Archives Catalogue

MS-5-21, Box 3, Folder 7
Item
1990

Item is an annotated conductor's score for "Immortal Coil," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for Upstream Ensemble in 1990. The score contains annotations in pen and pencil. Instrumentation includes alto saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, harp, tenor saxophone, synthesizer one, synthesizer two, guitar, and drums.

Out of the ashes : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 3, Folder 5
Item
1994

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a conductor's score for "Out of the Ashes," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for Upstream Ensemble. The piece was registered with SoCan in August 1990 and renewed in 1994. It debuted at Saint Mary's University on September 23, 1990. Instrumentation includes flute and soprano saxophone (reed one), clarinet and tenor saxophone (reed two), bass clarinet and clarinet (reed three), trumpet, synth one, synth two and piano, and drums.

The naked ear : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 3, Folder 4
Item
1991

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a conductor's score for "The Naked Ear," a concert work composed by Paul Cram in 1991 for Upstream Ensemble, which debuted at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on November 24, 1991.

Pluckstück : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 3, Folder 3
Item
1990

Part of Paul Cram fonds

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.

Archaeology : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 3, Folder 2
Item
1998

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a score for Paul Cram's concert work "Archaeology," which he composed in 1991 and debuted February 7, 1992 at the Dalhousie Arts Centre.

Into the ice : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 2, Folder 8
File
1998

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains the score for "Into the Ice," a piece composed by Paul Cram and performed by the Upstream Ensemble with Symphony Nova Scotia, as well as loose pages of graphic notation and a sketch of the stage arrangement.

Thunder : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 2, Folder 12
File
2001

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contain piano, reeds 1, 2 & 3, cello, guitar, bass and drum parts for Paul Cram's "Thunder," a drama with music created by Alan Williams, Mary Vingoe, and Paul Cram. "Thunder" premiered in 1996 at Dalhousie University and was broadcast on CBC Radio Drama in 2001. The piece has five movements: 1. They Say; 2. 1963; 3. Twin Cities; 4. Black Dog; and 5. Vanishing.

Drum parts from the PCO "Campin Out" tour

MS-5-21, Box 2, Folder 11
File
2001

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains drum parts for the Paul Cram Orchestra's second Canadian tour in September 2001 in support of the band’s debut CD on the Victo Label: “Campin Out.” The group played Halifax, Ottawa (National Library of Canada), Guelph (Guelph Jazz Festival), Vancouver (Western Front), and Montreal (Sala Rossa). Works included are: "Taiwanese Bootleg"; "Life of Crime"; "Tip of the Iceberg"; "High Ground"; "Have a Heart"; "Walking the Wall"; Eye of the Storm"; "Kafka's Chair"; "Immortal Coil", "Zebra Zone"; "Urban Desperado"; "Thunder"; and "Campin' Out." File also includes a note to Dave from Paul.

Immortal coil : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 2, Folder 10
Item
1990

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a partial score (pages 14-58) for "Immortal Coil," a concert work composed by Paul Cram for Upstream Ensemble.

Reason by reason : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 12, Folder 6
Item
1981

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a facsimile handwritten score by Paul Cram.

Halifax : [scores and parts]

MS-5-21, Box 12, Folder 4
File
[after 1980]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains an annotated one-page score for "Halifax—i," written for clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, baritone sax, trumpet in Bb, drums, guitar, piano, violin and bass, and a transposed score for "Halifax—iii." There are also Bb parts for "Halifax—ii", "Halifax iv," and "Halifax v,"; and a drum part for "Halifax—ii."

Scores for Paul Cram's "Down to Earth" and "Hammer and Tongs"

MS-5-21, Box 12, Folder 2
File
1983

Part of Paul Cram fonds

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.

Tenor parts for "Necktie Party"and "Main St."