one more way to see
Featured UBC Faculty Artist: Jennifer Butler composer Redshift Records Released November 4, 2023 CREDITS Producer/Réalisateur: Jennifer Butler Recording engineers, digital editing, mastering/Ingénieur de son, montage et transfert numériques: Will Howie and Paul Luchkow Recorded at/Enregistré à: Pyatt Hall, Vancouver, March 22, 2021 and Philip T. Young, Victoria, November 27, 2021 VSO School of Music: Sydney Trotter; […]
Polyrhythm classification using the composite tool
Authors: Poudrier, Ève Publication details: 2nd International Conference Música Analítica, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Music Time, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 12-14 October 2023, p. 48. Weblink: https://www.uc.pt/site/assets/files/1190234/ma_abstracts_1.pdf Abstract: This paper proposes a definition of polyrhythm that affords classification of a wider variety of polyphonic textures along a set of characteristics derived from”composite rhythms,” […]
Ispiciwin
Ensemble: Andrew Balfour and Luminous Voices Featured UBC Alumni: Sherryl Sewepagaham (composer of Okâwîmâw Askiy (Mother Earth) & Picikîsksîs (Chickadee) Chant) Label: Leaf Music Recording/mix engineer: Paul Chirka and Zana Warner Recording details: Ispiciwin, meaning “Journey,” embarks on an unprecedented musical exploration, bridging cultures and perspectives. Winnipeg and Cree composer Andrew Balfour describes it as a […]
recurrence (in two parts)
Author: Julia Ulehla Publication details: Performance Matters, Volume 9, Issue 1-2, 2023, pp. 187-204 Weblink: erudit.org Description: This essay explores the author’s process of trying to understand how to responsibly forge a relationship with traditional song heritage given conditions of ethnocultural rupture. Weaving together Slovácko folk songs transcribed by the author’s great-grandfather, an archival recording of the […]
Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers: Concert Music, 1960–2000
Authors: Laurel Parsons with Brenda Ravenscroft, eds. Publication details: Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers. Vol. 3 : Concert Music, 1960–2000, New York: Oxford University Press, 2016 Weblink: global.oup.com Description: Over the past 30 years, musicologists have produced a remarkable new body of research literature focusing on the lives and careers of women composers […]
Listening to Phrase Structure and Formal Function in Post-Tonal Music
Author: Anabel Maler Publication details: INTÉGRAL The Journal of Applied Musical Thought, Volume 35 Weblink: www.esm.rochester.edu Abstract:This article adapts Classical notions of formal function for the purpose of proposing a listener-centered theory of phrase formation in post-tonal repertoires. It contends that formal function is an emergent property of music through which a listener actively […]
Martin Bresnicks Piano Compositions
Author: Helena Aung Publication details: Martin Bresnicks Piano Compositions: An Analysis and Performance Guide, MTNA e – Journal, Cincinnati Vol. 14, Iss. 4, (Apr 2023): 37. Excerpt of abstract: This document is intended to be a practical tool for those interested in performing, researching and developing a deeper understanding of Martin Bresnick’s keyboard music. As […]
TRANSFORMATION
Artist: Megumi Masaki, piano Composers: T. Patrick Carrabré, Keith Hamel, Bob Pritchard Recording details: Centrediscs, released March 3, 2023 TRANSFORMATION presents three interactive piano + multimedia works written in collaboration with Megumi Masaki that reimagine the piano and pianist’s artistic expression through new technologies, and transform the listener’s concert to an immersive, theatrical, and cinematic […]
Munich
Author: Fisher, Alexander Publication details: The Museum of Renaissance Music: A History in 100 Exhibits, edited by Vincenzo Borghetti and Tim Shephard, 351-6. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023. Weblink: https://go.exlibris.link/HyjgkDX7
Hearing the Trumpets of the Church Militant: Weather Bells and Supernatural Audition in Post-Reformation Germany
Author: Fisher, Alexander Publication details: Sixteenth Century Journal, Volume 53, Issue 4, Winter 2022, pp. 915-942 Weblink: https://doi.org/10.1086/SCJ5304002 Description: In the charged religious context of post-Reformation Germany, debate ensued about the power of weather bells to disperse the thunderstorms traditionally thought to be the work of demons and witches . Catholics and Protestants alike inherited medieval notions […]