Performances
This is a listing of upcoming concerts, as well as selected past performances of note.
Last updated: 10 May 2008
Continuum: INform
Première of a new work, as part of the SoundaXis festival
8:00pm, The Music Gallery, 197 John St.
Toronto, Canada
Tickets: Adults $25 | Seniors, Arts Workers $15 | Students $5
www.continuummusic.org
Première of a new work, as part of the SoundaXis festival
8:00pm, The Music Gallery, 197 John St.
Toronto, Canada
Tickets: Adults $25 | Seniors, Arts Workers $15 | Students $5
www.continuummusic.org
Paul Bowman: Recital
Première of a new work.
8:00pm, Mandeville Recital Hall, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr.
San Diego, USA
Première of a new work.
8:00pm, Mandeville Recital Hall, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr.
San Diego, USA
MATA Festival
Performance of Culture no.3 in the MATA Festival.
8:00pm, Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4 Ave, Brooklyn
New York, USA
Tickets: $15, MATA Festival
Performance of Culture no.3 in the MATA Festival.
8:00pm, Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4 Ave, Brooklyn
New York, USA
Tickets: $15, MATA Festival
Toca Loca: The P*P Project — Montréal
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
8:00pm, 527 Sherbrooke Street West, Tanna Schulich Hall
Montréal, Canada
Admission: $5
www.mcgill.ca/music/events
514.398.4547
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
8:00pm, 527 Sherbrooke Street West, Tanna Schulich Hall
Montréal, Canada
Admission: $5
www.mcgill.ca/music/events
514.398.4547
Toca Loca: The P*P Project — Halifax
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
7:00pm, The Music Room, 6181 Lady Hammond Rd, Halifax
Halifax, Canada
Admission: $15/$10
902.429.9467
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
7:00pm, The Music Room, 6181 Lady Hammond Rd, Halifax
Halifax, Canada
Admission: $15/$10
902.429.9467
Toca Loca: The P*P Project — Toronto
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
8:00pm, Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Building, 250 Front St West
Toronto, Canada
Admission: $20/$15
www.glenngouldstudio.cbc.ca/onstage
416.205.5555
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
8:00pm, Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Building, 250 Front St West
Toronto, Canada
Admission: $20/$15
www.glenngouldstudio.cbc.ca/onstage
416.205.5555
Toca Loca: The P*P Project — Winnipeg
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
12:45pm, Eva Clare Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Admission: Free
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/music
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
12:45pm, Eva Clare Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Admission: Free
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/music
Toca Loca: The P*P Project — Edmonton
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
8:00pm, Convocation Hall, Arts Building, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Admission: $20/$15/$10
www.ualberta.ca/music
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
8:00pm, Convocation Hall, Arts Building, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Admission: $20/$15/$10
www.ualberta.ca/music
Domaine Forget Concert
Members of the Nouvel ensemble moderne will be performing my string quartet, Four Stills on Evaporation.
6:00pm, Salle Multi, St-Irénée QC, Canada
www.domaineforget.com
Members of the Nouvel ensemble moderne will be performing my string quartet, Four Stills on Evaporation.
6:00pm, Salle Multi, St-Irénée QC, Canada
www.domaineforget.com
Tapestry Wordplay
This festival of libretto readings features the new short works for next year's Opera to Go, as well as excerpts of text and music from Netsuke (by librettist Jill Battson & composer Rose Bolton) and The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G (by librettist Colleen Murphy & composer Aaron Gervais), two full-length operas in development at Tapestry.
7:30pm, Ernest Balmer Studio, 55 Mill St., Toronto
TIX: $10 / $5 students
Call: 416-537-6066 x 221
www.tapestrynewopera.com
This festival of libretto readings features the new short works for next year's Opera to Go, as well as excerpts of text and music from Netsuke (by librettist Jill Battson & composer Rose Bolton) and The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G (by librettist Colleen Murphy & composer Aaron Gervais), two full-length operas in development at Tapestry.
7:30pm, Ernest Balmer Studio, 55 Mill St., Toronto
TIX: $10 / $5 students
Call: 416-537-6066 x 221
www.tapestrynewopera.com
Spring Festival of New Music
8:00pm, Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of Culture no.3
8:00pm, Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of Culture no.3
Arditti Quartet Residency
Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
UCSD Composition Jury #2
6:00pm, Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of my second jury piece, for piano, percussion, their voices, and string quartet.
6:00pm, Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of my second jury piece, for piano, percussion, their voices, and string quartet.
Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal Tour
Performance of a new piece written as part of the Générations 2006 project
ecm.qc.ca
MONTREAL
Monday, Oct. 9, 8:00pm
Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Péladeau
(514) 987 6919
CALGARY
Wednesday, Oct. 11, 8:00pm
Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall, Rosza Centre, University of Calgary
(403) 220 7202
VICTORIA
Thursday, Oct. 12, 8:00pm
University of Victoria, School of Music
(250) 721 7902
EDMONTON
Saturday, Oct. 14, 8:00pm
Convocation Hall, University of Alberta
(780) 492 3263
TORONTO
Sunday, Oct. 15, 8:00pm
Music Gallery, 197 John St.
(416) 204 1080
Performance of a new piece written as part of the Générations 2006 project
ecm.qc.ca
MONTREAL
Monday, Oct. 9, 8:00pm
Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Péladeau
(514) 987 6919
CALGARY
Wednesday, Oct. 11, 8:00pm
Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall, Rosza Centre, University of Calgary
(403) 220 7202
VICTORIA
Thursday, Oct. 12, 8:00pm
University of Victoria, School of Music
(250) 721 7902
EDMONTON
Saturday, Oct. 14, 8:00pm
Convocation Hall, University of Alberta
(780) 492 3263
TORONTO
Sunday, Oct. 15, 8:00pm
Music Gallery, 197 John St.
(416) 204 1080
International Gaudeamus Music Week
8:30pm, Muziekgebouw ann 't IJ, Amsterdam
Culture no.1 to compete in the chamber music category
Performed by members of the Nieuw Ensemble (Ernestine Stoop, harp; John Snijders, piano)
www.gaudeamus.nl
8:30pm, Muziekgebouw ann 't IJ, Amsterdam
Culture no.1 to compete in the chamber music category
Performed by members of the Nieuw Ensemble (Ernestine Stoop, harp; John Snijders, piano)
www.gaudeamus.nl
UCSD Spring Festival
8:00pm, Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of Argument in Ternary Form
Played by Emily DuFour and Reiko Manabe
music.ucsd.edu/sf
8:00pm, Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of Argument in Ternary Form
Played by Emily DuFour and Reiko Manabe
music.ucsd.edu/sf
Esprit Orchestra New Wave Festival
8:00pm, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto
Performance of Flüsse-Einflüsse
Free admission
www.espritorchestra.com
8:00pm, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto
Performance of Flüsse-Einflüsse
Free admission
www.espritorchestra.com
Tapestry Opera To Go 2006
Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Charles and Marilyn Baillie Theatre
Distillery District, Toronto
Five one-act operas, including a work by Colleen Murphy and myself.
See www.tapestrynewopera.com for specific performance dates, times, and ticket prices.
Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Charles and Marilyn Baillie Theatre
Distillery District, Toronto
Five one-act operas, including a work by Colleen Murphy and myself.
See www.tapestrynewopera.com for specific performance dates, times, and ticket prices.
UCSD Composition Juries
Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of works by first-year graduate students. Première of a piece I am writing for harp and piano.
Studio A, Warren Lecture Hall, University of California, San Diego
Performance of works by first-year graduate students. Première of a piece I am writing for harp and piano.
Tapestry Opera Briefs
Tapestry/Nightwood Studio, Distillery District
55 Mill Street, The Cannery (Building 58), Studio 315
Toronto, 8:00pm
Ten brief works from Tapestry's 2005 Composer-Librettist Laboratory, including two of mine.
See www.tapestrynewopera.com for tickets or call 416.537.6066.
Tapestry/Nightwood Studio, Distillery District
55 Mill Street, The Cannery (Building 58), Studio 315
Toronto, 8:00pm
Ten brief works from Tapestry's 2005 Composer-Librettist Laboratory, including two of mine.
See www.tapestrynewopera.com for tickets or call 416.537.6066.
