Archives Catalogue

Promotional records and correspondence from the concert season

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 16
File
1994-1995

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes press releases, copies of newspaper clippings, budgets, and reports produced for Upstream's 1994-1995 concert season.

Program and poster for the October Summit

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 17
File
1994, October 23

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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).

Program and poster for Saturnalia

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 18
File
1994, December 11

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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).

Planning and promotional records for concert season

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 19
File
1994-1995

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes budgets, rehearsal schedules, program notes, and press releases.

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

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 2
File
1991, January 20

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes draft programs, press releases, receipts, 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).

Programs for Upstream concert season

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 20
File
1994-1995

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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).

Programs and promotional materials for concert season

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 21
File
1996-1997

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Technical rider and rental agreement with Neptune Theatre

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 22
File
1998, March 7

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also contains a press release for Upstream Ensemble's concert at Neptune Theatre (March 7, 1998) and a map of Heritage Hall.

Upstream Ensemble concert with The Echo Case

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 23
File
1999, March 19-20

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes the budget, invoice, program, and promotional postcard for Upstream Ensemble's concert with The Echo Case, an initiative of EDAM (Experimental Dance and Music).

Programs and promotional materials for concert season

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 24
File
2000-2001

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains copies of newspaper clippings, posters, and programs for the 2000-2001 concert season. The concerts included: Transfigured Nights by the Upstream Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Both (December 5 and 6, 2000 at the Sir James Dunn Theatre); Iron Sky with Jerry Granelli, Jeff Reilly, and John Little (February 27, 2001 at Saint George's Church); Up Close and Interactive with the Noir Angels (March 7, 28, and April 4, 2001 at the Spring Garden Road Public Library); and Spring Fever Festival (May 2001).

Receipts and budget for Upstream's Ontario fall tour

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 25
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Kafka's chair : row material

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 27
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the manuscript and four annotated copies of the tone row for "Kafka's Chair" by Paul Cram in prime, retrograde, inversion, retrograde inversion, and transposed forms. The manuscript also includes the "Entree" from Cram's "B-flat Restaurant" at concert pitch.

Cram, Paul

Echoes of time weeping : a dramatic solo for soprano and tape : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 28
File
2006

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the score and text translation from Spanish to English. The Spanish translation was completed by Andreas Guibert, with consultation by Marcelo Arroyo. Evelyne Benais, Maral Perk, and Tony Tucker helped with the Flamenco rhythms, and Mary E. Moore did the cover artwork. The composition is based on the Mexican folkloric tale of La Llorana, The Weeping Woman.

Moore, Sandy

Flight 752 : [piano score]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 29
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains nine annotated copies of Jeff Reilly's composition, "Flight 752" in piano score format. The composition includes horns, cello, bassoon, drums, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, and piano, and is notated in common music notation.

Reilly, Jeff

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

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 3
File
1991, March 17

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes draft programs, press releases, budgets, a rehearsal schedule, 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, Bob Bauer, and Jerry Granelli).

Flight 753 : [piano score]

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 30
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains four annotated copies of Jeff Reilly's composition, "Flight 753" in piano score format. The composition is a shortened version of "Flight 752."

Reilly, Jeff

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.

Promotional materials for concert season

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1991-1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes materials for the Upstream press package, including the season brochure, biographies, repertoire list, and copies of newspaper clippings from their previous season. File also includes an advertisement and program from Upstream's performance at the Peterborough Festival of the Arts.

Records from Upstream's concert at the Sir James Dunn Theatre

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 5
File
1991, September 11

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes draft programs, press releases, receipts, correspondence, a comment card, 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, Bob Bauer, and Chris Mitchell).

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

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 7
File
1992, January 26

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes draft programs and posters, press releases, 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 Upstream's concert at Sir James Dunn Theatre

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 8
File
1992, April 8

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

Correspondence with Dalhousie Department of Music regarding a new performance ensemble

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 1
File
1993, November 4

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Cheap seats : C and B-flat instruments

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 15
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a copy of Paul Cram's composition in six sections, including a pssacaglia and canon.

Cram, Paul

Hum over the horizon : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 18
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains two annotated copies of Paul Cram's composition, "Hum over the Horizon," for piano and solo instrument.

Cram, Paul

Kickers : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 19
File
1997

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

Proposal for improvisational composition workshop with the Dalhousie Department of Music

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 2
File
1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a summary of the project, budget, schedule, and curriculum.

Les mouton à l'abattoir : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 20
File
1997

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains two annotated copies of Paul Cram's composition, "Les Mouton à L'Abbatoir," an atonal composition funded by SOCAN, which consists of a monophonic melody.

Cram, Paul

March of the Philistines : saxophone in E-flat and clarinet in B-flat

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 21
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the E-flat and B-flat parts for Paul Cram's atonal composition, "March of the Philistines."

Cram, Paul

Row, row, row : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 25
File
1997

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains two copies of "Row, Row, Row," a SOCAN composition by Paul Cram that contains four tone rows.

Cram, Paul

Silent movies : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 26
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains nine annotated copies of "Silent Movies," a composition by Paul Cram in two parts written at concert pitch. The reverse side of one of the copies includes a set list for "Talk Show," which was part of the 1997 Open Waters Festival.

Cram, Paul

Speed call : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 27
File
1996

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains two annotated copies of "Speed Call," a composition by Paul Cram written at concert pitch.

