Toca Loca’s debut album, P*P, includes a fantastic version of my piece, Culture no.2 (or, Shoot Like a Film Star). It also includes great pieces by a range of Canadian composers in the classical, jazz, and pop idioms. From the ensemble:
“P*P examines the fierce and fearsome taxonomy that historically has made some composers soulfully classical, and others popular. The cutting-edge of Canada’s composers write P*P-length, P*P-inspired works, the All-Stars of jazz throw their hats in the ring, and some of Canada’s most interesting indie-rockers flex their contemporary music chops.”
Canadian Trio Toca Loca recently launched their debut album, which includes a fantastic version of my piece, Culture no.2 (or, Shoot Like a Film Star), which they commissioned in 2007. The album is available through CenterDiscs and can also be ordered through iTunes and Amazon. Also check out details about their CD launches in Berlin and Vancouver.
This is the middle piece in my Culture series, which is an exploration of the effects that today’s cultural context has on making our music what it is. The text for the piece is taken from a junk e-mail message—certainly among the more recent of literary genres. It attracted me because it is composed entirely of monosyllabic words, with no repetition; a kind of heterogeneous stream that strikes me as contemporary.
The middle section of the piece is indeterminate or open: the performers decide how the musical materials will be presented. This is also something that I take from the Culture theme, because the multiplicity of possibilities, endless variegation, and the impossibility of finding “right” answers seem to me important cultural problems today.
Première of a new work written for Toca Loca
Performance of a new work written for Toca Loca.
Performance of a new work written for Toca Loca.
Performance of a new work written for Toca Loca.
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Toca Loca Debut Album P*P:
Includes a fantastic version of my piece Culture no.2.
SOCAN Awards ‘09—1st prize:
News release for 2009: I was awarded first prize in the vocal category.
New Opera:
Under development with Tapestry and libretist Colleen Murphy.
orkest de ereprijs Competition—1st prize:
I won this competition in 2009, competing against a dozen other composers selected from around the world.
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