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).
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.
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).
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).
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 three annotated copies of the score for Sandy Moore's composition "Clustrix" for piano, electric guitar, harp, bass clarinet, horns, and cymbal.
Item is a copy of Steven Naylor's composition for guitars, accordion, wind instruments, and keyboard. The score is in graphic notation, using coloured symbols in blue, green, and red to indicate duration, pitch, attitude, and stops.
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 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.
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 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).
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.
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.
File contains correspondence, a copy of the Upstream Handbook, press releases, concert reviews, and a copy of the Memorandum of Association and By-Laws of Upstream Music Association (adopted September 28, 2000).
File includes a handwritten "Chart of Accounts"; a copy of the Non-Disclosure Agreement between Upstream and applicable organizations; and an overview of the Manager's duties and responsibilities.
File contains correspondence from the Department of Economic Development concerning financial assistance for the Upstream Music Association under the Product Development Division (PDP) of the Business Futures Program. File also includes correspondence from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, regarding a training program entitled "New Exporters to Border States" (NEBS).
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 contains Upstream's application for the 1996-1997 season annual student improvisation and composition workshop at Dalhousie University. File also contains related correspondence and statements of accounts from SOCAN for Upstream.
File contains Upstream Music Association's applications and correspondence with the Canada Council regarding funding to commission new works from Steven Naylor and David Mott for the Open Waters Festival Ensemble.
