes.
SEPTEMBER 19 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with James ROLFE available on iTunes.
SEPTEMBER 14 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Aaron GERVAIS available on iTunes.
AUGUST 6 – BROADCASTS: Paul STEENHUISEN - "Frank O. Lunaire #10: Raub", James HARLEY - "Wild Fruits 3: Chestnuts", Keith HAMEL - "Krishna's Flute" w/ Robert Cram.
Acoustic Frontiers, hosted by Ralph Hopper. CKCU, Ottawa.
AUGUST 2 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with James HARLEY available on iTunes.
JULY 30 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS: Experimentalism has a Biologically Hardwired Expiry Date.
JULY 23 – ARTICLES: Aaron GERVAIS - "The Indie rockification of chamber music". Paul STEENHUISEN’s “Sonic Geography” of Paris’ Fête de la Musique. (article and audio). MUSICWORKS 113.
JULY 12 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Bob PRITCHARD available on iTunes.
JUNE 14 – PERFORMANCE: Aaron GERVAIS - "Jackhammer Lullabye", Plexoos Ensemble, Edmonton. Andriy Talpash, conductor.
JUNE 11-12 – OPERA WORKSHOP PERFORMANCES: Aaron GERVAIS’ opera "The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G." Tapestry New Opera, Toronto.
MAY 24-27 – PARTICIPANT: Keith HAMEL - ‘Comprovisations - Improvisation Technologies for the Performing Arts’. Montreal.
MAY 26 – BROADCASTS: James HARLEY - "Caged", Keith HAMEL - "Les Cloches", on CBC Radio, The Signal.
MAY 23-25 – LECTURE: James HARLEY - "Xenakis, la musique électroacoustique". Université Paris 8.
MAY 21 – BROADCASTS: Paul STEENHUISEN - "Circumnavigating the Sea of Shit", and "Poland is not yet Lost". Martian Gardens, WMUA, Amherst, Mass., May 20, 2012. PODCAST:
Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with André RISTIC is available on iTunes.
MAY 19 – BROADCASTS: James HARLEY - "Caged", Keith HAMEL - "Les Cloches", on CBC Radio, The Signal.
MAY 12 – CONCERT: Gordon FITZELL's "evanescence", performed this Saturday by Ensemble Resonance and Rubbing Stone. Presented by New Works Calgary.
APRIL 30 – PERFORMANCE: Aaron GERVAIS - “Culture No. 1”, for harp, piano, and laptop. Performance by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.
APRIL 29 – INTERVIEW: with Aaron GERVAIS, KALW, San Francisco. PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Brian CHERNEY is available on iTunes.
MARCH 23 – PERFORMANCE: UBC Laptop Orchestra, directed by Keith HAMEL and Bob PRITCHARD.
MARCH 20 – DISCUSSION: As part of the Vancouver Sonic Boom Festival, John Roston, Mark Zuberbuhler, Philippe Pasquier and Bob PRITCHARD will be discussing the effect and practice of music technology.
Canadian Music Centre, 6-8 PM, Vancouver.
MARCH 18 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL will conduct the Freedman/Houle/Smulovitz Trio at the Rachel Browne Theatre in Winnipeg using the Mad Scientist Machine, a remote conduction software/hardware system.
MARCH 15 – PERFORMANCE: Kaija SAARIAHO’s ‘Lohn’, with technical assistance by Bob PRITCHARD and Keith HAMEL. Vancouver New Music concert HE[A]R at the Waldorf.
OCTOBER 26 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - ‘Re:Cage’. Recital Room, University of Guelph. James Harley/Cam McKittrick – electronics
OCTOBER 22 – Excerpts of pieces by AMP composers now available on SoundCloud.
GUEST LECTURE: Gordon FITZELL - "Flexible Approaches to Live Electronics". Zentrum für innovative Musik-Technologie, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. Vienna, Austria.
OCTOBER 17 – PREMIERE: Howard BASHAW - "15", for piano, performed by Roger Admiral. University of Alberta / Augustana Faculty Chapel (Camrose)
OCTOBER 9 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Gordon FITZELL available on iTunes.
SEPTEMBER 25 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Howard BASHAW available on iTunes.
SEPTEMBER 19 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with James ROLFE available on iTunes.
SEPTEMBER 14 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Aaron GERVAIS available on iTunes.
