Linda Bouchard

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Linda Bouchard (born 21 May 1957) is a Canadian composer and conductor.

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[edit] Biography

She was raised in Montreal. She has a BA in music (Bennington College, Vermont, 1979) and an MMus in composition (Manhattan School of Music, New York, 1982). Her teachers were Harvey Sollberger (flute), David Gilbert and Arthur Weisberg (conducting), and Henry Brant (composition). From 1979 to 1990 Bouchard resided in New York, where she composed and conducted ensembles including the New York New Music Ensemble and the New Music Consort. In 1990 she returned to Canada. From September 1992 to August 1995 she was composer-in-residence for the National Arts Centre Orchestra. She has lived in San Francisco since 1997.

She has cited Henry Brant as a major influence in her music. She has experimented with different spatial placements of performers, both as a composer and as a conductor. Her music is characterized by timbral explorations and percussive explosions.

[edit] Selected works

[edit] Theatrical works

  • The House of Words (2003), opera
  • Minotaurus (1988), story
  • Mr. Link (1993), music theatre for children
  • Musique Défilé Fashion Show for the End of a Century (1999), theatrical fashion show
  • Triskelion (1982), opera

[edit] Vocal music

  • Black Burned Wood (1990), song
  • Ocamow (1993), song cycle
  • Pilgrims' Cantata (1996), cantata
  • Risky (1993), song
  • Songs For An Acrobat (1995), lieder

[edit] Orchestral music

  • Booming Sands (1998)
  • Élan (1990)
  • Eternity (1996)
  • Exquisite Fires (1993)
  • Fanorev (1986)
  • Fashion Show (1999)
  • The Open Life (2000)
  • Ressac (1991)
  • Vertige (1994)

[edit] Large chamber ensemble

  • Brasier (2001)
  • Compressions (1996)
  • Frisson, La Vie (1992)
  • Ire (1992)
  • Neiges (2002)
  • Oracles (1997)
  • Reveling of Men (1988)

[edit] Chamber music

  • Amuser Le Temps (1989)
  • Circus Faces (1983)
  • Icy Cruise (1984)
  • Delicate Contract (1988)
  • Ductwork (1997)
  • Le Scandale (1989)
  • Le Scandale II (2002)
  • Muskoday (1988)
  • Possible Nudity (1987)
  • Possible Nudity (1988)
  • Pourtinade (1983)
  • Propos II (1985)
  • Propos III (1984)
  • Propos IV (1984)
  • Propos Nouveaux (1988)
  • Pulsing Flight (1985)
  • Reciproque (1994)
  • Sept Couleurs (1994)
  • Swift Silver (1989)
  • Tossing Diamonds (1983)
  • Transi-Blanc (1987)
  • Transi-Blanc (revised - 1987)

[edit] String quartet

  • Lung Ta (1992)
  • Stormy Light (1982)
  • Traces (1996)

[edit] Solo works

  • Glances (1980)
  • Propos (1983)
  • Tokpela (1989)

[edit] External links