Book Launch: John Beckwith – Music Annals

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Join us for the launch of the composer and writer John Beckwith’s 17^th book, Music Annals. In this collection of 46 articles written over a period of some 41 years, Beckwith displays insatiable curiosity, sharp critical skills, a gracious literary style, and a boundless knowledge of music. Music Annals is a sequel to Beckwith’s well received and much praised earlier book Music Papers: Articles and Talks by a Canadian Composer 1961–1994 (Ottawa, 1997), and is being published in celebration of the author’s 95th birthday earlier this year. The launch takes place at the Canadian Music Centre, 20 St. Joseph Street, on Friday, September 9^th at 5:00 pm.

Performances of two works by John Beckwith will also be heard at the launch:

• Meanwhile for percussion and piano
  • SHHH!! ensemble
• Chapters and Verse for two equal sopranos and viola, text by Paul Dutton
  • Caitlin Wood, Sara Schabas, sopranos; Rory McLeod, viola

Copies of the book will be available at the launch for the special reduced price of $10 each.