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UPCOMING
13 March
Paper presentation: performing works for piano and live electronics
The Pianist in the 21st Century
9th Annual New Music Festival
California State University, Fullerton
9 April, 9:00 p.m.
Works for toy piano and electronics
l'envers, 185 Van Horne, Montreal
26-29 May
Paper presentation: pedagogical issues in repertoire for piano and live electronics
International Conference for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Pedagogy
University of Ottawa
9 June, 8:00 p.m.
Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska: Le retour des papillons
With the United Instruments of Lucilin
Philharmonie Luxembourg
PAST
10 February, 8:00 p.m.
Territoires inexplorés @ Interstice:
La boìte à jouets
Works by John Cage, Johnny Chang, Karlheinz Essl, Thor Kell, Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Andrew Lewis, Scott McLaughlin, Clio Montrey, David Smooke, Walther von der Vogelweide
With Katelyn Clark, hurdy-gurdy/ toy piano, Jean-Willy Kunz, toy piano, July Ryning, soprano
Interstice, 242 Young (NW of Peel & Wellington), Montreal
$5-7
6 February, 5:00 p.m.
CKS 4 (2006-2010)
Works by Félix Frédéric Baril, Elliot Cole, Alexandra Fol, alcides lanza, Jimmie LeBlanc, Timothy McCormack, Maurice Ohana, Antonio Soler.
Premieres by Sandeep Bhagwati, Peter Bogaert, Peter Castine, Ray Evanoff, Chen-Hui Jen and alcides lanza.
With Katelyn Clark, harpsichord/toy piano and Shawn Mativetsky, percussion
Christ Church Cathedral, 635 Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montreal
Free entry
26 January, 6:00 p.m.
Lecture: performance with live electronics
EV building, Room 6.720, Concordia University, Montreal
Slides
24 November, 7:00 p.m.
122test, pt. 1
Jacob Sudol: new work for Disklavier and live electronics
Room CPMC 122, UCSD
20 November, 8:00 p.m.
Open Sound West presents:
Works for piano and toy piano by Johnny Chang, Karlheinz Essl, Bryan Jacobs, Jukka-Pekka Kervinen,
Thor Kell, Andrew Lewis, Scott McLaughlin, Clio Montrey, Hans Tutschku, Ken Ueno.
CNMAT, 1750 Arch St., Berkeley, California
6 - 7 November
Timothy McCormack: ]regate[ s.p. ]aggre[
First Athens Composer/Performer Conference, Greece
3 November, 7:30 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Jan Panis, sound projection
Festival Musikhost, Odense, Denmark
26 September, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
cave_music
An underground performance installation presented by the Contemporary Keyboard Society / CMC New Music in New Places
Music by Erik Ross
With Katelyn Clark, toy piano
Bonnechere Caves, 1247 Fourth Chute Road, Eganville, Ontario
12 September, 8:45 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Jan Panis, sound projection
Festival Royaumont, France
20 August, 5:00 p.m.
Haruka Hirayama: Septangle for piano and computer
ICMC 2009
Pollack Hall, Montreal
19 August, 3:30 p.m.
Demo session: the CIRMMT/McGill Digital Orchestra Project
ICMC 2009
McGill University, Montreal
18 August, 5:00 p.m.
Hans Tutschku: Winternacht for piano, percussion and live electronics
with Fabrice Marandola, percussion
ICMC 2009
Pollack Hall, Montreal
22 July, 12:00 p.m.
Stravinsky, Dugal McKinnon, Chris Watson
Pestova/Meyer piano duo
Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand
19 July, 6:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Phil Brownlee, sound projection
New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand
17 July, 2:10 p.m.
Pestova/Meyer piano duo composer workshop
New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand
Pestova/Meyer piano duo
17 July, 12:00 p.m.
Stravinsky, Dugal McKinnon, Chris Watson
Pestova/Meyer piano duo
15 July, 1:00 p.m.
Pestova/Meyer piano duo piano masterclass
New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand
8 July, 2:00 p.m.
"From Score to Sound:"
Workshop for the Institute of the Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand
