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Upstream Music Association fonds North America File
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Program and poster for Saturnalia

File contains records from a concert entitled "Saturnalia: A Festival of Light" at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, which featured two silent films: "Teller That You Love Her," film by Glenn Walton, music by Paul Cram; and "Lulu's Back in Town," by Lulu Keating, music by Sandy Moore. The music to both films was provided by the Upstream Ensemble (Bob Bauer, Paul Cram, Sandy Moore, Steven Naylor, Don Palmer, Jeff Reilly, and Jamie Gatti).

Records of Jeff Reilly, Artistic Director

File contains cheque stubs, budgets, notes regarding Upstream Ensemble's performances, correspondence, Artistic Director reports to the Board, Reilly's notes from Board meetings, proposals, and copies of grant applications.

Records from An Improvisational Composition Ensemble concert

File contains notes and posters for a concert presented by the Dalhousie Music Department and Upstream Music Association entitled "An Improvisational Composition Ensemble." The concert featured The Farmstream Rivulettes with improvisational compositions by Paul Cram, Jordan Musto, Trevor Dimoff, and John Carter. The performers included Mark Berry, Tim Bond, Christopher Church, Trevor Dimoff, Dawn Hatfield, Peter MacDonald, Jordan Musto, Don Palmer, Steve Tittle, and Paul Cram.

Programs for Upstream concert season

File includes programs for the following Upstream concerts: October 23, 1995 at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery; January 27, 1996 at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery; March 8, 1996 at Canadian Martyrs Church, Inglis Street, Halifax (with Symphony Nova Scotia); April 12-13, 1996 at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery ("Thunder," in collaboration with Alan Williams, Paul Cram, Mary Vingoe, Stephen Britton Osler, and Dave Reilly); and April 26, 1996 at the Sir James Dunn Theatre ("Unsprung (too)" presented by the Dalhousie Music Department and featuring the Farmstream improvisational/ composition ensemble).

Correspondence, media releases, and reports from Paul Cram, Artistic Director

File contains records from the 1994-1995 season from Paul Cram, one of the Artistic Directors of the Upstream Music Association. The file includes copies of newspaper clippings with reviews of Upstream concerts; Sandy Moore's Curriculum Vitae; and Paul Cram's signed contract, on behalf of the Upstream Ensemble, for the Atlantic Federation of Musicians.

Cram, Paul

Records from Illuminations Images in Motion concert

File includes a concert program, stage layout diagram, rehearsal schedule, press releases, and posters. For this concert, Upstream musicians (Bob Bauer, Paul Cram, Sandy Moore, Steve Naylor, Don Palmer, Jeff Reilly, and Steve Tittle) performed with visual artists Leighton Davis, Gordon Laurin, Richard Robertson, and Chris Woods.

Reports from the Artistic Directors

File contains the Upstream Artistic Director's report for the 1995/1996 and 1996/1997 seasons, and the Upstream Artistic Directors Committee report for the Annual General Meeting on September 23, 1995.

Application to the SOCAN Foundation

File contains Upstream's application for the 1996-1997 season annual student improvisation and composition workshop at Dalhousie University. File also contains related correspondence and statements of accounts from SOCAN for Upstream.

Programs and promotional materials for concert season

File includes programs for the following concerts: "Upstream in Concert" (January 27, 1996 at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery); "Upstream in Concert" (November 9, 1996 at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery); "Open Waters presents Symphony Nova Scotia" (February 21, 1997 at St. Andrew's Church); 'Upstream Live" (March 1, 1997 at Harvey Denton Hall, Acadia University); and "Symphony Nova Scotia goes UpStream" (March 8, 1997 at the Canadian Martyrs Church). File also contains Upstream's press kit for the 1996-1997 season and copies of newspaper clippings.

Strong and free : [score]

File contains two annotated copies of "Strong and Free," a composition by Paul Cram written at concert pitch, which improvises on motives from "O Canada."

Cram, Paul

Press kit for the Upstream Ensemble

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

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).

The empty cup : parts

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

Kickers : [score]

File contains two annotated copies of Paul Cram's composition, "Kickers," in five parts. Each of the five parts is a short phrase. The composition was funded by SOCAN.

Cram, Paul

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