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The CLC sends out periodic newsflashes to keep our membership informed of CLC activities and composer opportunities. We currently send out materials in the language in which it is received; our intention in the future, once we have sufficient resources, is to send out messages in both official languages.

La LCC envoie périodiquement à ses membres des flashs d'information pour les informer des activités de la Ligue et de nouvelles susceptibles d'intéresser les compositeurs. Actuellement, nous envoyons les renseignements dans la langue d'origine. Cependant, à l'avenir, nous avons l'intention d'envoyer les messages dans les deux langues officielles, lorsque nous disposerons des ressources suffisantes.

1) Canadian League of Composers - Notice of Annual Meeting /
    la Ligue canadienne des compositeurs - Avis de Convocation à l’Assemblée    générale

2) Memorial University School of Music: Job Posting

3) CLC and soundaXis '08 present 3 free activities for composers and the public

1)

Canadian League of Composers - Notice of Annual Meeting /

la Ligue canadienne des compositeurs - Avis de Convocation à l’Assemblée générale

Date:
Sunday, June 8 / dimanche 8 juin

Time / heure:
12:00 PM / 12h00

Place / Lieux:
Canadian Music Centre - Toronto / Centre de musique canadienne - Toronto
20 St. Joseph St./20, rue St. Joseph, Toronto, ON   M4Y 1J9

NOTE:
If you cannot attend in person, you can send an e-mail proxy to info@clc-lcc.ca or by fax to (416) 961-7198 / Si vous ne pouvez pas assister en personne vous pouvez assister en envoyant une procuration par courriel à info@clc-lcc.ca ou par télécopieur à (416) 961-7198.

Agenda / Orde du jour:

1) Minutes of the AGM of June 17, 2007/procès-verbal de la réunion générale du 17 juin, 2007

2) Business arising/affaires découlantes

3) President's report/rapport du président

4) Treasurer's report/rapport du trésorier
    Appointment of auditor/ désignation d'un expert-comptable

5) Committee reports/rapports des comités

6) Other business/autres affaires

    A light lunch will be provided / Un déjeuner léger sera fourni

CLC members may update their address and contact information online. /  Les membres de la LCC peuvent mettre à jour leur adresse et information de contact en ligne.

2)

MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL of MUSIC
Job Posting

Memorial University is home to Atlantic Canada’s largest and most comprehensive school of music. Offering B. Mus. programs in performance, music education (conjoint B.Mus/B.Mus.Ed.), music history/literature and music theory/composition to 165 undergraduate students, the School also has graduate programs in performance, performance/pedagogy and conducting (M.Mus), and in ethnomusicology (M.A./Ph.D.). The School’s faculty of 21 performers and scholars enjoy national and international reputations in their fields and are active partners in the community’s vibrant cultural life.

The School of Music seeks to fill the following position for September 2008:
An eight-month teaching-term contract in theory and composition at the rank of Assistant Professor. We anticipate advertising a tenure-track appointment in this area for September 2009. Teaching duties will include undergraduate and graduate courses in theory and composition. All areas of expertise will be considered. Qualifications include a doctorate, demonstrated excellence as a composer and/or scholar, and successful teaching experience. Applications should include 3 to 5 examples of recent compositions or scholarly work.

Memorial University is the largest university in Atlantic Canada. As the province's only university, Memorial plays an integral role in the education and cultural life of Newfoundland and Labrador. Offering diverse undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 17,000 students, Memorial provides a distinctive and stimulating environment for learning in St. John's, a safe friendly city with great historic charm, a vibrant cultural life and easy access to a wide range of outdoor activities.

Salary for this position is dependent on qualifications and experience in accordance with the terms of the Collective Agreement. In addition to the material noted above, candidates should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference. Recent graduates should include academic transcripts. All candidates should ensure that their application includes evidence of successful teaching. Electronic submission of applications is strongly encouraged. Please send all application materials to:     tgordon@mun.ca

The mailing address is:
    Search Committee
    c/o Dr Tom Gordon, Director
    School of Music
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St. John's, NL  A1C 5S7
    Canada

CLOSING DATE:    The committee will begin reviewing applications on 2 June 2008.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Memorial University is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from qualified women and men, visible minorities, aboriginal people and persons with disabilities.

