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Inuit Games
RSN:
67279
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Composition Date:
2002
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:08:00
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Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MV 2400 C311in
Genre
Two Voices, With Full Orchestra
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2013-03-06
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
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Additional Information
Commissioned by Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra/CBC
Master Location
Toronto
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Physical Description
Found 1 record(s)
Available Actions
Extent of Item
1 score (42 p.) ;
Instrumentation
Found 14 record(s)
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Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
44033
Voices
Throat Singer
2
44033
Larger ensemble
Full Orchestra
1
44034
Woodwinds
Flute
2
44034
Voices
Throat Singer
2
44034
Woodwinds
Oboe
2
44034
Woodwinds
Clarinet
2
44034
Woodwinds
Bassoon
2
44034
Brass
Horn
4
44034
Brass
Trumpet
3
44034
Brass
Trombone
3
44034
Brass
Tuba
1
44034
Percussion
Timpani
1
44034
Percussion
Percussion
1
44034
Strings, bowed
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
It’s hard new to imagine that I almost didn’t write Inuit Games! CBC had commissioned it just around the time I became composer-in-residence with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. The WSO wanted something to go on a program that featured Susan Aglukark (a popular Inuit singer-songwriter) and they were hoping that it would include throat singers. At first I said no, because I had no experience with that musical tradition and I was worried about issues of cultural appropriation. But by the time I reached home in Brandon (about a two hour drive), I’d changed my mind.I did have some contacts in the north, thanks to work I’d done for Brandon University and Inter-Universities North, so I figured it would be crazy not to take this as an opportunity. Within a couple of weeks I had made contact with Pauline Pemik and Inukshuk Aksalnik from Rankin Inlet and they were soon recording their practice sessions and sending me the tapes. As I wrote the orchestral parts, I made sure to use some of the same musical ideas to help link the whole thing together. It was a fantastic collaborative experience for me and it became the catalyst for a personal artistic shift that has since led me to explore a number of other cross-cultural projects. Inuit Games was a “recommended” work at the 2003 International Rostrum of Composers.You’ll hear laughing at the end of the piece. That’s a natural part of katajjak, which is often performed as a good natured competition. Since my piece includes the orchestra in the process, I asked them to laugh along with the soloists, when they break their final pattern. At this performance, the audience even joins in.
Il est difficile d’imaginer aujourd’hui que j’ai bien failli ne pas écrire Inuit Games!La SRC m’avait commandé une oeuvre plus ou moins au moment où je suis devenu compositeur en résidence auprès du Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Le WSO désirait une pièce pour un concert où se produirait Susan Aglukark (une auteure-compositeure-interprète Inuit populaire) et on espérait que ma composition inclurait des chanteurs de gorge. J’ai refusé au début, parce que je n’avais aucune expérience de cette tradition musicale et que les questions d’appropriation culturelle me préoccupaient. Cependant, quand je suis arrivé chez moi à Brandon, après environ deux heures de route, j’avis changé d’idée.J’avais quelques contacts dans le Nord grâce à des travaux que j’avais effectués pour l’Université de Brandon et Inter-Universities North, alors je me suis dit qu’il serait fou de ne pas voir cette proposition comme une occasion à saisir. Deux semaines plus tard, j’avais communiqué avec Pemik et Inukshuk Aksalnik de Rankin Inlet, qui ne tardèrent pas à enregistrer leurs répétitions et à m’en envoyer les enregistrements. En écrivant les parties orchestrales, j’ai fait en sorte d’utiliser certaines de leurs idées musicales pour unifier la pièce. Ce fut pour moi une expérience de collaboration fantastique, qui a fait fonction de catalyseur pour un virage artistique qui m’a conduit depuis à explorer plusieurs autres projets transculturels. Inuit Games a été sélectionnée comme « oeuvre recommandée » à la Tribune internationale de compositeurs en 2003.Vous entendrez des rires à la fin de la pièce. Cet élément fait partie intégrante d’un katajak, qui prend souvent la forme d’un concours bon enfant. Vu que ma pièce inclut l’orchestre dans le processus, j’ai demandé aux musiciens de rire avec les solistes, quand ils craquent au cours de leur dernier numéro. Lors de ce concert, même le public s’est mis de la partie.
Found 4 record(s)
Available Actions
CMC Location
Barcode
Copy Status
Circulation Status
Number of Copies
Calgary
01CA67279
In Circulation
Available for Loan
1
Vancouver
01VA67279
Being Labeled
-
1
Montréal
01MO67279
In Circulation
-
1
Toronto
01TO67279
In Circulation
On Loan
1
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