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Illuminations, conference program (for download)
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October 27, 2017 (day 1)
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9:30-10:00听Registration, Tanna Lobby
*A bonus event at the symposium will be an open masterclass (co-presented by the festival听芦听Les ateliers contemporains听禄)听with听conductor Guillaume Bourgogne of听Seven Images for Twenty-two Players听(1971), featuring the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble, 9:00-10:00am Pollack Hall
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10:00 听 Opening of Cherney Score Exhibition in the Marvin Duchow Library
听听听听听听听听听听听 Welcome message from Aiyun Huang
听听听听听听听听听听听 Introduction on the exhibition - remarks by Cynthia Leive听
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11:00-12:30 听听听听Conference Session #1, A832 -听Session Chair: Taylor Brook
1100-11:30 听听听听 David Adamcyk: 鈥淢ind and God in Cherney鈥檚听Illuminations鈥澨�
11:30-12:00 听听听 Brian Cherney: 鈥淗ow I Might Have Become a Composer鈥�
12:00-12:30 听听听 David Jaeger:听鈥淐ommissioning Brian Cherney's String Trio鈥�
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12:30: 1:30 听听听听听Lunch听(Faculty Lounge, A833)
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1:30-3:00听听听听听听听听听Conference Session #2, A832 -听Session Chair: Chris Paul Harman
1:30-2:00 听听听听听听听 Zosha Di Castri: 鈥淢usic as Refuge: Stillness in Brian Cherney鈥檚 Mature Piano Works"
2:00-2:30 听听听听听听听 Taylor Brook: 鈥淢eaning and Expression in the Chamber Music of Brian Cherney鈥�
2:30-3:00听听听听听听听听 John Beckwith:听鈥淏rian Cherney as composer and collaborator鈥�
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3:00-3:30 听听听听听听听 Coffee break, A833
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3:30-4:30听听听听听听听听听Conference Session #3, A832 -听Session Chair: Zosha Di Castri
3:30-4:00听听听听听听听听 Robin Elliott: 鈥淏rian Cherney as Scholar and Creative Artist鈥�
4:00-4:30听听听听听听听听 Matthew Ricketts: 鈥淭ext鈥擳extures鈥擨ntertexts: Brian Cherney鈥檚听Transfiguration鈥�
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5:00-6:00听听听听听听听听听Concert #1, Tanna Hall (curated through Call-for-proposals)
听听听听听听听听听听听听Gan Eden听(1983) for violin and piano 鈥斕齏apiti Ensemble
听听听听听听听听听听听听顿辞辫辫别濒驳盲苍驳别谤听(1991) for two flutes 鈥斕鼵laire Marchand & Maril猫ne Provencher-Leduc, flutes
听听听听听听听听听听听听Shekhinah听(1988) for viola solo 鈥斕齅arina Thibeault, viola
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6:00-7:00听听听听听听听听 Cocktail hour, Tanna Lobby听
October 28, 2017 (day 2)
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10:30-12:30 听听听听Conference #4, A832 -听Session Chair: Matthew Ricketts
10:30-11:00听听听听 Arlan N. Schultz: 鈥淏rian Cherney: Transcendent Pedagogy and the Spiritualization of Technique鈥�
11:00-11:30听听听听 Christoph Neidhofer: 鈥淥ntological and Psychological Time in Brian Cherney鈥檚 String Quartet No. 4鈥�
11:30-12:00听听听听 Anton Vishio: 鈥溾�業 dig through to you鈥�: Brian Cherney, Paul Celan, and a Music of Witness鈥�
12:00-12:30听听听听 Brian Cherney in Conversation with Chris Paul Harman
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12:30-2:00听听听听听听听Lunch, A833
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2:00-4:00 听听听听听听听听Concert #2, Tanna Hall
听听听听听听听听听听听 Quartet No. 3 (1985) 鈥斕齅olinari Quartet
听听听听听听听听听听听听Like Ghosts from an Enchanter Fleeing听(1993) 鈥斕鼵hlo茅 Dominguez, cello; Jean Marchand, piano
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听听听听听听听听听听听 Twenty-Two Arguments for the Suspension of Disbelief听(2010) 鈥斕齆u:BC
听听听听听听听听听听听 String Trio (1976) 鈥斕齁oshua Peters (violin), Marina Thibeault (viola), Carmen Bruno (cello)
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7:30pm 听 听 听 听 听 听听Concert #3, Pollack Hall
听听听听听听听听听听听听Seven Images听for Twenty-two Players听(1971) 鈥斕齅cGill Contemporary Music Ensemble (director: Guillaume Bourgogne)
听听听听听听听听听听听听Tombeau听(1996) 鈥� Julia Den Boer, piano
听听听听听听听听听听听 Intermission
听听听听听听听听听听听听In Gottes G盲rten schweigen die Engel听(2006; revised 2017) 鈥斕齅cGill Percussion Ensemble with Paul Vaillancourt and听Jessica Gauthier (soprano)
听听听听听听听听听听听听Playing for Time听(1981) 鈥斕齂yoko Hashimoto (piano), Aiyun Huang (percussion),听Jacqueline Leclair (oboe)
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9:30-10:30pm 听 听Closing Reception, Clara Hall