brian harman list of works mata
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List of works for composer Brian Harman.TRANSCRIPT
Select List of Works (in reverse chronological order) Brian Harman
Current Commissions New Work, for large wind ensemble -‐ commissioned by Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra -‐ to be premiered during the 2013-‐2014 season, cond. Colin Clarke New Work, for chamber orchestra -‐ commissioned by the Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble -‐ to be premiered during the 2013-‐2014 season, cond. Brian Current, Toronto New Work, for instrumental septet -‐ commissioned by 5-‐Penny New Music Concerts, Sudbury -‐ to be performed by 5-‐Penny Ensemble, cond. Brian Current, March 2013 New Work, for solo violin -‐ commissioned by Mira Benjamin (Bozzini String Quartet), Montreal -‐ to be performed at Cluster Music and Arts Festival, Winnipeg, March 2014 Completed Works En Masse, for instrumental septet 2012 -‐ commissioned by New Music Concerts, Toronto -‐ to be performed by New Music Concerts Ensemble, Toronto, February 2013 À la Fois, for violin and violoncello 2012
-‐ commissioned by Codes d’accès, Montreal -‐ performed by G. Liboiron and E. Girard-‐Charest, Montreal, November 2012
Leaning, for solo clarinet 2012 -‐ written for Mark Bradley of Ensemble Portmantô, Montreal -‐ performed at Nu:Nord 2012 composer exchange project, Montreal, July 2012 Rituals and Tendencies, for 16-‐singer soloistic chamber choir 2011 -‐ commissioned by Wiener Jeunesse Kammerchor -‐ to be performed in Vienna, Austria, February 2013
(selected by jury in international competition to write for this Austrian choir) Sewing the Earthworm, for soprano and piano 2011 -‐ commissioned by soprano Carla Huhtanen, text by David Brock -‐ performed by C. Huhtanen, COC Atrium, Toronto, March 2012 -‐ performed by Larissa Koniuk, Bicycle Opera Touring Project, Ontario, 2012 Enclosures, for trio: clarinet, viola and piano 2011
-‐ commissioned by Trio ’86, Montreal -‐ performed by Trio ’86 at Gallery 345, Toronto, April 2011 -‐ performed by Trio ’86 at Cluster Festival, Winnipeg, March 2011
Select List of Works (continued, in reverse chronological order) Brian Harman
Supposed Spaces, for orchestra (MGSO composer-‐in-‐residence, 2010-‐2011) 2010 -‐ performed by the McGill Symphony Orchestra, Montreal, March 2011
(selected by jury to be part of Canadian submission to ISCM 2013) (Recipient of 2nd place Sir Ernest MacMillan Award, SOCAN Foundation 2012) Inter/Contra, for quintet: fl, cl, vln, vla and vc 2010
-‐ commissioned by Ensemble Portmantô, Montreal -‐ performed on Ottawa Chamber Music Society Concert, March 2012 -‐ performed on various Ensemble Portmantô concerts in Montreal, 2010-‐2011
Surface, for solo flute 2010 -‐ performed by L. Nickel, Montreal Contemporary Music Lab Concert, June 2012 -‐ performed by M. Valley, 5-‐Penny New Music Concerts, Sudbury, Feb 2012
Three Rooms and a Lobby, for SATB chamber choir 2009 -‐ commissioned by VivaVoce Montreal -‐ performed by VivaVoce, MusiMars Festival, Montreal, March 2009 Gregarious Machines, for instrumental nonet 2008 -‐ commissioned by ECM+ for six-‐city Canadian Tour, November 2008 (honourable mention: CLC 60th Anniversary Composition Competition) Concentricity, for flute and live electronics 2008 -‐ performed by Jessica Moore, University of Chicago, February 2009 -‐ performed by Daria Binkowski, McGill University, Montreal, April 2008 Path of Gorse, for orchestra and solo dancer 2008 -‐ commissioned by Ensemble Euterpe, Montreal (cond. Geneviève Leclair) -‐ created in collaboration with Geneviève Bolla and Evolucidanse -‐ performed by Ensemble Euterpe, Montreal, February 2009
Deep-‐Fried Burrito, for bass-‐baritone and piano 2007 -‐ commissioned by Pazzia Contemporary Performing Collective -‐ performed at the Montreal and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, 2007 Dialectics, for wind ensemble 2006 -‐ performed by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Tokyo, November 2009 (finalist: 2009 Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Composition Competition) sink, for instrumental nonet 2006 -‐ performed by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Domaine Forget, August 2007 -‐ performed by the OFC, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, June 2006 (recipient of 2nd place Serge Garant Award, SOCAN Foundation 2007) branches: 8 miniatures for saxophone quartet 2005 -‐ recorded in Montréal, December 2006
Select List of Works (continued, in reverse chronological order) Brian Harman
verge, for chamber ensemble of 16 instruments 2005 -‐ performed by McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble, Montreal, Nov 2005
Fantasy, for solo piano 2004
-‐ performed by Christina Petrowska-‐Quilico, Toronto, Apr 2006 -‐ performed by Brian Harman, Montreal, March 2006 -‐ performed by Charity Chan, McGill University, Montreal, November 2004
(winner: Canadian Universities Music Society Composition Competition)
New Directions, for string quartet 2003-‐2004 -‐ performed by the Composer’s Quartet, January 2006 -‐ performed at University of Toronto, April 2004 The Prince, for orchestra 2003 -‐ professional public reading as finalist in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s New Creations Competition, May 2004 2 Impromptus, for piano 2003 -‐ recorded by Brian Harman, Toronto, December 2003
Waltz and Tarantella, for flute and piano 2002 -‐ performed by Laura Bates and Sonya Sim, Toronto, April 2003 Nostalgic Rondo, for solo violin 2002 -‐ performed by Mary-‐Elizabeth Brown, Toronto, April 2003 Two poems for Octet, for soprano and 7 instruments [Text by e. e. cummings] 2002 -‐ performed in Toronto, January 2003 (conducted by Gary Kulesha) Three Images, for flute trio 2002 -‐ performed by the University of Toronto CME, Toronto, April 2002 Spring Window, for violin and piano 2001 -‐ performed by Scott St. John and Lydia Wong, Toronto, January 2002