SW/30 Live Tracks
In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the ensemble, SW/30 Live Tracks is a compilation of standout live Standing Wave performances from past concert Seasons. Thanks to all the musicians, composers, recording engineers, administrators, donors, and especially audience members who have been part of the Standing Wave family over the past 30 years!
TRACKS:
1. Leviathan – Jared Miller
2. Indigenous Instruments – Steven Mackey
3. Wanderer – Linda Caitlin Smith
4. Pool of Lost Grooves – Marcus Goddard
5. Echo Chamber – Jordan Nobles
6. Corona Morphs – Vivian Fung
TRACK INFO:
1. Leviathan (2018) – Jared Miller. Recorded January 17, 2019 at Christ Church Cathedral
2. Indigenous Instruments (1989) – Steven Mackey. Recorded January 17, 2019 at Christ Church Cathedral
3. Wanderer (2009, rev. 2022) – Linda Caitlin Smith. Recorded May 19, 2024 at the Orpheum Annex
4. Pool of Lost Grooves (2019) – Marcus Goddard. Recorded January 17, 2019 at Christ Church Cathedral
5. Echo Chamber (2017) – Jordan Nobles. Recorded November 29, 2021 at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre
6. Corona Morphs (2021) – Vivian Fung. Recorded November 29, 2021 at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre
CREDITS:
Performed by Standing Wave http://www.standingwave.ca
Christie Reside, flutes
AK Coope, clarinets
Rebecca Whitling, violin
Peggy Lee, cello
Jonathan Lo, cello (track 3)
Allen Stiles, piano
Vern Griffiths, percussion
Michael Jarrett, percussion (track 4)
Produced by Will Howie and Rebecca Whitling
Recorded by Will Howie (Tracks 1,2,3,4) and Piotr Wieczorek (Tracks 5,6)
Mixed by Will Howie
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STANDING WAVE
Western Canada’s foremost contemporary chamber ensemble, Standing Wave is a sextet of intrepid new music interpreters dedicated to commissioning and performing cutting-edge music from today’s most forward-thinking composers.
Acclaimed internationally for their virtuosity, vision, and artistry, Standing Wave has cultivated a reputation for electrifying live performance that pushes the boundaries of what chamber music is and can be.
Standing Wave ventures into a panoply of musical worlds with passion and assurance; Modern classics by Xenakis, Murail, Glass, and Vivier are staples of the ensemble’s repertoire, along with commissioned works by pioneering Canadian composers such as James O’Callaghan, Nicole Lizee, Jocelyn Morlock, Giorgio Magnanensi, and Jordan Nobles.
In it’s 30 year history, Standing Wave has commissioned and premiered well over 100 works. The ensemble has self-presented an annual season of concerts in Vancouver, toured across Canada, and collaborated with luminary artists such as Kokoro Dance, Ballet BC, Mina Shum, Peter Anderson, Talking Pictures, Veda Hille, and the Git Hayetsk Dancers.
Celebrated on stages across Canada, Standing Wave has been featured as part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, the Modulus Festival, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival, the Victoria Symphony’s New Currents Festival, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the Montreal New Music Festival, and Ottawa’s Chamberfest, In 2022, the ensemble will be featured on Winnipeg’s Groundswell Concert Series’ 30thAnniversary.
Recent highlights include being named Artist/Ensemble of the Year at the West Coast Music Awards (2017), performances at the Orpheum Theatre as part of the VSO New Music Festival from 2014-2018, and the presentation of Sculptress, the Music of Nicole Lizee, featuring the composer on live electronics, at the the PuSH International Festival and the Montreal New Music Festival. In 2012, the ensemble presented Raven Tales, a collaboration with First Nations Artist and Dancer Mike Dangeli, which featured the Git Hayetsk Dancers, as well as the premiere of a work by award-winning Vancouver composer Marcus Goddard.
Standing Wave’s latest recording, 20C Remix (2021), features works created as part of an ongoing project in which composers were in invited to rearrange or reimagine a piece of music from the 20th Century for the ensemble. Previous albums include New Wave (2017) which garnered the West Coast Music Award for Artist/Ensemble of the year for the ensemble, Liquid States (2013), which was nominated for two West Coast Music Awards, and Redline (2007). http://www.standingwave.ca/
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