Archives Catalogue

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.

Edits to Memorandum of Association

MS-5-16, Box 2, Folder 6
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Budgets and profit and loss statements for the Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 14
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a statement of expenses for the Japan/Canada Concert in the 1992-1993 Upstream Ensemble season.

Application to the Department of Communications Cultural Initiatives Program

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 15
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains Upstream Music Association's application for funding (including a draft version) for their 1992-1993 season and correspondence with France Jean, Cultural Development Officer with the Government of Canada, Department of Communications.

Application to Canada Council for the Arts Sound Recording Program

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 16
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains Upstream Music Association's application for funding for their second CD and the rejection letter from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Application to Canada Council for the Arts Small Ensembles Program

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 17
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains Upstream Music Association's application for funding for the 1992-1993 season (including draft versions) and related correspondence.

Application to Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture

MS-5-16, Box 2, Folder 13
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains Upstream Music Association's application to the fund for "Assistance to Organizations for Special Projects in the Performing Arts" for April 12, 1992 to April 24, 1993, rough drafts of the application, and related correspondence. File also includes a letter of support from Saint Mary's University Art Gallery and a letter sent from Upstream to the Charles H. Ivey Foundation requesting support for the upcoming 1993-1994 season.

Box office records for the concert season

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 9
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes records of subscriptions and concert takings and attendance for the 1992-1993 concert season. File also includes "The New Arts Sampler" brochure, which includes advertisements for three Upstream Music concerts.

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

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 30
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes records relating to Upstream's fall tour in 1992, which included performances in Nova Scotia (Yarmouth, Halifax, Wolfville); Moncton, New Brunswick; Montreal, Quebec; and Ontario (Toronto, Ottawa, Peterborough, and Kitchener).

Notes and budget for Upstream CD production

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 44
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a tentative recording schedule of the CD for April 1992.

Production schedule notes for the Open Waters CD

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 48
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Sunrise to a mad afternoon : [sound recording by the Upstream Ensemble]

MS-5-16, Reel 1
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the studio mastering tape for the first take of Steve Reilly's composition, "Sunrise to a Mad Afternoon," completed at Solar Audio Recording studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The recording is on Upstream's CD, "Open Water" (track 6, 10 min., 1 sec.). Audio reel box includes a track sheet.

Immortal coil and Fragments : [sound recordings by the Upstream Ensemble]

MS-5-16, Reel 2
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the studio mastering tape for Paul Cram's composition "Immortal coil" and Don Palmer's composition "Fragments," completed at Solar Audio Recording studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The recordings are on Upstream's CD, "Open Water" (track 7, 8 min., 20 sec., and track 5, 5 min., 38 sec., respectively). Audio reel box includes a track sheet.

Winds of Lyra : [sound recording by the Upstream Ensemble]

MS-5-16, Reel 5
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the studio mastering tape for "Winds of Lyra" by Sandy Moore, completed at Solar Audio Recording studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The recordings are on Upstream's CD, "Open Water" (track 4, 9 min., 6 sec.). Audio reel box includes track sheet.

Open Waters masters : [sound recordings by the Upstream Ensemble]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 33
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the master tape for Upstream Ensemble's "Open Waters" CD, including recordings of the following compositions: "Standing in the Light" by Steve Tittle; "Nocturne" by Steven Naylor; "Pulseight" by Tom Roach; "Winds of Lyra" by Sandy Moore; "Fragments" by Don Palmer; "Sunrise to a Mad Afternoon" by Jeff Reilly; "Immortal Coil" by Paul Cram; " and "On the Wind" by Bob Bauer.

Correspondence regarding sales of Open Waters CD

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 51
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Correspondence with Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales regarding taxes

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Correspondence regarding Memorandum of Association

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 15
File
1992, 1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes the signed Memorandum of Agreement from September 1992.

Collaborations with external musicians

Subseries
1992-2000

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Subseries includes correspondence, contracts, and invoices relating to Upstream's collaborations with various musicians, including Barry Guy, Maya Homburger, Akikazu Nakamura, and Miwa Inaba.

