Notes of the North
Welcome to Notes of the North Talks, a series where we get to know nationwide Canadian composer talent. Hosted by Brianna Dai, we serve as a bridge for knowledge, spotlighting composers' lives and one-of-a-kind music ♫
Episodes
Dr. Matthew Emery talks the intricacies of writing for voice, “honest music,” removing unnecessary pitches, the relevance of Canadian choral music, finding great inspiration in the little atmospheric details, mentorship coming full circle, and much more!
Featured music:
Walk Safely Over Soft Places
From Dewy Dreams, My Soul Arise
Mist trapped in the trees
Lead Us Home
Composer Kevin Lau talks his composition ideation and sketching process in comparison with an author’s, conveying the universality of hardship and healing through music, how music moves through time, consideration of the collaborator, the idea of “deep connection amidst surface diversity,” responding to your authentic intuition, and so much more!
Featured music:
Under a Veil of Stars
2024 JUNO winner Nicole Lizée talks coffee-fuelled composition rituals, being born into an immersive malfunctioning technological environment, visuals fully embedded in coexistence with music as a member of the ensemble, favourite and most precious equipment, conversations rather than answers, and much more!
Featured music:
This Will Not Be Televised (2007)
RPM
Dr. Matthias McIntire talks finding pieces of unfinished pieces, taking inspiration from animals, the process of field recording, and more!
Featured music:
Mysterious Island Seaside Town
Earthbound and Skyward for solo piano
Komqwejwi'kasikl 3 Old Water
Cathedral Grove (and the Gray Jay)
Juno-winning video game and concert composer Maxime Goulet talks his background in rock combo, importance of sensory experience, composing what you like rather than others, and much more!
Featured works:
Maxime Goulet: Symphonic Chocolates
Ice Storm Symphony, I. Turmoil
Luis Ramirez talks his unique take on folklore in music, the role of competitions in the life of a musician, the strengths and challenges of diversity, and much more.
Featured music:
Chido, for symphony orchestra
Leaven, for string quartet
Picante, for symphony orchestra
Choral and concert composer Lavinia Kell Parker talks her background in church music, music as a shared experience, the idea of "comprovisation," and much more!
Featured music:
Other Names for Birds, Audio Excerpt (Penderecki String Quartet/Lavinia Kell Parker)
Soli Deo Gloria
Crawford Road
Composer and educator Roydon Tse talks musical and conceptual balance between Eastern and Western, the intersection of traditional and contemporary, and much more!
Featured works:
- Radiant Light
İlkim Tongur joins Brianna for the Season 2 finale! Join us as we talk soundscapes, not taking innovation seriously, drawing the trajectory of music and more.
Featured music:
Yakamoz
Dinuk Wijeratne talks composing for the performers rather than the listener, the tripartite relationship of creation, the exciting future of concert programming, and more!
Featured music:
Gajaga Vannama
Composer and songwriter Carmen Braden talks the Northern experience, music impacting parenting style, the significance of specificity, and more!
Featured music:
Small Town Song
The Raven Conspiracy
Menu
3-time Juno-winning concert composer Bekah Simms talks metal music, sonic trickery and abstraction, complete lack of natural influence, the listener experience, and so much more!
Featured music:
metamold (sextet + electronics)
Foreverdark
Join Dr. Sophie Dupuis and Brianna as they discuss opportunities for contemporary Canadian composers, comedy vs creepy, the value of art and more!
Music featured:
Elles ont peint le crépuscule de noir et blanc
There will be no ice left in the Arctic in 22* years from now
Taken by the Locos for Violin and Percussion
Argentinian-New Brunswick composer and pedagogue Martin Kutnowski joins Brianna to discuss the figures that shape him finding something to say through music, music as a defining facet of culture, and more!
Featured music:
"En la mar hay una torre" (In The Sea There Is a Tower")
Five Tango Études
Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64, I. Allegro molto appassionato (Felix Mendelssohn)
Overture to "Egmont", Op. 84 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Dr. Karen Sunabacka joins Brianna to talk spoken word in instrumental music, navigating complex issues through music, and transforming the Manitoban environment to sound.
Featured music:
Hiding for solo piano (1999)
Mama's Painting - Louis Riel's Dream
Researcher and electronic musician Dr. Anthony Tan discusses innovation in music, the challenges of inclusivity meeting diversity, creating "alienating" music and more.
Featured music:
"And/Or" - for 14 musicians and electronics
"Ways of Returning" III. - for amplified string quartet and electronics
"On the Sensations of Tone II" - amplified octet and electronics
Today Dr. Vince Ho discusses his eclectic and multicultural mosaic of musical influences. We also hear about how the pandemic served as a powerful springboard for his career. How do you fuse together East and West? How can we see fear as an ally? All this and more.
Featured works:
The Shaman: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: I. Ritual
The Water Dragon: Concerto For Zhongruan And Chinese Orchestra
Whimsical Sketches of Fanciful Bi...
Ex-ballerina Ana Sokolović talks theatrics, staying in tune with current society, and calling Montréal home.
Featured music:
Ciaccona
…And I Need a Room to Receive Five Thousand People With Raised Glasses… Or… What a Glorious Day / The Birds Are Singing / Halleluia
Métis composer Dr. T. Patrick Carrabré discusses his unique compositional style, the Sixties Scoop, and his musical experiences in British Columbia.
Featured music:
Ancestral Drone
Chanson de la Gornouillèr (Métis Songs)
Inuit Games
Explore the sonic and frigid landscapes of Yukon with Daniel Janke. Daniel talks European influence, musical influences, the challenges of Canada's vastness, and more.
Featured music:
Dancing Man
Time You Thief
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