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TRACKS
1-4. I conversed with you in a dream – Jocelyn Morlock
5. For Dreams of Things Which Cannot Be – Jennifer Butler
6-8. Sonatina for Solo Flute – Barbara Pentland
9. Sonata Fantasy for Solo Piano – Barbara Pentland
10. Trance for Flute and Piano – Barbara Pentland
11. Vocalise for Solo Flute – Murray Adaskin
12. Arsis and Thesis – Rodney Sharman

This CD was reprinted in 2012.

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Tiresias Duo
Hailed by the Globe and Mail for their “tremendous flair and intensity,” Tiresias Duo was formed by flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor and pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa in 2002. A blind seer from Greek mythology, Tiresias was transformed from man to woman and back again by supernatural means. S/he symbolizes what Iwaasa and McGregor have set out to accomplish: to speak from two very different perspectives with a single voice, to provide fresh perspectives and insights into conventional chamber music programmes, and to anticipate the future trajectories of the chamber music genre through working with composers and artists from various disciplines. Tiresias Duo has performed extensively throughout Western Canada; they have been featured at the Western Canadian Music Awards, New Works Calgary, Powell Street Festival, the Vancouver Queer Arts Festival, and the Banff Centre for the Arts.

Tiresias Duo has commissioned numerous works by a diverse roster of Canadian composers, including Jennifer Butler, Simon Martin, Jocelyn Morlock, Jeffrey Ryan, and Rodney Sharman. Their first CD, Delicate Fires, was released in 2007 and was nominated for “Outstanding Classical Album” at the 2008 Western Canadian Music Awards. In 2013 Tiresias Duo released their second album, Trade Winds, a double disc set featuring the music of Canadian and Japanese composers, including Toru Takemitsu, Derek Charke, Anthony Genge, Jean Coulthard, Hiroki Tsurumoto, Elliot Weisgarber, Jo Kondo, and Christopher Kovarik — an effort praised by WholeNote Magazine as being “unerringly good.”
Tiresias Duo: flutist Mark Takeshi McGregor and pianist Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa (Photo Credit: SD Holman)