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blinking arrow      Winnipeg ::  (Feb. 3/05) ~ (Feb. 8/05) ~ (June 23/05) ~ (Oct. 19/05) ~ (Nov. 2/05)

Denman Island, B.C. ::  Aug. 10/05   ~  Grand Forks, N.D. ::  Apr. 12/05

Kitchener, Ont. ::  May 1/05   ~  Thunder Bay, Ont. ::  Oct. 4/05 

Toronto, Ont. ::  Sept. 27/05



12:00 noon, Thursday, February 3, 2005

The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
International New Music Festival
presented

Diana McIntosh

performing her 45-minute,one-woman theatrical musical work

McIntosh The Stein Way
(a glimpse into the mind and writings of Gertrude Stein as seen, felt
and enjoyed by composer/pianist/actor Diana McIntosh)

at
 The Millenium Centre
389 Main Street
 (a few steps north of Portage and Main - east side)

talking drum
Diana McIntosh
photo by Lori Dunn, New York


12:30 noon, Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Music That Knows How To Play

 "new music drizzled with humour"

in the Campo area, University Centre (UMSU)
University of Manitoba
Fort Garry Campus, Winnipeg

with

Beverley Johnston percussion
Diana McIntosh piano
Pat Daniels clarinet
         
   a  free concert featuring music of Canadian composers
Beverley Johnston                Alexina Louie
     Hope Lee                                  Elliot Weisgarber
 Diana McIntosh*

*McIntosh compositions on the program -
Doubletalk
All In Good Time
That Damned Illusive Muse of Mine (created in collaboration with Beverley Johnston)

At CMC Concert-Feb.-05
Diana McIntosh ~ Beverley Johnston ~ Pat Daniels
photo by William Eakin, Winnipeg

~ concert sponsors ~

The Canadian Music Centre
as part of its New Music in New Places series
and
SOCAN
concert produced by Diana McIntosh

8:00 PM, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005

 a fund-raiser concert for the
Refugee Committee
of the Nassau Street Churches*

*(Augustine, United;  Christian Science;  Crescent Ft. Rouge, United;
 Holy Rosary, R.C.;  St. Luke’s, Anglican)
by
pianist/composer Diana McIntoh
titled
THROUGH THE VALLEY : MILGAARD
hosted by the
Christian Science Church in Winnipeg

Combining spoken text and piano, with synthesized orchestra on tape, McIntosh will perform her one-woman theatrical musical work, Through the Valley: Milgaard, a piece which was originally commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for its New Music Festival of 2001.  McIntosh combines her own original music with  text she constructed from talks with her long-time friend Joyce Milgaard, and from Joyce’s book, A Mother’s Story.  The work recounts Joyce’s very personal 28-year fight to have her innocent son, David, released from prison and exonerated from a charge of murder. McIntosh’s dramatic work traces Joyce’s courageous and tenacious journey and achievement through her faith in God.

Through the Valley: Milgaard, by Diana McIntosh, is the best piece for narrator and orchestra since Aaron Copeland’s “Lincoln Portrait”.  A deeply moving work, brilliantly narrated and performed by the composer, it is a testimony to one of Canada’s greatest heroes and a triumph of the human spirit.  Don’t miss this one.         
          Pulitzer prize-winning composer Michael Colgrass,Toronto             

This hour-long program will begin with two of McIntosh’s shorter pieces, both of which
reflect the idea of reaching for beauty, freedom and joy.
Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 8:00 PM
in the Christian Science Church, 757 Lyon Street, Ft. Garry
(at the corner of Point Road and Lyon Street - the blue building, with parking at the back.) 
Admission $10.00 - 100% for the refugee committee
not suitable for children under 16
tickets available from refugee representative at each church
for additional information call Anita - 453-3549
                                 
refreshments after the concert


7:30 pm TUESDAY, April 12, 2005

premiere performance of

In the beginning, mountains
for choir (SATB) with solo soprano and clarinet
with text by Banff poet Jon Whyte

commissioned from McIntosh through the Manitoba Arts Council

by

The Grand Forks, North Dakota University Choir

to be performed at

UND - Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA

Westside road
The Rocky Mountains, Inveremere, BC          photo by DEGEM


2:30 pm, SUNDAY, May 1, 2005

The DaCapo Chamber Choir
under the direction of Leonard Enns
  performing Diana McIntosh's

Psalm 46
for choir (SATB) with organ
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Cross

in the

Open Ears Festival

for more information about the festival, visit www.openears.ca

St. John the Evangelist Church, 23 Water Street North, in Kitchener

Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario
8:00 pm, WEDNESDAY, August 10, 2005

a fund-raiser concert for 
Concerts Denman

THROUGH THE VALLEY: MILGAARD 
  written and performed by Winnipeg's
internationally known

pianist/composer Diana McIntosh

Combining spoken text and piano, with synthesized orchestra on tape, McIntosh will perform her one-woman theatrical musical work, Through the Valley: Milgaard, a piece which was originally commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for its New Music Festival of 2001.  McIntosh combines her own original music with  text she constructed from talks with her long-time friend Joyce Milgaard, and from Joyce’s book,  A Mother’s Story.  The work recounts Joyce’s very personal 28-year fight to have her innocent son, David, released from prison and exonerated from a charge of murder.  McIntosh’s dramatic work traces Joyce’s courageous and tenacious journey and achievement through her faith in God.
Through the Valley: Milgaard , by Diana McIntosh, is the best pieces for narrator  and orchestra since Aaron Copeland’s “Lincoln Portrait”.  A deeply moving work, brilliantly narrated and performed by the composer, it is a testimony to one of Canada’s greatest heroes and a triumph of the human spirit.  Don’t miss this one.                                                                                   Pulitzer prize-winning composer Michael Colgrass, Toronto                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                        
       
