Episodes
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Robert Pritchard's webpage.
Keith Hamel one of Bob's teachers and a prof at UBC
Megumi Masaki, one of Bob's collaborators
An article about Bob's work with Vancouver's Turning Point ensemble. There is a great video link here.
Bob's students:
Kiran Bhumber there is beautiful video work here.
Chantelle Ko-Mitchell, there are video links here!
Fidelia Lam with more video links
If you can donate to New Musings on New Music please do! Link to Canada Helps through suddenlyLISTEN's website. (While you're there, feel free to join our mailing list) Scroll down then click the "Donate to our Organization" button and you're there! Thank you for your support.
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The second portion of Norm and Barbara's talk with Toronto composer Linda Catlin Smith. Linda touches on Listening, teaching composition and her large work for cello and piano, Ballad.
Episode NotesFor more information on Linda Catlin Smith please visit her website.
During the talk, Linda reference Faure's Piano Quintet it can be heard on Youtube
Linda mentioned Morton Feldman's works For Philip Guston and String Quartet #2. They can be heard on Apple Music here and here
Norm and Barbara made a concert recording of Linda's piece Ballad which you can listen to on Soundcloud
If you would like to help fund New Musing on New Music you can do so on the suddenlyLISTEN website.
Thanks for your support!
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Missing episodes?
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Learn more about Linda Catlin Smith
Listen to Linda's music at Apple Music and go out and buy her CDs!
During this episode Linda referenced:
American composer Elliot Carter
Canadian composer Rudolph Komorous
American composer Morton Feldman
and Italian painter Giorgio Morandi
If you would like to help fund New Musing on New Music you can do so on the suddenlyLISTEN website.
Thanks for your support!
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For more information on Olivia please visit their website. There are lots of links there to many of Olivia's collaborators referenced in this episode.
Importantly, Raven Chacon the Diné composer and artist has been a collaborator and mentor to Olivia.
Also please jump back and listen to Gabriel Dharmoo's episode from NMNM's first season.
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Learn more information on Essential Opera here
Erin Bardua's personal site
Maureen Batt's personal site
Maureen and Erin have worked a lot with composer Monica Pearse. Her website is here
Monica Pearse's New Musings on New Music episode can be listened to (again) here
One of the composers currently working with Essential Opera is Fiona Ryan. Their Facebook Page
Music Nova Scotia who sponsors Nova Scotia Music Week can be found here
Leaf Music Essential Opera's record label where you can link to Etiquette is here.
Tom Belding, Essential Opera's video maker
Essential Opera's YouTube page
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suddenlyLISTEN, the presenter of New Musings on New Music www.suddenlylisten.com
Barbara Pritchard's website
Norm Adams' website
The Canadian Music Centre's Atlantic office (our generous sponsor) website
We and suddenlyLISTEN also thank Arts Nova Scotia the city of Halifax and The Canada Council for the Arts for their funding support!
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Terri's website
Terri's Vimeo site for multimedia recordings
John Estacio
Howard Bashaw
Amsterdam Conservatory
Peter Hannan
Ableton Live
Anagam Kilns
Luciane Cardassi, Synchronisms No. 6, by Davidovsky
Andrea Tyniec
Division on a Ground
Anthony Holborne 5-part Viol Music - (We LOVE viol music!)
Helen Pridmore - NMNM episode
Canadian New Music Network
Circuit, Musiques Contemporaines
Musicworks Magazine
Julie Richard
Shirley Graham Du Bois
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Lampshades and Offlights Julia's original band!Jerry Granelli, recently passed originator of the Creative Music Workshop held each summer in Halifax.
Toronto composer and electronic music mentor Rose Bolton
Julia's favourite choreographer Angela Blumberg
Toronto's venerable new music orchestra Esprit Orchestra
The Association of Canadian Women Composers that Julia Chairs.
The Canadian Music Centre, our valued co-sponsor!
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For more information on Giorgio and to explore his "labyrinthian" website, head here. Have fun!
Giorgio mentions Hildegard Westerkamp in this episode, so maybe you'd like to listen to our conversations with her, in 2 episodes, #1 here and #2 here.
Giorgio is the long time Artistic Director of Vancouver New Music.
Giorgio mentions David Tudor's Rainforest Project
And Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi
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Learn more about Adam Clarke at his website
Learn more about Adam's dance theatre company Amok Amok here
Listen and watch some of Adam's works here
During the episode Adam referenced the following people and pieces:
Pina Bausch's "Rite of Spring"
Lore Borremans
Jan Fabre
Peeping Tom Dance
Derek Charke
Dinuk Wijeratne
This episode is sponsored by the Canadian Music Centre. Many thanks to them for their support of New Musings on New Music!
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Learn more about Bekah on her website
Listen to Bekah's music on Bandcamp here. Make sure to listen to Bestiaries her Juno Award nominated recording!
The singular Chik White AKA Darcy Spidle
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where Bekah teaches
New Adventures in Sound Art
The Canadian League of Composers
Continuum Contemporary Music from Toronto.
New Music Concerts also of Toronto
Bekah's Juno nomination - https://junoawards.ca/nomination/2023-classical-composition-of-the-year-bekah-simms/
Dublin's Crash Ensemble
Canadian composer living in Berlin Marc Sabat
And our sponsors, The Canadian Music Centre!
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Learn more about Allison at her website here.
