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Upstream Music Association fonds Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.)
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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.

Japan-Canada Concert with Akikazu Nakamura and Miwa Inaba

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.

Artistic Director meeting minutes and financial records

File includes minutes of Artistic Directors meetings; Board meetings; budgets and project descriptions by performance season; a copy of the Memorandum of Association and By-Laws of Upstream Music Association; an Upstream mailing list; and copies of grant applications. These documents were likely used by Jeff Reilly during his term as Artistic Director for the association, given the various annotations on the records.

Application to Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture

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

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.

Proposal and grant application for the Tittle Project

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

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 meetings

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 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.

Application to the Nova Scotia Department of Economic Development

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).

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.

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

Records for the Hemispheres concert at Sir James Dunn Theatre

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.

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

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).

Producer's report for the Upstream CD

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

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