UPCOMING/ CURRENT

PERFORMANCE, 2011 4 pm, Friday, 17 June, 2011: Performance by Minna Rose Chung of SWIRL for solo cello. In the International Cello Festival of Canada; at Convocation Hall, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

STREAMS OF MUSIC PERFORMANCES, CANADIAN MUSIC CENTRE WEBSITE, 2009 The Canadian Music Centre, which distributes the music of Jim Hiscott, has recently begun streaming audio of the music of its Associate composers under the title "Centrestreams". There are 35 works of Jim Hiscott available for auditing at this site under this new program. Here is the best way to access these streams:

1) The url for the CMC site is http://www.musiccentre.ca/home.cfm

2) Go to this site, then click on "Find Music" in the bar near the top;

3) in the page that pops up, enter "Hiscott" in the box marked "composer" and press "Search". This will open up a complete listing of works by Jim Hiscott in the CMC library.

4) Centrestreams audio streaming samples are denoted by a blue speaker in the media column; click on one of these, and you can listen to the work in question, often with an introduction from a CBC Radio host. To access these you are required to sign in and get a password, all of which is free.

RECENT NEWS

PERFORMANCE, 2011 2 May, 2011: Performance of SPIRAL for two violas. Performers: Daniel Scholz and Michael Scholz; in the Prairie Scene Festival, National Arts Centre Fourth Stage, Ottawa.

PERFORMANCE, 2011 12 February, 2011: Performance of SHADOW PLAY for flute and tabla. Performers:Jamie Wagner and Shawn Mativetsky; Assumption University Chapel, Windsor, Ontario, at the Windsor Canadian Music Festival.

PERFORMANCE, 2011 28 January, 2011: Performance of TANGLE for oboe, double bass and percussion. Performers: Bede Hanley, Meredith Johnson and Ben Reimer; at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Happening concert Kick-Off for the WSO New Music Festival.

PERFORMANCE, 2010 20 and 23 October, 2010: Performances of THE FLOWERING FOREST for flute, violin, cello and piano. Performers: the Ora Ensemble; Oct. 20 at the D.F. Cook Recital Hall at the Memorial School of Music, St. John's, Newfoundland; Oct. 23 at St. Teresa's Parish, St. John's.

PERFORMANCE, 2010 13 October, 2010: Performance of CEREMONY III for chamber ensemble. Performers: Ensemble Musica Nova conducted by Jack Fortner; in the Festa Musica Nova, Sesc Vila Mariana Teatro, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

PREMIERE, 2010 1 September, 2010: Premiere of TANGLE for oboe, double bass and percussion. Performers: Caitlin Broms-Jacobs, Meredith Johnson, and Ben Reimer. GroundSwell New Music Series, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

PREMIERE, 2010 13 March, 2010: Premiere of MOON LIGHT for violin and piano. Performers: Duo Diorama-- MingHuan Xu, violin and Winston Choi, piano. Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg, in the GroundSwell New Music Series.

PREMIERE, 2010 16 February, 2010: Premiere of THE SONG OF THE STARS in version for soprano, string orchestra and guitar. Performers: Maria-Luz Alvarez, soprano, with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and guitarist Rodrigo Muñoz, Cond. Scott Yoo. Westminster United Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

PERFORMANCE, 2010 5 February, 2010: Performance of SPIRAL for two violas. Performers: Daniel Scholz and Michael Scholz; in the Happening concert, opening the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival, an event in the gallery spaces of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, co-presented by the WSO, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and GroundSwell. Winnipeg, Manitoba.

PERFORMANCE, 2009 6 November, 2009: Performance of TEMPLE STEPS for orchestra, by the Southern Symphony Orchestra of Missouri Southern State University, cond. Kexi Liu; Taylor Performing Arts Center, MSSU, Joplin, Missouri.

PERFORMANCE, 2009 8 October, 2009: Performance of THE RESTLESS WIND for chamber orchestra, by the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. James Sommerville. The Great Hall, Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario.

PREMIERE, 2009 12 May, 2009: Premiere of "I SPOKE TO NO ONE..." for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, guitar, piano, two violins, viola and double bass. Performers: GroundSwell Chamber Ensemble, cond. Earl Stafford; in GroundSwell Concert "Tales of Brave Ulysses"; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

PREMIERE, 2009 19 May, 2009: Premiere of SONG OF THE STARS for soprano, string quintet and guitar. Performers: Maria-Luz Alvarez, soprano, with members of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and guitarist Rodrigo Muñoz; RD Parker Letkemann Theatre, Thompson, Manitoba.

