File includes contracts between Paul Cram and Toronto Musicians' Association; the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada; Productions Traquen'art; SOCAN; and Les Disques Victo/Victo Records.
Item is a music notebook dedicated "To Paul, With love from Marilyn, Dec 25, 1980." The notebook contains "The Game" — a four-part score with movements numbered I-XVI —; the concert part for "Stitches"; and a few untitled pages of notation.
Files contains an annotated score marked "PCO - CD - cut #1" for Part 3 of "Life of Crime" and a score for "Trouble in Paradise," marked PCO - CD - cut#2. Both scores are written for reeds 1, 2 & 3; trumpet; trombone; cello; guitar; keyboards; and bass.
File contains an annotated facsimile handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Pendulum," written for flute, clarinet, bass and drums, written in 1985 and revised in 1993. There is also an undated, original handwritten composition titled "Dromedaries."
File contains a tour and recording itinerary; set list and edits; drummer David Burton's curriculum vitae; and drum parts for: "Life of Crime"; "Eye of the Storm"; "Trouble in Paradise"; "Revolutions"; "Taiwanese Bootleg"; "Tip of the Iceberg"; "Dminor Diner"; "Have a Heart"; "Immortal Coil"; "Thunder"; "High Ground"; "Campin' Out"; Kafka's Chair"; and "Zebra Zone." There are two copies of some parts.
Item is a conductor's score for "Pluckstück," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for Upstream Orchestra. The piece debuted at Saint Mary's University on November 18, 1990 and was registered with SoCan in December 1990.
Item is an audio cassette with a recording of the concert work "Pluckstucke" composed by Paul Cram. The date 1990 is provided based on details found on Cram's website.
File includes a poster for an Open Waters festival featuring the Paul Cram Trio; two posters for Paul Cram, Lyle Ellis and Gregg Simpson at the Music Gallery; a poster for Benghazi Sax Redux; and a poster for the Paul Cram Trio.
File contains mostly publicity photographs of Paul Cram, Zebra Zone, The Benghazi Saxophone Quartet and The Paul Cram Ensemble, as well as some photographs taken during performances.
File contains media releases for the The Kings of Sming, Zebra Zone,The Paul Cram Trio, The Paul Cram Ensemble, Benghazi Sax, Paul Cram Orchestra, Aperture Trio and Paul Cram.
File contains a tour and recording itinerary; set and repertoire lists; and reed parts for: "Eye of the Storm"; "Dminor Diner"; "Taiwanese Bootleg"; "Tip of the Iceberg"'; "Telescope"; "Trouble in Paradise"; "Revolutions"; "Kafka's Chair"; "Life of Crime"; "Side Order from Bb Restaurant"; "High Ground": "Have a Heart"; "Immortal Coil"; "Monk on Time"; "March of the Philistines"; and "Thunder."
File includes bass clarinet parts for "Mood Swing," "Pendulum," "Hum Over the Horizon," "Mail -Order Mantis," and "Free Fear"; clarinet part for "Out and About"; tenor saxophone parts for "Oh My God!!", "Underwater Highway," "Campin Out," "One Heart Suite," "Home Free," "Line of Fire," and Confederation"; baritone saxophone parts for "Bay of Pigs" and Overnight Express"; and alto saxophone part for "New York-Paris-New York."
File contains a facsimile handwritten score for "Rejuvenation"; trumpet, trombone and tuba parts for "Spectrum," "Whirlwind," "Neptune," "Rejuvenation," "Vines," and "Riffin"; and tenor sax parts for "Spectrum," "Whirlwind," "Neptune," "Foundation," "Vines," and "Riffin." The trombone II part for "Rejuvenation" is a print copy attributed to Sam Rivers, and the rest of the parts are stamped "Rivbea Music Productions."
File contains an eight-page annotated guitar part and a four-page annotated tenor part for Paul Cram's "Revolutions." There is also one page of graphic notation for insertion at bar 211.
File contains parts for "Revolutions," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for the Upstream Ensemble in 1992. Parts include trombone, drums, alto saxophone (reed one), tenor saxophone (reed two), bass clarinet (reed three), trumpet, cello, guitar, piano, and bass.
File contains a score and annotated trumpet part for Paul Cram's "Revolutions 2008." The score is for violin, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, bass clarinet, guitar, piano, electric bass and drums.
Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance by the Upstream Ensemble. The container label identifies "Part the 1st" and "Part the 2nd".
Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance at the St. Mary's University Art Gallery by the Upstream Ensemble with members of Symphony Nova Scotia.
File contains two sets of parts for Paul Cram's "Royal Hotel." The first has "Words — Michael Ondaatje" printed at the top and includes parts for voice 1; tenor; trumpet; guitar; violin; baritone; bass; and drums. The second set is marked with the SOCAN copyright date 2005 and includes parts for Eb soprano; alto; bass; tenor; trumpet; guitar; violin; bass clarinet; drums; electric bass; and stereo grand. There is a single part for audio 1 that appears to be from a different printing.
Subseries contains 34 scores catalogued by the Canadian Music Centre ca. 2016. The scores in this subseries are listed in the order of the RSN (record series number) established by the CMC and descriptions contain corresponding call numbers. They were re-foldered along with the CNC envelopes in which they were maintained.
File contains original handwritten scores for Paul Cram's "Hammer and Tongs," written for two altos, bass and drums, and "Down to Earth," written for soprano, tenor and bass.
File contains original handwritten scores for "Tango Oreo"; "One Step at a Time"';"Faster at the Alter"; "(Do the) Funky Fool"; "String Quartet #3"; "Coup d'Etat"; and "Rank and Vile."
Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance by the Upstream Ensemble. The container label lists the works featured on the cassette: Steve Tittle- "It looks like Up to Me", Bob Bauer- "Escape from the Bell Tower" (Dolby C), Jeff Reilly- "The Wisdom of Insecurity", Paul Cram- "Beyond Benghazi", and Sandy Moore- "Lady Baird".
Item is an original handwritten composition with eight movements, which include both traditional musical notation and directional text. For example, the first movement simply reads: "Coda I = material from Western Front."