Cram, Paul

Strong and free : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 28
File
1996

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

Correspondence regarding improvisational composition workshop

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 3
File
[1994]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a letter from Dawn Hatfield, which likely concerns the improvisational composition ensemble workshops led by the Upstream Ensemble at the Department of Music, Dalhousie University.

Transfigured night : [parts]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 30
File
2000

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the instrumental parts for Paul Cram's compilation of arrangements entitled "Transfigured Night." The piece includes four arrangements: "Wie Lange Noch?" by Kurt Weill for soprano, accordion, and contrabass; String Quartet Op. 28, 2nd movement by Anton Webern for string quartet; "All the Things you Are" by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II for trumpet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and baritone saxophone; and a fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. The piece also includes two newly-composed sections for guitar, bass, and drums, and piano and cello duet.

Cram, Paul

Flux latitude : [parts]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 31
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains the bass clarinet, bassoon, oboe, cello, and piano parts for "Flux Latitude" by Dimoff, written in pencil.

Snowstream : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 34
File
1990

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains five annotated copies of Naylor's score for 11 instrumental parts. Each part includes melodic guidance for improvisation and performers are instructed to switch between parts freely.

Naylor, Steve

Riffs a la rondo : [for piano]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 35
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains four annotated copies of Naylor's handwritten piece for piano.

Palmer, Chris

Ghost tracks : [parts]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 36
File
2000

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains annotated parts for Reilly's composition "Ghost Tracks," for concert, E-flat, and B-flat instruments. According to one of the annotations, the composition was performed as an octet at the Pier 21 Museum in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Reilly, Jeff

Fantasy island : [B-flat and C parts]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 38
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a copy of the B-flat and C instrumental parts for an anonymous composition entitled "Fantasy Island," handwritten in common music notation with a 4/4 time signature.

Application to Canada Council for Upstream CD project

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 39
File
1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a copy of the grant application and supporting documents sent to Canada Council by the Upstream Music Association for funding to record a CD. The proposed works for the CD were: "Nocturne" by Steven Naylor; "Don't Hold Back" by Jeff Reilly; "Chipper" by Don Palmer; "Immortal Coil" by Paul Cram; "Change is a Time for Celebration" by Sandy Moore; "Valse Triste" by Robert Bauer; and "Available Light" by Steve Tittle. At the point of application, the Undercurrent Recording label did not exist, but Steven Naylor, Jeff Reilly, and Paul Cram were discussing its creation.

Records regarding an improvisational composition workshop at Dalhousie Department of Music

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 4
File
1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes correspondence, planning notes, budgets, schedules, and grant applications.

Upstream CD outline

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 40
File
1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains notes on the forthcoming CD project, which would become Upstream's first recording, "Open Waters."

Labels for Upstream excerpts audio cassette

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 41
File
1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains labels for the "Upstream...excerpts" audio cassette. The cassette includes live recordings from Upstream's performance at St. Mary's University Art Gallery between May 13, 1990 and March 17, 1991, featuring Steve Tittle (trumpet and Flugel horn); Sandy Moore (Irish harp and synthesizers); Jeff Reilly (clarinet, bass clarinet, and alto saxophone); Don Palmer (saxophone and flute); Bob Bauer (guitar); Tom Roach (drums and percussion); Steven Naylor (keyboards); and Paul Cram (saxophone and clarinet). The pieces include: "Don't Hold Back" by Jeff Reilly; "Nocturne" by Steve Naylor; "Change is a Time for Celebration" by Sandy Moore; "Pluckstucke" by Paul Cram; "Sunrise for a Mad Afternoon" by Jeff Reilly; "Below the Surface" by Steve Naylor; "Valse Triste" by Bob Bauer; "Available Light" by Steve Tittle; "Standing in the Light" by Steve Tittle; "Entangold" by Bob Bauer; and "Immortal Coil" by Paul Cram. All compositions were funded by SOCAN.

Muraille de Cayne : tenor saxophone

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 41
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains two copies of the tenor saxophone part of a composition entitled "Muraille de Cayne." "Robert Leriche" is handwritten at the bottom of one of the parts, potentially indicating him as the composer.

Upstream excerpts : [audio cassette]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 42
File
1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains an audio cassette of live recordings from Upstream's performances at St. Mary's University Art Gallery between May 13, 1990 and March 17, 1991. The cassette features Steve Tittle (trumpet and Flugel horn); Sandy Moore (Irish harp and synthesizers); Jeff Reilly (clarinet, bass clarinet, and alto saxophone); Don Palmer (saxophone and flute); Bob Bauer (guitar); Tom Roach (drums and percussion); Steven Naylor (keyboards); and Paul Cram (saxophone and clarinet). The pieces include: "Don't Hold Back" by Jeff Reilly; "Nocturne" by Steve Naylor; "Change is a Time for Celebration" by Sandy Moore; "Pluckstucke" by Paul Cram; "Sunrise for a Mad Afternoon" by Jeff Reilly; "Below the Surface" by Steve Naylor; "Valse Triste" by Bob Bauer; "Available Light" by Steve Tittle; "Standing in the Light" by Steve Tittle; "Entangold" by Bob Bauer; and "Immortal Coil" by Paul Cram. All compositions were funded by SOCAN.

Budgets, reports, and agreements regarding Upstream CD project