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
Juno-nominated composer and cellist Cris Derksen talks using composition to shine light on what we should look at as a society, being about the “feel,” and so much more!
Featured music:
Round Dance Instrumental
Powwow Rhapsody
Mozart's Ghost
Improvisations on the Sunset
New Women Song
Rodney Sharman talks being a "sound freak", the unique sounds of Toronto, Montréal, and the West Coast, his incredible volunteer and advocacy work, what is at the heart of artistic change, and much more!
Featured music:
Incantation
Missing You
Known and Unknown
Three Songs
Newfoundlander Luke Blackmore talks his process of how rhythm is everything, overcoming writer's block, music with fog, and much more!
Featured music:
Something Sawed
Spectral Chorale
Keiko Devaux (joined by a special guest) talks being honest with your sound, composition as much more than the final piece, the problems of even having a "sound", and so much more!
Featured music:
L’écoute du perdu : III. « Voix jetées »
Jascha Narveson talks growing up surrounded by vinyls, being captivated by the technology rather than the instruments in the room, being a listener rather than a composer, the rewarding process of collaborating with dancers, and much more!
Featured music:
Soundpaper roll two, 8Bit Elf Coffe Shop - 5 minute excerpt
In Line (PLOrk Sideband)
Flash Crash
action/reaction (BounceBounce)
Late_Night_Project 100 | night swim
Late_Night_Project 101...
Andrew Staniland talks providing good questions rather than good answers, caution in bringing in the outside world through electronics, writing music only for friends, and much more!
Featured works:
Adventuremusic - Toca Loca
True North
The Laws of Nature
Boundary-pushing, community-oriented, genre-blurring composer Daniel Pelton hails from Calgary, Alberta. Join us as we talk finding the fun in live concert, music for the people, the necessity in putting yourself out into the world and “doing the thing,” and much more!
Featured works:
Long Time No Time - Get Up Get Down live at The Palomino
Frank Zappa Roxy The Movie - T'Mershi Duween
For S. - The Daniel Pelton Collective
34902 - 32407
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Ryan Shore talks his writing process and "throwing down the clay", the two-way street of music, the true skills needed to succeed, improvisation's influence in his work, and so much more!
Featured works:
Odd's Victory
Numb
The Parents
First Solo Flight
News on the March
Mike, Amy and Carver
Rex Steele Main Theme
Full Suite Ahead
Allumette
Arden's Wake
Floyd's Theme
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
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