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Michael Vincent - Composer
Birth name Michael Lawrence Vincent
Born July 18, 1976 (1976-07-18) (age 31)
Origin Victoria, BC, Canada Flag of Canada
Genre(s) Classical, Chamber Music, Electroacoustic, Postminimalist
Occupation(s) Musician, Composer, Producer, Author
Instrument(s) Classical Guitar, Piano, Percussion
Years active 2002 onward
Website http://www.michaelvincent.ca

Michael Vincent (born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1976) is a Canadian composer situated in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his work using speech melody and rhythms derived from pre-recorded text and instrumental forms, and his spoken word opera Generation X - The Opera with text by Douglas Coupland. [1] He graduated from Concordia University in 2004 with a degree in Music Theory and Composition, and graduated in 2006 with a Master of Fine Arts from The School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University, where he studied with David MacIntyre and Barry Truax.[2][3]


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[edit] Bio

In 2002, his piece Essence was recorded on the CEC labels DISContact! III compilation album.[4] Under direction of Tim Brady, Bradyworks ensemble premiered his Un-What? at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall. In March 2003, and Bozzini String Quartet premiered his Three Ring Circus in April 2004, and during that same year, Terra Firma was premiered by the Wire Ensemble under The New Modes group.

Between November 2003 and February 2004, Michael has premiered three electroacoustic works Sat There and Clapped, Advaita, and Three Stories for the Faint of Heart at the ÉuCue Concert Series at Oscar Peterson concert hall in Montreal, Quebec.[5]In late 2003, he won the Allan award for his work in mixed electroacoustic and instrumental forms, and has written articles and reviews for eContact! Electroacoutic music journal, and la Scene Musicale classical music magazine. For the past 6 years, Michael has been on staff at la Scene Musicale, acting as new editor, and news contributor.[6]

Michael has collaborated choreographer Jennifer Mascall and videographer Jacqueline Levitin on a feature work for the Off Centre Dance Company entitled Just Barely, which premiered at SFU Burnaby Theatre on April 8th and 9th, 2005. Michael has also worked with plunderphnics composer, John Oswald on a concert inspired by Glenn Gould for the Vancouver New Forms festival, which saw the premiere of his work Gouldberg Variations on September 15th, 2005.[7] He has joined forces with the Vancouver spoken word artists Barbara Adler on two unique pieces entitled Baby 81 and Little Museum. Little Museum has since been recorded on the spoken word CD Flusterblush released in July 2006.[8]

Over the years 2005 and 2006, Michael wrote and adapted a feature length spoken word opera entitled Generation X- the Opera, which was based on a novel by Canadian author Douglas Coupland. Generation X- the Opera, premiered on March 17th 2006, at the SFU Burnaby Theatre, in Burnaby BC.[1]

In February, 2007, Michael premiered three speech melody compositions titled Warnings from Punk Rock 101, West-Coast Cats, and Dying Ain't Bad Y'all at the Western Front in Vancouver BC, for the International PuSh Festival.[9]

Michael also contributed as one of four composers in a multi-interdisiplinary work entitled Triaspora, performed at the Chan Centre for the Perfroming Arts on September 21-22, 2007 by Juno Award nominated performers Orchid Ensemble and Moving Dragon Dance, with multimedia by Aleksa Dulic and Kenneth Newby.[10][11][12] [13]

[edit] Awards

[edit] Compositions

[edit] Stage

  • Triaspora: Overture (2007, 9'30")
  • Generation X - The Opera (2006, 51')
  • Just Barely (2005, 11'11")

[edit] Chamber

  • West Coast Cats (2006, 9'37")
  • The Brevity of the Appellation (2005, 10'3")
  • Until You Are Satisfied (2005, 10'3")
  • Three Ring Circus (2004, 11'51")
  • Warnings from Punk Rock 101 (2003, 8'34")
  • Last of the Gallant Heroes (2003, 4'08")
  • Un-What (2003, 4'40")
  • Music to Rise to (2002, 3'36")
  • Four Set Mutations (2002, 15'20")

[edit] Solo

  • The Filth and the Fury (2007, 7'11")
  • Dying Ain’t Bad Y’all (2006, 3'38")

[edit] Electroacoustic

  • Little Museum (2006, 5'25")
  • Baby 81 (2005, 5'15")
  • Gouldberg Variations (2005, 11'11")
  • Terra Firma (2004, 15’)
  • Three Stories for the Faint of Heart (2004, 15 minutes)
  • Advaita (2003, 8'26")
  • Sat There and Clapped (featuring Kevin Austin) (2003, 6'08")
  • Essence (2002, 2'50")

[edit] Interdisciplinary

  • Sleepwalk (2005)

[edit] Citations

  1. ^ a b Generation X - The Opera (English). All About Opera (2007-02-21).
  2. ^ Michael Vincent (2007-02-21). Michael Vincent Bio (English).
  3. ^ Michael Vincent Bio (English) (2007-02-21).
  4. ^ DISContact! III (English). DIFFUSION i MéDIA (2007-02-21).
  5. ^ EuCuE 2003-2004 Series XXII (English). CEC (2007-02-21).
  6. ^ Michael Vincent (September 20, 2007). Notes (English). La Scena Musicale.
  7. ^ Alexander Varty (September 8, 2005). New forms from old (English). The Georgia Straight.
  8. ^ Michael Vincent (September 20, 2007). Discography (English).
  9. ^ Occupation 1: The Molecules & Michael Vincent (English). The Western Front (2007-02-21).
  10. ^ Kevin Griffin (September 20, 2007). East Meets West In Three Ways in Mixing Triaspora (English). Vancouver Sun.
  11. ^ Erin McPhee (September 20, 2007). East Meets West In Blend Of Traditions (English). North Shore News.
  12. ^ Alexander Varty (September 13-20, 2007). A Whole New Breed (English). The Georgia Straight.
  13. ^ Stuart Derdeyn (September 19, 2007). This Orchid Blooms (English). The Province.

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