PERFORMANCE, 2009 13 June, 2009: Performance of SONG OF THE STARS for soprano, string quintet and guitar. Performers: Maria-Luz Alvarez, soprano, with members of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and guitarist Rodrigo Muñoz; West End Cultural Centre (newly-renovated), Winnipeg, Manitoba.

PERFORMANCE, 2009 23 June, 2009: Performance of SPIRAL for two violas. Performers: Daniel Scholz and Michael Scholz; in the Millenium Series, Millenium Centre, 389 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg.

PREMIERE OF ARRANGEMENT, 2009 21 January, 2009: CAMEL TRAIN IN THE DESERT by Xiao-Nan Wang; arranged for dizi (bamboo flute), strings and percussion by Jim Hiscott. Performers: Xiao-Nan Wang, Chromatic Bamboo Flute, and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, cond. Scott Yoo; Westminster United Church, Winnipeg.

PREMIERE, 2009 19 February, 2009: Premiere of SPIRAL for two violas. Performers: Daniel Scholz and Michael Scholz; in the Skywalk Series, Carol Shields Auditorium, Millenium Library, 251 Donald Street, Winnipeg. Commissioned with a grant from the Manitoba Arts Council.

PERFORMANCE, 2009 9 January, 2009: TROPICS for orchestra. Performers: Youth Orchestra of Andalusia, cond. Michael Thomas; Teatro Cánovas, Malaga, Spain, in the 15th Malaga Contemporary Music Festival.

PREMIERE, 2008 2 August, 2008: AMADOR: Tango for button accordion, violin, viola, cello and piano. Performers: Jim Hiscott, Joyce Lai, Daniel Scholz, Yuri Hooker, and Daniel Tselyakov; Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival, at Onanole Community Centre, Onanole, Manitoba. Commissioned with a grant from the Manitoba Arts Council.

PREMIERE, 2008 24 May, 2008: NIGHT ON AN OLD TRADE ROUTE (text by Brenda Schmidt) for SATB Choir. Performers: Flin Flon Community Choir, cond. Crystal Kolt; at the Grand Tipi, Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, 2pm and 8 pm. Commissioned by the Flin Flon Community Choir.

PREMIERE, 2008 20 May, 2008: WOLF DREAMS (WITH KOLOMAYKA) for chamber ensemble (1111 1110 1P str [1-1-1-1-1]). Performers: GroundSwell Ensemble, cond. Alain Trudel, in the GroundSwell new music series; at Westminster United Church, Winnipeg, 8 pm. Written with a grant from the Manitoba Arts Council.

PERFORMANCE, 2008 5 March, 2008: RED DAWN for flute, clarinet and percussion. Performers: Erin Lesser, Trevor Jorgenson, and Gregory Beyer, at the SUNY-Oswego Ke-nekt' Performing Arts Series, in Oswego, New York.

PREMIERE, 2008 25 Feb., 2008: SHADOW PLAY for flute and tabla. Performers: Laurel Ridd and Shawn Mativetsky. GroundSwell series, Eckhardt-Gramatte Recital Hall, University of Winnipeg, 8pm. Commissioned by Shawn Mativetsky with a grant from the Manitoba Arts Council.

PERFORMANCE, 2007 5 Dec., 2007: SPIRIT REEL for violin and button accordion. Performers: John Racaru and Jim Hiscott. Musica Speciale series, Winnipeg Art Gallery.

PREMIERE, 2007 15 Sept., 2007: Premiere of MANIMASII AURA for button accordion and chamber orchestra. Performers: Simeonie Keenainak, button accordion, and the CBC Radio Orchestra, cond. Alain Trudel; Anglican Parish Hall, Iqaluit, Nunavut, as part of the 2007 CBC "True North" Concert. Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

PERFORMANCE, 2007 3 Aug., 2007: STRING QUARTET NO. 1. Performers: Gould String Quartet; at the Niagara International Chamber Music Festival, Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.

PREMIERE, 2007 23 July, 2007: Premiere of BEATING HEART: Double Concerto for violin, button accordion and chamber orchestra. Performers: Atis Bankas, violin, Jim Hiscott, button accordion, and the Orchestra of St. Mark's; in the opening gala of the Niagara International Chamber Music Festival. St. Mark's Anglican Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Commissioned by the Niagara International Chamber Music Festival with the assistance of the Manitoba Arts Council.

