Archives Catalogue

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 8
Item
1997

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Adams, Norman

Aikata : [score]

MS-5-16, Oversize Folder 26
Item
1990

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Moore, Sandy

Artnam : bass clarinet

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 7
Item
1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is the score for Sandy Moore's seven-minute composition, "Artnam" for bass clarinet solo.

Moore, Sandy

B-flat restaurant : concert pitch part

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 12
Item
1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

B-flat restaurant redux : C instruments

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 13
Item
[1993?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Cram, Paul

Bird gong game : [score]

MS-5-16, Oversize Folder 2
Item
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

Campin out : concert pitch score

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 14
Item
1988

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of Paul Cram's composition for three parts. The composition is in three sections with the first in 15/4 and the last two in cut time.

Cram, Paul

Caravan : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 42
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of a four-part anonymous composition entitled "Caravan" in 4/4 time.

Chipper : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 32
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Palmer, Don

Cukeoo : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 43
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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"

Evil vamp : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 16
Item
1997

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of Paul Cram's composition, "Evil Vamp," which includes a "polytonal" and "dirge" options for improvisation.

Cram, Paul

Fermentation one : [score]

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 11
Item
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Naylor, Steve

Forming 23 : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 17
Item
1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Cram, Paul

Fred Frith & friends : where rock and new music meet : [poster]

MS-5-16, OS Folder 25, Item 15
Item
2007

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a poster advertising three concerts featuring Fred Frith at Upstream Music's 2007 Sonic Courage International Festival.

Heavier than air : concert score

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 12
Item
1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Naylor, Steve

Homeland suite : [score]

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 4
Item
2007

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a graphic score for Lisle (L.S.) Ellis' "Homeland Suite" for voice, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, bassoon, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet, violin, guitar, piano, bass, and percussion.

Ellis, Lisle

I'm out about you : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 26
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is the first two lines of Paul Cram's non-metric composition.

Cram, Paul

Internal combustion : [score]

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 14
Item
2007

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Reilly, Jeff

Mediterranean eyes : version for small orchestra : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 31
Item
1996

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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).

Tittle, Steve

Monk on time : clarinet in B-flat

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 22
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of the B-flat part for Paul Cram's atonal composition, "Monk on time," which was funded by SOCAN.

Cram, Paul

Mountains of madness : concert pitch

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 44
Item
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a copy of an anonymous melody entitled "Mountains of Madness," handwritten at concert pitch.

My 20th century multimedia concert : music/video/theatre : [poster]

MS-5-16, OS Folder 25, Item 16
Item
2009

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a poster for a Bradyworks ensemble concert featuring Tim Brady (music and texts), Stephané Zarov (stage direction), and Martin Messier and Oana Suteu (video). The concert was held in the CBC Radio Room on Thursday, October 22, 2009, one of nine concerts in a Canadian tour.

Nasca lines : Alan Davie texts

MS-5-16 Oversize Folder 3, Item 2
Item
2001

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item contains excerpts from texts by the Scottish painter Alan Davie (1920-2014) selected by Barry Guy for use in Parts 3A and 5 of the composition. The excerpts are taken from opuses D. 2 (June 1994); D.4 (June 1994); D. 15 (September 1994); D. 16 (June 1996); D. 24a (June 1996); D. 29 (May 1996); and D. 107 (1990). Davie's artwork is also one of the sources of inspiration for the graphic notation in Guy's composition.

Guy, Barry