Item is the instructions for Norman Adams' improvisational composition, "6 of one," for performance by Adams (cello); Suzanne Lemieux (oboe); Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet and clarinet); and Paul Cram (tenor saxophone and clarinet). The composition has an approximate tonality of D and textual instructions regarding rhythm, entrances, intervallic relationships of parts, dynamics, range, and timbre.
Item is a copy of Sandy Moore's "Aikata," written for any combination of instruments for an indefinite length of time. The composition is based on 11 cluster chords and 11 melodic tone rows, which can be performed in retrograde, inversion, or retroinversion. The 11 chords are taken from the given chords for the Sho, a Japanese mouth organ.
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.
Item is a copy of Paul Cram's composition, "B-flat Restaurant Redux," which reuses elements from his "B-flat Restaurant" composition. The score, written for C instruments, is type-set.
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.
Item is a copy of a handwritten piece called "Chipper," by Don Palmer. The piece is for solo alto recorder with harp, flute, clarinet, Flugal horn, and bass clarinet. The piece is in C Major and has a 3/4 time signature.
Item is a copy of an anonymous score entitled "Cukeoo" for solo voice, piano, and an undefined instrumental ensemble. The score combines common music notation with graphic notation. The text is taken from an English folk song, "The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird"
Item is a copy of Steven Naylor's composition for guitars, accordion, wind instruments, and keyboard. The score is in graphic notation, using coloured symbols in blue, green, and red to indicate duration, pitch, attitude, and stops.
Item is Paul Cram's composition, "Forming 23," a graphic score for trumpet, trombone, guitar, piano, bass, drums, and vibraphone. The score includes indications for ornamentation, rhythm, style of improvisation, tempo, and register.
Item is a copy of Steven Naylor's composition for flute, violin, oboe, trumpet, viola, clarinet, accordion, cello, bassoon, electric bass, bass clarinet, contrabass, and percussion. Each instrument plays a short phrase repeatedly until the end of the piece with entries staggered between instruments.
Item is a coloured score for C instruments. The composition has three main sections and the third section is further subdivided into five sections, including a passacaglia. No performance instructions are included. The composition was funded by a SOCAN grant.
Item is a copy of Steve Tittle's "Mediterranean Eyes," originally commissioned in 1983 by the Atlantic Canada Trio (flute, piano, and double bass) and revised in 1996 for small orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, and strings).
Item is the graphic notation score used by the rhythm section for part 3 of Nasca Lines. The score was used by the drummer for the premiere performance. As the drums are tacet for the first page, this page is not included.
Item is the first seven measures of the score for Fred Frith's composition "Neither Fire nor Place" for flute, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet, piano, percussion, guitar, violin, viola, cello, and double bass.
Item is a copy of Naylor's composition for flute, saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, vibraphone, electric guitar, piano, and percussion. The composition is dedicated to Earle Hagen
Item is a poster advertising a concert held at Alderney Landing Theatre on Monday, October 30, 2006. It was presented in association with Eastern Front Theatre and the Canadian Music Centre's New Music in New Places initiative on the set of Michael Melski's play Corvette Crossing.
Item is a poster advertising a concert at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery sponsored by Canada Council Explorations Program and Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture, featuring Paul Cram, saxophone; Sandy Moore, Irish harp and synthesizer; Bob Bauer, guitar; Steve Tittle, trumpet and flugel horn; Tom Roach, percussion; Don Palmer, saxophone and flute; Steven Naylor, keyboards; and Jeff Reilly, clarinet and bass clarinet.
Item is the score for a composition by Bauer. Bauer divided the instruments into three groups: (1) guitar, oboe, piano, violin; (2) violin, viola, cello, xylophone; and (3) bass clarinet, electric bass, and acoustic bass. The composition alternates between 3/8,4/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 8/8, 9/8, 10/8, and 12/8 at a tempo of 100 eighth-notes per minute. The score is printed on the back of Bauer's resume.
Item is a copy of the performance instructions for an improvised composition with sixteen possible sets, each defined by four words, that are performed in any order.
Item is an annotated copy of Jamieson's composition, which is in five sections. Each section has textual instructions for individual instruments with four musical parts notated at the bottom: melody, accompaniment, B-flat trumpet line, and bass line.
Item is a poster for concerts held November 14 & 15, 2008 at 1313 Hollis Street, the first of which included an artist talk and the second an interactive performance.
Item is the first eight measures of the score for Fred Frith's composition "Traffic Continues: Shadow of a Tree on Sand" for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, trumpet, baritone saxophone, piano, percussion, violin, guitar, and double bass.
Item is poster advertising an Upstream Music concert held on May 15 and 16, 2009 at 1313 Hollis Street, as well as a workshop held Saturday, May 16, 2009.
Item is a poster for an Upstream concert at Sir James Dunn Theatre on Sunday, October 23, 1994, featuring the Upstream Ensemble, members of Symphony Nova Scotia, and special guests Jamie Gatti and Jim Faraday.
Item is a poster advertising an Upstream concert at the Faculty des Beaux Arts, University of Moncton, sponsored by Canada Council for the Arts, Nova Scotia Arts Council, Saint Mary's University Art Gallery and Dalhousie University Department of Music.
Item is a poster advertising a concert featuring Upstream Ensemble held at Denton Hall, Acadia University on December 1, 2001 and again at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery on December 2, 2001.
Item is an undated poster for a JazzEast all-ages concert featuring the Pierre Labbe Ensemble, Upstream Orchestra with the Pierre Labbe Ensemble, and The Guerilla Orchestra with Harris Eisenstadt.
Item is a poster for Upstream Music's seasonal finale concert, presented by Dalhousie University Music Department and CKDU 97.5 FM, on Wednesday, April 8, 1992 at the Sir James Dunn Theatre.