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COMMISSIONS

Introducing Katerina Gimon, our 2019-2020

Composer-in-Residence

Named as one of Canada's ‘hot 30 classical musicians under 30’ by the Canadian Broadcasting Company; composer, improviser, and vocalist Katerina Gimon's uniquely dynamic, poignant, and eclectic compositional style is rapidly gaining her a reputation as one of the most distinctive emerging voices in contemporary Canadian composition.

Katerina’s music has been described as “sheer radiance” (Campbell River Mirror), “imbued…with human emotion” (San Diego Story), and capable of taking listeners on a “fascinating journey of textural discovery” (Ludwig Van). Her works have been performed across Canada, the United States, and Europe at prominent events such as ACDA Conferences (National and Regional), Choral Canada’s Podium Conference, and as part of the Vancouver Opera Festival, as well as at renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Orpheum Theatre.

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Recent commissions include new music for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the University of Montana, Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound, the Hamilton Children’s Choir, and the Orpheus Choir of Toronto. She is currently the composer-in-residence for female vocal ensemble Myriad and is primarily based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

 

As a vocalist, Katerina performs as part of experimental mixed-media ensemble Chroma, of which she is a founding member (vocals, extended vocals, and electronics). This dynamic new music collective endeavours to explore the relationship between music, visual art, performance, composition and new technologies by blending experimental vocals, guitar, electronics and visuals to create immersive experiences. Chroma has recently begun venturing into the new and exciting world of virtual reality with an immersive VR album/experience, Naona (currently in development), set to premiere in September 2019.

 

Katerina holds a Master of Music in Composition from the University of British Columbia ('17) and an Honours Bachelor of Music degree in Composition and Improvisation from Wilfrid Laurier University ('15). She has studied composition under Dorothy Chang, Keith Hamel, Stephen Chatman, Linda Catlin Smith, and Glenn Buhr; and voice under Vicki St. Pierre, James Westman, and Brian McIntosh. Katerina serves on the BC Advisory Council for the Canadian Music Centre and on the board for Redshift Music Society.

www.katerinagimon.com

We will be performing 2 new commissions by Katerina Gimon this year.

Composers

In accordance with our mandate, the Canadian Men's Chorus has been privileged to premiere newly commissioned works by the following composers:

ANNA ATKINSON

www.annaatkinson.com

• When The Night Has Passed 
• Winter Wind

DREW BEAUDOIN

 

• Irish Blessing

• Danny Boy 

Danny Boy is available for purchase from Renforth Music Publishing (www.renforthmusic.com) as part of the Canadian Men's Chorus Series for Male Voices.
 

THOMAS BELL

• Prayer of St. Brendan the Voyager

SCOTT CHRISTIAN

www.scottchristianmusic.com

Winner of the 2014-2015 Lloyd Carr-Harris Composers Competition

• How To Die

 

How To Die is available for purchase from Renforth Music Publishing (www.renforthmusic.com) as part of the Canadian Men's Chorus Series for Male Voices.

 

MATTHEW EMERY

composermatthewemery.wordpress.com/about

Winner of the 2015-2016 Lloyd Carr-Harris Composers Competition

• O My Love 
• A Pickthall Triptych

   1. Thoughts

   2. Song

   3. Stars

JEFF ENNS

www.jeffenns.com

 

• O Mistress Mine 
• The Sleeping Giant 
• Winter Uplands

O Mistress Mine and Winter Uplands are available for purchase from Renforth Music Publishing (www.renforthmusic.com) as part of the Canadian Men's Chorus Series for Male Voices.

THOMAS GONDER

 

• Missa Transfigurationis

RICHARD GOOCH

 

• Ar Hyd Y Nos

 

EVAN HAMMELL

ekrhammell.wordpress.com

Winner of the 2016-2017 Lloyd Carr-Harris Composers Competition

• Life's But A Walking Shadow

AARON JENSEN

http://www.aaronjensen.ca/

• Per Aspera Ad Astra

• Here's To You

NICHOLAS KELLY

www.nicholasryankelly.com

Winner of the 2018-2019 Lloyd Carr-Harris Composers Competition

• North Wind

SEAN KING

soundcloud.com/musicseanking

• O Magnum Mysterium

 

 

JOHN LAING

www.johnlaing.ca

 

• A Paean of Honour

   1. Prologue: Remember Them

   2. In Flanders Fields

   3. High Flight

   4. Sonnet to Rupert Brooke

   5. Festubert

   6. No Man's Land

   7. Epilogue: Remember Them

 

 

MARILYN LIGHTSTONE

http://marilynlightstone.com/

• In Flanders Fields (David Warrick, arr.)

Recorded by ZoomerTV, aired on Vision TV

DON MACDONALD

donmacdonaldmusic.com

 

• Boots (Infantry Columns)

STEPHANIE MARTIN

www.stephaniemartinmusic.com

 

• When You Are Old 

 

When You Are Old is available for purchase from Renforth Music Publishing (www.renforthmusic.com) as part of the Canadian Men's Chorus Series for Male Voices.

 

CHRISTOPHER MEYER

http://www.meyercreations.com/music/index.htm

• Our Murray

Our Murray was premiered with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra on November 15, 2014.

PATRICK MURRAY

www.patrickmurraymusic.net

 

• The Christmas Night 

• Book of Lamentations 

 

Book of Lamentations is available for purchase from Renforth Music Publishing (www.renforthmusic.com) as part of the Canadian Men's Chorus Series for Male Voices.

 

BONNIE PENFOUND

Winner of the 2017-2018 Lloyd Carr-Harris Composers Competition

• Amo, Amas

NORMAN REINTAMM

www.cathedralbluffs.com/about-us/our-conductor/

 

• Öö on selge 
• Taas Inglid Laulavad 
• Väike Päike

AVALON RUSK

• A New Star

   1. What Star Is This?

   2. Star of God

   3. Beautiful God


• Two

   1. Two Roads

   2. Ozymandias

 

LAURA SGROI

www.laurasgroimusic.com

 

• Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep 
• From Stalingrad (Text by CMC singer, Richard Gooch) 
• Ubi Caritas 

 

These three pieces are available as Three Songs For Remembrance Day from Renforth Music Publishing (www.renforthmusic.com) as part of the Canadian Men's Chorus Series for Male Voices.

 

SAMAN SHAHI

www.samanshahimusic.com

 

• Three Quatrains by Omar Khayyam

MARK SIRETT

www.marksirett.ca

 

• High Flight 
• Not Dead 
• When You Are Old

Christian
Emery
Enns
Gonder
Hammell
King
Laing
MacDonald
Martin
Murray
Reintamm
Sgroi
Rusk
Shahi
Sirett
Meyer
Bell
Gooch
Jensen
Lightstone
Penfound
Kelly
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