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Urban desperado / Paul Cram

Item is Paul Cram's score for reeds 1, 2 & 3, trumpet, trombone, cello, guitar, piano, bass, drums.

Trouble in paradise / by Paul Cram

  • MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 13, Item 2
  • Item
  • [ca. 2002?]
  • Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's score in three parts for reeds 1, 2 & 3, trumpet, trombone, cello, guitar, keyboards, bass and drums.

Photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's Martin Luther King concert

File contains photographs of Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King tribute concert with Symphony Nova Scotia in January 2002.

Photographs feature guest artists Mark Rainey, Gary James, Shauntay Grant, and Tiyaila Cain-Grant, as well as Tim Dunn, Ken Boyd, and other choir members.

Three penny opera

Item is a video recording of the Dalhousie Departments of Music and Theatre production of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill, performed from 4 to 6 April 2002. The production was directed by Tara Patriquin and David Overton and produced by Dalhousie Theatre Department Productions and the Department of Music with musical direction by Lisa St. Clair. The production was staged at the Sir James Dunn Theatre.

3 penny opera 2

Item is a video recording of the Dalhousie Departments of Music and Theatre production of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill, performed from 4 to 6 April 2002. The item is a recording of act II. The production was directed by Tara Patriquin and David Overton and produced by Dalhousie Theatre Department Productions and the Department of Music with musical direction by Lisa St. Clair. The production was staged at the Sir James Dunn Theatre.

Nasca lines

Subseries contains the conductor’s score, instrumental, and vocal parts used for the premiere performance of Nasca Lines by Barry Guy. Nasca Lines is a one-hour, seven-part work that was commissioned by the Upstream Ensemble and premiered in collaboration with the Symphony Nova Scotia on June 3, 2001 at the Scotia Festival with conductor and composer, Barry Guy.

The composition is named after and inspired by the geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert, Peru, which include outlines of animals and various geometric shapes. Graphical representations of a selection of these geoglyphs are used in the graphic notation of this score, particularly in parts 3 and 7.

Nasca Lines is an atonal work that uses a combination of composed material, based on tone rows and pitch class sets, and guided improvisation. There are twenty instrumental parts and one vocal part.

Convoy HFX : [score]

File contains two copies of Paul Cram's composition in 12 sections, which combines common music notation and graphic notation. The composition's commission was funded by a SOCAN grant. The piece is for 10-20 performers on flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, percussion, guitar, accordion, tape, violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass.

Cram, Paul

Convoy Hfx / P. Cram

Item is a composer's score printed on one page divided into 12 numbered sections or movements that combine printed standard music notation and handwritten formation.

Sing a new song with the First Baptist Girls' Choir of Truro : [poster]

File contains a poster for a series of three concerts by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with the First Baptist Girls' Choir at Trinity St. Stephen's Church in Amherst, Nova Scotia (May 4, 2001); St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax Nova Scotia (May 5, 2001); and the First Baptist Church in Truro, Nova Scotia (May 6, 2001).

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

File contains documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 2001.

Documents include programs, itineraries, and newspaper clippings related to Symphony Nova Scotia, the Martin Luther King tribute concert, the Black Business Summit at Casino Nova Scotia, the annual Nova Scotia Multicultural Festival, African Heritage Month, the South African Polokwane Choral Society, Jeremiah Sparks' farewell party, and the Halifax Regional Municipality tree lighting.

File also includes a Nova Scotia Mass Choir contact list, including names, phone numbers, and addresses of members.

Photographs of Linda Carvery at Casino Nova Scotia

File contains photographs of Linda Carvery at Casino Nova Scotia in Halifax on February 17, 2001.

Photographs also feature Linda Carvery's siblings, Wanda Lewis and Wayne Gordon, her mother, Margaret Gordon, as well as Wendy Shea, Sue Christmas, and others.

Martin Luther King Jr. tribute

Item is a poster of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia. The concert featured performances by Linda Carvery, Jeremiah Sparks, and Novelee Buchan. Conducted by Leslie B. Dunner.

Heart and soul: Jimmy Jam, the musical event of the summer

Item is a poster for "Heart and Soul," a benefit concert presented by the James A. MacPherson Memorial Society. The event featured performances by Lisa MacDougall, Linda Carvery, Jeremiah Sparks, the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, Touch of Hope, and others.

Posters of Paul Cram performances

File includes a poster for an Open Waters festival featuring the Paul Cram Trio; two posters for Paul Cram, Lyle Ellis and Gregg Simpson at the Music Gallery; a poster for Benghazi Sax Redux; and a poster for the Paul Cram Trio.

Photographs of Carman Downey

File contains photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir member, Carman Downey, at the Black Business Summit in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2001.

Photographs feature Carman Downey with Grace White, Marvin Gilmore, and Stedman Graham.

Photographs of Linda Carvery at the Economy Shoe Shop

File contains photographs of Linda Carvery performing at the restaurant, Economy Shoe Shop, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Photographs also feature Delma Johnson, Cyndi Cain, Jeremiah Sparks, Novelee Buchan, Bill Stevenson, and others.

Nova Scotia Mass Choir gospel in the round

Item is a poster promoting a concert by the Nova Scotia Mass Choir at Saint George's Round Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia on March 11, 2000. The event celebrated two hundred years of the church.

