DECEMBER 14 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Is gentrification good for artists?
DECEMBER 11 – PREMIERE: Paul STEENHUISEN – Anthropo, performed by Benny Sluchin, trombone. Music Gallery, Toronto. Presented by New Music Concerts.
DECEMBER 10 – Gordon FITZELL – Bliss Point (clarinet and ebow piano) performed by Shawn Earle and Rory Cowal, UBC School of Music, Vancouver, BC. December 10, 2014.
DECEMBER 2 – Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Marco STROPPA.
DECEMBER 11 – PREMIERE: Paul STEENHUISEN – Anthropo, performed by Benny Sluchin, trombone. Music Gallery, Toronto. Presented by New Music Concerts.
DECEMBER 10 – Gordon FITZELL – Bliss Point (clarinet and ebow piano) performed by Shawn Earle and Rory Cowal, UBC School of Music, Vancouver, BC. December 10, 2014.
DECEMBER 2 – Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Marco STROPPA.
Benny Sluchin rehearsing Anthropo, by Paul Steenhuisen.
Sarah Jo Kirsch
NOVEMBER 26 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Performed by soprano Sarah Kirsch, with pianist Madeline Hildebrand. UBC, Vancouver. E-Gré Tour 2014.
NOVEMBER 24 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. University of Calgary.
NOVEMBER 18 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Thunder Bay, ON - Jean McNulty Recital Hall, Lakehead University LUMINA Series.
NOVEMBER 16 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Winnipeg, MB - Winnipeg Art Gallery, Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg.
NOVEMBER 14 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Brandon, MB - Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon University.
NOVEMBER 13 – Gordon FITZELL: CD Release Event for Magister Ludi : Musique de / Music of Gordon Fitzell (Centrediscs) by the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+), Conservatoire de Musique, Montréal.
NOVEMBER 10 – Gordon FITZELL: CD Release Event for Magister Ludi : Musique de / Music of Gordon Fitzell (Centrediscs) by the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
NOVEMBE 9 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Toronto, ON - Hart House, University of Toronto.
NOVEMBER 8 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Sampling, medieval France, love songs, John Cage.
NOVEMBER 1-8 PREMIERE: Bob PRITCHARD, in collaboration with Krista Dragomer. 8-channel surround sound installation entitled Re-wilding the Syrinx. The work consists of 8 rough wood birdhouses containing speakers,
mounted on fabricated iron pipe stands and antique wood foot blocks, arranged in a circle and playing bird calls and cell phone ring tones. Babycastles Gallery and Interspace in Manhattan.
NOVEMBER 24 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. University of Calgary.
NOVEMBER 18 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Thunder Bay, ON - Jean McNulty Recital Hall, Lakehead University LUMINA Series.
NOVEMBER 16 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Winnipeg, MB - Winnipeg Art Gallery, Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg.
NOVEMBER 14 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Brandon, MB - Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon University.
NOVEMBER 13 – Gordon FITZELL: CD Release Event for Magister Ludi : Musique de / Music of Gordon Fitzell (Centrediscs) by the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+), Conservatoire de Musique, Montréal.
NOVEMBER 10 – Gordon FITZELL: CD Release Event for Magister Ludi : Musique de / Music of Gordon Fitzell (Centrediscs) by the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
NOVEMBE 9 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Toronto, ON - Hart House, University of Toronto.
NOVEMBER 8 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Sampling, medieval France, love songs, John Cage.
NOVEMBER 1-8 PREMIERE: Bob PRITCHARD, in collaboration with Krista Dragomer. 8-channel surround sound installation entitled Re-wilding the Syrinx. The work consists of 8 rough wood birdhouses containing speakers,
mounted on fabricated iron pipe stands and antique wood foot blocks, arranged in a circle and playing bird calls and cell phone ring tones. Babycastles Gallery and Interspace in Manhattan.
Krista Dragomer fabricating installation work 'Re-wilding the Syrinx', a collaboration with Bob PRITCHARD.
NOVEMBER 7 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Kingston, ON - The Isabel Performance Hall, Queen's University.
NOVEMBER 4 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Charlottetown, PE - Dr. Steel Recital Hall, University of Prince Edward Island.
OCTOBER 30 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Montreal, QC – Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur.
