Past Seasons

2010-2011

ONMC’s 2010-2011 season featured a new concert series titled Contemporary Revolution.  This series was hosted by Café Paradiso (199 Bank St.) and took place the first Monday of every second month.  Admission to these concerts was free in an attempt to bring a new audience to contemporary music.  In addition to this regular series, ONMC sponsored a visit by American composer Pauline Oliveros.

Below are the program notes for past concerts in this season:

Contemporary Revolution V

  • Date: June 6, 2011
  • Place: Café Paradiso
  • Performers: Joel Allison, Aura Giles, Victor Herbiet, Diana Lam, Daniel Mehdizadeh, Whitney O’Hearn, Nick Rodgerson, John Sarkissian, Tracey Stabback, John Testar, Carol Tsai
  • Composers: Leo Brouwer, Aura Giles, Victor Herbiet, Bryan Johansen, Daniel Mehdizadeh, John Sarkissian, Gary Schocker, Tracey Stabback

Contemporary Revolution IV

  • Date: April 4, 2011
  • Place: Café Paradiso
  • Performers: Rebecca Danard, Aura Giles, Joan Harrison, Daniel Mehdizadeh, Whitney O’Hearn, Christian Paquette, Nick Rodgerson, Ralitsa Tcholakova, John Testar, Jacqueline Woods
  • Composers: Rebecca Danard, Victor Herbiet, Jennifer Jolley, Daniel Mehdizadeh, Arnold Schoenberg, John Testar

Pauline Oliveros: Deep Listening Intensive and Gong Meditation

  • Date: March 18, 2011
  • Place: Patterson Hall, Carleton University

Public Lecture by Pauline Oliveros

  • Date: March 18, 2011
  • Place: Patterson Hall, Carleton University

Pauline Oliveros & Jesse Stewart in Concert

  • Date: March 17, 2011
  • Place: Glebe St. James United Church

Contemporary Revolution III

  • Date: February 7, 2011
  • Place: Café Paradiso
  • Performers: Jacob Armstrong, Maxime Brisson, Aura Giles, Victor Herbiet, Jan Jarvlepp, Jeremy Mulder, Craig Pedersen, Xenia Pestova, Nick Rodgerson, Ralitsa Tcholokova, Linsey Wellman, IMOO (Improvisiong Musicians of Ottawa)
  • Composers: John Adams, Taylor Brook, Chris Paul Harman, Victor Herbiet, Jan Jarvlepp, Ann Sokolovic, Evelyn Stroobach, Linsey Wellman, Pascal Zavaro

Contemporary Revolution II

  • Date: December 6, 2010
  • Place: Café Paradiso
  • Performers: Marlene Bedaine, Wendy Berkelaar, Thomas Brawn, Rebecca Danard, Cécile Desrosier, Lindsay Foster, Aura Giles, Jan Jarvlepp  , Megan Johnson, Olivia Johnson, Caroline Leonardelli, Jane Perry, Janet Roy, Doreen Taylor-Claxton.
  • Composers: Marlene Bedaine, Lindsay Foster, Philip Glass, Mark Johnston, Megan Johnson, Marjan Mozetich, Nick Piper, Evelyn Stroobach, John Sarkissian.

Contemporary Revolution I

  • Date: October 4, 2010
  • Place: Café Paradiso
  • Performers: John Armstrong, Rebecca Danard, Kristin Day, Aura Giles, Daniel Mehdizadeh, Nick Rodgerson, John Sarkissian.
  • Composers: John Armstrong, Aura Giles, Daniel Mehdizadeh, Nebojsa Macura, Sergei Rachmaninoff, John Sarkissian.

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 season, ONMC hosted seven concerts featuring works by local composers.  We also teamed up with the Ottawa Chamber Music Society to host new-music events at the world-renowned festival.  Below is a list of concerts from the 2009-2010 season.

Ottawa New Music Creators: New Music Dialogues

  • Date: August 2 2010
  • Place: St Brigid’s Centre for Arts and Humanities
  • Co-sponsors: Ottawa Chamber Music Society
  • Performers: Cecilia Quartet, Claudia Cashin-Mack, Rebecca Danard, Donnie Deacon, Charles Hamann, Victor Herbiet, Frédéric Lacroix, Caroline Leonardelli.
  • Composers: John Armstrong, Maya Badian,* Steven Gellman, Victor Herbiet,* Anita Pari, Evan Ware.*

Music of Our Time I

  • Date: July 9 2010
  • Place: The Church of St. John the Evangelist
  • Co-sponsors: Music and Beyond
  • Performers: Sally Benson, Donna Brown, Claudia Cashin-Mack, Martin Chalifour, Roddy Ellias, Marcelle Mallette, Paul Marleyn, Ken Simpson, Jennifer Swarts.
  • Composers: Roddy Ellias, Gabor Finta, Steven Gellman, Colin Mack.

New Music in New Places

  • Date: April 10 2010
  • Place: Carleton University Art Gallery
  • Co-sponsors: Ottawa Chamber Music Society
  • Performers: Gryphon Trio, Rebecca Danard, Donnie Deacon, Elaine Keillor, Ralitsa Tcholakova, Jesse Stewart.
  • Composers: Chan Ka Nin, Inez S. DeDeugd-McComas,# Matt Edwards, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Ryan Purchase, Melissa Hui,* Jesse Stewart.

Tribute to R. Murray Schafer

  • Date: March 19 2010
  • Place: St Brigid’s Centre for Arts and Humanities
  • Co-sponsors: Society for American Music
  • Performers: Ottawa Regional Youth Choir, Rebecca Danard, Kristin Day, Cécile Desrosier, Aura Giles, Joan Harrison, Frédéric Hodgson, Frédéric Lacroix, Alain Lamothe, Jennifer MacDonald, Pascale Margely, Julie Nesrallah, Laurence Wall.
  • Composers: Frédéric Lacroix,*$ R. Murray Schafer, Claude Vivier, Kyle Werner.#

Tim Brady Ensemble “My Twentieth Century”

  • Date: November 5 2009
  • Place: Kailish Mital Theatre, Carleton University
  • Co-sponsors: N/A
  • Performers: Tim Brady Ensemble.
  • Composers: Tim Brady, Martin Messier, Oana Suteu, Anton Germagenov.

Ottawa New Music Creations

  • Date: August 4 2009
  • Place: St Brigid’s Centre for Arts and Humanities
  • Co-sponsors: Ottawa Chamber Music Society
  • Performers: Robert Cram, Rebecca Danard, Donnie Deacon, Mike Essoudry, Jean-Sébastien Lacombe, Frédéric Lacroix, Michelle Schumann.
  • Composers: Patrick Cardy, Gary Hayes, Colin Mack, Deirdre Piper, Ryan Purchase.

A Celebration of Canadian Music

  • Date: May 29 2009
  • Place: Kailish Mital Theatre, Carleton University
  • Co-sponsors: Canadian University Music Society, Carleton University
  • Performers: Gryphon Trio, Claudia Cashin-Mack, Rebecca Danard, Elaine Keillor, Timothy McCoy, Julie Nesrallah, Jerome Summers, Ralitsa Tcholakova, Leonie Wall.
  • Composers: Patrick Cardy, Gary Hayes, Colin Mack, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Terry Riley, Farshid Samandari,^ James Wright.


^   Winner of the the Canadian University Music Society Composition Prize.

*   World premiere

$   ONMC commission

#   Canadian premiere