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Fage, Shane (b. 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba). Canadian composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Canada and Europe.
Mr. Fage studied composition with Allan Gordon Bell, David Eagle and William Jordan at the University of Calgary, where he earned his MMus. During the course of his studies, he was the recipient of the Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship, the Dean's Special Master's Scholarship, three graduate research scholarships, a Graduate Teaching Assistantship, and the Louise McKinney Prize. He also attended the International Young Composers Meeting in Apeldoorn in 2000.
His honors include a prize in the competition of the Strings of the Future festival in Ottawa (2001, for Quartet No. 1).
He is also active in other positions. He has served as composer-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts several times and served as the faculty ensemble coordinator for summer residents there in 1999. He participated in the Krzysztof Penderecki Symposium and Festival in Kraków and served as a liaison between the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Penderecki family from 1998-2000.
He has guest-lectured at the Esther Honens piano competition.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: kdsfage@netscape.net
Website: http://www3.telus.net/sfage/
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: As You Like It (incidental music, play by William Shakespeare), male voice, guitar, double bass, synthesizer, tape, computer, 1996-97; Rock, Paper, Scissors, dancer, alto saxophone, violin, cello, piano, 2003
ORCHESTRAL: In Memoriam for Those at Juno, 3-4 percussion, string orchestra, 1996; Concerto, viola, orchestra, 1997; Cumulonimbus, 1997; Westerbork Memorial, fanfare orchestra (saxophones, brass, percussion), 1999; X, symphonic band, 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: Permutations, guitar, 1995; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1996; Decet, 10 players, 1996; Guitar Trio, 3 guitars, 1996; Petrushka's Last Dance, marimba, 1997; Theme and Variations, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, 1997; Succinct Vignettes, violin, cello, piano, 1998; Soliloquy...Pinter, tenor saxophone, 1998 (also version for clarinet, 1999); Forest Meadow, Moonlit Night, 2 AM, guitar, cello, 2000; Untitled, 8½ x 11, flute, clarinet, 2 saxophones, 2 French horns, trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, drumkit, 2000; Quartet No. 1, string quartet, 2001; Moonlit Lake, 2 AM, violin, piano, 2001; Quartet No. 2, 4 saxophones, 2002
CHORAL: Missa brevis, mixed chorus, 1995; Ave Maria, female chorus, 1995
PIANO: Variations and Sequences, 1995; Arnold versus Thelonius, 1998
DISCOGRAPHY
Missa brevis. Shane Fage/University of Calgary Chamber Choir (UniCal, 1996)
Concerto. Christopher Sandvoss, viola; University of Calgary Orchestra (UniCal, 1999)
Shane Fage, Selected Works (1996-2001). (Self-released, 2002)
(Last updated on August 18, 2004)
