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Binary Cities Event #4:
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"Myra Melford is at once a dancer, a About François Houle |
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Melford's ongoing search for new sounds and new directions was a perfect match for François Houle's aesthetic on the clarinet. Frederic St-Hilaire's interactive video weaved images as the pieces unfolded. We are proud to have presented these three artists in a spontaneous collaboration and a highly memorable event. This performance is made possible in part through grants from the French America Cultural Exchange (FACE)- Funds for Contemporary Music and the British Columbia Arts Council. The reception is sponsored with support from the Cultural Cervice of the Consulate General of France in San Francisco. |
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| Myra Melford (USA) | ||
| Myra has appeared on more than 20 recordings, including nine as a leader , performed in more than 30 countries, won major awards for composition and piano performance, and worked with some of the world's most innovative musicians. Melford's staying power is the product of ceaseless musical travels; she's always going somewhere. At the keyboard, Melford recasts the blues and boogie-woogie of her Chicago hometown, folds in elements of the music of Eastern Europe and India, and blends them with the rangy, percussive avant-garde stylings she cultivated in studies with Don Pullen and Henry Threadgill. This personal musical vocabulary is further enriched by a lush lyricism and organized by an architectural sense of composition that she derived from classical training. » Back To Top |
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| François Houle (b. 1961, Canada) | ||
| Born in Quebec in 1961, Vancouver-based clarinetist/composer François Houle has built a body of work that, as Art Lange has written, “hovers unselfconsciously above categories and styles.” He leads the François Houle 5 and other jazz/creative music groups, co-leads the world music trio Safa, is a member of Delbecq 5, and has performed and/or recorded with Marilyn Crispell, Dave Douglas, Myra Melford, Wayne Horvitz, Joëlle Léandre, Georg Graewe, Evan Parker, and the NOW Orchestra. He is intimately involved in the development of contemporary Canadian music as a member of Standing Wave, Turning Point and the Vancouver New Music Ensemble, and also performs classical chamber music regularly. He has appeared at festivals across Canada, the U.S., and Europe, and his recordings are on Songlines, Between the Lines, Spool, Red Toucan, and other labels. » Back To Top |
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| Frédéric St-Hilaire (Canada) | ||
In 1998, while finishing his film studies, Frédéric St-Hilaire, aka Cinétik discovered Montreal's electronic music scene and fell in love with it. Wanting to unify his two passions (film and music) he decided to present some of his video images during electronic music events. Rapidly, he's been ask to present his work in many new media arts festivals and decided to commit himself to this new form of expression. For the last ten years, St-Hilaire has collaborated with many well known DJs, musicians, composers, theatre directors and dance choreographers by integrating video with different artistic expressions. His work has been presented in many American and European countries. » Back To Top |
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