You can hear Allison's music at: allison cameron Pliny (excerpt) Another Timbre
allison cameron in-memoriam-robert-ashley by the avens
allisoncameron 3rds-4ths-5ths
theallisoncameronband mach shorn
allison cameronmusic In Svalbard 2013
Here are more links: from Allisons early years: Lloyd Burritt https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lloyd-burritt-emc
From the Victoria and later Toronto time: Martin Arnold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Arnold_%28composer%29
John Abram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abram
Rudolf Komorous https://collections.cmccanada.org/final/Portal/Composer-Showcase.aspx?lang=en-CA
Henryk Górecki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_G%C3%B3recki
From the Amsterdam time: Frederic Rzewski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Rzewski
Walter Zimmerman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Zimmermann
Per Nørgård https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_N%C3%B8rg%C3%A5rd
Louis Andriessen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Andriessen
Maarten Altena https://maartenaltena.nl/
The great UK record label that is very sympathetic to Canadian composers: Another Timbre http://www.anothertimbre.com/
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For more information on Patrick, and to listen to his favourite music, including memento mori and Canvas Study, head to his website here.
During the episode Patrick referenced Peter Allen, Malcolm Goldstein, and Gillian Smith - (search out Gillian's new CD coming soon!)
Longy School of Music is where Patrick is currently studying.
And read more about the story behind Patrick's Lego Beach here
And here!
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To learn more about Nicole and see and hear some of her music, head to her website.
You can also see a lot of video and music by searching Nicole Lizée on YouTube.
Nicole specifically suggests we start with listening to Black MIDI
and Death to Kosmische played by Kronos Quartet.
and Book Burners performed by Stéphan Tétreault and DJ P-Love.
Nicole also spoke about the RCA Select a vision. Learn more here.
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This episode we're including links to Bandcamp for listening. Sure, Apple Music has SO MUCH music, and it may be a great place to start, but, Bandcamp is far more generous to artists, so we recommend you discover new music and support artists by buying their music, there!
Listen to Sam's solo releases here.
Sam's important bands, although he didn't mention them all by name, include:
Shalabi Effect
Dwarves of East Agouza
Land of Kush
Collateral
more information on the December 2 suddenlyLISTEN concert
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Please check out these links to performances of David's notable pieces:
Constables Clouds performed by Winona Zelenka
Favour performed by Rivka Golani
A Blessing performed by Karen Usha Gray. This is the David Cameron poem David recites in the episode!
There are many other pieces by David Jaeger on Youtube, search them out!
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Some links you might enjoy clicking:
David Jaeger's bio from the CMC site - cmccanada.org
Canadian Electronic Ensemble - https://www.canadianelectronicensemble.com/
Winnipeg New Music Festival - https://www.wnmf.ca/
Christina Petrowska Quilico - https://christinapetrowskaquilico.com/
Lawrence Cherney - https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lawrence-cherney-emc
Soundstreams - https://soundstreams.ca
Glenn Gould Studio - https://www.cbc.ca/glenngouldstudio/
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Here are some links:
FIrst, the Canadian Music Centre
This website has listings of Associate Composers, and their works. Spend some time on this site!
NMNM and suddenlyLISTEN wish to thank the CMC for their support this past season! Thanks to a donation from the CMC, we release 4 episodes featuring Atlantic Canadian composers and creators! Dale Sorenson from PEI; Andrew Staniland, from Newfoundland and Labrador; Emily Doolittle (and Peter Togni) from Nova Scotia, and André Cormier (and Nadia Francavilla) from New Brunswick. Please check out those episodes!
Picanto is the CMC's new streaming service.
During the episode, Glenn mentioned a lot of interesting references in passing. check these out if you're curious. Go ahead head down a rabbit hole!:
Classical NextThe International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC)
Toronto jazz musician and composer Phil Nimmons
The Canadian League of Composers
Legendary Toronto educator and arts leader Ezra Schabas
Montreal composer, guitarist and arts leader Tim Brady
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One of André's recommended pieces to listen to is InSitu•2019. Listen to it here.
The second choice of André's is Zwischen den Wolken which can be heard on Apple Music here
Check out some of André's other music at Soundcloud.
Read a review of Zwischen Den Wolken from MusicWorks Magazine here.
Read a short article on André's Conversations2019 project in Barachois NB here.
During the podcast André speaks of 3 compersers who were important to him:
Christopher Butterfield. His Soundcloud page is here
James Tenny
Antoine Beuger
André speaks a lot about the Wandelweiser school of music making https://www.wandelweiser.de/home.html.
La Rouère is the chocolate shop André runs with his partner Robin Streb!
This is the fourth and final NMNM episode sponsored by the Canadian Music Centre. Many thanks to the CMC for their support of this podcast!
Thanks to Arts Nova Scotia for their support of NMNM over the past 2 seasons, and next season as well!
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In this episode we have started a new "If you can listen to one piece, listen to THIS one" portion of our podcast.
So the first thing you should do after listening is head to Spotify here to listen to The Lamentations of Jeremiah. Peter recommends the 5th movement, but you can listen to the whole thing!
He also recommended Responsio. There's an excerpt on Youtube here. Or on Spotify
And Sea Dreams. There's an excerpt on Youtube here. Or on Spotify
On YouTube there's a film on Peter's latest composition Voice of the Weaver.
And there's another film on YouTube about the making of Living Flame of Love
Check Peter's website here
Learn more about Jeff Reilly, Peter's regular collaborator here
Here's a link to Peter's father Victor Togni
And info on Jean Langlais Peter's teacher at the Schola Cantorum Paris
Finally the donor of the "quote of the episode": the great conductor Bernhard Gueller!
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