Aaron GERVAIS is the Digital Composer in Residence for SOUNDSTREAMS Canada’s Soundmakers Program.
25 DECEMBER – NEW BOOK (with DVD): James HARLEY, Pauline MINEVICH, Ellen WATERMAN. Art of Immersive Soundscapes.
DECEMBER 14 – Blog post by Aaron GERVAIS: Why do the Rich Support the Arts?
DECEMBER 6 – PREMIERE: James HARLEY - Blue. Piano and Erhu Project (PEP). Performed by Corey Hamm and Nicole Ge Li. Barnett Hall, University of British Columbia.
NOVEMBER 22 PREMIERE: Aaron GERVAIS' Televised Address to the Nation on Civil Rights, for SSAATTBB chorus and electronics. Commissioned by Artists' Vocal Ensemble to commemorate the legacy of John F. Kennedy. St. Ignatius Catholic Church. San Francisco, California.
DECEMBER 14 – Blog post by Aaron GERVAIS: Why do the Rich Support the Arts?
DECEMBER 6 – PREMIERE: James HARLEY - Blue. Piano and Erhu Project (PEP). Performed by Corey Hamm and Nicole Ge Li. Barnett Hall, University of British Columbia.
NOVEMBER 22 PREMIERE: Aaron GERVAIS' Televised Address to the Nation on Civil Rights, for SSAATTBB chorus and electronics. Commissioned by Artists' Vocal Ensemble to commemorate the legacy of John F. Kennedy. St. Ignatius Catholic Church. San Francisco, California.
Photo from the premiere of Televised Address to the Nation on Civil Rights, by Aaron GERVAIS.
Aaron GERVAIS with Artists Vocal Ensemble conductor Jonathan Dimmock.
NOVEMBER 8 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - Form Archimage. Roger Admiral, piano. Canadian New Music at Off-IAMA.
NOVEMBER 7-10 – Bob PRITCHARD - Ecomusicology Listening Room at the American Musicological Society (AMS) 2013 conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
NOVEMBER 7 – PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN - Foundry. Mark Takeshi McGregor, flute. Canadian New Music at Off-IAMA.
NOVEMBER 1 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL - evanescence. Third Practice Festival, Oberlin College, 2:30 p.m. Oberlin, Ohio.
OCTOBER 28 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - Form Archimage. James HARLEY - Flung loose into the stars. Roger Admiral, piano. Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Also featuring music by Michael Matthews, Gyorgy KURTAG, Iannis XENAKIS, and Gyula Csapo. Concert presented by Groundswell.
OCTOBER 22 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - Music for Alto Saxophone and Piano. William H. Street, saxophone, Roger Admiral, piano.
PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN - Jeu de Téléphone for 2 alto saxophones, piano, and smartphones. William H. Street, Dale Wolford, saxophones, Roger Admiral, piano. San Jose State University.
Concert hosted by Paul STEENHUISEN. LECTURE/PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - 15. Roger Admiral, piano. San Jose State University, composer’s forum.
OCTOBER 21 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN interviews David EAGLE. Available on iTunes.
OCTOBER 19 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - Cycle of Strength, performed by Vancouver New Music. Vancouver Playhouse. Also includes John Korsrud (The Shadow of Your Smile), Alexina Louie (Winter Music),
and James Maxwell (Intueri). Featuring Steve Dann, viola.
OCTOBER 8 – PRESENTATION: Keith HAMEL and Bob PRITCHARD - “Digital Media and Music”, part of the Emerging Visions: Digital Media and Culture series. HAMEL and PRITCHARD are co-hosts of the series which is
sponsored by UBC's Green College and UBC Okanagan. On Wednesday, Oct. 9 they will give their talk at the Kelowna campus.
NOVEMBER 7-10 – Bob PRITCHARD - Ecomusicology Listening Room at the American Musicological Society (AMS) 2013 conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
NOVEMBER 7 – PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN - Foundry. Mark Takeshi McGregor, flute. Canadian New Music at Off-IAMA.
NOVEMBER 1 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL - evanescence. Third Practice Festival, Oberlin College, 2:30 p.m. Oberlin, Ohio.
OCTOBER 28 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - Form Archimage. James HARLEY - Flung loose into the stars. Roger Admiral, piano. Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Also featuring music by Michael Matthews, Gyorgy KURTAG, Iannis XENAKIS, and Gyula Csapo. Concert presented by Groundswell.
OCTOBER 22 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - Music for Alto Saxophone and Piano. William H. Street, saxophone, Roger Admiral, piano.
PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN - Jeu de Téléphone for 2 alto saxophones, piano, and smartphones. William H. Street, Dale Wolford, saxophones, Roger Admiral, piano. San Jose State University.
