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Broken chains : [score]

File contains two copies of the score for Sandy Moore's composition "Broken Chains" for flute, alto flute, alto saxophone, percussion, harp, piano, and hand clapping.

Moore, Sandy

Box office records for the concert season

File includes records of subscriptions and concert takings and attendance for the 1992-1993 concert season. File also includes "The New Arts Sampler" brochure, which includes advertisements for three Upstream Music concerts.

Board of Directors and Artistic Directors

Subseries contains minutes of board meetings, budgets, correspondence, receipts, and tax documents from the executive of the Upstream Music Association, including the Board of Directors and Artistic Directors. These records are not always separated; some files include two or more types of records, while others contain only minutes, or only receipts. Occasionally, files from the Artistic Directors also include information about concerts and season planning (e.g., repertoire of concerts, dates, and venues).

Bird gong game : [score]

Item is two excerpted pages from Barry Guy's score for the "Bird Gong Game," the first page with performance instructions and the first of four sections of the score. The score uses both common music notation and graphic notation. It was written for the Scottish artist and musician, Alan Davie, and based on Davie's painting Bird Gong No. 12. The score is written at concert pitch.

Guy, Barry

Biographies and Curriculum Vitae for Upstream musicians

File contains biographies and CVs for the following musicians who performed with, or were part of, the Upstream Ensemble: Karen Young, Bob (Robert) Bauer, Jeff Reilly, Paul Cram, Don (Donald Charles) Palmer, Steven Naylor, Sandy Moore, Tom Roach, Norman Adams, Steve Tittle, and Jerry Granelli.

B-flat restaurant : concert pitch part

Item is a copy of Paul Cram's composition, "B-flat Restaurant," dedicated to Don Palmer and composed for a SOCAN grant in 1993. The music is handwritten in common music notation and features long and frequent solo sections.

Cram, Paul

Artistic Director meeting minutes and financial records

File includes minutes of Artistic Directors meetings; Board meetings; budgets and project descriptions by performance season; a copy of the Memorandum of Association and By-Laws of Upstream Music Association; an Upstream mailing list; and copies of grant applications. These documents were likely used by Jeff Reilly during his term as Artistic Director for the association, given the various annotations on the records.

Applications, correspondence, and notes regarding funding for the Upstream Music Association

File contains applications and documents for the Nova Scotia Arts Council Operating Grant Application (1998); Canada Council for the Arts Classical Contemporary and New Music Organizations Program Multi-Year Funding (1998-2000); and Canada Council for the Arts Commissioning of Canadian Compositions for a work by Jeff Reilly (1999).

Applications, correspondence, and notes regarding funding for the Upstream Music Association

File contains applications and documents for the Nova Scotia Arts Council Operating Grant Application (2000) and Canada Council for the Arts Classical Contemporary and New Music Organizations Program Multi-Year Funding (2000-2002). File also contains some minutes and financial statements from the Board of Directors for Upstream.

Applications to Canada Council for the Arts

File contains correspondence regarding Upstream Music Association's application to the Classical Contemporary/ New Music Organizations Program; Residencies and Commissioning of Canadian Compositions Program; and New Music Program: Targeted Initiatives program.

Application to the SOCAN Foundation

File contains Upstream's application for the 1996-1997 season annual student improvisation and composition workshop at Dalhousie University. File also contains related correspondence and statements of accounts from SOCAN for Upstream.

Application to the Nova Scotia Department of Economic Development

File contains correspondence from the Department of Economic Development concerning financial assistance for the Upstream Music Association under the Product Development Division (PDP) of the Business Futures Program. File also includes correspondence from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, regarding a training program entitled "New Exporters to Border States" (NEBS).

Application to Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture

File contains Upstream Music Association's application to the fund for "Assistance to Organizations for Special Projects in the Performing Arts" for April 12, 1992 to April 24, 1993, rough drafts of the application, and related correspondence. File also includes a letter of support from Saint Mary's University Art Gallery and a letter sent from Upstream to the Charles H. Ivey Foundation requesting support for the upcoming 1993-1994 season.

Application to Nova Scotia Arts Council

File contains correspondence regarding Upstream Music Association's application to the Touring Program for Grants to Organizations and Small Groups, and the Production/Presentation Program for Grants to Organizations and Small Groups. File also includes a signed copy of the Terms and Conditions for Sustaining Grants to Organizations.

Application to Canada Council for Upstream CD project

File contains a copy of the grant application and supporting documents sent to Canada Council by the Upstream Music Association for funding to record a CD. The proposed works for the CD were: "Nocturne" by Steven Naylor; "Don't Hold Back" by Jeff Reilly; "Chipper" by Don Palmer; "Immortal Coil" by Paul Cram; "Change is a Time for Celebration" by Sandy Moore; "Valse Triste" by Robert Bauer; and "Available Light" by Steve Tittle. At the point of application, the Undercurrent Recording label did not exist, but Steven Naylor, Jeff Reilly, and Paul Cram were discussing its creation.

Application to Canada Council for the Arts Japan-Canada Fund

File contains correspondence between the Upstream Music Association and the Canada Council relating to Upstream's request for funding to support a collaborative project between themselves and two Japanese artists, Akikazu Nakamura and Miwa Inaba. File also includes budgets for the project and a description of the project.
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