Archives Catalogue

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

Proposal and grant application for the Tittle Project

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 55
File
1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains records relating to a proposed CD, produced by Undercurrent Recordings, containing the following nine compositions by Steve Tittle: "Mediterranean Eyes," "Intellectual Dancing (Two)," "I remember Mambo," "Good Golly Miss Kali," "The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "Where no one speaks English and Everything's Broken," "Available Light," and "Sing like you don't nee the Money." The proposed title of the CD was the same as the last piece. The CD was never made.

Tittle, Steve

Correspondence, inventories, and policy regarding Undercurrent's distribution

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 57
File
1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Upstream directory

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 1
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes contact information for members of the Upstream Music Association: Bob Bauer, Mark Bursey, Paul Cram, Laura Hoffman, Mike LaLeune, Don Lawrence, Steven Naylor, Jeff Reilly, Ken Rozee, Suzanne Saul, Steve Tittle, and Paul E. Vandall, Jr.

Income statements and budgets of the Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 3
File
1990-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Minutes of the Board of Directors

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 8
File
1991-1992, 1992 predominant

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also contains letters of resignation from the Board of Directors from Bob Bauer and Jeff Reilly and member lists for the Board of Directors from 1991 and 1992.

Minutes of the Board of Directors

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1991-1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also contains some reports by the Artistic Directors to the Board of Directors.

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.

Artistic liaison and committee report to the Upstream Board of Directors

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 18
File
September 9, 1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also contains the publicity and program schedule for the 1993-1994 season of the Upstream Ensemble.

Reports and proposals from the Artistic Directors

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 20
File
1993-1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes the budget for the 1993-1994 concert series; a report on the Desert Island Jazz Orchestra Workshop with Paul Cram and Jean Derome (Atlantic Jazz Festival, July 22, 1993); the Artistic Directors' report on the 1992-1993 concert season; and an overview of the project "Building Bridges."

Records of Jeff Reilly, Artistic Director

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 26
File
1994-1997

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Upstream Music Association year-end report

MS-5-16, Box 3, Folder 15
File
1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the year-end report for the 1997-1998 season.

Table of contents for the Upstream Music Association handbook

MS-5-16, Box 3, Folder 18
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Minutes, correspondence, and financial statements for the Board of Directors

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 1
File
2000

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Minutes of the Board of Directors

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 4
File
April 9, 2001

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Invoice from Sowelu Inc. for bookkeeping services

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 5
File
June 22, 2001

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Summary of Upstream Music Association membership

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 8
File
2004, 2009

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes personnel, general, and tax data on the Upstream Music Association; a list of executive members (as of October 18, 2004); correspondence from Paul Cram; and a copy of the Parrsboro Band Association newsletter (January 2009).

Application to Canada Council for the Arts Sound Recording Program

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 12
File
1991-1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains Upstream Music Association's application for funding for their CD, "Open Waters" (1992). File also contains correspondence between Upstream and the Canada Council relating to the application and budgets for the production of the CD.

Application to Canada Council for the Arts Japan-Canada Fund

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 13
File
1991-1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains correspondence between the Upstream Music Association and the Canada Council relating to Upstream's request for funding to support a collaborative project between themselves and two Japanese artists, Akikazu Nakamura and Miwa Inaba. File also includes budgets for the project and a description of the project.

Application to Canada Council for the Arts Explorations Program

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 14
File
1991-1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains Upstream Music Association's application (including draft versions), correspondence, an interim report, and the final report from Upstream for the 1991-1992 season.

Application to Canada Council for the Arts Sound Recording Program

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 21
File
1993, September 1

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains letter acknowledging receipt of Upstream's application for the recording "Sing Like you Don't Need the Money."

Application to Canada Council for the Arts Small Ensembles Program

MS-5-16, Box 2, Folder 15
File
1994-1995

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains rough notes for the application, copies of newspaper articles about the Upstream Ensemble, and related correspondence.

Application to Canada Council for the Arts Commissioning of Canadian Compositions Program

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 31
File
1997-1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains Upstream Music Association's application and correspondence with the Canada Council regarding funding to commission a new work from Tom Walsh.

Applications, correspondence, and notes regarding funding for the Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 2
File
1998-2002

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains applications and documents for the Nova Scotia Arts Council Operating Grant Application (2000) and Canada Council for the Arts Classical Contemporary and New Music Organizations Program Multi-Year Funding (2000-2002). File also contains some minutes and financial statements from the Board of Directors for Upstream.