Convoy HFX : [score]

File contains seven copies of scores for Paul Cram's "Convoy HFX," with printed standard music notation and handwritten formations. Six are copies with handwritten annotations; one is an original handwritten score on tissue with the printed notation parts pasted on.

Drum parts from the PCO "Campin Out" tour

File contains drum parts for the Paul Cram Orchestra's second Canadian tour in September 2001 in support of the band’s debut CD on the Victo Label: “Campin Out.” The group played Halifax, Ottawa (National Library of Canada), Guelph (Guelph Jazz Festival), Vancouver (Western Front), and Montreal (Sala Rossa). Works included are: "Taiwanese Bootleg"; "Life of Crime"; "Tip of the Iceberg"; "High Ground"; "Have a Heart"; "Walking the Wall"; Eye of the Storm"; "Kafka's Chair"; "Immortal Coil", "Zebra Zone"; "Urban Desperado"; "Thunder"; and "Campin' Out." File also includes a note to Dave from Paul.

International women's day 2001

Item is a poster for an International Women's Day event presented by Bryony House. Event includes performances by Linda Carvery, Lisa MacDougall, and Carol Ritchie at the Fleet Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Sound recording of Linda Carvery performances

Item is a sound recording of Linda Carvery performances.

Side A contains recordings of CBC Mainstreet and CBC Sheelagh Rogers. Side B contains recordings of the Springhill graduation on CBC Information Morning.

Thunder : [parts]

File contain piano, reeds 1, 2 & 3, cello, guitar, bass and drum parts for Paul Cram's "Thunder," a drama with music created by Alan Williams, Mary Vingoe, and Paul Cram. "Thunder" premiered in 1996 at Dalhousie University and was broadcast on CBC Radio Drama in 2001. The piece has five movements: 1. They Say; 2. 1963; 3. Twin Cities; 4. Black Dog; and 5. Vanishing.

Photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's Martin Luther King concert

File contains photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir at the annual Martin Luther King Concert on January 20, 2001.

Photographs feature Novelee Buchan, John Dalton, Tim Edmonds, Rosie Fraser, Bruce Jacobs, Tim Dunn, Viki Samuels, Leslie Dunner, Jeremiah Sparks, and others.

Photographs of the farewell party for Jeremiah Sparks

File contains photographs of Nova Scotia Mass Choir's farewell party for Jeremiah Sparks, who left the choir in 2001 to pursue the role of Mufasa in the Toronto musical production, "The Lion King."

Photographs feature Jeremiah Sparks, Tim Edmonds, and other choir members.

Photographs of an album release party for Neptune Theatre

File contains photographs of Neptune Theatre's album release party for "Death: The Musical" on October 30, 2000.

Photographs feature Tim Edmonds, Joe Colley, Jeremiah Sparks, Lisa MacDougall, Tim Dunn, Ken Boyd, and other members of the choir in costume at Neptune's du Maurier Theatre.

Photograph of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir at an open house

Item is a photograph of Nova Scotia Mass Choir members at the George Dixon Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia on December 7, 2000.

The photograph features new members Deborah Boltz and Brandon Boyd, along with Tim Edmonds, Jeremiah Sparks, Tim Dunn, and other choir members.

Photographs of a Linda Carvery performance

File contains photographs of Linda Carvery performing in the store, HMV, at Halifax Shopping Centre on October 28, 2000. Linda Carvery was accompanied by Bill Stevenson on keyboard.

Photographs of Touch of Hope performance

Item is a photograph of the musical group, Touch of Hope, performing at the Economy Shoe Shop restaurant on December 27, 2000.

Touch of Hope is Jeremiah Sparks, Michael Bailey, Novelee Buchan, and Lenora Downey.

Stephen Pedersen fonds

  • MS-5-23
  • Fonds
  • 1964 - 2000
Fonds contains records related to Stephen Pedersen's music teaching, composing and performance activities. Record types include manuscript music scores, sound recordings, posters and programs, contracts and correspondence.

Pedersen, Stephen Alan

Ghost tracks : [parts]

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

Ghost tracks : [score]

File contains two annotated copies of the score for Jeff Reilly's "Ghost Tracks," one in concert pitch and one in B-flat. The concert pitch score was used by Susan (Sue) Sayles, a violist with the Upstream Ensemble. The score is in three large sections, each of which have various musical phrases notated in common music notation. The pitch material for the composition is derived from seven notes: F-sharp, G, G-sharp, B, C-sharp, D, and E (at concert pitch).

Reilly, Jeff

Photographs of the Juba'lee concert

File contains photographs of the "Juba'Lee" concert. The choir was accompanied by Symphony Nova Scotia and proceeds went towards establishing a Black Cultural Society scholarship for education in the performing arts. The concert was held at the Halifax Metro Centre on January 22, 2000.

Photographs feature Lorne White, Jackie Richardson, Anthony Sherwood, Brookes Diamond, Joe Colley, Lela Colley, Tim Edmonds, Linda Carvery, Woody Woods, and other choir members.

Photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir recording a soundtrack

File contains photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir recording the soundtrack for "Death the Musical" at All Saints Cathedral in Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 9, 2000.

Photographs feature Tim Edmonds, Tim Dunn, Karen Grant, Kathy Grant, and others.

Photographs of Drum, a musical trubute

File contains photographs of "Drum," a musical tribute concert that was performed daily during the Tall Ships Festival from July 20 to July 23, 2000.

Photographs feature the Hallelujah Praise Choir and others.

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