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Essential living composers


Henri Dutilleux

György Kurtág

Nicholas Maw

Helmut Lachenmann

John Corigliano

Jacques Hétu

Louis Andriessen

Joseph Schwantner

Tristan Murail

Chris Rouse

Steven Stucky

Stephen Hartke

Gary Kulesha

Christopher Theofanidis

Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez

(1916)

(1926)

(1935)

(1935)

(1938)

(1938)

(1939)

(1943)

(1947)

(1949)

(1949)

(1952)

(1954)

(1963)

(1964)

more …
the living composers project
(a fairly large listing of living composers.)

(A Few) Important dead composers:


Some Performers/Ensembles:


Rob MacDonald (Guitarist)
Kathryn Aaron (Soprano)
Ina Henning (accordion)
Rebecca Turner (Cello)
Proteus Ensemble
Duo46
The Ensemble Sospeso

 

My Colleagues (on the web):


Judah Adashi
Jason Anthony Allen
Alex Eddington
Craig Galbraith
Aaron Gervais
Scott Good
Robert Rival
William Rowson

Fuhong SHI

 

Important resources for composers:


AMC – The American Music Center
ASCAP – American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
BMI – Broadcast Music Inc.
CPCC – Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers
IAWM – International Alliance for Women in Music
ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music
CPCC – Opportunities for Composers
Finale – Music Notation Software
Sibelius – Music Notation Software
Composer Tools

Books:

Samual Adler, Orchestration (invaluable)
Rimsky-Korsakoff, Orchestration (Good for some things)
Cecil Forsythe, Orchestration (OK)

 

Not Strictly Concert Music (But Good):


Ryan Adams
Rufus Wainwright
Martha Wainwright
Ron Sexsmith

Other Music Sites:


Djembe African Drum – Ika’s site on Djembes Hand percussion African Drum By
                                       bali-treasures.com

 

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April 29th, 2008

5pm

Griswold Hall

Baltimore, MD

Rob MacDonald and

Tracy Anne Smith

"Adagio and Fugue"
 

April 27th, 2008

3pm

St. John's United
Methodist Church

Springfield, VA

Rob MacDonald and

Tracy Anne Smith

"Adagio and Fugue"

 

March 15th, 2008

8pm

Music Gallery

Rob MacDonald and

Tracy Anne Smith

"Adagio and Fugue"

 

Recent Past Performances:


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      November, 2007

      8pm

      Walter Hall

      "Melody with Gesture"

      "Suite for Solo Cello"

      "On a Poem of Baudelaire"

      "Images"
       

      September 6th, 2007

      String Theory

      Rob MacDonald

      "Evening (Red Tree)"

      Music Gallery

      Toronto, Ont.

      WEBSITE
       

      May, 2007

      August 26th, 2007
      8pm

      Sauble Beach Festival of the Classical Guitar

      Sauble Beach, Ont.

      "Evening (Red Tree)"

      solo guitar

      WEBSITE
       

      (Check back for specifics)

      Esprit Orchestra New Wave Festival

      Toronto. Ontario

      "Images" for Guitar and S.Q.
       

      Listen from home:

      March 4th, 2007

      "Melody with Gesture"

      (Check back for specifics)CBC Radio Two

      Two New Hours

      10 pm

      To listen, click the logo:


       

      March 4th, 2007
      8pm
      The Music Gallery
      197 John St.

      Toronto, Ontario

      (New work for S.Q - no title)

      Tickets: $20 ($10 students/seniors)
      Available at the door

      Feb 4th, 2007

      Interrobang Ensemble
      Tranzac Club
      "Suite for Solo Cello"
      "Suite for Guitar"

      Jan. 31st, 2007
      Toronto, Ont., Canada
      CBC Glen Gould Studio
      "Melody with Gesture"

      Dec 20th 2006
      Christchurch, NZ
      "Suite for Cello"

      Dec 17th, 2006
      Auckland, NZ
      "Suite for Cello"

      Dec 15th - 16th, 2006
      Tauranga, NZ
      "Suite for Cello"


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