PREMIERE, 2007 3 June, 2007: Premiere of MAGIC PHOENIX for Balinese gender wayang quartet and keyboard. Performers: Maja Gender (Ann Hepper, Michael O'Neill, Andrea Ratuski, Jim Hiscott) and Cheryl Pauls. Crescent-Fort Rouge United Church, Winnipeg; GroundSwell Series. Written with the assistance of the Manitoba Arts Council and the Winnipeg Arts Council.

PREMIERE, 2007 12 May, 2007: Premiere of RIVER OF LIGHT for woodwind quintet, double bass and button accordion. Performers: Orpheus Winds, Eric Hansen, and Jim Hiscott. Deseret Chamber Music Festival, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. At the same festival, performances of GUATEMALA, HEART OF STARS, LIFE IN PARADISE, ROMANTIC NIGHTS, and WORLD DANCES. Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University, through Eric Hansen and the Orpheus Winds.

PREMIERE, 2006 26 Nov., 2006: Premiere of IN MEMORIAM WALTER KLYMKIW for SATB Choir, Soloists and solo violin. Performers: Oleksandr Koshetz Choir, Irena Welhasch, Kirstin Schellenberg, John Martens, Theodore Baerg, and violinist Gwen Hoebig, conducted by Laurence Ewashko. Commissioned by the Oleksandr Koshetz Choir with the assistance of the Manitoba Arts Council.

PERFORMANCE, 2006 BLUE OCEAN for clarinet, button accordion, cello and piano and SPIRIT REEL (excerpt) for violin and button accordion. Performers: Zoltan Kalman, clarinet; Atis Bankas, violin; Gordon Cleland, cello; Elisabeth Acker, piano, and Jim Hiscott, button accordion; at the conference of the Canadian Association of Physicists, Sean O'Sullivan Theatre, Brock University, 7pm, Sunday June 11, 2006.

PERFORMANCE, 2006 HERMAN THE THRUSH AND THE EMERALD for narrator and woodwind quintet, Performers: Andrea Ratuski, Narrator, and the Niagara Symphony Woodwind Quintet; Rites of Spring Literary Festival, Stevensville Conservation Area, Fort Erie, Ontario; 12:00 noon, Saturday, June 10, 2006

PREMIERE, 2006 World Premiere of NORTH WIND for solo dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) and orchestra. Performers: Xiao Nan Wang, dizi, and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrey Boreyko; at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 11, 2006 at 8 pm, as part of the 2006 Centara Corporation WSO New Music Festival.. Commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with the assistance of the Manitoba Arts Council.

PREMIERE, 2006 World Premiere of THE SUN AND THE MOON for flute and cello. Performers: Susan Hoeppner and Shauna Rolston; at Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, February 4, 2006 at 8 pm. Also at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB, February 5, 2006, at 8 pm. Commissioned by Shauna Rolston with the assistance of the Manitoba Arts Council.

PERFORMANCE 2005 Performance of SWIRL for solo cello by Paul Marleyn, at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival; August 2, 2005 at St. Andrew's Church.

PERFORMANCE, 2005 Canadian Premiere of YOU SHOULD NOT MOURN, given by the Hilliard Ensemble at Bethel Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba; March 9, 2005, in the GroundSwell Series.

PREMIERE, 2005 Daniel Bolshoy, guitar — Prairie Debut Tour in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Jan. 20-Feb. 5/2005-- World Premiere of RIVER MUSIC, commissioned by Prairie Debut with a grant from the Manitoba Arts Council.

THE WESTERN CANADIAN MUSIC AWARDS Oct. 3, 2004 STRING QUARTET #2 from the CD BLUE OCEAN: MUSIC OF JIM HISCOTT (CBC Records MVCD 1166) is nominated in the category of 'Outstanding Classical Composition.'

CD LAUNCH In conjunction with The WSO Centara Corp. New Music Festival and CBC Radio, CBC Records launched BLUE OCEAN, a new CD by Jim Hiscott, on Jan. 27th, 2004 at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg. The event took place prior to that evening's New Music Festival concert, and included a short interview with Hiscott, an opportunity to meet the artist/composer and a signing.