Archives Catalogue

Correspondence from European Conference of Promoters of New Music

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 19
File
1993, August 17

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Japan-Canada Concert with Akikazu Nakamura and Miwa Inaba

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 29
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains Sandy Moore's proposal to the Board of Directors for the concert; correspondence sent to Akikazu Nakamura and Miwa Inaba; resumes for Nakamura and Inaba; budget for the concert; media release; and correspondence with the Canada Council for the Arts regarding the Japan-Canada Fund.

Records of collaborations with Barry Guy and Maya Homburger

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 6
File
1996-1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes biographies for Barry Guy and Maya Homburger; correspondence from Guy and Homburger; the transcript of an interview with Guy for a documentary by Jeff Reilly and Alan Guettel; and copies of news articles on Guy and Homburger.

Programs, reports, and correspondence for the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16 Box 5, Folder 7
File
1997

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also contains meeting notes, copies of news articles and press releases, budgets, and responsibilities of those involved in the Festival's organization.

News articles and programs from the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 10
File
1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Funding for the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 39
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a copy of Upstream's application to the Canada Council for the Arts Music Touring, Presenting and Management Program to fund the 1999 Open Waters Festival.

Correspondence and income statement for the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 11
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Final reports for the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 14
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a Promotions and Publicity Summary by Christopher Majka of Symphony Nova Scotia; correspondence and newspaper clippings related to the festival; revenue and expense statements; the final report to the Canada Council for the Arts; and correspondence with the Nova Scotia Arts Council confirming the completion and performance of Chris Palmer's commissioned work, "For Those Who Peril On the Sea."

Records from Upstream's concert at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 20
File
1990, September 23

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes draft programs, ticket stubs, budgets, speaking notes about each composition, and a signed Atlantic Federation of Musicians Local No. 571 contract for the musicians (Jeff Reilly, Steve Tittle, Sandy Moore, Don Palmer, Steven Naylor, Tom Roach, Paul Cram, and Bob Bauer).

Records from Upstream's concert at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 2
File
1991, January 20

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes draft programs, press releases, receipts, and a signed Atlantic Federation of Musicians Local No. 571 contract for the musicians (Jeff Reilly, Steve Tittle, Sandy Moore, Don Palmer, Steven Naylor, Tom Roach, Paul Cram, and Bob Bauer).

Promotional photographs of the Upstream Ensemble

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 8
File
1991-1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes three promotional photographs of the ensemble from Galbraith Reproductions Limited, and a negative of the Upstream logo.

Records for the Hemispheres concert at Sir James Dunn Theatre

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 10
File
1992, July 10

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains documents relating to the Hemispheres concert, presented by the Upstream Music Association, Hemispheres Music Projects, and Dalhousie University Music Department. Records include correspondence, ticket stubs, copies of newspaper clippings, press releases, draft posters and brochures, and an application to the "Assistance to Community Sponsor Organizations," governed by the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture to help fund the concert.

Records from Suspensions concert with special guest Lisle Ellis

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 12
File
1993, October 31

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a concert program, poster, press releases, copies of newspaper clippings, and information on Lisle Ellis.

Program and poster for the October Summit

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 17
File
1994, October 23

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains promotional materials for a concert that featured the Upstream Ensemble (Bob Bauer, Paul Cram, Sandy Moore, Steven Naylor, Don Palmer, Jeff Reilly, and Tom Roach); members of Symphony Nova Scotia (George Maxmann, Christopher Wilkinson, Susan Sayle, Norman Adas, Max Kasper, Suzanne Lemieux, Christopher Palmer, and Charlie MacKinnon); and friends (Jim Faraday, Jamie Gatti, Barry Campbell, Cheryl Edgett, Charlotte Harper, Lynda Rosborough, Rick Hebb, and Don Roach).

Upstream plays Moore : concert proposal

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 17
File
1995, February 9

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a proposal for a concert, submitted for the 1994-1995 concert season by Sandy Moore.

Planning and promotional records for concert season

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 19
File
1994-1995

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes budgets, rehearsal schedules, program notes, and press releases.

Press kit for the Upstream Ensemble

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 19
File
1997

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a promotional photograph of the ensemble with their instruments and a promotional statement about the group for the press. Both were sent to Christopher Both, a cellist in the ensemble. The photograph was taken by George Georgakakos.

Programs and newspaper articles from concert season

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 20
File
1997-1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a programs from the Upstream Ensemble's 1997-1998 concert season: October 26, 1997 (Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, with Conrado del Rosario); November 23, 1997 (Saint Mary's Art University Art Gallery, with Michiyo Yagi and Akikazu Nakamura); January 24, 1998 (Holiday Inn, Halifax, with Tom Walsh and Steve Tittle); March 6, 1998 (Denton Hall, Acadia University); March 7, 1998 (Neptune du Maurier Theatre, Halifax); and March 30, 1998 (Dartmouth & CP Allen High Schools).

Upstream Music's Sonic Courage Festival pamphlets

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 25
File
2006, June 14-17

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Upstream Music's Sonic Courage Festival program

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 26
File
2007, June 20-23

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also includes an annotated copy of the performance guide for "Friendly Gestures for the Upstream Orchestra" by Fred Firth, which was performed at the last concert of the festival.

Correspondence, itinerary, and budgets for Upstream's Ontario fall tour

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 29
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also includes the tour manager's report; applications to Canada Council for the Arts for funding; Upstream's technical rider; contracts; and attendance reports at venues (Numus, Waterloo, Ontario; Peterborough Festival for the Arts, Ontario; Espace Musique, Ottawa, Ontario; and New Music Across America/ Red Door Productions, Toronto, Ontario).