OCTOBER 27 – PREMIERE: Keith HAMEL – Homage to Liu Wenjin, performed by Nicole Li, erhu, and Corey Hamm, piano. PEP. Music on Main's Modulus Festival. Roundhouse, Vancouver.
NOVEMBER 4 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Charlottetown, PE - Dr. Steel Recital Hall, University of Prince Edward Island.
OCTOBER 30 – Aaron GERVAIS: Sensational Revolution in Medicine. Montreal, QC – Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur.
OCTOBER 27 – PREMIERE: Keith HAMEL – Homage to Liu Wenjin, performed by Nicole Li, erhu, and Corey Hamm, piano. PEP. Music on Main's Modulus Festival. Roundhouse, Vancouver.
Nicole Li and Corey Hamm
OCTOBER 26 – CD RELEASE: Gordon FITZELL – Magister Ludi, perfromed by Vèronique Lacroix & ensemble Contremporain de Montréal.
OCTOBER 25 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Classical concerts are great. Stop apologizing for them.
OCTOBER 16 – Bob PRITCHARD – Rebirth, for flute, video, and Max/MSP/JITTER. Node 0, Victorian College of the Arts, School of Contemporary Music, Melbourne, Australia.
OCTOBER 14-30 – Bob PRITCHARD was Artist in Residence at the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne. He gave presentations on his music and research, critiqued graduating student projects, and had
discussions with University administrators about collaborative work between the UBC School of Music and the U of M College of the Arts.
OCTOBER 25 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Classical concerts are great. Stop apologizing for them.
OCTOBER 16 – Bob PRITCHARD – Rebirth, for flute, video, and Max/MSP/JITTER. Node 0, Victorian College of the Arts, School of Contemporary Music, Melbourne, Australia.
OCTOBER 14-30 – Bob PRITCHARD was Artist in Residence at the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne. He gave presentations on his music and research, critiqued graduating student projects, and had
discussions with University administrators about collaborative work between the UBC School of Music and the U of M College of the Arts.
Flutist Derek Jones setting up to perform Rebirth, by Bob PRITCHARD.
OCTOBER 15 – Keith HAMEL: "Krishna's Flute", performed by Paolo Bortolussi, flute. Also "Birds of Paradise Lost," by John Oliver, and works by Larry Lake and Kaija Saariaho. Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Langley, B.C.
Aaron GERVAIS: Q&A – 20 questions with composer Aaron GERVAIS.
OCTOBER 2 – Gordon FITZELL: Session chair for A matter of life and death, an international, interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Mosaic Journal at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
OCTOBER 1 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Fixing Arts Philanthropy: 3. Fund Existing Needs.
SEPTEMBER 29 – U.S. PREMIERE: Bob PRITCHARD – Rebirth, for flute and interactive electronics, with video, and Escape My Soul, for bass flute and interactive electronics.
PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN – Toneland Security, for bass flute. Margaret Lancaster, flute. Sept. 29 8:00 p.m. concert at MC Gallery, New York.
SEPTEMBER 28 – James HARLEY: On Frogs, for interactive electronics. D'Arcy Gray, James Harley. Halifax.
Aaron GERVAIS: Q&A – 20 questions with composer Aaron GERVAIS.
OCTOBER 2 – Gordon FITZELL: Session chair for A matter of life and death, an international, interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Mosaic Journal at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
OCTOBER 1 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Fixing Arts Philanthropy: 3. Fund Existing Needs.
SEPTEMBER 29 – U.S. PREMIERE: Bob PRITCHARD – Rebirth, for flute and interactive electronics, with video, and Escape My Soul, for bass flute and interactive electronics.
PERFORMANCE: Paul STEENHUISEN – Toneland Security, for bass flute. Margaret Lancaster, flute. Sept. 29 8:00 p.m. concert at MC Gallery, New York.
SEPTEMBER 28 – James HARLEY: On Frogs, for interactive electronics. D'Arcy Gray, James Harley. Halifax.
Margaret Lancaster rehearsing "Escape, My Soul", by Bob Pritchard.
SEPTEMBER 26 – Keith HAMEL: Touch, performed by Megumi Masaki, piano. New Music Kingston, Kingston, Ontario.
SEPTEMBER 18 – Keith HAMEL: Touch, performed by Megumi Masaki, piano. International Computer Music Conference, Athens, Greece.
