SONUS - v2
DUO (1998), 00:02:41jef chippewa http://newmusicnotation.com
Nationality: Canada
Residence: Canada, Germany
Biography: canadian composer jef chippewa is particularily interested in questions of cultural awareness and identity in regards to the composer's responsibility in inheriting or appropriating cultural heritage * understanding the impossibility of definitive articulation or comprehension of cultural identity does not justify conscious ignorance of any of its aspects * nor does it excuse irresponsibility in cultural appropriation, and this applies equally to the appropriation of one's"own"culture (cultural heritage) as to that of another culture or sub-culture ("external influences").
his compositions have been performed by such ensembles as the ensemble recherche and in festivals such as the darmstadt ferienkurse (germany), FUTURA (france), the international sound art festival (mexico) and ISCM (germany 2006) * his work can be heard on cache 2000, a compilation of the top-placing works in a competition organised by the canadian electroacoustic community.
in 1999, chippewa founded shirling&neueweise, a company specialised in new music notation, which collaborates with individual composers (bernhard lang, natalia gaviola), music ensembles (ensemble recherche), and international publishers (PEERmusic).
since 2005, he is the administrative co-director of the canadian electroacoustic community, canada's national association for electroacoustic music.
Program Notes: the compositional and perceptual experience of DUO offers the potential for comprehension of musical interactions and appreciation of the correspondence of timbre and articulation types between two radically different worlds of sound production (that of the [alto] saxophone and of the analog synthesizer), instead of a lethargic experience of linear continuity, and establishment of familiarity on a superficial level. thanks to yves charuest for his openness and flexibility as a performer and as a musician.
Studio of Composition: Concordia University Studios
Hardware Used: analogue synthesis + alto sax
Software Used:
Performer(s): yves charuest, sax
Appeared In:
CEC: Sonus
CEC: PRESENCE II CD: 1, Track: 06
CEC: Cache 2000JTTP 2000 CD: 1, Track: 04
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