Concert hosted by Paul STEENHUISEN. LECTURE/PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - 15. Roger Admiral, piano. San Jose State University, composer’s forum.
OCTOBER 21 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN interviews David EAGLE. Available on iTunes.
OCTOBER 19 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - Cycle of Strength, performed by Vancouver New Music. Vancouver Playhouse. Also includes John Korsrud (The Shadow of Your Smile), Alexina Louie (Winter Music),
and James Maxwell (Intueri). Featuring Steve Dann, viola.
OCTOBER 8 – PRESENTATION: Keith HAMEL and Bob PRITCHARD - “Digital Media and Music”, part of the Emerging Visions: Digital Media and Culture series. HAMEL and PRITCHARD are co-hosts of the series which is
sponsored by UBC's Green College and UBC Okanagan. On Wednesday, Oct. 9 they will give their talk at the Kelowna campus.
Bob PRITCHARD and Keith HAMEL following their talk at Green College, UBC.
OCTOBER 6 – PREMIERE: Paul STEENHUISEN Jeu de Téléphone for 2 alto saxophones, piano, and smartphones. William H. Street, Charles H. Stolte, saxophones, Roger Admiral, piano.
Howard BASHAW - Music for Alto Saxophone and Piano. William H. Street, saxophone, Roger Admiral, piano.
Howard BASHAW - Music for Alto Saxophone and Piano. William H. Street, saxophone, Roger Admiral, piano.
William H. Street and Charles Stolte following the premiere performance of Jeu de Téléphone.
SEPTEMBER 23 – PERFORMANCE: Aaron GERVAIS - Bicycle Opera Reprise of Oksana G. Innovations en concert. 7:30pm, Sala Rossa, Montréal.
SEPTEMBER 20 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - 15. Performed by Roger Admiral, piano. Open Space, Victoria. September 20, 2013.
SEPTEMBER 17 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - ReCage. JH--computer. Montreal, Time Forms symposium.
SEPTEMBER 14 – PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN - A Book from the Harbour III, performed by Stacie Dunlop and Cheryl Duvall at the Shaken or Stirred new music and martinis benefit for the
Thin Edge New Music Collective. Array Space, Toronto.
AUGUST 15 – LECTURE/PLAYBACK: James HARLEY. Breathwood. Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium.
AUGUST 13 – PAPER PRESENTATION: Keith HAMEL – Integrated Multimodal Score-following Environment. International Computer Music Conference, Perth, Australia. Paper by Keith Hamel, Bob Pritchard, and Martin Ritter.
AUGUST 10-25 – INSTALLATION: Bob PRITCHARD – Where the Wild Things Were, 2013. Samples and concept, Krista Dragomer. Software by Bob Pritchard. Southhampton Centre, Southampton, NJ
AUGUST 4 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL – Touch, for piano and interactive electronics. Performed by Megumi Masaki, Ottawa Chamberfest. National Gallery of Canada.
JULY – PERFORMANCE: The one-act version of Aaron GERVAIS' opera The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G. is featured in The Bicycle Project tour.
JUNE 7 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL - Orb of the Sun, performed by Gerard Weber, tenor saxophone, Darren Miller, live electronics. Sask New Music Fest 2013.
SEPTEMBER 20 – PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - 15. Performed by Roger Admiral, piano. Open Space, Victoria. September 20, 2013.
SEPTEMBER 17 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - ReCage. JH--computer. Montreal, Time Forms symposium.
SEPTEMBER 14 – PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN - A Book from the Harbour III, performed by Stacie Dunlop and Cheryl Duvall at the Shaken or Stirred new music and martinis benefit for the
Thin Edge New Music Collective. Array Space, Toronto.
AUGUST 15 – LECTURE/PLAYBACK: James HARLEY. Breathwood. Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium.
AUGUST 13 – PAPER PRESENTATION: Keith HAMEL – Integrated Multimodal Score-following Environment. International Computer Music Conference, Perth, Australia. Paper by Keith Hamel, Bob Pritchard, and Martin Ritter.
AUGUST 10-25 – INSTALLATION: Bob PRITCHARD – Where the Wild Things Were, 2013. Samples and concept, Krista Dragomer. Software by Bob Pritchard. Southhampton Centre, Southampton, NJ
AUGUST 4 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL – Touch, for piano and interactive electronics. Performed by Megumi Masaki, Ottawa Chamberfest. National Gallery of Canada.
JULY – PERFORMANCE: The one-act version of Aaron GERVAIS' opera The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G. is featured in The Bicycle Project tour.
JUNE 7 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL - Orb of the Sun, performed by Gerard Weber, tenor saxophone, Darren Miller, live electronics. Sask New Music Fest 2013.