With Pascal Meyer, piano
17 June, 1:15 p.m.
The 30-second Project, Part II:
Premieres of new works for piano solo
With special guest pianists Julia Den Boer and Sara Laimon
Unitarian Church of Montreal
5035 de Maisonneuve West
13 June
The 30-second Project, Part I:
Premieres of new works for toy piano solo
With special guest Katelyn Clark
Private concert, Montreal
28 May, 8:00 p.m.
Solo piano recital
Handel: Suite in G minor, Schumann: opus 26,
Chris Paul Harman: After Schumann, Edison Denisov: Variations on a Theme of Handel
Pollack Hall, Montreal
555 Sherbrooke St. West
20 May, 1:30 p.m.
Music at Midday: solo piano recital
Handel, Schumann, Edison Denisov
Unitarian Church of Montreal
5035 de Maisonneuve West
3 April, 8:30 p.m.
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society
Workshop and concert. Works by Saariaho, Sergio Freire, Silvio Ferraz, Hans Tutschku and alcides lanza.
Faculdade Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, Brazil
3 April, 10:00 a.m.
Workshop: Performance with Live Electronics (with Fernando Rocha, percussion)
Faculdade Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, Brazil
1 April, 7:30 p.m.
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society
Works by Messiaen, Andriessen, Burns, Murail, Ligeti, Michel Frigon and alcides lanza.
Projeto Quarta Erudita - Sala Juvenal Dias (Palácio das Artes), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
30 March, 9:30 a.m.
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society
Workshop: Rehearsing New Music
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
29 March, 11 a.m.
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society
Works by Saariaho, Christopher Burns, Karlheinz Essl, Ligeti, Silvio Ferraz, Geof Holbrook and alcides lanza.
Fundação de Educação Artística, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
20 March, 10:00 a.m.
Open Workshop: William Mathias Composition Prize, Bangor, Wales
20 March, 8:00 p.m.
Recital with works for piano and live electronics by Rob Godman, Andrew Lewis, Hans Tutschku et al
Bangor New Music Festival
with Electroacoustic Wales
15 March, 11 a.m.
Digital Musical Instruments and Performance Practice
McGill Music Graduate Symposium
6 March, 7:30 p.m.
The Heavy Metal Project
Eliot Britton: Ferrofluid
With Erika Donald, electric cello and Vicky Shin, V-Drums
Pollack Hall, Montreal
555 Sherbrooke St. West
MusiMars Festival
21 February, 8:00 p.m.
Bryan Jacobs: Song from the Moment for piano and live electronics
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
20 February, 9:00 a.m.
Lecture/Demonstration: The Digital Orchestra Project
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
17 February, 12:30 p.m.
McGill Music Technology Colloquium
2008
14 December, 8:00 p.m.
New works for piano, harpsichord, vibraphone, toy piano and percussion
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society, presented by The Music Gallery
St George-the-Martyr Church, Toronto
12 December, 8:00 p.m.
New works for piano, harpsichord, vibraphone, toy piano and percussion
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society, presented by Codes d'acces
Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal
10 December, 7:30 p.m.
Olivier Messiaen: from Catalogue d'oiseaux - Le Courlis cendré
St. Andrew's Church, 82 Kent Street, Ottawa
10 December, 2:00 p.m.
Invited Presenter, Carleton University Messiaen Symposium
Humanities Theatre, 303 Paterson Hall, Carleton University, Ottawa
23 November, 8:00 p.m.
Soirée Colorée, works by Marc Monnet
With the United Instruments of Lucilin
Festival Rainy Days 2008, Philharmonie Luxembourg
22 November, 8:00 p.m.
Bernd Aloys Zimmermann: Dialoge, concerto for two pianos and large orchestra
With Pascal Meyer, piano
Orchestre Philharmonique Luxembourg conducted by Arturo Tamayo
Festival Rainy Days 2008, Philharmonie Luxembourg
13 November, 8:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Andrew Lewis, sound projection
Presented by the Cork Orchestral Society
Curtis Auditorium, Cork School of Music
17 October, 7:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Marielle Groven, sound projection
Presented by Live@CIRMMT with support from CIRMMT, McGill PGSS and the McGill Percussion Area