This program begins with three of her shorter pieces - All In Good Time, From Wapta Ice and Summit Ridge
8:00 pm, Wednesday, August 10th, 2005
Denman Community Hall
Northwest Road, Denman Island, B.C., Canada

$15.00 / $10 students

Denman Island Community Centre

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12:30 Noon, TUESDAY, October 4, 2005

The Faculty of Music
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
-
presents

a solo concert by
Canadian
composer/pianist/performance artist

 Diana McIntosh

performing her

Through The Valley: Milgaard
(a theatrical work about the David Milgaard wrongful imprisonment case)

and also

Num-Ti-Jah Lodge

2 of her mountain climbing-inspired works

From Wapta Ice



Num-ti-ja Lodge               

and

Bow Lake & Num-Ti-Jah lodge


Summit Ridge

         
          
              
              




            
                Bow Lake, Alberta

admission - free of charge

8:00 pm, TUESDAY, September 27, 2005

Lula Lounge
Toronto, Ontario

"Exotic Journeys"

a chamber music* concert produced by
Canadian
pianist/composer/performance artist

 Diana McIntosh

featuring her music, including 

the premiere of Approaching Kilimanjaro**
The Arm of Dionysus
Summit Ridge
Eliptosonics
... and 8:30 In Newfoundland
All In Good Time

*Names of the other musicians joining McIntosh for this concert:
Beverley Johnston, percussion; Parmela Attariwala, violin
and The Madawaska String Quartet
**this work was directly inspired by McIntosh's experience on safari in Kenya
following her performance tour there in 2002
Near Kilimanjaro              Giraffes

12:30 noon, WEDNESDAY, October 19, 2005

***   Postponed - Note changed date  ***

12:30 noon, WEDNESDAY
November  2nd
Eva Clare Hall, University of Manitoba
Faculty of Music

a solo concert by
Diana McIntosh
composer/pianist/performance artist

featuring pieces from her one-woman

autobiographical show

"Solitary Climb"  blinking right arrow
(a work in progress)

including

Summit Ridge ---- Made to Scale
From Wapta Ice ---- Climb to Camp One
 

Diana on Ophidian Glacier
Diana McIntosh on Ophidian glacier, B.C, Canada
photo by Phil Hein, CMG


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Di climbing piano

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One of  McIntosh's most popular theatrical musical works, her satirical Eliptosonics, is
a send-up of avant-garde program notes.  Amy Duncan, a New York reviewer, wrote, "Multimedia
performance is a natural outcome of the age, and McIntosh is one of its important voices.  Watch for her."

Diana McIntosh is, in fact, a mountaineer. She combines music and mountains in a full-evening
one-woman show Solitary Climb, in which her audience shares a daring experience "scaling the sheer face of new music."

Maude Pilly (Diana's alter-ego, and Manitoba's Sarah Binks) comes from remote Dandelion, Manitoba. She is a folksy and entertaining composer/performer.

A partial list of solo works by Diana McIntosh
available for performance on tour
(click here to see complete catalogue)

Solitary Climb, 1990, a one-woman music/theatre piece of new music and mountains. Drawing on her mountain
climbing experience, McIntosh has created a multi-
media work that combines spoken text, original music
 for piano, tape, and magnificent slides of climbs she
 has made.  Text and music by McIntosh  (45').

Eliptosonics, 1979, theatre piece for piano and spoken
 voice (8') with slides, tape (13').

Slipping the Bonds - From Birds to Bondar, 1999,
 for spoken text, piano and tape.  Text prepared from
 tape of an interview McIntosh had with Roberta
 Bondar, Canada's first woman astronaut  (60').

Aiby-Aicy-Aidyai, 1983, for toy piano and extended vocal techniques (5').

Doubletalk, 1983, for extended vocal techniques and electronic tape (5').

...and 8:30 in Newfoundland, 1985, theatre piece for extended vocal techniques, percussion & digital delay (10').

Glorified Chicken Mousse, 1984, a recipe piece by the composer's other persona, "Maude Pilly" (5').

Sampling the Communication Parameters in the Ambience of Structural Phrasing and Dynamics in Contemporary Music, 1986, a theatre piece for spoken voice, piano (12').

McIntosh the Stein Way, 1992, for spoken text, piano, digital delay and movement.  Text of Gertrude Stein  (45')

In A Sense, 1994, for spoken text, thumb piano and percussion.  Text by Diane Ackerman  (18').

Beryl Markham - Flying West with the Night, 1995, for spoken text, piano and tape.  Text by Beryl Markham (50').

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