SEPTEMBER 14 – Keith HAMEL: Touch, performed by Barbara Pritchard, piano. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Howard BASHAW: Tocatella, from Preludes, Book II.
SEPTEMBER 18 – Keith HAMEL: Touch, performed by Megumi Masaki, piano. International Computer Music Conference, Athens, Greece.
SEPTEMBER 14 – Keith HAMEL: Touch, performed by Barbara Pritchard, piano. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Howard BASHAW: Tocatella, from Preludes, Book II.
SEPTEMBER 3 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Fixing American Arts Philanthropy: 2. Don't Sabotage Artistic Merit
AUGUST 10 – PREMIERE: Paul STEENHUISEN – Dans le chant de ma colère il y a un oeuf, performed by Negative Zed. Presented by Redshift Music Society. Vancouver.
AUGUST 10 – PREMIERE: Paul STEENHUISEN – Dans le chant de ma colère il y a un oeuf, performed by Negative Zed. Presented by Redshift Music Society. Vancouver.
Dans le chant de ma colère il y a un oeuf, as performed by Negative Zed.
AUGUST 9 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Fixing American Arts Philanthropy: 1. Accept Fewer Applicants.
JUNE 25 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – THE SCORE HAS GOT YOU BY THE SHORT HAIRS. New Music Box.
JUNE 22 – Aaron GERVAIS: Se Contourner se conformer. Performed by the Momenta Quartet, Mise-en Festival, New York. Tenri Cultural Institute.
JUNE 4 – Aaron GERVAIS: Snow White, from Disney Princess Disasters. Performed by JunctQin at Open Ears, Kitchener.
JUNE 1 – Keith HAMEL: Wings of Mercury, performed by musicians of the Vancouver Symphony. Gordon Gerrard, conductor. Orpheum Annex, Vancouver.
MAY 24 – PREMIERE: James HARLEY – Blue, for erhu and piano. Performed by Nicole Li and Corey Hamm, Barentt Hall, UBC, Vancouver.
MAY 21 – Paul STEENHUISEN: HYPOSURFACE on exhibit at Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines. May 21 to October 5, 2014.
JUNE 25 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – THE SCORE HAS GOT YOU BY THE SHORT HAIRS. New Music Box.
JUNE 22 – Aaron GERVAIS: Se Contourner se conformer. Performed by the Momenta Quartet, Mise-en Festival, New York. Tenri Cultural Institute.
JUNE 4 – Aaron GERVAIS: Snow White, from Disney Princess Disasters. Performed by JunctQin at Open Ears, Kitchener.
JUNE 1 – Keith HAMEL: Wings of Mercury, performed by musicians of the Vancouver Symphony. Gordon Gerrard, conductor. Orpheum Annex, Vancouver.
MAY 24 – PREMIERE: James HARLEY – Blue, for erhu and piano. Performed by Nicole Li and Corey Hamm, Barentt Hall, UBC, Vancouver.
MAY 21 – Paul STEENHUISEN: HYPOSURFACE on exhibit at Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines. May 21 to October 5, 2014.
HYPOSURFACE in action.
MAY 12 – Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Alexina Louie.
MAY 7 – André RISTIC wins the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton award as the outstanding mid-career artist in music (Canada Council for the Arts).
MAY 3 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – No seriously, there's no such thing as arts entrepeneurship.
MAY 2 + 4 – Keith HAMEL: Les Cloches and Full Circle will be peTPrformed by the Turning Point Ensemble. Owen Underhill, conductor. Jeremy Berkman, trombone. SFU Vancouver.
MAY 7 – André RISTIC wins the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton award as the outstanding mid-career artist in music (Canada Council for the Arts).
MAY 3 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – No seriously, there's no such thing as arts entrepeneurship.
MAY 2 + 4 – Keith HAMEL: Les Cloches and Full Circle will be peTPrformed by the Turning Point Ensemble. Owen Underhill, conductor. Jeremy Berkman, trombone. SFU Vancouver.
APRIL 13 – Bob PRITCHARD: Kurtzweil News article about his work with the UBC Laptop Orchestra. UBC News article and Globe and Mail video on same subject.
APRIL 12 – CD Release event for Krishna's Flute, performed by Chenoa Anderson. Named after Keith HAMEL's piece on the recording. Ortona Armoury, Edmonton.
APRIL 10 – Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Jörg Widmann.