3)

The Canadian League of Composers and soundaXis '08 present

3 free activities for composers and the public

Mark your calendars  - May 29th and June 7th


WORKSHOP FOR COMPOSERS AND CELLO ENTHUSIASTS
May 29, 2008 - 1:00 p.m.
Free Admission
Faculty of Music, U of T, Edward Johnson Building, room 330
80 Queens Park, Toronto

The virtuoso cellist Frances-Marie Uitti will conduct a workshop on contemporary cello technique. Uitti is a composer / performer who has pioneered a revolutionary dimension to the cello by transforming it for the first time into a polyphonic instrument capable of sustained chordal (two, three and four-part) and intricate multivoiced writing. Using two bows in one hand, this invention permits contemporaneous cross accents, multiple timbres, contrasting 4-voiced dynamics, simultaneous legato / articulated playing, that her previous work with a curved bow couldn't attain. Uitti is the dedicatee of many works for cello. She contributed a chapter on "The Frontiers of Technique" in The Cambridge Companion to the Cello in which she traces the development of cello techniques through the Darmstat experimental era covering the uses of different bows and preparations, new repertoire, percussives, use of voice and new uses of both hands.

SOUND IN THREE DIMENSIONS: AN OPEN REHEARSAL
May 29, 2008 - 3:00 p.m.
Free admission
Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, U of T, Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queens Park, Toronto

Join us for an open rehearsal for works featured in the concert on  May 29, Scelsi: Sound in Three Dimensions. The rehearsal will focus on Yamaon (1954), a quintessential Scelsi work in which he set a Mayan text warning of the destruction of the city for bass voice, a handful of bass instruments and percussion. Artists include Alexander Dobson (bass) and Wallace Halladay (saxophones). Wallace Halladay will introduce the works of Giacinto Scelsi to be performed at the concert.

MUSIC, TEXTURE, MATERIAL - a panel discussion
Jun 07, 2008 - 5:30 p.m.
Free admission
Music Gallery, 197 John St., Toronto

The Canadian League of Composers presents a panel discussion on the theme of  soundaXis '08 - "Music, Texture, Material."  The participants are drawn from a range of disciplines relating to music and audio, and will offer an interesting weave of perspectives. They include:

    * Lori Freedman (improviser / composer, Montreal)
    * John Gzowski (composer / performer / instrument-maker, Toronto)
    * Sharon Kanach (music scholar, France/USA)
    * Brent Lee
    * Robin Minard
    * Linda Catlin Smith (composer / educator, Toronto)
    * moderated by James Harley (composer / CLC board member, Guelph)

The panel will be followed by the concert featuring the Penderecki String Quartet (see Intra/Introspections) and will close with a reception afer the concert, hosted by the CLC and the Canadian Music Centre, where the 2007 Friends of Canadian Music award will be announced.

The Canadian League of Composers acknowledges the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council, the SOCAN Foundation, the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund), and the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $26.3 million in music throughout Canada.

La Ligue canadienne des compositeurs reconnaît l’aide financière du Conseil des arts de l’Ontario, de la Fondation SOCAN, du gouvernement du Canada par le biais du ministère du Patrimoine canadien (Fonds de musique du Canada) et du Conseil des Arts du Canada qui a investi 26.3 millions $ l’an dernier partout au Canada.

     

           

         

The Canadian League of Composers/La Ligue canadienne des compositeurs
Chalmers House -- 20 St. Joseph St./20, rue St. Joseph , Toronto , ON M4Y 1J9
www.clc-lcc.ca   ~  [416] 964-1364  ~  Fax: [416] 961-7198  ~  info@clc-lcc.ca

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