JUNE 1 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL's Clocks, on Totem Électrique. June 1, 16h30, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal.
Also featuring works by Francisco Huguet, Guillaume Cliche, PA Tremblay, and Benjamin Thigpen.
MAY 23 – PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN - Foundry, performed by Mark McGregor, flute. The Four Elements, A co-presentation with the Tempest Flute Ensemble, ECM+, and Redshift Music Society.
Orpheum Annex, Vancouver.
Also featuring works by Francisco Huguet, Guillaume Cliche, PA Tremblay, and Benjamin Thigpen.
MAY 23 – PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN - Foundry, performed by Mark McGregor, flute. The Four Elements, A co-presentation with the Tempest Flute Ensemble, ECM+, and Redshift Music Society.
Orpheum Annex, Vancouver.
Mark McGregor performing Foundry, Orpheum Annex, Vancouver.
MAY 21 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL - Entropy (premiere, for five players on one piano), performed by PianOrquestra; 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PianOrquestra performing Gordon FITZELL's "Entropy", for five players on one piano. Rio de Janeiro.
MAY 18 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL - Flux (newly revised version), VSO, Bramwell Tovey, conductor; 8:00 p.m. at the Orpheum Annex, Vancouver.
MAY 11 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - Flung loose into the stars, performed by Adam Sherkin, piano. 13th Street Winery, Toronto.
APRIL 29 – LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION: Keith HAMEL's Touch, at IRCAM, Paris.
APRIL 27 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - Refraction, performed by Land's End. Calgary. w/ François Houle, clarinet.
APRIL 23 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Walter BOUDREAU, available on iTunes.
APRIL 20 – PERFORMANCE: Helen Pridmore sings music by James HARLEY, Emily DOOLITTLE, Ian CRUTCHLEY, Martin ARNOLD, WL ALTMAN, and Helen HALL. New Music Edmonton.
MAY 11 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - Flung loose into the stars, performed by Adam Sherkin, piano. 13th Street Winery, Toronto.
APRIL 29 – LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION: Keith HAMEL's Touch, at IRCAM, Paris.
APRIL 27 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - Refraction, performed by Land's End. Calgary. w/ François Houle, clarinet.
APRIL 23 – PODCAST: Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Walter BOUDREAU, available on iTunes.
APRIL 20 – PERFORMANCE: Helen Pridmore sings music by James HARLEY, Emily DOOLITTLE, Ian CRUTCHLEY, Martin ARNOLD, WL ALTMAN, and Helen HALL. New Music Edmonton.
MARCH 24 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - Étude pour une fête (Jazz II), Rubbing Stone Ensemble, Calgary.
MARCH 22 – PERFORMANCE: Bob PRITCHARD - Rebirth, for flute and interactive electronics (premiere), performed by Chenoa Anderson. SONIC Boom Festival.
MARCH 20-24 – RESIDENCY: Paul STEENHUISEN will be Composer in Residence at Vancouver Pro Musica's SONIC Boom Festival. PREMIERE: Intaglio sulla cervello, for violin, cello, and piano.
MARCH 22 – PERFORMANCE: Bob PRITCHARD - Rebirth, for flute and interactive electronics (premiere), performed by Chenoa Anderson. SONIC Boom Festival.
MARCH 20-24 – RESIDENCY: Paul STEENHUISEN will be Composer in Residence at Vancouver Pro Musica's SONIC Boom Festival. PREMIERE: Intaglio sulla cervello, for violin, cello, and piano.
Chris MORANO (conductor), David GILLHAM (violin), Corey HAMM (piano), Eric WILSON (cello), after the premiere of Paul STEENHUISEN's "Intaglio sulla cervello"
Paul STEENHUISEN (moderator), with participants in the Student Composers Masterclass,
and resident ensemble Turning Point, Vancouver
MARCH 14 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL- Zipper Music 1 (live remix); and !Zip (Zipper Music 2), 8 p.m., Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg, as part of the Cluster Festival.
MARCH 12 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL will moderate a Meet The Composer forum, 7:30 p.m., Rand-McNally Booksellers, as part of Cluster: New Music and Integrated Arts Festival, Winnipeg.
MARCH 7 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - Improvisation. Thursday @ Noon Concerts, Guelph, with Glan Hall, Ken Aldcroft, and Joe Sorbara.
MARCH 12 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FITZELL will moderate a Meet The Composer forum, 7:30 p.m., Rand-McNally Booksellers, as part of Cluster: New Music and Integrated Arts Festival, Winnipeg.
MARCH 7 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - Improvisation. Thursday @ Noon Concerts, Guelph, with Glan Hall, Ken Aldcroft, and Joe Sorbara.
