Geof Holbrook, composer (b. 1978)
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contact geof.holbrook@gmail.com
scroll down for scores
and mp3s, as well as performance dates of the last two years
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March
26th, 2009 / 6:00 PM (MT) / BANFF, AB
IDM
(Intelligent Design Music) (premiere) for 11 players
CBC
National Composition Prize, final concert.
cbc.ca/evolution
ECM+,
dir. Veronique Lacroix
March
29th, 2009 / BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL
Wooden
Stars for percussion and electronics
Fundacao de
Educacao Artistica
Fernando
Rocha,
percussionist
April
2nd, 2009 / NEW
YORK, NY
Wooden
Stars for percussion and electronics
NYCEMF /
CUNY Graduate
Center (Elebash Recital Hall)
Frederick
Trumpy,
percussionist
April
4th, 2009 / LEXINGTON, KY
Wooden
Stars for percussion and electronics
University
of Kentucky / Singletary Center for the Arts
Alex
Harmon,
percussionist
April
25th, 2009 / NEW YORK, NY
Unusable
Signal (premiere) for flute, bassoon, trumpet, percussion, piano, electric guitar and
electronics
Symphony
Space (Thalia)
International
Contemporary Ensemble
November
10th, 2009 / MONTREAL, QC
new work
for eight flutes and electronics
Conservatoire
de Musique de Montreal
Alize,
dir. Veronique Lacroix
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available here are mp3s of
selected works, as well as scores in PDF format
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Wooden Stars (percussion and electronics)
premiered by Fernando Rocha
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Sets and the Senses (15 insruments)
premiered by Nouvel Ensemble
Moderne
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Dragonfly on Bay Street (flute, clarinet, vibraphone)
premiered by In Extensio
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Trans/Fusion (duo for piano and percussion, w/ electrified bass cymbalom)
premiered by Brigitte Poulin and
D Arcy Gray
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Smaller Knives (cl., hn., vln., vcl., pfte.)
premiered by the NACO Ensemble
and Brigitte Poulin
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Khipus (orchestra)
premiered by the McGill Symphony
Orchestra
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tse to sea (baritone and string quartet)
premiered by Omari Tau Williams
and the Diotima Quartet
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Faith in Gravity (17 instruments)
premiered by the McGill
Contemporary Music Ensemble
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some
performances for 2007/08:
December
1st, 2007 / MONTREAL, QC
Wooden
Stars for percussion and electronics
Akousma(4)
Festival
Fernando
Rocha
December
13th, 2007 / MONTREAL, QC
Salle
Claude-Champagne
Glitch
(premiere) for
saxophone quartet and six percussionists
Quasar /
Sixtrum
January
25th, 2008 / 7:30 PM /
TEMPE, AZ
Wooden
Stars
Evelyn
Smith Music Theatre
J.B.
Smith,
percussionist
February
1st, 2008 / WINDSOR, ON
Faith in
Gravity for 17 instruments
Windsor
Canadian Music Festival
Windsor
Symphony Orchestra
February
2nd, 2008 / WINDSOR, ON
Dragonfly
on Bay Street for flute, clarinet and vibraphone
Windsor
Canadian Music Festival
Jaimie
Wagner, Trevor Pittman and Nick Papador
February
8th, 2008 / 5PM / MONTREAL, QC
Tanna
Schulich Hall, McGill University
Wooden
Stars for percussion and electronics
Fernando
Rocha
February
15th, 2008 / NEW YORK, NY
Tenri
Cultural Institute
Clockwork
Souls for string quartet
Columbia
Composers
March
2nd 2008 / MONTREAL, QC
Dragonfly
on Bay Street
Christ
Church Cathedral
In
Extensio
April
1st 2008 / MONTREAL, QC
Pep
Formula (premiere)
Tanna
Schulich Hall
Toca
Loca (The
P*P Project)
April
16th 2008 / NEW YORK,
NY
Talea
Smaller
Knives for clarinet, horn, piano, violin and cello
@ The Stone
April
22nd 2008 / MONTREAL, QC
Dragonfly
on Bay Street
Chapelle
Historique de Bon Pasteur
In
Extensio
May
24st 2008 / 3PM / TORONTO, ON
Walter
Hall, U of T (80 Queen's Park)
Wooden
Stars for percussion and electronics
Fernando
Rocha
&
Pep
Formula for piano, percussion and sampler
Toca
Loca
July
3-13 2008 / ST. JOHN'S, NF
date &
venue TBA
Wooden
Stars for percussion and electronics
Fernando
Rocha
some
performances for 2006/07:
September
15th, 2006
Tanna
Schulich Hall
Tse to
sea for baritone voice and string quartet
Jon
Davis, baritone
Oct
28th, 2006
Pollack
Hall
Wooden
Stars for percussion and electronics
Fernando
Rocha, percussionist
Nov
19th, 2006
Tanna
Schulich Hall
Wooden
Stars
Fernando
Rocha, percussionist
Nov.
29th, 2006
Salle
Claude-Champagne
Sets and
the Senses (15 instruments)
Nouvel
Ensemble Moderne
Mar
3rd, 2007
Tanna
Schulich Hall
Wooden
Stars
Fernando
Rocha, percussionist
April
13th, 2007
Chapelle
Historique du Bonne Pasteur
Dragonfly
on Bay Street for flute, clarinet and vibraphone
In
Extensio
May
8th, 2007
Lula Lounge
(Toronto)
Sets and
the Senses
Esprit
Orchestra
some
performances for 2005/06:
Redpath
Hall, Montreal
Nov. 15th,
2005, 8:00
trans/fusion
(piano & percussion)
Brigitte Poulin & D
Arcy Gray
NEW RECORDING
– see below
Chapelle
St.-Louis, Eglise St.-Jean-Baptiste, Montreal
Feb. 16th,
2006, 8:00
Clockwork
Souls for string quartet
Musiekgebouw aantIJ , Amsterdam (NEM Forum)
Mar. 25th, 2006
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