Esprit Orchestra New Wave Festival
DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto
Performance of Quartet
DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto
Performance of Quartet
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch
Dienst (DAAD) Sound Understanding Gala
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York
Première of Flüsse-Einflüsse
Performed by Ina Henning
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York
Première of Flüsse-Einflüsse
Performed by Ina Henning
University of Toronto Student Composers'
Concert
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Quartet
Performed by Scott Good (bass trombone), Stephanie Chua (piano), Miku Heikkila (percussion), Aaron Gervais (computer), Bill Rowson (conductor)
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Quartet
Performed by Scott Good (bass trombone), Stephanie Chua (piano), Miku Heikkila (percussion), Aaron Gervais (computer), Bill Rowson (conductor)
University of Toronto Contemporary
Opera Showcase
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Scene from Euripides' Medea
Performed by the University of Toronto Contemporary Music Ensemble and the University of Toronto Opera School
Conducted by Sandra Horst
Michael Adair (Jason), Tyrsa Gawrachynsky (Medea)
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Scene from Euripides' Medea
Performed by the University of Toronto Contemporary Music Ensemble and the University of Toronto Opera School
Conducted by Sandra Horst
Michael Adair (Jason), Tyrsa Gawrachynsky (Medea)
SuzukiMusic Faculty Recital
McLeod-Stewarton United Church, Ottawa
Performance of Argument in Ternary Form
McLeod-Stewarton United Church, Ottawa
Performance of Argument in Ternary Form
TrypTych Toronto Chamber Music Festival
Toronto Centre for the Arts, Toronto
Performance of Canto para Eléggua
Winner of the TrypTych Young Composers' Competition 2003
Toronto Centre for the Arts, Toronto
Performance of Canto para Eléggua
Winner of the TrypTych Young Composers' Competition 2003
New Music for Saxophone
Victoria Chapel, Toronto
Première of Nothing
Performed by Emma Tessier, Annick Santschi, Emma Elkinson (flutes), Tristan DeBorba,Rafal Kaczor, Rob Mosher, Jamie Wilkie (saxophones), Richard Burrows, Nicholas Jacques (percussion), Kenin McKay, Marcin Swoboda (violins), Alex McLeod (viola), Kirk Starkey (cello), Mandi Byrd (double bass), Aaron Gervais (conductor)
Victoria Chapel, Toronto
Première of Nothing
Performed by Emma Tessier, Annick Santschi, Emma Elkinson (flutes), Tristan DeBorba,Rafal Kaczor, Rob Mosher, Jamie Wilkie (saxophones), Richard Burrows, Nicholas Jacques (percussion), Kenin McKay, Marcin Swoboda (violins), Alex McLeod (viola), Kirk Starkey (cello), Mandi Byrd (double bass), Aaron Gervais (conductor)
University of Toronto New Music
Festival
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of PartialGame
Scott Wilson (technical assistant)
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of PartialGame
Scott Wilson (technical assistant)
University of Toronto New Music
Festival
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Four Pieces for Accordion and String Quartet
Performed by Mary-Beth Brown (violin I), Katarina Kin (violin II), Alex McLeod (viola), Kirk Starkey (cello), Aaron Gervais (conductor)
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Four Pieces for Accordion and String Quartet
Performed by Mary-Beth Brown (violin I), Katarina Kin (violin II), Alex McLeod (viola), Kirk Starkey (cello), Aaron Gervais (conductor)
University of Toronto Student Composers'
Concert
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Argument in Ternary Form
Performed by Julián Rodrigo (flute) and Kirk Starkey (cello)
Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto
Première of Argument in Ternary Form
Performed by Julián Rodrigo (flute) and Kirk Starkey (cello)
Earshot! Concert Series: Nine Circles
The Music Gallery, Toronto
Première of She said you meddle. I dare you.
Performed by the Offensive Love Consort
The Music Gallery, Toronto
Première of She said you meddle. I dare you.
Performed by the Offensive Love Consort
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival
Lehman Auditorium, Harrisonburg VA
Performance of "Bolero" from Four Pieces Based on Cuban Popular Songs
Conducted by Kenneth Nafziger
Lehman Auditorium, Harrisonburg VA
Performance of "Bolero" from Four Pieces Based on Cuban Popular Songs
Conducted by Kenneth Nafziger
University of Alberta Young Composers'
Showcase Concert
Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
Première of Four Song for Four Horses
Performance of Learning Curve
Performed by Zohreh Gervais (soprano) and Roger Admiral (piano)
Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB
Première of Four Song for Four Horses
Performance of Learning Curve
Performed by Zohreh Gervais (soprano) and Roger Admiral (piano)
University of Alberta Academy of
Strings Cuba Tour
Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, and Havana, Cuba; Edmonton AB
Multiple performances of Four Pieces Based on Cuban Popular Songs
Conducted by Tanya Prochazka
Julie Amundsen (solo cello)
Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, and Havana, Cuba; Edmonton AB
Multiple performances of Four Pieces Based on Cuban Popular Songs
Conducted by Tanya Prochazka
Julie Amundsen (solo cello)