Venues include the Art Gallery of Hamilton Pavilion, Hamilton Place Studio Theatre,
and the performance space at the Pearl Company.
Composers from a wide range of backgrounds, working in a broad range of styles, from Electronica to Orchestral, Ambient to Twelve-tone, discuss the past, present and future of Concert and Popular Musics, the challenges and rewards of the 21st Century artistic environment. Guests:
| Jeremy Flower | Laptop virtuoso, DJ, Composer of Electronic-based Musics | [ www.keepalive.org ] |
| John Burge (Canadian) |
Winner, 2009 Juno Award, Best Classical Composition, President, Canadian League of Composers | |
| Kelly-Marie Murphy (Canadian) |
Multi-award-winning Canadian Composer, creator of 2010 What Next Orchestral commission, Ph.D, Leeds University | [ www.kellymariemurphy.com ] |
| James Sommerville | Music Director, HPO, commissioned or premiered works of dozens of composers worldwide | [ www.hpo.org ] |
| david ogborn | Teaching digital audio and physical computing (for multimedia productions) at McMaster University (Hamilton), Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia. Director, Cybernetic Orchestra at McMaster | [ www.davidogborn.net ] |
| GYORGY KURTAG | The Little Predicament (1978) | |
| BELA BARTOK | Contrasts (1938) | |
| ALFRED SCHNITTKE | String Trio (1985) | |
| GARY KULESHA (Canadian) |
Horn Trio (2004) - commissioned for James Sommerville | [ www.kulesha.com ] |
| JOHN BURGE (Canadian) |
And One For Mahler (2009) World Premiere Commissioned by James Sommerville for the HPO |
| kelly-marie murphy (Canadian) |
Black Sand (2010) World premiere – HPO/CCA commission | [ www.kellymariemurphy.com ] |
ANDREW STANILAND |
Devolution (2009) Winner, CBC EVOLUTION Prize 2009 | [ www.andrewstaniland.com ] |
| thomas ades | Living Toys (1994) | [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ad%C3%A8s ] |
| SAMY MOUSSA (Canadian) |
Polarlicht (2008) | [ www.samymoussa.com ] |
| JONNY GREENWOOD | popcorn superhet receiver (2006) | [ www.myspace.com/johnnygreenwood ] Listen: Interview |
| STEVE REICH | Clapping Music (1972) | [ www.stevereich.com ] |
| STEVE REICH | New York Counterpoint (for clarinet/tape; 1985) | Download: New York Counterpoint I - Fast New York Counterpoint II - Slow New York Counterpoint III - Fast |
| SERGIO BARROSO (Canadian) |
New work (for bass clarinet/tape; 2010) World premiere | [ www.electrocd.com/en/bio/barroso_se/ ] |
| jeremy flower | Those Eyelashes Stay With Me (for horn, clarinet, and laptop; 2010) World premiere featuring James Sommerville on horn Commissioned by James Sommerville for the HPO |
[ www.keepalive.org ] |
| jeremy flower | solo laptop electronica |
As science probes deeper into the secrets of the human mind, it has become clear that music plays a central role in our intellectual and emotional development. Groundbreaking studies at McMaster University have provided surprising insights into how we respond to harmony, melody, and dissonance. Join our panel for a stimulating discussion on Music and the Mind.
| david ogborn | Teaching digital audio and physical computing (for multimedia productions) at McMaster University (Hamilton), Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia. Director, Cybernetic Orchestra at McMaster | [ www.davidogborn.net ] |
| laurel trainor | Director, The McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind | [ mimm.mcmaster.ca ] |
| James Sommerville | Music Director, HPO, commissioned or premiered works of dozens of composers worldwide | [ www.hpo.org ] |
| MICHAEL SCHUTZ | Assistant Professor of Music, McMaster; Chair, Percussive Arts Society Music Technology Committee; Core Member, McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind | [ www.michaelschutz.net ] |
| RAVI SHANKAR | L'Aube Enchantée (1990) | [ www.ravishankar.org ] |
| ELMA MILLER (Canadian) |
La Nuit S'Ouvre (1998) | [ www.hwcn.org/~aa210/Profile.html ] |
| PAULA MATTHUSEN | Of minutiae and memory (2006) | [ www.paulamatthusen.com ] |
| SCOTT GOOD (Canadian) |
Sorensen Variations (2000) | [ www.myspace.com/scottgoodcomposer ] |