AUGUST 6 – BROADCASTS: Paul STEENHUISEN - "Frank O. Lunaire #10: Raub", James HARLEY - "Wild Fruits 3: Chestnuts", Keith HAMEL - "Krishna's Flute" w/ Robert Cram.
Acoustic Frontiers, hosted by Ralph Hopper. CKCU, Ottawa.
AUGUST 2 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with James HARLEY available on iTunes.
JULY 30 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS: Experimentalism has a Biologically Hardwired Expiry Date.
JULY 23 – ARTICLES: Aaron GERVAIS - "The Indie rockification of chamber music". Paul STEENHUISEN’s “Sonic Geography” of Paris’ Fête de la Musique. (article and audio). MUSICWORKS 113.
JULY 12 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Bob PRITCHARD available on iTunes.
JUNE 14 – PERFORMANCE: Aaron GERVAIS - "Jackhammer Lullabye", Plexoos Ensemble, Edmonton. Andriy Talpash, conductor.
JUNE 11-12 – OPERA WORKSHOP PERFORMANCES: Aaron GERVAIS’ opera "The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G." Tapestry New Opera, Toronto.
MAY 24-27 – PARTICIPANT: Keith HAMEL - ‘Comprovisations - Improvisation Technologies for the Performing Arts’. Montreal.
MAY 26 – BROADCASTS: James HARLEY - "Caged", Keith HAMEL - "Les Cloches", on CBC Radio, The Signal.
MAY 23-25 – LECTURE: James HARLEY - "Xenakis, la musique électroacoustique". Université Paris 8.
MAY 21 – BROADCASTS: Paul STEENHUISEN - "Circumnavigating the Sea of Shit", and "Poland is not yet Lost". Martian Gardens, WMUA, Amherst, Mass., May 20, 2012. PODCAST:
Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with André RISTIC is available on iTunes.
MAY 19 – BROADCASTS: James HARLEY - "Caged", Keith HAMEL - "Les Cloches", on CBC Radio, The Signal.
MAY 12 – CONCERT: Gordon FITZELL's "evanescence", performed this Saturday by Ensemble Resonance and Rubbing Stone. Presented by New Works Calgary.
APRIL 30 – PERFORMANCE: Aaron GERVAIS - “Culture No. 1”, for harp, piano, and laptop. Performance by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.
APRIL 29 – INTERVIEW: with Aaron GERVAIS, KALW, San Francisco. PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Brian CHERNEY is available on iTunes.
MARCH 23 – PERFORMANCE: UBC Laptop Orchestra, directed by Keith HAMEL and Bob PRITCHARD.
MARCH 20 – DISCUSSION: As part of the Vancouver Sonic Boom Festival, John Roston, Mark Zuberbuhler, Philippe Pasquier and Bob PRITCHARD will be discussing the effect and practice of music technology.
Canadian Music Centre, 6-8 PM, Vancouver.
MARCH 18 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL will conduct the Freedman/Houle/Smulovitz Trio at the Rachel Browne Theatre in Winnipeg using the Mad Scientist Machine, a remote conduction software/hardware system.
MARCH 15 – PERFORMANCE: Kaija SAARIAHO’s ‘Lohn’, with technical assistance by Bob PRITCHARD and Keith HAMEL. Vancouver New Music concert HE[A]R at the Waldorf.
Keith HAMEL, Bob PRITCHARD, Martin Ritter and Dory Hayley rehearsing Lohn by Kaija Saariaho.
Bob PRITCHARD handing over the UBC RDE Synth to Ralph Dyke. In the background is Ralph's first synth from 1970, and on top are the two modules that were the Carson Graham High School RDE synthesizer from the same era. Hanging behind him is the prototype for the Roland MC-8 Microcomposer, designed by Ralph Dyke.
MARCH 1 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Peter EÖTVÖS is available on iTunes.
FEBRUARY – MEDIA INSTALLATION: Gordon FITZELL’s “Magister Ludi”, Rovaniemi Iceberg project, by Herbert Enns. Arktikum (Arctic Centre), Rovaniemi, Finland.
FEBRUARY 24 – PERFORMANCE: Bob PRITCHARD - “Postcards From Our Futures”, Barbara Pritchard, piano. “Beneath the Skin”, Anne Davison, cello. St. Mary's University Gallery, Halifax.
FEBRUARY – MEDIA INSTALLATION: Gordon FITZELL’s “Magister Ludi”, Rovaniemi Iceberg project, by Herbert Enns. Arktikum (Arctic Centre), Rovaniemi, Finland.