Applications to Canada Council for the Arts

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 8
File
2000-2001

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains correspondence regarding Upstream Music Association's application to the Classical Contemporary/ New Music Organizations Program; Residencies and Commissioning of Canadian Compositions Program; and New Music Program: Targeted Initiatives program.

Upstream Music Association letterhead

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 14
File
[199-]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Forms for inclusion in the Music Directory Canada 6th Edition

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 20
File
1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Against the flow : proposal for a documentary film on Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 22
File
[1993-1994]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains annotated proposals and notes regarding a documentary film about the ecology of Upstream.

Upstream Music Association promotional campaign and questionnaire highlights

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 26
File
1996

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Notes on marketing for the Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 27
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a brochure on Upstream sponsorship, notes on the Upstream Ensemble 1999-2000 concert season, and Steven Naylor's letter of resignation from the Board of Directors.

Correspondence regarding sponsorship for the Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 28
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Correspondence with the Maarten Altena Ensemble

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 30
File
1995, February 1

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a letter from the Maarten Altena Ensemble of Amsterdam to Steven Naylor regarding the Ensemble's tour of Canada.

Correspondence with JERK

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 31
File
1998, January 2

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a letter from John D.S. Adams of the JERK ensemble (which also includes Bill Brennan, Kevin Coady, Erin Donovan, and Rob Power) to Jeff Reilly concerning two proposed concerts in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Long Reach, New Brunswick.

Invoices from Symphony Nova Scotia

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 34
File
1999-2000

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Programs, schedules, reports, and notes for the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 8
File
1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also contains press releases, budgets, and correspondence.

Planning notes and correspondence for the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 12
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Correspondence regarding the Registry of Joint Stock Companies and the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 1
File
2000, July 13

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Biographies and Curriculum Vitae for Upstream musicians

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 4
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains biographies and CVs for the following musicians who performed with, or were part of, the Upstream Ensemble: Karen Young, Bob (Robert) Bauer, Jeff Reilly, Paul Cram, Don (Donald Charles) Palmer, Steven Naylor, Sandy Moore, Tom Roach, Norman Adams, Steve Tittle, and Jerry Granelli.

Saint Mary's University Arts Gallery presents : Upstream : [poster]

MS-5-16, OS Folder 25, Item 1
Item
1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a poster advertising a concert at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery sponsored by Canada Council Explorations Program and Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture, featuring Paul Cram, saxophone; Sandy Moore, Irish harp and synthesizer; Bob Bauer, guitar; Steve Tittle, trumpet and flugel horn; Tom Roach, percussion; Don Palmer, saxophone and flute; Steven Naylor, keyboards; and Jeff Reilly, clarinet and bass clarinet.

Upstream : October Summit : [poster]

MS-5-16, OS Folder 25, Item 2
Item
1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a poster for an Upstream concert at Sir James Dunn Theatre on Sunday, October 23, 1994, featuring the Upstream Ensemble, members of Symphony Nova Scotia, and special guests Jamie Gatti and Jim Faraday.

Upstream Music Association presents : Tightening the traces : [poster]

MS-5-16, OS Folder 25, Item 5
Item
2001

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is a poster advertising a concert featuring Upstream Ensemble held at Denton Hall, Acadia University on December 1, 2001 and again at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery on December 2, 2001.

Promotional materials for concert season

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 17
File
1990-1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a 1990-1991 season brochure and drafts of press statements and advertisements.

Promotional package for concert season

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 18
File
1990-1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes biographies for some of the Upstream Ensemble musicians (Robert Bauer, Jerry Granelli, Sandy Moore, Donald Charles Palmer); a letter sent from Ken Aucoin, Performing Arts Consultant, to Ted Bairstowe, Head of the Performing Arts, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture, concerning funding for Upstream's first season; and a pamphlet for concerts at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, including Upstream on May 13, 1990.

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

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 1
File
1990, November 18

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes draft programs, press releases, diagram of stage set-up and effects mix, speaking notes about each composition, and a signed Atlantic Federation of Musicians Local No. 571 contract for the musicians (Jeff Reilly, Steve Tittle, Sandy Moore, Don Palmer, Tom Roach, Paul Cram, and Bob Bauer).

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

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 6
File
1991, November 24

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

Records from Upstream's participation in the Atlantic Jazz Festival

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 10
File
1993, July 22

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a report on the Desert Island Jazz Orchestra Workshop with Paul Cram and Jean Derome; a newspaper clipping about Upstream's performance; a budget; and the proposal for Upstream's participation in the Jazz Festival.

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