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Correspondence with JERK

File contains a letter from John D.S. Adams of the JERK ensemble (which also includes Bill Brennan, Kevin Coady, Erin Donovan, and Rob Power) to Jeff Reilly concerning two proposed concerts in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Long Reach, New Brunswick.

Funding for the Open Waters Festival

File includes copies of Upstream's grant applications for the Canada Council for the Arts Music Touring, Presenting and Management Program, and the Nova Scotia Arts Council Grants to Organizations and Small Groups.

Draft brochure for the Open Waters Festival

File includes a draft brochure, created by Jeff Reilly, which includes an overview of the concerts and events that were included in the 1999 Open Waters Festival: Slipstream (November 13); Upstream Ensemble and Symphony Nova Scotia: Frank Zappa and Other Mothers of Invention (November 16); Barry Guy and Maya Homberger (November 18); and Barry Guy and the Open Waters Festival Ensemble (November 20).

Application to Nova Scotia Arts Council

File contains correspondence regarding Upstream Music Association's application to the Touring Program for Grants to Organizations and Small Groups, and the Production/Presentation Program for Grants to Organizations and Small Groups. File also includes a signed copy of the Terms and Conditions for Sustaining Grants to Organizations.

Applications to Canada Council for the Arts

File contains correspondence regarding Upstream Music Association's application to the Classical Contemporary/ New Music Organizations Program; Residencies and Commissioning of Canadian Compositions Program; and New Music Program: Targeted Initiatives program.

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.

Japan-Canada concert and rehearsals

File includes photographs of the musicians and their instruments. The musicians were visiting artists, Akikazu Nakamura and Michiyo Yagi, and the Upstream Ensemble (Bob Bauer, Jeff Reilly, Paul Cram, Don Palmer, Steven Naylor, Sandy Moore, and Tom Roach).

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 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.

Press kit for the Upstream Ensemble

File contains a promotional photograph of the ensemble with their instruments and a promotional statement about the group for the press. Both were sent to Christopher Both, a cellist in the ensemble. The photograph was taken by George Georgakakos.

Programs and newspaper articles from concert season

File contains a programs from the Upstream Ensemble's 1997-1998 concert season: October 26, 1997 (Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, with Conrado del Rosario); November 23, 1997 (Saint Mary's Art University Art Gallery, with Michiyo Yagi and Akikazu Nakamura); January 24, 1998 (Holiday Inn, Halifax, with Tom Walsh and Steve Tittle); March 6, 1998 (Denton Hall, Acadia University); March 7, 1998 (Neptune du Maurier Theatre, Halifax); and March 30, 1998 (Dartmouth & CP Allen High Schools).

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).

Biographies and Curriculum Vitae for Upstream musicians

File contains biographies and CVs for the following musicians who performed with, or were part of, the Upstream Ensemble: Karen Young, Bob (Robert) Bauer, Jeff Reilly, Paul Cram, Don (Donald Charles) Palmer, Steven Naylor, Sandy Moore, Tom Roach, Norman Adams, Steve Tittle, and Jerry Granelli.
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