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Upstream concert : part 2 of 2

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.

Records from Two-Way Traffic concert with members of Symphony Nova Scotia

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).

Minutes of Undercurrent records meeting

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.

Report to the Japan-Canada Fund, Canada Council

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.

Resume for Lisa Cochrane

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."

B-flat restaurant : concert pitch part

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.

Cram, Paul

Program and poster for the October Summit

File contains promotional materials for a concert that featured the Upstream Ensemble (Bob Bauer, Paul Cram, Sandy Moore, Steven Naylor, Don Palmer, Jeff Reilly, and Tom Roach); members of Symphony Nova Scotia (George Maxmann, Christopher Wilkinson, Susan Sayle, Norman Adas, Max Kasper, Suzanne Lemieux, Christopher Palmer, and Charlie MacKinnon); and friends (Jim Faraday, Jamie Gatti, Barry Campbell, Cheryl Edgett, Charlotte Harper, Lynda Rosborough, Rick Hebb, and Don Roach).

Side steppin' 1 : [score]

Item is the score for a composition by Bauer. Bauer divided the instruments into three groups: (1) guitar, oboe, piano, violin; (2) violin, viola, cello, xylophone; and (3) bass clarinet, electric bass, and acoustic bass. The composition alternates between 3/8,4/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 8/8, 9/8, 10/8, and 12/8 at a tempo of 100 eighth-notes per minute. The score is printed on the back of Bauer's resume.

Bauer, Bob

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).

Heavier than air : concert score

Item is a copy of Steven Naylor's composition for flute, violin, oboe, trumpet, viola, clarinet, accordion, cello, bassoon, electric bass, bass clarinet, contrabass, and percussion. Each instrument plays a short phrase repeatedly until the end of the piece with entries staggered between instruments.

Naylor, Steve

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.

Upstream : October Summit : [poster]

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.

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.
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