Records from the Japan-Canada Concert with Upstream, Akikazu Nakamura, and Michiyo Yagi

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 9
File
1992, November 27

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a program, press releases, promotional photographs, correspondence, receipts, posters, box office takings, and performers' biographies.

Programs for Upstream tour concerts

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 31
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes programs for Upstream's concert with Espace Musique (October 5, 1992 in Ottawa, Ontario) and Numus Concerts (October 9, 1992 in Waterloo, Ontario).

Silent movies : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 26
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains nine annotated copies of "Silent Movies," a composition by Paul Cram in two parts written at concert pitch. The reverse side of one of the copies includes a set list for "Talk Show," which was part of the 1997 Open Waters Festival.

Cram, Paul

Production and editing notes for the Open Waters CD

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 47
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Standing in the light : [sound recording by the Upstream Ensemble]

MS-5-16, Reel 4
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the studio mastering tape for "Standing in the light" by Steve Tittle, completed at Solar Audio Recording studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The recordings are on Upstream's CD, "Open Water" (track 1, 12 min., 28 sec.). Audio reel box includes track sheet.

Minutes of Undercurrent meetings

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 52
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also includes budgets, reports to the Board of Directors for Upstream, and a copy of the Certificate of Registration from the Province of Nova Scotia (under the Partnerships and Business Names Registration Act) for Undercurrent Recordings (dated August 6, 1992).

Minutes of the Board of Directors

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 13
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes the Artistic Directors' report for the 1991-1992 season.

Minutes of the Board of Directors and edits to the Memorandum of Association

MS-5-16, Box 2, Folder 7
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also contains executive summaries of proposed projects and copies of newspaper clipping about Upstream Ensemble performances.

Notes and budgets from the Artistic Directors

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 17
File
1992-1995

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains administrative records from the 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995 seasons of the Upstream Ensemble.

Application to the Nova Scotia Department of Economic Development

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 18
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains correspondence from the Department of Economic Development concerning financial assistance for the Upstream Music Association under the Product Development Division (PDP) of the Business Futures Program. File also includes correspondence from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, regarding a training program entitled "New Exporters to Border States" (NEBS).

Descriptions of the Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 17
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 7
File
1992, January 26

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes draft programs and posters, press releases, 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 Sir James Dunn Theatre

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

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes draft programs and posters, a promotional photograph of the ensemble, press releases, 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).

Program for Upstream's concert at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 11
File
1992, September 25

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the program for the 1992-1993 season premiere concert, which celebrated the release of Upstream's CD, "Open Waters."

Japan-Canada concert and rehearsals

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 12
File
[1992]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes photographs of the musicians and their instruments. The musicians were visiting artists, Akikazu Nakamura and Michiyo Yagi, and the Upstream Ensemble (Bob Bauer, Jeff Reilly, Paul Cram, Don Palmer, Steven Naylor, Sandy Moore, and Tom Roach).

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

Promotional materials for Upstream Open Waters CD

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 45
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes correspondence, tentative CD cover designs, and press kit mailing lists.

Correspondence from Henk Heuvelmans of the Gaudeamus Foundation

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 46
File
1992, November 19

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a letter concerning Upstream's CD and audio cassette.

Nocturne and Pulseight : [sound recordings by the Upstream Ensemble]

MS-5-16, Reel 3
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the studio mastering tape for "Nocturne" by Steven Naylor and "Pulseight" by Tom Roach, completed at Solar Audio Recording studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The recordings are on Upstream's CD, "Open Water" (track 2, 7 min. and track 3, 2 min., 50 sec., respectively). Audio reel box includes track sheets for both pieces.

Sunrise to a mad afternoon : [sound recording by the Upstream Ensemble]

MS-5-16, Reel 6
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the studio mastering tape for the second take of Steve Reilly's composition, "Sunrise to a Mad Afternoon," completed at Solar Audio Recording studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The recording is on Upstream's CD, "Open Water" (track 6, 10 min., 1 sec.). Audio reel box includes a track sheet.

Upstream Music Association receipts

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 16
File
1992, 1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains two receipts: one from the Upstream Music Association to Jean Pierre LeDuc, Distribution Fusion III, and one from RDR Promotions to Upstream.

Correspondence from European Conference of Promoters of New Music