Aaron Gervais, composer » Performances

Oksana G. excerpts at the Alliance Against Modern Slavery Conference

Aaron Gervais — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:30:17 +0000

Tapestry and the Women for Oksana G. network are presenting an excerpt from my opera in development, The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G., at this annual conference sponsored by the Alliance Against Modern Slavery.

Schizo Psycho on the Babel Festival

Aaron Gervais — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:51:56 +0000

Ensemble Klang performs Schizo Psycho on the Babel Festival in Amsterdam, their third performance of the Music for Motion Pictures program based on classic Hollywood films with re-composed scores.

Ensemble Klang does Schizo Psycho in Middelburg

Aaron Gervais — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:39:48 +0000

Ensemble Klang gives a repeat performance of Schizo Psycho in Middelburg, as a part of their Music for Motion Pictures program of re-composed film scores. Schizo Psycho is based on the classic Hitchcock/Herrmann collaboration.

junctQín gives first full performance of Disney Princess Disasters

Aaron Gervais — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:22:56 +0000

The junctQín keyboard collective will be premièring the entirety of Disney Princess Disasters at Hart House on the University of Toronto campus. They previously performed the first movement, Snow White, at a number of other venues in Southern Ontario.

junctQín performs Disney Princess Disasters

Aaron Gervais — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:13:32 +0000

The junctQín keyboard collective is offering another performance of the Snow White movement from Disney Princess Disasters at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Culture no.1 on SFCMP’s Zone 5

Aaron Gervais — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:58:56 +0000

Karen Gottlieb and Julie Steinberg bring Culture no.1 to San Francisco for the first time. Written in 2006, this is the piece that I took to the Gaudeamus Festival that same year, for harp, piano, and electronics, and which kicks off my three-part Culture series.

Shadow Songs/ Halo Ballet at Ottawa Chamberfest 2011

Aaron Gervais — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:48:27 +0000

Toca Loca takes Halo Ballet to the Ottawa Chamberfest, also paired with Christine Fellows and Shary Boyle. Halo Ballet is my piece for virtual dancers, choreographed within the Halo videogame environment and performed “live” by gamers alongside the ensemble.

junctQín premières Disney Princess Disasters

Aaron Gervais — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:33:57 +0000

The junctQín keyboard collective première this new work on the Barrie’s Colours of Music festival. Based on classic fairytales with alternate endings, Disney Princess Disasters includes three pianists, three squeeze toys, one piano, and three fairytale princesses whose fates take a turn for the unexpected…

Schizo Psycho Première

Aaron Gervais — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:04:20 +0000

Ensemble Klang gives the première performance of Schizo Psycho, a video piece based on a clip from Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Psycho and the score written for the film by Bernard Herrmann.

Quatuor Bozzini Composers Kitchen Performance

Aaron Gervais — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:28:54 +0000

The Montréal-based Quatuor Bozzini performs a new work of mine for string quartet, written for the 2011 Composers Kitchen programme.