Gordon FITZELL: CD release of Metropolis, by the Harrington/Lowen Duo.
MARCH 29 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Why Musicians Aren't Paid More Fairly.
MARCH 24 – Gordon FITZELL: Elea, for piano trio. NME's Now Hear This.
MARCH 23 – PANEL DISCUSSION: Bob PRITCHARD, Paul STEENHUISEN, and Gordon FITZELL, at New Music Edmonton's Now Hear This festival.
Bob PRITCHARD: Rebirth, for flute and interactive video and audio. Performed by Chenoa Anderson. NME's Now Hear This.
Keith HAMEL: Refraction, for clarinet, violin, and piano. NME's Now Hear This.
Paul STEENHUISEN: Jeu de Téléphone, for two alto saxophones and piano +. Performed by Allison Balcetis, Charles H. Stolte, and Sarah Ho. NME's Now Hear This.
PREMIERE: Howard BASHAW: Resonance Prism, performed by Vancouver New Music.
APRIL 12 – CD Release event for Krishna's Flute, performed by Chenoa Anderson. Named after Keith HAMEL's piece on the recording. Ortona Armoury, Edmonton.
APRIL 10 – Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Jörg Widmann.
Gordon FITZELL: CD release of Metropolis, by the Harrington/Lowen Duo.
MARCH 29 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Why Musicians Aren't Paid More Fairly.
MARCH 24 – Gordon FITZELL: Elea, for piano trio. NME's Now Hear This.
MARCH 23 – PANEL DISCUSSION: Bob PRITCHARD, Paul STEENHUISEN, and Gordon FITZELL, at New Music Edmonton's Now Hear This festival.
Bob PRITCHARD: Rebirth, for flute and interactive video and audio. Performed by Chenoa Anderson. NME's Now Hear This.
Keith HAMEL: Refraction, for clarinet, violin, and piano. NME's Now Hear This.
Paul STEENHUISEN: Jeu de Téléphone, for two alto saxophones and piano +. Performed by Allison Balcetis, Charles H. Stolte, and Sarah Ho. NME's Now Hear This.
PREMIERE: Howard BASHAW: Resonance Prism, performed by Vancouver New Music.
L to R: Samuel Andreyev, Bob Pritchard, Paul Steenhuisen, and moderator Ian Crutchley.
MARCH 16 – PREMIERE: James Harley – Trio Arachne. Other performances: Song for Nobody, for solo bass clarinet, Spangled, electroacoustic. MarchMusicModerne, Portland, Oregon
MARCH 14 – LECTURE: James Harley – The Music of Iannis Xenakis. MarchMusicModerne, Portland, Oregon.
MARCH 12 – PREMIERE: Keith HAMEL – Full Circle, for trombone and interactive electronics, performed by Jeremy Berkman. UBC School of Music, Wednesday Noon-Hour concert series.
MARCH 11 – Aaron GERVAIS: Jackhammer Lullaby. Performed on tour by Da Capo Chamber Ensemble Performs at Chapman University.
MARCH 10 – Howard BASHAW: Interview article about his new piece Resonance Prism.
MARCH 9 – Pop-Up Dinners: The eXperimental Improv Ensemble (XIE), directed by Gordon FITZELL, performs a unique evening of sonic cuisine at the 2014 Cluster Festival. Together with local chefs collective Table Manners
and other Cluster performers, the XIE will fashion a real-time multimedia soundscape from the culinary sounds of gourmet cuisine. Also on March 2.
MARCH 8 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Most Artists Really Don't Get Creativity.
MARCH 6 – James HARLEY: Performances and lecture at Eighth Annual Creative Music Symposium. University of Guelph.
MARCH 4 – Gordon FITZELL hosts a discussion with festival guests James O'Callaghan, Jason Sharp, Stine Sorlie, Adam Basanta, Martin Arnold. Cluster Festival.
FEBRUARY 27 – Gordon FITZELL: evanescence, performed by Ensemble 1534. University of Ottawa.
FEBRUARY 22 – Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Jean-Pierre Drouet.
FEBRUARY 7 – Article about James HARLEY. University of Guelph.
PREMIERE: Aaron GERVAIS – Concerto for Mozart Piano Videos. Gregory Oh, with Group of 27 Chamber Orchestra, Toronto.