Pollack Hall, Montreal
25 August, 3:55 p.m.
Paper presentation: Analogue to Digital: Authenticity Vs. Sustainability in Stockhausen's MANTRA (1970) (Download PDF)
International Computer Music Conference 2008
Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast
25 August, 10 p.m.
Rob Godman: Duel for piano and sound projection
Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music
Mandela Hall, Queen's University, Belfast
12 July, 3:30 p.m.
Olivier Messiaen: five pieces from Catalogue d'oiseaux
Le Festival de Lanaudière
30 May, 7:00 p.m.
Lecture-recital
Messiaen as Painter: Nature Depictions in the "Catalogue d'oiseaux"
2008 Echo Conference: Space, Time, and Music
University of California, Los Angeles
16 May, 8:00 p.m.
Lecture-recital
Models for Interaction: New Works for Piano and Live Electronics
Bryan Jacobs: Song from the Moment (Premiere)
Silvio Ferraz: Cortazar, ou quarto com caixa vazia
Hans Tutschku: Zellen-Linien
In Collaboration with the McGill DCS
Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University
9 May, 8:00 p.m.
Chris Paul Harman: Concertino
McGill Percussion Ensemble directed by Aiyun Huang
Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal
12 April, 8:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Jan Panis, sound projection
Festival Archipel, Geneva
3 April, 8:00 p.m.
Chris Paul Harman: Concertino (Premiere)
McGill Percussion Ensemble directed by Aiyun Huang
Pollack Hall, Montreal
15 March, 10:00 a.m.
Lecture-recital
Messiaen as Painter: Nature Depictions in the "Catalogue d'oiseaux"
University of Toronto Music Graduate Students' Association Conference
5 March, 8:00 p.m.
Andrew Stewart and Heather Hindman: New Works for gestural controllers
With the CIRMMT McGill Digital Orchestra
MusiMars Festival
Pollack Hall, Montreal
30 January, 12:30 p.m.
Lunch-time Recital
Works by Olivier Messiaen, Xavier Montsalvatge, Tristan Murail
"Concerts du Midi" Casino Luxembourg
24 January, 8:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Jan Panis, sound projection
Philharmonie Luxembourg
2007
3 December, 8:00 p.m.
Gyorgy Ligeti: Three Pieces for Two Pianos
With Martin Karlicek, piano
Pollack Hall, Montreal
16 October
Portrait Magnus Lindberg
With the United Instruments of Lucilin
Festival Arena, Riga (Latvia)
10 October
Carte Blanche Ichiro Nodaira
With the United Instruments of Lucilin
Philharmonie Luxembourg
10 August, 8:00 p.m.
Carte Blanche Ichiro Nodaira
With the United Instruments of Lucilin
Mozarteum Salzburg
7 - 15 July
Attending the Stockhausen Courses, Kuerten
20 April, 7:00 p.m.
Presentation Authenticity and Sustainability in Stockhausen's MANTRA
With Mark T. Marshall and Jacob Sudol
Wirth Opera Studio, McGill University
11 April, 8:00 p.m.
Denys Bouliane: Du fouet et du plaisir
Soloist with McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble
Pollack Hall, Montreal
25 March, 8:00 p.m.
Jacob Sudol: Inner Music
for piano, harpsichord, percussion and quadraphonic electronics
Presented by the McGill Digital Composition Studios
Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University
17 March, 8:00 p.m.
New works for piano, harpsichord and vibraphone
Presented by the Contemporary Keyboard Society
Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University
10 March, 4:00 p.m.
Lecture-recital, McGill University Music Graduate Students' Symposium
"Form and Notation: the Piano Miniature of the Russian Avant-garde"
Abstract available here, or as PDF.
9 March
Guest Presentation, McGill University Graduate Seminar
"Contemporary Performance Practice Issues"
15 - 24 February
Banff Centre Winter Career Development Residency
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA project with pianist Pascal Meyer
7 February, 8:00 p.m.
Unofficial premieres of three pieces for piano, harpsichord and vibraphone
Presented by the Contemporary Keyboard Society and McGill Percussion Area
Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University
6 February
Guest Presentation, McGill University Graduate Seminar
"Aspects of Human/Computer Interaction"