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Cram, Paul
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1952-2018
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Paul Cram was a musician and composer known for his new music compositions and his collaborative approach to music performance. He was born 11 August 1952 in Victoria, British Columbia, and completed his Bachelor of Music at the University of British Columbia in 1978. He formed the Paul Cram Trio in 1982, followed by several other ensembles including the New Orchestra Workshop, System Saxophone Quartet, the Kings of Sming, the Paul Cram Quintet, and the Paul Cram Orchestra. In 1987 he co-founded Hemispheres, a new jazz/new music ensemble in Toronto, Ontario. He moved to Halifax in 1990, where he became a founding member and later artistic director of Upstream Music Ensemble (1990-2015). He died 20 March 2018.
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Vingoe, Mary (1957-)
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family
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Paul Cram and Mary Vingo were married until his death in 2018.
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Benghazi Saxophone Quartet ([ca. 1991] -)
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associative
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[ca. 1991]-
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Paul Cram founded the Benghazi Saxophone Quartet in the early 1990s. Cram played tenor saxophone for the quartet.
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Upstream Music Association (1990 -)
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associative
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1990–2015
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Co-Artistic Director of Upstream Music Association.