[ad_1]
Canadian poet, playwright and literary critic George Elliott Clarke and East and West Studying Connections, Toronto-based non-profit, are teaming as much as current an occasion that mixes music and poetry. A part of a collection, 5 poets (& two composers) breaking into track #10 takes place December 15.
One among Canada’s finest identified poets, Clarke was Toronto’s Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2015, and have become the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate from 2016 to 2017. He’s additionally a famous scholar and professor, and is at present a professor on the College of Toronto.
The occasion can also be sponsored by The Canadian Music Centre and The League of Canadian Poets.
The Music
Vocalist Laura Swankey will interpret poetry set to music. Together with the work of George Elliott Clarke himself, the listing of poets contains Gwendolynne MacEwen, Irving Layton, Mansour Noorbakhsh, Giovanna Riccio, Armand Garnet Ruffo, and Yeshim Ternar.
The works of Toronto composers Juliet Palmer and James Rolfe might be within the highlight.
Laura Swankey (vocalist)
Toronto based mostly vocalist, composer, and improviser might be sporting the primary of her three hats. As an artist, she has premiered works by Juliet Palmer, Germaine Liu, Lieke van der Voort, Tova Kardonne, Elio Villafranca, and Mike McCormick, and toured North America and Scandinavia together with her solo undertaking for voice and electronics. As a vocalist, she’s appeared on a number of recordings during the last decade.
Juliet Palmer (composer)
Juliet Kiri Palmer earned an MMus in composition, clarinet and time-based artwork on the College of Auckland in her native New Zealand. She accomplished her PhD at Princeton College, and subsequently moved to Toronto, her present base.
She is understood for her chamber, orchestral, and opera compositions, and has additionally written music for dance theatre. Her work has been broadcast throughout the globe, and featured in festivals in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. She has written music for the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Continuum ensemble, Detroit Symphony and Toronto’s Skinny Edge Collective, amongst others.
Amongst different accomplishments:
- Composer-in-residence on the New Zealand College of Music and Orchestra Wellington (2011/12);
- An OAC Artist-in-Residence at Sunnybrook Analysis Institute (2018);
- Winner of the Detroit Symphony’s Elaine 2018 Lebenbom Award;
- a Chalmers Arts Fellow (2018-19).
James Rolfe (composer)
Toronto composer James Rolfe has written work for orchestra, choirs, chamber ensembles, dance and opera. His works have been commissioned and carried out all through North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.
He has been acknowledged with a protracted listing of honours:
- Guggenheim Fellowship;
- the Ok. M. Hunter Music Award;
- the Louis Applebaum Composers Award;
- the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music;
- SOCAN’s Jan V. Matejcek Live performance Music Award;
- a Chalmers Arts Fellowship;
- Choral Canada’s Excellent Choral Work Award;
- 2019 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize.
His 2019 opera The Overcoat was premiered by Tapestry Opera with Canadian Stage and Vancouver Opera, and was subsequently nominated for 10 Dora Awards.
James is an teacher of composition on the College of Toronto, and has launched two CDs of solo work.
- Extra details about the free occasion [HERE].
Are you seeking to promote an occasion? Have a information tip? Must know the perfect occasions occurring this weekend? Ship us a be aware.
#LUDWIGVAN
Get the day by day arts information straight to your inbox.
Join the Ludwig Van Toronto e-Blast! — native classical music and opera information straight to your inbox HERE.
Anya Wassenberg is a Toronto Metropolis Editor at Ludwig Van. She is an skilled freelance author, blogger and writing teacher.
[ad_2]