Jim Hiscott / composition

Composition resumé

(pieces by Jim Hiscott capitalized):

Jan. 30/04-- TROPICS for orchestra premiered by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Michelle Mourre; at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg.

Jan. 30/04-- DANCING ON WINGS OF FIRE for button accordion and orchestra performed by Jim Hiscott with the New Orchestra of Kitchener-Waterloo, cond. Glenn Buhr; also, an excerpt from SPIRIT REEL for violin and button accordion, performed by Stephen Sitarski and Jim Hiscott; in the Rotunda of the City Hall, Kitchener.

Jan. 27/04-- CBC Records CD "Blue Ocean: Music of Jim Hiscott" released, featuring recordings of BLUE OCEAN, STRING QUARTET #1, SWIRL, STRING QUARTET #2, and WAVES OF PASSION.

Oct. 8/03-- CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND STRINGS premiered by Paul Marleyn and The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, cond. Roy Goodman; at Westminster United Church, Winnipeg.

Mar. 29/03-- NIGHT STREETS for jazz big band, premiered by the Ron Paley Big Band, cond. Ron Paley, at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, Winnipeg.

Mar. 22/03-- ROMANTIC NIGHTS for viola and two percussionists, performed by Arthur Klima, viola, and percussionists Donald Miller and Andrew Pongrasz at Cleveland State University, Ohio.

Jan. 26/03-- THE SHIELD OF ST. PATRICK for soprano, violin, viola, cello, and contrabass, performed by Valdine Anderson, Gwen Hoebig, Daniel Scholz, Arkadiusz Tesarczyk, and Moragh Parks at Centennial Concert Hall, winnipeg, as part of the 2003 WSO New Music Festival. The concert was co-presented by CBC's Two New Hours, and broadcast live-to-air across Canada.

Nov. 17/02-- WORLD DANCES for violin, piano and button accordion, premiered by Gwen Hoebig, David Moroz, and Jim Hiscott; at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Oct. 16, 17/02-- DANCING WAVES for string orchestra premiered by the Brandon Chamber Players, cond. T. Patrick Carrabre; Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba.

Aug. 3,5/02-- STRING QUARTETs #1 and #2 performed by the Molinari Quartet at Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, and at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Ottawa.

Mar. 26/02-- TREE OF LIFE for Balinese Gender Wayang Quartet, premiered by Maja Gender quartet at Crescent-Fort Rouge United Church, Winnipeg. Repeated on five-concert tour of Manitoba and British Columbia, Nov./02.

Feb. 5/02-- RHYTHM OF SPRING for orchestra, premiered by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Andrey Boreyko, at the WSO New Music Festival.

Apr. 3/01-- WAVES OF PASSION, Tango for cello, button accordion, piano, and contrabass, premiered in the Agassiz Series, Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall, Winnipeg.

Feb. 6/01-- PILGRIMAGE for orchestra, premiered by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, cond. Grzegorz Nowak; Winspear Centre, Edmonton.

Jan. 14/01-- DANCING ON WINGS OF FIRE, performed by Jim Hiscott with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, cond. Marco Parisotto; Place des Arts, Montreal. Also Oct. 27/02, with the Niagara Symphony, cond. Daniel Swift, as part of a SOCAN residency.

Mar. 12/00-- SWIRL for solo cello, premiered on video by Yuri Hooker, in “Connecting at an Unknown Rate” by visual artist Cecile Clayton Gouthro; at Gallery 1.1.1, University of Manitoba. Concert premiere by Paul Marleyn, Jan. 31/01, at Eva Clare Hall, Univ. of Manitoba.

Feb. 22/00-- THE SICKLE CHARIOT for choir and strings, premiered by the University of Manitoba Singers and chamber orchestra, cond. Henry Engbrecht; the Manitoba Legislature.

Oct. 5/99- THE RESTLESS WIND for chamber orchestra, premiered by The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, cond. Simon Streatfeild; Westminster United Church, Winnipeg.

Feb. 3/99- MAYA for two oboes, string quartet, and Balinese gender wayang quartet, premiered at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, as part of the WSO New Music Festival.

Aug. 7/98- YOU SHOULD NOT MOURN, premiered by The Hilliard Ensemble; Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge, England, in the Hilliard Summer Festival. Repeat pfces in Japan, Jan./00; Tashkent, Apr./00, Los Angeles, Jan./01; Bonn, May/01; Vienna, Mar. 16/02.

Jan. 23/96- TEMPLE STEPS for orchestra, premiered by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Glenn Buhr; WSO New Music Fest., Winnipeg. Repeated Apr. 10,11,12/97 by the WSO, cond. Bramwell Tovey. Pfce Dec. 4/99, the New Hamilton Orchestra, cond. Grzegorz Nowak.

Oct. 15/95- THE SHIELD OF ST. PATRICK for mezzo-soprano and four strings, premiered by Karen Jensen, Gwen Hoebig, Daniel Scholz, Arkadiusz Tesarczyk, and Zdzislaw Prochownik, cond. Earl Stafford, at Crossways, Winnipeg. Pfce. Jan. 26/03, WSO New Music Festival, by Valdine Anderson (new version for soprano).

May 8/94- ROMANTIC NIGHTS for viola and two percussion, premiered by Rivka Golani and members of the Hammerhead Consort, at the Edmonton New Music Festival, Edmonton, Alberta.

Apr. 8-13/94- Visiting Composer at The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pfces of SPIRIT REEL and RIVERS OF BRONZE for Balinese gender quartet and four bagpipe chanters.

Mar. 26/94- STRING QUARTET #1, premiered by the St. Lawrence String Quartet; Crescent-Fort Rouge Church, Winnipeg.

Jan. 23/92- DANCING ON WINGS OF FIRE premiered by Jim Hiscott, button accordion, and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bramwell Tovey, at the WSO New Music Fest., Winnipeg. Repeated Nov. 4,5/94 by WSO, Tovey, and Hiscott, in the orchestra's main season.

Sept. 5/91- SPIRIT REEL, LESOTHO, and BLUE OCEAN, perfmd. by Moshe Hammer, Lori Freedman, Jim Hiscott, Chris Sharpe, and Guy Few, at "The Big Squeeze" Festival, Toronto.

Apr. 8/90- BLUE OCEAN, premiered by Lori Freedman, Jim Hiscott, Susan Round, and Arly Thompson at a Vancouver New Music Society concert, Vancouver. Many subsequent performances across Canada, including in the WSO New Music Festival, Jan. 26/01.

Apr. 5/87- SPIRIT REEL, performed by Sidney Humphries, violin, and Jim Hiscott, button accordion, in the Vancouver New Music Society series. Also July 13/90, by Victor Schultz and Jim Hiscott on the Main Stage of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.

Oct. 18/86- PLANES for orchestra premiered by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Kazuhiro Koizumi. Masterworks Series, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

May 18/79- RAINS OF SAILENDRA, commissioned by the Canadian Federation of University Women as part of its Creative Arts Award, premiered by Arraymusic; Heliconian Hall, Toronto.