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Nasca lines : part 1 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor in this part, including VETO A, B, and C and flashcards indicating different improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 1: [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor in this part, including VETO A, B, and C and flashcards indicating different improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 5 : [full score]

Item is a coloured copy of the full score for part 5 of Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of the flashcards used by the conductor for this part of the score, including colour flashcards that indicate instrument groups (yellow for the wind quintet) and flashcards that indicate improvisational styles via graphic representations of geoglyphs from the Nazca Desert, Peru. The score also features phrases from Alan Davies' texts.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 1 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor in this part, including VETO A, B, and C and flashcards indicating different improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 5 : [full score]

Item is a coloured copy of the full score for part 5 of Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of the flashcards used by the conductor for this part of the score, including colour flashcards that indicate instrument groups (yellow for the wind quintet) and flashcards that indicate improvisational styles via graphic representations of geoglyphs from the Nazca Desert, Peru. The score also features phrases from Alan Davies' texts. «

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 4 : percussion

Item contains the percussion part for part 4 of Nasca Lines in standard notation. Item also includes a copy of the last two pages of the full score for part 4, which have graphic notation.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : piano and synthesizer

File contains the performance notes and piano and synthesizer parts for all sections of the composition except parts 3A and 6, where the piano and synthesizer are tacet. Because of the graphic notation in parts 1, 2, 5, and 7, there are no individual instrumental scores for these parts of the composition; instead, the musician was given a copy of the full score or score for a group of instruments (e.g. part 2). The musician then annotated their score appropriately. The piano and synthesizer part was likely played by Steven Naylor, a pianist and synthesizer player with the Upstream Ensemble.

Nasca lines : performance notes

Item contains a copy of the performance notes for Nasca Lines, including an inserted page of additional notes. The performance notes include instructions for each of the seven sections of the piece; a description of the composition; and diagrams of the orchestra and percussion performance layouts.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 1 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor in this part, including VETO A, B, and C and flashcards indicating different improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 7 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for part 7 of Nasca Lines, used by Janice Jackson for the premiere performance. This section of the composition is in mixed graphic notation and standard notation and revisits material from parts 2, 4, and 6. The score includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor, including Veto A, B, and C and flashcards indicating various improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 2 : [full score]

Item is a copy of the score used by the first violinist, Mark Fewer, for part 2 of Nasca Lines, in mixed graphic and standard notation. Sections of notated music are interspersed with improvised moments, and the violinist employs extended techniques like circular bowing.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 7 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for part 7 of Nasca Lines in mixed standard notation and graphic notation. This section of the composition revisits material from parts 2, 4, and 6, and includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor, including Veto A, B, and C and flashcards indicating various improvisational styles. Two sections from the string parts of part 2 of Nasca Lines have been taped over the score.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 5 : [full score]

Item is a coloured copy of the full score for part 5 of Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of the flashcards used by the conductor for this part of the score, including colour flashcards that indicate instrument groups (blue for the string quintet) and flashcards that indicate improvisational styles via graphic representations of geoglyphs from the Nazca Desert, Peru. The score also features phrases from Alan Davies' texts.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : performance notes

Item contains a copy of the performance notes for Nasca Lines, including an inserted page of additional notes. The performance notes include instructions for each of the seven sections of the piece; a description of the composition; and diagrams of the orchestra and percussion performance layouts.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 1 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor in this part, including VETO A, B, and C and flashcards indicating different improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : accordion, Irish harp, and synthesizer

File contains a complete score for the accordion, Irish harp, and synthesizer player, with the exception of parts 3A and 4 where s/he is tacit. Because of the graphic notation in parts 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7, there are no individual instrumental scores for these parts of the composition; instead, the musician was given a copy of the full score or a score for a group of instruments (e.g. part 3). The musician then annotated their score appropriately. This part was likely performed by Sandy Moore, an accordion, Irish harp, and piano player with the Upstream Ensemble.

Nasca lines : part 7 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for part 7 of Nasca Lines in mixed standard notation and graphic notation, used by Sandy Moore for the premiere performance. This section of the composition revisits material from parts 2, 4, and 6, and includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor, including Veto A, B, and C and flashcards indicating various improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 1 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor in this part, including VETO A, B, and C and flashcards indicating different improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : alto saxophone in E-flat and soprano saxophone in B-flat

File contains a copy of the performance notes and a complete score for the alto and soprano sax player, with the exception of parts 2 and 3A where s/he is tacit. Because of the graphic notation in parts 1, 3, 5, and 7, there are no individual instrumental scores for these parts of the composition; instead, the musician was given a copy of the full score or a score for a group of instruments (e.g. part 3). The musician then annotated their score appropriately. The alto and soprano saxophone parts were performed by Don Palmer, an Upstream musician, at the premiere performance.

