Updates
25/07/09 08:50 Filed in: Personal
It's been quiet on this news page lately so I thought it might be time to post something...
I've taken some time this summer to simply read, study scores and listen to music – and also to travel and to attend my sister's wedding in Nanaimo. However, my composing schedule has been busy as usual. I'm working on several pieces at the moment, including:
1. Electroacoustic Studies that are based on – more or less – singular sound sources;
2. A new 15 minute work for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (it includes an electronic soundscape, which has taken a considerable amount of time to complete!) called Falling from Cloudless Skies;
3. A reworking of some Inuit Throat Song Games for string orchestra that will be premiered by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Tanya Tagaq during the Winnipeg New Music Festival in February 2010 (along with the new orchestra work mentioned above (2.) and a string quartet – Cercle du Nord III – which was originally composed for the Kronos Quartet);
4. And I'm starting a new work this August for Halifax soprano Janice Jackson that will be premiered at our New Music Festival in Wolfville this January 2010. Funding just came through – thanks once again to Nova Scotia, Tourism, Culture and Heritage for their ongoing support. This work will be for voice and live processing using the Max/MSP programming environment.
5. In addition I'll begin work this year on a composition for 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone and tuba, that has been commissioned by PEI trombonist Dale Sorensen with funding provided by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Photo taken in the early morning from the top of Haleakala Crater. This is from a trip my wife and I took to Maui earlier this month; be sure to click on the photo for a larger resolution. Cheers!
I've taken some time this summer to simply read, study scores and listen to music – and also to travel and to attend my sister's wedding in Nanaimo. However, my composing schedule has been busy as usual. I'm working on several pieces at the moment, including:
1. Electroacoustic Studies that are based on – more or less – singular sound sources;
2. A new 15 minute work for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (it includes an electronic soundscape, which has taken a considerable amount of time to complete!) called Falling from Cloudless Skies;
3. A reworking of some Inuit Throat Song Games for string orchestra that will be premiered by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Tanya Tagaq during the Winnipeg New Music Festival in February 2010 (along with the new orchestra work mentioned above (2.) and a string quartet – Cercle du Nord III – which was originally composed for the Kronos Quartet);
4. And I'm starting a new work this August for Halifax soprano Janice Jackson that will be premiered at our New Music Festival in Wolfville this January 2010. Funding just came through – thanks once again to Nova Scotia, Tourism, Culture and Heritage for their ongoing support. This work will be for voice and live processing using the Max/MSP programming environment.
5. In addition I'll begin work this year on a composition for 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone and tuba, that has been commissioned by PEI trombonist Dale Sorensen with funding provided by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Photo taken in the early morning from the top of Haleakala Crater. This is from a trip my wife and I took to Maui earlier this month; be sure to click on the photo for a larger resolution. Cheers!