FEBRUARY 1 – Release of Paul STEENHUISEN's podcast about Like a Pathway in Autumn.
JANUARY 30 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS: Classical isn't dead and stop comparing it to pop already.
JANUARY 24 – Gordon FITZELL: Presentation at the Conservatoire de Montréal de musique, 10h00. Article by Symon Henry.
JANUARY 23 – Gordon FITZELL: evanescence, and flux, performed by ECM+ at the Conservatoire de Montréal de musique, 7:30 p.m. With special guest, François Houle. Réjean Beaucage's review.
JANUARY 22 – Gordon FITZELL: Radio interview, CKUT McGill University, Where's the Beat, with Eliot Handelman,
Gordon FITZELL: Presentation at McGill University, Faculty of Music, Room A-512, 10:30 a.m.
MARCH 14 – LECTURE: James Harley – The Music of Iannis Xenakis. MarchMusicModerne, Portland, Oregon.
MARCH 12 – PREMIERE: Keith HAMEL – Full Circle, for trombone and interactive electronics, performed by Jeremy Berkman. UBC School of Music, Wednesday Noon-Hour concert series.
MARCH 11 – Aaron GERVAIS: Jackhammer Lullaby. Performed on tour by Da Capo Chamber Ensemble Performs at Chapman University.
MARCH 10 – Howard BASHAW: Interview article about his new piece Resonance Prism.
MARCH 9 – Pop-Up Dinners: The eXperimental Improv Ensemble (XIE), directed by Gordon FITZELL, performs a unique evening of sonic cuisine at the 2014 Cluster Festival. Together with local chefs collective Table Manners
and other Cluster performers, the XIE will fashion a real-time multimedia soundscape from the culinary sounds of gourmet cuisine. Also on March 2.
MARCH 8 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS – Most Artists Really Don't Get Creativity.
MARCH 6 – James HARLEY: Performances and lecture at Eighth Annual Creative Music Symposium. University of Guelph.
MARCH 4 – Gordon FITZELL hosts a discussion with festival guests James O'Callaghan, Jason Sharp, Stine Sorlie, Adam Basanta, Martin Arnold. Cluster Festival.
FEBRUARY 27 – Gordon FITZELL: evanescence, performed by Ensemble 1534. University of Ottawa.
FEBRUARY 22 – Paul STEENHUISEN interviews Jean-Pierre Drouet.
FEBRUARY 7 – Article about James HARLEY. University of Guelph.
PREMIERE: Aaron GERVAIS – Concerto for Mozart Piano Videos. Gregory Oh, with Group of 27 Chamber Orchestra, Toronto.
FEBRUARY 1 – Release of Paul STEENHUISEN's podcast about Like a Pathway in Autumn.
JANUARY 30 – BLOG POST: Aaron GERVAIS: Classical isn't dead and stop comparing it to pop already.
JANUARY 24 – Gordon FITZELL: Presentation at the Conservatoire de Montréal de musique, 10h00. Article by Symon Henry.
JANUARY 23 – Gordon FITZELL: evanescence, and flux, performed by ECM+ at the Conservatoire de Montréal de musique, 7:30 p.m. With special guest, François Houle. Réjean Beaucage's review.
JANUARY 22 – Gordon FITZELL: Radio interview, CKUT McGill University, Where's the Beat, with Eliot Handelman,
Gordon FITZELL: Presentation at McGill University, Faculty of Music, Room A-512, 10:30 a.m.
ECM+ rehearsing the music of Gordon Fitzell
JANUARY 23 – Keith HAMEL: Performances of Touch, for piano and interactive electronics, Kolokolchiki for 2 pianos and 2 percussion, Paraphrases, for chamber ensemble, and Traces, for clarinet and interactive electronics.
JANUARY 21-25 – Keith HAMEL is Composer-In-Residence at the Brandon University New Music Festival. Includes a lecture and performances of his work.
JANUARY 21-25 – Keith HAMEL is Composer-In-Residence at the Brandon University New Music Festival. Includes a lecture and performances of his work.
Megumi Masaki and Keith Hamel rehearsing Touch, at the Brandon University New Music Festival.
JANUARY 17 – Keith HAMEL: Krishna's Flute. Performed by Mark McGregor as part of the Vancouver Pro Musica Electroacoustic Music Festival. Western Front, Vancouver.