Julia Nolan and Bob Pritchard, March 2, 2013, at the North American Saxophone Alliance
Region 5 Conference, Bowling Green, Ohio.
Aaron GERVAIS at the Other Minds Festival, San Francisco.
MARCH 2 – PERFORMANCE: Aaron GERVAIS - Work Around the World. Premiered by Amy X Neuberg (vocal and live electronics) and William Winant's percussion ensemble. Jewish Community Centre of San Francisco.
Commissioned by Other Minds. PERFORMANCE: Bob PRITCHARD's "Strength", performed by Julia Nolan, alto saxophone. North American Saxophone Alliance conference, Bowling Green, Ohio.
FEBRUARY 27 – PRESENTATION: Gordon FITZELL on sound art. Winnipeg Art Gallery.
FEBRUARY 24 – Halo Ballet, performed by Toca Loca at Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques. Chapelle historique do Bon-Pasteur, Montreal.
FEBRUARY 23 – PERFORMANCE: Aaron GERVAIS - Halo Ballet, @ Vector Game Art Festvial, Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Toronto. Performed by Toca Loca.
FEBRUARY 17 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - Les Cloches, performed by the Iowa State University Contemporary Music Ensemble
FEBRUARY 13 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - Touch, for piano & interactive electronics, Corey Hamm, piano. UBC School of Music, Vancouver.
FEBRUARY 9 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - Touch, for piano & interactive electronics, Megumi Masaki, piano. Royal College of Music, London.
Commissioned by Other Minds. PERFORMANCE: Bob PRITCHARD's "Strength", performed by Julia Nolan, alto saxophone. North American Saxophone Alliance conference, Bowling Green, Ohio.
FEBRUARY 27 – PRESENTATION: Gordon FITZELL on sound art. Winnipeg Art Gallery.
FEBRUARY 24 – Halo Ballet, performed by Toca Loca at Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques. Chapelle historique do Bon-Pasteur, Montreal.
FEBRUARY 23 – PERFORMANCE: Aaron GERVAIS - Halo Ballet, @ Vector Game Art Festvial, Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Toronto. Performed by Toca Loca.
FEBRUARY 17 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - Les Cloches, performed by the Iowa State University Contemporary Music Ensemble
FEBRUARY 13 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - Touch, for piano & interactive electronics, Corey Hamm, piano. UBC School of Music, Vancouver.
FEBRUARY 9 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - Touch, for piano & interactive electronics, Megumi Masaki, piano. Royal College of Music, London.
Megumi Masaki performing 'Touch', by Keith HAMEL. February 3, 2013, Reyjkavik, Iceland.
FEBRUARY 8 – PERFORMANCE: James HARLEY - Exposures, for solo oboe. MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph. KWG New Music Collective.
FEBRUARY 6 – PERFORMANCE: Touch, performed by Megumi Masaki. Royal Academy of Music, London.
FEBRUARY 3 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - Touch, for piano & interactive electronics, Megumi Masaki, piano. Reyjkavik, Iceland.
PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - Roger Admiral performs 15, Form Archimage, and Minimalisms. New Jersey University.
FEBRUARY 1 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FiTZELL interviews Steve Reich, Desautels Faculty of Music, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
JANUARY 31 – PERFORMANCE: Aaron GERVAIS - Jackhammer Lullaby, performed by Forecast Music, Winston-Salem NC.
JANUARY 27 – PREMIERE: James HARLEY - Northern Mosaic: String Quartet No. 2. Performed by the Madawaska String Quartet. KWCMS Music Room, Waterloo.
FEBRUARY 6 – PERFORMANCE: Touch, performed by Megumi Masaki. Royal Academy of Music, London.
FEBRUARY 3 – PERFORMANCE: Keith HAMEL - Touch, for piano & interactive electronics, Megumi Masaki, piano. Reyjkavik, Iceland.
PERFORMANCE: Howard BASHAW - Roger Admiral performs 15, Form Archimage, and Minimalisms. New Jersey University.
FEBRUARY 1 – PERFORMANCE: Gordon FiTZELL interviews Steve Reich, Desautels Faculty of Music, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
JANUARY 31 – PERFORMANCE: Aaron GERVAIS - Jackhammer Lullaby, performed by Forecast Music, Winston-Salem NC.
JANUARY 27 – PREMIERE: James HARLEY - Northern Mosaic: String Quartet No. 2. Performed by the Madawaska String Quartet. KWCMS Music Room, Waterloo.
James HARLEY, with members of the MADAWASKA String Quartet. left to right: Amber Ghent, Anna Redekop, James Harley,
Anita Walsh, and Sarah Fraser Raff.