In this instalment of Earmark, we catch up with Associate Composer Colin Tucker about their idiosyncratic and all encompassing approach to composition and text scores and how they relate to positionality, critical theory, and decolonization - including an upcoming work at the CMC in Toronto! What are your plans as we ease out of the [...]
In this instalment of Earmark, we catch up with Associate Composer Benjamin Gabbay about the power of music, ways to be experimental without losing the audience, and fulfilling very specific commission requests. What got you excited about music at a young age? Music itself! I remember listening (and dancing) on repeat to a CD [...]
In this instalment of Earmark, we catch up with Associate Composer Andrew Noseworthy about finding music in an isolated community, DIY aesthetics, listening broadly, and remaining true to your values. What are your plans as we ease out of the pandemic? How has your form of artistic practice changed (if it has at all)? I've [...]
In this slightly different instalment of Earmark, Kathleen Shimeta, the chair of the board of the Gena Branscombe Project gives us a bit of insight into the life and work of Gena Branscombe and her relationship to Canada. Kathleen, along with the Branscombe estate, have recently made Gena a posthumous Associate Composer of the [...]
In this instalment of Earmark, we catch up with Associate Composer Julia Jacklein about taking time to focus on the essentials, ways in which research and study intersect with music and when to know to call it quits on a composition. CMC: What are your plans as we ease out of the pandemic? How [...]
In this instalment of Earmark, we catch up with Associate Composer George Crotty about convincing your parents to take music lessons, getting in touch with your roots, and finding your own way in a music career. CMC: What are your plans as we ease out of the pandemic? How has your form of artistic practice [...]
We catch up with Associate Composer Benjamin Sajo about responding to the pandemic with an increased need to write for oneself, moving to Nunavut and the role that music educators play in young musicians' lives.
We get questionable answers to unanswerable questions, as Associate Composer Quinn Jacobs filters our interview through a rather unique lens
Joseph talks about developing an intuition with pitch, finishing a degree during the pandemic, and finding compelling artistic and career-development programs
We chat with Coreen about the early wonders of music, the importance of asking questions and pursuing answers, and the rich collaborative experiences that have taken place despite the pandemic