Ann Southam
| Ann Southam | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 February 1937 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died |
25 November 2010 (aged 73) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Composer |
Ann Southam, CM (4 February 1937 – 25 November 2010) was a Canadian composer.
She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2010.[1] She died, aged 73, on 25 November 2010.[2][3] In her will she left $14 million to the Canadian Women’s Foundation.[4][5]
Selected compositions
- Rhapsodic Interlude, for solo violin (1963)
- Quodlibet, for piano (1966)
- A Thread of Sand, for tape (1969)
- Boat, River, Moon, for tape (1972)
- Sky-Sails, for tape (1973)
- Configurations, for piano and tape (1973)
- L'Assassin Menace, for tape (1974)
- Walls and Passageways, for tape (1974)
- Mythic Journey, for tape (1974)
- The Reprieve, for tape (1975)
- Towards Green, for flute, clarinet, violin, and viola (1976)
- Networks, for flute, trombone, viola, cello, piano, and percussion (1978)
- Seastill, for tape (1979)
- Cool Blue, for piano (1980)
- Glass Houses, for piano and (optional) tape (1981)
- The Emerging Ground, for tape (1983)
- Rewind, for tape (1984)
- Re-tuning for viola and tape (1985)
- Piano Quintet (1986)
- Soundings for a New Piano: 12 Meditations on a Twelve Tone Row (1986)
- Spatial View of Pond (After a Painting by Aiko Suzuki), for piano (1986)
- In a Measure of Time, for two pianos (1988)
- Fluke Sound, for tape (1989)
- Song of the Varied Thrush, for string quartet (1991)
- Webster's Spin, for string orchestra (1993)
- Full Circles, for trumpet, violin, vibraphone, and piano (1996)
- Remembering Schubert, for piano
References
Notes
- ↑ "Governor General announces 74 new appointments to the Order of Canada". Governor General of Canada. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ↑ "Toronto composer Ann Southam dies". CBC News. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ↑ Notice of death of Ann Southam
- ↑ Graham, David (25 October 2011). "Musician Ann Southam leaves $14M to Canadian Women's Foundation". The Star (Toronto).
- ↑ http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/864551/composer-ann-southam-leaves-legacy-gift-of-over-14-million-to-canadian-women-s-foundation
General
- Báthory-Kitz, Dennis and David Gunn. “If Only I Could Sing: Ann Southam in Conversation with Kalvos and Damian.” Musicworks 71 (Summer 1998). Online edition (Accessed 30 December 2007). Also published in “Ann Southam: If Only I Could Sing.” eContact! 10.2 — Interviews (1) (July 2008). Montréal: CEC.
- Bernstein, Tamara. “Anne Southam,” in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell. London: Macmillan, 2001.
- Lee, R. Andrew. “Anne Southam: Soundings for a New Piano” (1986). Streamed free from Irritable Hedgehog Music.
- Ware, Evan. “Ann Southam,” in The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, edited by Helmut Kallmann, Gilles Potvin, Robin Elliott, Mark Miller and Claire Versailles. (Accessed 30 December 2007)
See also
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