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.
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).
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.
File contains correspondence, a copy of the Upstream Handbook, press releases, concert reviews, and a copy of the Memorandum of Association and By-Laws of Upstream Music Association (adopted September 28, 2000).
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.
File includes budgets; copies of programs and posters for the Upstream Ensemble; concert reviews; grant application for Multi-Year Funding from the Canada Council for the Arts; and correspondence.
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.
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."
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.
File contains the second part of a video recording of Upstream's October 31, 1993 concert with Lisle Ellis. The film was made by Brett Films, 2323 Maynard Street, Halifax.
File includes a concert program, poster, press release, and copies of newspaper clippings. For this concert, the Upstream Ensemble (Bob Bauer, Paul Cram, Steve Tittle, Sandy Moore, Jeff Reilly, Don Palmer, and Tom Roach) performed with members of Symphony Nova Scotia (George Maxmann, Kent Forman, Susan Sayle, Norman Adams, Max Kasper, Suzanne Lemieux, and Christopher Palmer).
File contains minutes from a meeting July 13, 1993 between Laura Hoffman, Paul Cram, Michael LaLeune, Steven Naylor, Jeff Reilly, and Bob Bauer. File also contains correspondence on the Mark Duggan Project; a draft of Undercurrent Recordings' policies; and a report to the Board of Directors of the Upstream Music Association by Steven Naylor.
File contains the final report submitted by Sandy Moore, Bob Bauer, and Jeff Reilly to Anne-Marie Hogue of the Japan-Canada Fund. This grant supported Upstream Ensemble's collaboration with two Japanese artists, Akikazu Nakamura and Miwa Inaba, which included a concert on November 27, 1992 and a video project.
File also includes an annotated copy of an Upstream Artistic Director's meeting (September 13, 1993) and an annotated copy of Upstream's proposal for a documentary film, "Against the Flow."
Item is a copy of Paul Cram's composition, "B-flat Restaurant," dedicated to Don Palmer and composed for a SOCAN grant in 1993. The music is handwritten in common music notation and features long and frequent solo sections.
Item is a copy of Paul Cram's composition, "B-flat Restaurant Redux," which reuses elements from his "B-flat Restaurant" composition. The score, written for C instruments, is type-set.
File also contains an overview of Upstream's involvement and budget for the Atlantic Jazz Festival and the for the Desert Island Workshop, presented at St. Mary's University Art Gallery.
File contains Upstream Music Association's application to the Co-operation for marketing support and related correspondence. File also contains the Contribution Agreement between Upstream and the Co-operation for the project, "Building Bridges: Per Event Promotion."
File contains Sandy Moore's proposal to the Board of Directors for the concert; correspondence sent to Akikazu Nakamura and Miwa Inaba; resumes for Nakamura and Inaba; budget for the concert; media release; and correspondence with the Canada Council for the Arts regarding the Japan-Canada Fund.
File contains documents relating to the Hemispheres concert, presented by the Upstream Music Association, Hemispheres Music Projects, and Dalhousie University Music Department. Records include correspondence, ticket stubs, copies of newspaper clippings, press releases, draft posters and brochures, and an application to the "Assistance to Community Sponsor Organizations," governed by the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture to help fund the concert.
File also includes the tour manager's report; applications to Canada Council for the Arts for funding; Upstream's technical rider; contracts; and attendance reports at venues (Numus, Waterloo, Ontario; Peterborough Festival for the Arts, Ontario; Espace Musique, Ottawa, Ontario; and New Music Across America/ Red Door Productions, Toronto, Ontario).