Receipts and budget for Upstream's Ontario fall tour

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 25
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Proposal for improvisational composition workshop with the Dalhousie Department of Music

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 2
File
1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a summary of the project, budget, schedule, and curriculum.

Correspondence regarding improvisational composition workshop

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 3
File
[1994]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a letter from Dawn Hatfield, which likely concerns the improvisational composition ensemble workshops led by the Upstream Ensemble at the Department of Music, Dalhousie University.

Proposal for an Upstream Music Association workshop

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 5
File
1996

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a budget, schedule, description of the project, and letter to Nancy Gyokeres of the SOCAN Foundation for funding for the workshop.

The empty cup : parts

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 9
File
1997, October

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains parts for Bauer's improvisational composition in five sections: Sitar Drone Atmosphere; Falling - Filling the Cup; The Streets of Calcutta; Ascension - Reaching Beyond Life; and Resolution. The composition is for violin, bassoon, piano, guitar, and oboe and lacks a clear tonal centre and meter.The last section is a canon between the violin and bassoon.

Bauer, Bob

Convoy HFX : [score]

MS-5-16, Oversize Folder 1
File
2001

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains two copies of Paul Cram's composition in 12 sections, which combines common music notation and graphic notation. The composition's commission was funded by a SOCAN grant. The piece is for 10-20 performers on flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, percussion, guitar, accordion, tape, violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass.

Cram, Paul

March of the Philistines : saxophone in E-flat and clarinet in B-flat

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 21
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the E-flat and B-flat parts for Paul Cram's atonal composition, "March of the Philistines."

Cram, Paul

Broken chains : [score]

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 8
File
1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

Snowstream : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 34
File
1990

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains five annotated copies of Naylor's score for 11 instrumental parts. Each part includes melodic guidance for improvisation and performers are instructed to switch between parts freely.

Naylor, Steve

Riffs a la rondo : [for piano]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 35
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains four annotated copies of Naylor's handwritten piece for piano.

Palmer, Chris

Flight 752 : [piano score]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 29
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains nine annotated copies of Jeff Reilly's composition, "Flight 752" in piano score format. The composition includes horns, cello, bassoon, drums, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, and piano, and is notated in common music notation.

Reilly, Jeff

Flight 753 : [piano score]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 30
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains four annotated copies of Jeff Reilly's composition, "Flight 753" in piano score format. The composition is a shortened version of "Flight 752."

Reilly, Jeff

Labels for Upstream excerpts audio cassette

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 41
File
1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains labels for the "Upstream...excerpts" audio cassette. The cassette includes live recordings from Upstream's performance at St. Mary's University Art Gallery between May 13, 1990 and March 17, 1991, featuring Steve Tittle (trumpet and Flugel horn); Sandy Moore (Irish harp and synthesizers); Jeff Reilly (clarinet, bass clarinet, and alto saxophone); Don Palmer (saxophone and flute); Bob Bauer (guitar); Tom Roach (drums and percussion); Steven Naylor (keyboards); and Paul Cram (saxophone and clarinet). The pieces include: "Don't Hold Back" by Jeff Reilly; "Nocturne" by Steve Naylor; "Change is a Time for Celebration" by Sandy Moore; "Pluckstucke" by Paul Cram; "Sunrise for a Mad Afternoon" by Jeff Reilly; "Below the Surface" by Steve Naylor; "Valse Triste" by Bob Bauer; "Available Light" by Steve Tittle; "Standing in the Light" by Steve Tittle; "Entangold" by Bob Bauer; and "Immortal Coil" by Paul Cram. All compositions were funded by SOCAN.

Budgets, reports, and agreements regarding Upstream CD project

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 43
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Royalty agreement between Upstream Music Association and Ensemble

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 49
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains correspondence regarding the agreement and a draft of the agreement between the Association and the artists on the Open Waters CD (Bob Bauer, Paul Cram, Sandy Moore, Steve Naylor, Don Palmer, Jeff Reilly, Tom Roach, and Steve Tittle).

Producer's report for the Upstream CD

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 50
File
1992, June 22

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a report to the Board of Directors and Artistic Directors of Upstream Music Association on the process and budget of the Upstream CD, "Open Waters," before final mastering and manufacturing.

Naylor, Steve

Forests : [sound recording by the Upstream Ensemble]

MS-5-16, Reel 7
File
[1992]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the studio mastering tape for Steven Naylor's composition, "Forests," completed at Solar Audio Recording studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Audio reel box includes track sheets.

CD report for Open Waters

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 53
File
[1992-1993]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes list of "Where our CD's are," split between promotional distribution, gratuitous distribution, and sales.

Correspondence with Undercurrent Recordings

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 59
File
1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Upstream Music Association CD-ROM project budget

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 60
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Memorandum of association and by-laws of Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1990-1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also contains correspondence with the Nova Scotia Department of the Attorney General regarding the Appoint of Agent; revisions to the Associations' memorandum and by-laws; a copy of the board meeting minutes from February 12, 1992; and a copy of the 1991-1992 season brochure for the Upstream Ensemble.

Artistic Director meeting minutes and financial records

MS-5-16, Box 2, Folder 3
File
1990-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Detail trial balance for Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 9
File
1991-1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Incoming and outgoing correspondence with the Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 10
File
1991-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains correspondence regarding the Upstream CD, "Open Waters"; fundraising and marketing efforts; concert tickets; donations and sponsorship agreements; and concert venues.

Edits to Memorandum of Association