FEBRUARY 24 – PERFORMANCE: Bob PRITCHARD - “Postcards From Our Futures”, Barbara Pritchard, piano. “Beneath the Skin”, Anne Davison, cello. St. Mary's University Gallery, Halifax.
Bob PRITCHARD and sister Barbara Pritchard reviewing his piece "Postcards From Our Futures"
FEBRUARY 21 – Bob PRITCHARD on Gizmodo, with excerpt from "What does a body know?"
FEBRUARY 17 – PREMIERE: Paul STEENHUISEN - “Copralite Culture and Analysis #21-34”, for oboe, piano, and live electronics. Beth Levia/ Sylvia Shadick-Taylor. Edmonton, Alberta.
FEBRUARY 17 – PREMIERE: Paul STEENHUISEN - “Copralite Culture and Analysis #21-34”, for oboe, piano, and live electronics. Beth Levia/ Sylvia Shadick-Taylor. Edmonton, Alberta.
Beth Levia and Sylvia Shadick-Taylor following their premiere of Paul STEENHUISEN's "Copralite Culture & Analysis #21-33", for oboe, piano, and live electronics +.
FEBRUARY 15 – PROMOTIONAL VIDEO: Aaron GERVAIS - ‘HALO Ballet’. With Toca Loca.
FEBRUARY 11 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - “WindoW”, for saxophone and interactive electronics. Windsor Canadian Music Festival. PERFORMANCE:
Howard BASHAW - "Minimalisms II", performed by Roger Admiral. Convocation Hall, Edmonton.
FEBRUARY 10 – PREMIERE: Keith HAMEL - “Les Cloches” for Chamber Orchestra and interactive electronics. Windsor Canadian Music Festival.
PREMIERE: James HARLEY - “Caged”, for Chamber Orchestra and interactive electronics. Windsor Canadian Music Festival.
FEBRUARY 11 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - “WindoW”, for saxophone and interactive electronics. Windsor Canadian Music Festival. PERFORMANCE:
Howard BASHAW - "Minimalisms II", performed by Roger Admiral. Convocation Hall, Edmonton.
FEBRUARY 10 – PREMIERE: Keith HAMEL - “Les Cloches” for Chamber Orchestra and interactive electronics. Windsor Canadian Music Festival.
PREMIERE: James HARLEY - “Caged”, for Chamber Orchestra and interactive electronics. Windsor Canadian Music Festival.
Keith HAMEL preparing for the premiere of his new piece "Les Cloches", Windsor, Ontario.
James HARLEY rehearsing his piece "Caged" with the Windsor Symphony.
FEBRUARY 8 – PANEL DISCUSSION: James HARLEY and Keith HAMEL. Windsor Canadian Music Festival.
FEBRUARY 7 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN’s interview with Keith HAMEL is available on iTunes.
FEBRUARY 4 – PERFORMANCES: Roger Admiral performs pieces by Howard BASHAW and Paul STEENHUISEN. 7pm, Keyano College, Fort McMurray.
FEBRUARY 1 – ALBUM: Bidiniband's "In the Rock Hall" is now out. The electroacoustic introduction to the song Eunoia is by AMP composer Paul STEENHUISEN. Read a review:
JANUARY 31 – PRESENTATION: Gordon FITZELL’s sound installation “:spin”. Winnipeg New Music Festival.
Gordon FITZELL's sound installation ":spin".
JANUARY 30 – PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN - "Toneland Security". Margaret Lancaster, bass flute. Gallery MC, New York City.
JANUARY 25 – BROADCASTS: Aaron GERVAIS - "Shizo Psycho", Bob PRITCHARD - "...flow mingled down", Paul STEENHUISEN - "Pensacola". Where's the Beat, CKUT, Montreal.
JANUARY 24 – PREMIERE: Gordon FITZELL - “Electric Lime”, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, bassoon, harpsichord, and interactive lighting. Performed by Emerado, Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Recorded for broadcast on CBC Radio Two’s “The Signal”.
JANUARY 25 – BROADCASTS: Aaron GERVAIS - "Shizo Psycho", Bob PRITCHARD - "...flow mingled down", Paul STEENHUISEN - "Pensacola". Where's the Beat, CKUT, Montreal.
JANUARY 24 – PREMIERE: Gordon FITZELL - “Electric Lime”, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, bassoon, harpsichord, and interactive lighting. Performed by Emerado, Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Recorded for broadcast on CBC Radio Two’s “The Signal”.