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Cameron, Allison (b. 1963, Edmonton, Alberta). Canadian composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed throughout Europe and North America; she is also active as an experimental performer.
Ms. Cameron studied with Louis Andriessen, Gilius van Bergeijk, Per Nørgård, and Frederic Rzewski in Europe and Rudolf Komorous, Michael Longton and James Tenney in Canada.
Her works have been performed at numerous festivals, including the Bang on a Can (New York), Emerging Voices (San Diego), the Evenings of New Music (Bratislava), the Festival SuperMicMac (Montréal), the Newfoundland Sound Symposium, New Music across America, and the Rumori Dagen (Amsterdam), as well as several in Toronto. Numerous ensembles have commissioned and/or performed her works, including the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Continuum, Les Coucous Bénévoles, Ergo, the Evergreen Club Gamelan, the Ives Ensemble, the Maarten Altena Ensemble, Opera Aperta, Orkest de Volharding, the Slagwerkgroep Den Haag, the Vancouver New Music Ensemble, and the Veni Ensemble.
She is also active in other positions. She co-founded the Drystone Orchestra in 1989 and founded the Arcana Ensemble in 1992, both dedicated to the performance of experimental music in Toronto. She has served as the artistic director of Arraymusic since 2000 and regularly improvises with small amplified objects, in collaboration with Éric Chenaux, the Draperies, Ryan Driver, Dan Friedman, Mike Gennaro, Kurt Newman, John Oswald, Stephen Parkinson, and Mauro Savo, among others. She also performs with the Marmots.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: alic@rogers.com
Fax: 416 532 9797
Website: http://www.arraymusic.com
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Continuous Cities (Places without Leaves) (concerto), marimba, orchestra, 1992; A Thread for Funes, small orchestra (15 players), 2001
CHAMBER MUSIC: Untitled (Two Bits), 4 percussion, string quartet, double bass, 1986; Raw Sangudo, alto saxophone, trumpet, tuba, 1986; A Blank Sheet of Metal (Tungsten Carbide), tuba, 3 electric guitars, double bass, bass guitar, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, 2 percussion, 1987; The Chamber of Statues, bass clarinet, French horn, violin, double bass, piano, percussion, 1987 (also versions with cello, 1992; melodica, 1996); Runa, baritone saxophone, bassoon, electric violin, piano, electric piano, percussion, 1990; Gibbous Moon, transverse flute, baroque violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord, 1991; One Bit, clarinet, trumpet, double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 1991; Spit and Baling Wire, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1993; November, bass clarinet, electric guitar, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1994; Rainsnout, soprano recorder, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, piano, accordion, percussion, 1994; Leisure, voice (+ harmonica), bass recorder, bass clarinet, trombone, electric guitar, violin, double bass, piano, percussion, 1995; Leisure 2, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone (+ harmonica), baritone saxophone, trumpet, trombone, electric guitar, violin, double bass, piano, percussion, 1996; Up to the Line, string quartet, 1996; Somatic Refrain, bass clarinet, 1996
CHAMBER MUSIC: Retablo, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, toy piano (+ acolyte bells), 1998; Slip, bassoon, ensemble (clarinet, B-flat trumpet, violin, cello, celesta), tape, 1998; Ornaments, violin, piano, 1999; Fin Fin, voice (+ harmonica), bass clarinet, alto saxophone (+ toy instruments), electric guitar, violin, double bass, piano/synthesizer, percussion, 2000; Decorated Shed, 5 percussion, 2000; The Waning Moon, alto flute, trombone, harp, violin, piano, 1999; Wrinkle, Hackbrett (Austrian zither), piano, 2000; Abandoned Situation, soprano, tenor recorder, clarinet, trombone, electric guitar, violin, double bass, piano, percussion, 2001; Gossamer Bit, tenor recorder, clarinet, trombone, electric guitar, viola, double bass, piano, percussion, 2002
PIANO: semplice e cantabile, 1991; 23, 1995; Corals of Valais, 1997; Three Shapes of the Sword, prepared fortepiano, 1999
DISCOGRAPHY
Untitled (Two Bits). Bang on a Can All-Stars (CRI, 1992)
Raw Sangudo; Runa; Gibbous Moon; The Chamber of Statues (original version); A Blank Sheet of Metal (Tungsten Carbide). Nic Gotham, alto saxophone; James Gardiner, trumpet; Colin Couch, tuba; Sound Pressure; Les Coucous Bénévoles; Michael J. Baker/Arraymusic; James Tenney/ensemble (Experimental Intermedia: XI 112, 1995)
Leisure. Maarten Altena Ensemble (Donemus: CV 69, 1998)
Rainsnout. Veni Ensemble (Slovak Radio, 2000)
Retablo; Ornaments; Somatic Refrain; Three Shapes of the Sword. Colleen Cook, clarinet; Ronda Rindone, bass clarinet; Carol Fujima, violin; Margaret Gay, cello; Eve Egoyan, piano; Allison Cameron, toy piano, acolyte bells; Stephen Clarke, prepared fortepiano; Sabat/Clarke Duo (Spool: SPP202, 2001)
One Bit. Arraymusic (Artifact, 2001)
(Last updated on July 23, 2004)
