Halcyon
Composer: Jocelyn Morlock Performers: Corey Hamm piano, Vern Griffiths percussion Robyn Driedger-Klassen soprano, Tyler Duncan baritone, Erika Switzer piano, Nicholas Wright violin, Ariel Barnes cello, Joseph Elworthy cello Ensembles: Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Leslie Dala conductor Recording details: CMC Centrediscs, 2017 Link
The Disenchanted Flute? Music, Max Weber, and Early Modern Science
Author: Konoval, Brandon Publication details: Presented at the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, 28 May 2017 Weblink: http://www.yorku.ca Abstract: With Absolute Music and the Construction of Meaning (1999), among other writings, the musicologist Daniel K. L. Chua proposed a theory of “rationalization” to account for key developments […]
Life Reflected
Ensemble: Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Alexander Shelley conductor Featured composition: My Name is Amanda Todd by Jocelyn Morlock Recording details: Analekta, 2017
Dálava — The Book of Transfigurations
Ensemble: Dálava Performers: Julia Úlehla vocals, Aram Bajakian guitar Recording details: 2017 Link Dálava – The Book of Transfigurations by Dálava
Between Aristotle and Lucretius: Discourses of Nature and Rousseau’s Discours sur l’inégalité
Author: Konoval, Brandon Publication details: Modern Intellectual History 14, no. 1 (2017): 1-33. Weblink: https://cambridge.org Abstract: In the Discourse on Inequality, Rousseau presents himself as declaiming in “the Lyceum of Athens” but in the presence of Plato and Xenocrates. Why should Rousseau’s arguments be heard in such precincts, and why, moreover, is Aristotle missing from […]
Composing Citoyennes through Sapho
Author: Law, Hedy Publication details: The Opera Quarterly 32, no. 1 (2016): 5-28. Weblink: https://academic.oup.com
Incarnation
Ensemble: Duo Concertante Performers: Nancy Dahn violin, Timothy Steeves piano Featured composition: Petrichor by Jocelyn Morlock Recording details: Marquis, 2017
Sing Your Song
Ensemble: Amabile Choirs of London, Canada Composer: Matthew Emery Recording details: CMC Centrediscs, March 3 2017 Link
New Wave
Ensemble: Standing Wave Performers: Christie Reside flutes, A-K Coope clarinets, Rebecca Whitling violin, Peggy Lee cello, Allen Stiles piano, Vern Griffiths percussion. Recording details: Redshift Records, 2017 Recording Engineer: Will Howie (BMus’04) Produced by: Will Howie and Standing Wave Featured work: Emmy Noether Michael Oesterle (BMus’92) Pots ‘n Pans Falling Edward Top Link New Wave […]
Redshift XV
Type: Compliation Recording Details: Redshift Records, January 21 2017 Ensembles: PEP (Piano and Erhu Project), Standing Wave, Saxophilia UBC Music Performers: Corey Hamm piano Paolo Bortolussi flute Christie Reside flute Vern Griffiths percussion Julia Nolan soprano sax Mark McGregor (DMA’12) flute UBC Music Composers: Keith Hamel, Benton Roark Link Redshift XV by Saxophilia