Composition Date: 2009
Duration: 00:13:00
Genre: Works with Electronics / Multi-Media, Solo Works, , Keyboard(s)

Instrumentation:

Instrumentation Set Number 1:

• 1 x Piano
• 1 x Other keyboard
• 1 x Computer

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Programme Note:
I wrote Hockey Story for Brazilian-Canadian pianist, Luciane Cardassi. Luciane had immigrated to Canada a couple of years beforehand and was interested in exploring the hockey culture of Canada. She was also looking for a piece that involved electronics and speaking or singing, which was a good fit for my compositional interests. A hockey theme is somewhat outside of my usual work, but I decided it would be a good challenge and provide me with some fresh perspectives.

The text is taken entirely from hockey terminology. I weave together short word-units in order to create a narrative that references what I see as aspects of the spirit of hockey, playing with both the meaning and sound of the words. Throughout the piece, there is a counterpoint between the voice, electronics (controlled by the pianist), and piano, creating a three-way dialogue.

Premiere Information:
25/01/2010 Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Rozsa Centre Calgary, AB Luciane Cardassi

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CATALOGUE INFO:

• Call Number:
• MI 9101 G38ho
• Genre:
• Works with Electronics / Multi-Media, Solo Works, , Keyboard(s)
• Date of Acquisition:
• July 12, 2010
• Type:
• Print-music, Published by CMC
• Physical Description:
• 1 Score (viii, 38 p.) ; 28 cm.
  46 Pages
  Height: 28 cm
  Width: 22 cm
  Parts page count: 40
  1 part (40 p.) ;
  Height: 28 cm
  
• Additional Information:
• For speaking pianist with SuperCollider patch and MIDI keyboard. Detailed patch and MIDI setup instructions included in preface to score.
  
  Supercollider software patch, contained in a stand-alone application. Runs on Mac OSX. Piece requires a MIDI keyboard, stereo speakers, digital audio interface, MIDI interface, and a Mac. For Windows/Linux, source code can be extracted from this file and tweaked to work on the platform.
  
  Full score and performing score available.
  
  Text by the composer.
  
  Commissioned by: Luciane Cardassi
  

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