Archives Catalogue

Application to Canada Council for the Arts Commissioning of Canadian Compositions Program

MS-5-16, Box 4, Folder 31
File
1997-1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains Upstream Music Association's application and correspondence with the Canada Council regarding funding to commission a new work from Tom Walsh.

Applications, correspondence, and notes regarding funding for the Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 2
File
1998-2002

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains applications and documents for the Nova Scotia Arts Council Operating Grant Application (2000) and Canada Council for the Arts Classical Contemporary and New Music Organizations Program Multi-Year Funding (2000-2002). File also contains some minutes and financial statements from the Board of Directors for Upstream.

Applications to Canada Council for the Arts

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 8
File
2000-2001

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Upstream Music Association letterhead

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 14
File
[199-]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Forms for inclusion in the Music Directory Canada 6th Edition

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 20
File
1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Against the flow : proposal for a documentary film on Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 22
File
[1993-1994]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains annotated proposals and notes regarding a documentary film about the ecology of Upstream.

Upstream Music Association promotional campaign and questionnaire highlights

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 26
File
1996

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Notes on marketing for the Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 27
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a brochure on Upstream sponsorship, notes on the Upstream Ensemble 1999-2000 concert season, and Steven Naylor's letter of resignation from the Board of Directors.

Correspondence regarding sponsorship for the Upstream Music Association

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 28
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Correspondence with the Maarten Altena Ensemble

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 30
File
1995, February 1

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a letter from the Maarten Altena Ensemble of Amsterdam to Steven Naylor regarding the Ensemble's tour of Canada.

Correspondence with JERK

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 31
File
1998, January 2

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Invoices from Symphony Nova Scotia

MS-5-16, Box 6, Folder 34
File
1999-2000

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Programs, schedules, reports, and notes for the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 8
File
1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also contains press releases, budgets, and correspondence.

Planning notes and correspondence for the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 12
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Correspondence regarding the Registry of Joint Stock Companies and the Open Waters Festival

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 1
File
2000, July 13

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Biographies and Curriculum Vitae for Upstream musicians

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 4
File
[199-?]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Promotional materials for concert season

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 17
File
1990-1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a 1990-1991 season brochure and drafts of press statements and advertisements.

Promotional package for concert season

MS-5-16, Box 5, Folder 18
File
1990-1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes biographies for some of the Upstream Ensemble musicians (Robert Bauer, Jerry Granelli, Sandy Moore, Donald Charles Palmer); a letter sent from Ken Aucoin, Performing Arts Consultant, to Ted Bairstowe, Head of the Performing Arts, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture, concerning funding for Upstream's first season; and a pamphlet for concerts at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, including Upstream on May 13, 1990.

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

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 1
File
1990, November 18

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes draft programs, press releases, diagram of stage set-up and effects mix, speaking notes about each composition, and a signed Atlantic Federation of Musicians Local No. 571 contract for the musicians (Jeff Reilly, Steve Tittle, Sandy Moore, Don Palmer, 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 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 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.

Records from Upstream's participation in the Atlantic Jazz Festival

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 10
File
1993, July 22

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes a report on the Desert Island Jazz Orchestra Workshop with Paul Cram and Jean Derome; a newspaper clipping about Upstream's performance; a budget; and the proposal for Upstream's participation in the Jazz Festival.

Upstream concert : part 2 of 2

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 14
File
1993, October 31

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

MS-5-16, Box 8, Folder 13
File
1993, November 21

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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).

Records from An Improvisational Composition Ensemble concert

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 15
File
1994, April 6

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

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).

Press kit for concert season

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 21
File
1998-1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Correspondence, notes, and rehearsal schedule for the performance of Nasca Lines

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 22
File
2001

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains records relating to the premiere performance of Barry Guy's "Nasca Lines" by the Upstream Ensemble and members of Symphony Nova Scotia.

Programs for Upstream tour concerts

MS-5-16, Box 7, Folder 31
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes programs for Upstream's concert with Espace Musique (October 5, 1992 in Ottawa, Ontario) and Numus Concerts (October 9, 1992 in Waterloo, Ontario).

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

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

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.

Clustrix : [score]

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 9
File
1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains three annotated copies of the score for Sandy Moore's composition "Clustrix" for piano, electric guitar, harp, bass clarinet, horns, and cymbal.

Moore, Sandy

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."

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.

Production and editing notes for the Open Waters CD

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 47
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Standing in the light : [sound recording by the Upstream Ensemble]

MS-5-16, Reel 4
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

Minutes of Undercurrent meetings

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 52
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 56
File
1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

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.

National Library of Canada legal deposit reminders for Open Waters CD

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 58
File
1993-1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains slips for the audio cassette and compact disc versions of Upstream's CD, "Open Waters."

Correspondence regarding charitable status application

MS-5-16, Box 2, Folder 1
File
1990

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Upstream Music Association expenses and receipts

MS-5-16, Box 2, Folder 2
File
1990-1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes receipts for general expenses, accounts receivable, fundraising expenses, and CD expenses.

Printouts and notes from the Upstream Music Association database

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 6
File
1991

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes business cards for Kevin Doucet, accounts manager, and John Sherlock, photographer.

Certificates for incorporation and amendments to the Memorandum of Association

MS-5-16, Box 2, Folder 5
File
1990, 1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Minutes of the Board of Directors

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 13
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File includes the Artistic Directors' report for the 1991-1992 season.

Minutes of the Board of Directors and edits to the Memorandum of Association

MS-5-16, Box 2, Folder 7
File
1992-1993

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File also contains executive summaries of proposed projects and copies of newspaper clipping about Upstream Ensemble performances.

Notes and budgets from the Artistic Directors

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 17
File
1992-1995

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains administrative records from the 1992-1993, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995 seasons of the Upstream Ensemble.

Agenda for an Artistic Directors meeting

MS-5-16, Box 1, Folder 23
File
June 14, 1994

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Correspondence, media releases, and reports from Paul Cram, Artistic Director

MS-5-16, Box 2, Folder 11
File
1994-1995

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains records from the 1994-1995 season from Paul Cram, one of the Artistic Directors of the Upstream Music Association. The file includes copies of newspaper clippings with reviews of Upstream concerts; Sandy Moore's Curriculum Vitae; and Paul Cram's signed contract, on behalf of the Upstream Ensemble, for the Atlantic Federation of Musicians.

Cram, Paul

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