File includes a concert program, correspondence, press release, and poster. This concert featured original compositions by Steve Tittle and was his "bon voyage to Nova Scotia."
File includes biographies for Barry Guy and Maya Homburger; correspondence from Guy and Homburger; the transcript of an interview with Guy for a documentary by Jeff Reilly and Alan Guettel; and copies of news articles on Guy and Homburger.
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.
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 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 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.
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."
File contains correspondence regarding the agreement and a draft of the agreement between the Association and the artists on the Open Waters CD (Bob Bauer, Paul Cram, Sandy Moore, Steve Naylor, Don Palmer, Jeff Reilly, Tom Roach, and Steve Tittle).
Item is a poster advertising a concert at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery sponsored by Canada Council Explorations Program and Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture, featuring Paul Cram, saxophone; Sandy Moore, Irish harp and synthesizer; Bob Bauer, guitar; Steve Tittle, trumpet and flugel horn; Tom Roach, percussion; Don Palmer, saxophone and flute; Steven Naylor, keyboards; and Jeff Reilly, clarinet and bass clarinet.
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.
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.
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.
Item is a copy of the performance instructions for an improvised composition with sixteen possible sets, each defined by four words, that are performed in any order.
File contains the studio mastering tape for "Standing in the light" by Steve Tittle, completed at Solar Audio Recording studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The recordings are on Upstream's CD, "Open Water" (track 1, 12 min., 28 sec.). Audio reel box includes track sheet.
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."
File includes personnel, general, and tax data on the Upstream Music Association; a list of executive members (as of October 18, 2004); correspondence from Paul Cram; and a copy of the Parrsboro Band Association newsletter (January 2009).
File contains the studio mastering tape for the first take of Steve Reilly's composition, "Sunrise to a Mad Afternoon," completed at Solar Audio Recording studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The recording is on Upstream's CD, "Open Water" (track 6, 10 min., 1 sec.). Audio reel box includes a track sheet.
File contains the studio mastering tape for the second take of Steve Reilly's composition, "Sunrise to a Mad Afternoon," completed at Solar Audio Recording studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The recording is on Upstream's CD, "Open Water" (track 6, 10 min., 1 sec.). Audio reel box includes a track sheet.
File contains parts for Bauer's improvisational composition in five sections: Sitar Drone Atmosphere; Falling - Filling the Cup; The Streets of Calcutta; Ascension - Reaching Beyond Life; and Resolution. The composition is for violin, bassoon, piano, guitar, and oboe and lacks a clear tonal centre and meter.The last section is a canon between the violin and bassoon.
File contains the March 1994 and April 1994 issues of "The Paris New Music Review," sent to Paul Cram, which include articles on the Upstream Music Association.
Item is an annotated copy of Jamieson's composition, which is in five sections. Each section has textual instructions for individual instruments with four musical parts notated at the bottom: melody, accompaniment, B-flat trumpet line, and bass line.
Item is a poster for concerts held November 14 & 15, 2008 at 1313 Hollis Street, the first of which included an artist talk and the second an interactive performance.
Item is the first eight measures of the score for Fred Frith's composition "Traffic Continues: Shadow of a Tree on Sand" for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, trumpet, baritone saxophone, piano, percussion, violin, guitar, and double bass.
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.
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.
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 contact information for members of the Upstream Music Association: Bob Bauer, Mark Bursey, Paul Cram, Laura Hoffman, Mike LaLeune, Don Lawrence, Steven Naylor, Jeff Reilly, Ken Rozee, Suzanne Saul, Steve Tittle, and Paul E. Vandall, Jr.
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).
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.
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