Nasca lines : part 1 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor in this part, including VETO A, B, and C and flashcards indicating different improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : performance notes

Item contains a copy of the performance notes for Nasca Lines, including an inserted page of additional notes. The performance notes include instructions for each of the seven sections of the piece; a description of the composition; and diagrams of the orchestra and percussion performance layouts.

Guy, Barry

Convoy HFX : [score]

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

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.

Programs and promotional materials for concert season

File contains copies of newspaper clippings, posters, and programs for the 2000-2001 concert season. The concerts included: Transfigured Nights by the Upstream Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Both (December 5 and 6, 2000 at the Sir James Dunn Theatre); Iron Sky with Jerry Granelli, Jeff Reilly, and John Little (February 27, 2001 at Saint George's Church); Up Close and Interactive with the Noir Angels (March 7, 28, and April 4, 2001 at the Spring Garden Road Public Library); and Spring Fever Festival (May 2001).

Nasca lines : Alan Davie texts

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

Nasca lines : part 1: [full score]

Item is a complete conductor's score for part 1 of Nasca Lines, in graphic notation. The conductor uses the score in conjunction with flashcards, including VETO A, B, and C. Other flashcards used in the performance of this part of the composition are lost, but the images of each flashcard and their meanings are captured on the score for part 1. Each image serves as the basis for improvisation.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 2 : [full score]

Item is a complete conductor's score for part 2 of Nasca Lines, featuring a string quartet and voice, with occasional contributions from the rest of the orchestra. Part 2 begins with approximated pitches and rhythms, where each instrument's part is written in relation to two outer staff lines and rhythmic values are relational (i.e. no clear metric structure). Some specific pitches are given starting on page 6 and five-line staves are used on pages 10 to 13 and 16. Sections of notated music are interspersed with improvised moments, and the string and wind instruments use extended techniques like circular bowing and multiphonics.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : flute

File contains the performance notes and flute parts for all but part 2 of the composition, as the flute is tacet during this section. Because of the graphic notation in parts 1, 3, 3A, 5, and 7, there are no individual instrumental scores for these parts of the composition; instead, the musician was given a copy of the full score or, in the case of part 3, a copy of the score for the wind quintet. The musician then annotated their score appropriately.

Nasca lines : part 7 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for part 7 of Nasca Lines in mixed standard notation and graphic notation. This section of the composition revisits material from parts 2, 4, and 6, and includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor, including Veto A, B, and C and flashcards indicating various improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : clarinet in B-flat

File contains the performance notes and clarinet parts. Because of the graphic notation in parts 1, 2, 3, 3A, 5, and 7, there are no individual instrumental scores for these parts of the composition; instead, the musician was given a copy of the full score or score for a group of instruments (e.g. parts 2 and 3). The musician then annotated their score appropriately.

Nasca lines : part 5 : [full score]

Item is a coloured copy of the full score for part 5 of Nasca Lines in graphic notation. The score includes representations of the flashcards used by the conductor for this part of the score, including colour flashcards that indicate instrument groups (yellow for the wind quintet) and flashcards that indicate improvisational styles via graphic representations of geoglyphs from the Nazca Desert, Peru. The score also features phrases from Alan Davies' texts.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : trumpet in C

File contains the performance notes and trumpet parts for all sections of the composition except Part 2, where the trumpet is tacet. Because of the graphic notation in parts 1, 3, 3A, 5, and 7, there are no individual instrumental scores for these parts of the composition; instead, the musician was given a copy of the full score or score for a group of instruments (e.g. part 3). The musician then annotated their score appropriately. The trumpet part was likely played by Richard Simoneau, a trumpet player with the Upstream Orchestra, as there are references to a trumpeter named Richard in annotations of other orchestral parts.

Nasca lines : performance notes

Item contains a copy of the performance notes for Nasca Lines, including an inserted page of additional notes. The performance notes include instructions for each of the seven sections of the piece; a description of the composition; and diagrams of the orchestra and percussion performance layouts.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 3A : [full score]

Item is a copy of the full score for part 3A of Nasca Lines in graphic notation. A rectangle in the centre of the score features the same image as part 3, an aerial representation of an area of the Nazca Desert in Peru with the condor geoglyph in the middle. Radiating outward from the central rectangle are seven sections, each featuring a graphical representation of one of the Nazca Lines geoglyphs and phrases from Alan Davie's texts and/or a tone row. The geoglyphs included are the hands, pelican, spider, monkey, condor, and two unidentified glyphs. Item also includes a copy of the five tone rows used in this part of the composition, extracted from the full score.

Guy, Barry

Nasca lines : part 7 : [full score]

Item is a black and white copy of the full score for part 7 of Nasca Lines in mixed standard notation and graphic notation. This section of the composition revisits material from parts 2, 4, and 6, and includes representations of flashcards used by the conductor, including Veto A, B, and C and flashcards indicating various improvisational styles.

Guy, Barry

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