PERFORMING ~ 2008
[2008] [2007] [2006] [2005]
[2004] [2003] [2002] [2001] [2000] [1999] [1998] [1997]
4Home 4Bio 4Performing 4Composing 4Catalogue 4Program Notes 4Hear & See
4Past 4Workshops 4Discography 4Teachers 4Press Releases 4Awards 4Tours
4Photos 4Associations 4Links 4End
February 10 ~ Toronto
April 17 ~ Winnipeg
May 15 ~ Toronto
June 6 ~ Invermere, BC
August 31 ~ Winnipeg
September 15 ~ Winnipeg
September 18 ~ Brandon, Manitoba
![]()
Sunday ~ February 10 ~ 2008 ~ Toronto
Canada's prima percussionist
Beverley Johnston
was invited by Ulla Colgrass and her Pulitzer Prize-winning composer husband, Michael Colgrass, to give a "recitalette" of about 45 minutes in their gracious home in Toronto, for a select audience of 25 - 30 people. Beverley
saw this as an outstanding opportunity to "workshop" some of my new works that she and I have been preparing to
premiere in the May 15th concert of my music in Heliconian Hall, in Toronto. I was delighted to be part of Bev's
concert at Colgrass's, and we've had a great time getting it together. We've had some invaluable help with the
theatrical aspects from George Bloomfield, in Toronto.
The featured piece we're "workshopping" is my duo for percussion, piano, spoken text and tape, Prodigies of the Nose, which uses texts from the writings of Diane Ackerman, Edmund Rostand (Cyrano de Bergerac), Helen Keller and some
of my own. I will also be workshopping a new solo piece of mine for spoken text, piano and small percussion called
Opening Windows. In this piece, about moods, the text is by Gertrude Stein. Her often bizarre texts are written for their sound and rhythm rather than for any meaning. My piece uses the same text and rhythm throughout, but as seen through different "windows" or moods - 12 of them!
Beverley will also be performing 2 solo works for percussion - To The Earth, by Fred Rzewski, for flower pots and voice, and Axion Esti, by George Kondogiorgosanother, for stamna (jug) and voice.
Diana McIntosh ~ Winnipeg 1-15-08
Scroll down to see Ulla's snaps of the concert
8:00 PM ~ Thursday ~ April 17 ~ 2008 ~ Winnipeg
Rolf Schulte, violin
and
James Winn, piano
the outstanding American duo/soloists
in a concert presented by
GroundSwell
New Music Now
curated by
Diana McIntosh
in a program of music by
Elliott Carter ~ Anton Webern ~ Fred Lerdahl
Mario Davidovsky ~ Michael Matthews
Diana McIntosh
also on the program
Trails of Gravity and Grace, for clarinet, cello and piano
by Calgary composer Allan Bell, performed by
Andrea Bell, cello ~ Pat Daniels, clarinet
Diana McIntosh, piano
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg
8:00 PM ~ Thursday ~ April 17 ~ 2008
Tickets: Adult: $19 ~ Senior: $17 ~ Student: $9
Ticket info ~ 943-5770
~
free parking available behind the CBC Building - access via lane off Young Street
~Music from this concert will be broadcast on CBC's "The Signal "
on Saturday May 31 with host Pat Carrabre
CV Arts
presents
SOLITARY CLIMB
an autobiographical theatrical musical show, with humour, about Diana McIntosh's
mountain climbing experiences and her parallel struggles with contemporary music
written and performed by
Canadian international theatrical performer/composer
Diana McIntosh
on Ophidian Glacier
Mistaya area, B.C., Canada
Lake O'Hara
Yoho National Park, BC
Canada
![]()
You are invited to experience DIANA MCINTOSH, the well known pianist, multi-media performance artist and composer of new music who entertains audiences with "serious fun”. Diana McIntosh (www.dianamcintosh.com) is widely recognized as distinctive, original and innovative with effervescent wit. She has performed throughout Canada, widely in the USA, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Portugal, and Kenya. Her commissions for new music have included works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, vocal and instrumental soloists, dance, mime and electronic tape. Diana will perform her own 50- minute creation Solitary Climb, a theatrical musical work that combines spoken text, piano and tape. It reflects parallels that she sees between her musical career and mountain climbing. In her words, “As an avid mountain hiker and climber, as well as a composer/ theatrical performer/pianist, I’ve found that mountains have been a direct or indirect influence on the music I create … I created Solitary Climb as an autobiographical work to show the relationships I feel between mountains and music – the adventure, the mystery, the tensions, the special techniques, the exhilaration of both.” Here are a few comments about Diana and her shows:
Diana McIntosh is a national treasure. She is a leading light for any composer, particularly for female composers, and she also brings a very welcome sense of humour and creativity to the concert stages of Canada. -------- Bravo TV News
…one of the wonders of the Canadian contemporary music world. Contemporary music is not often so engaging, entertaining and delightful. ---------The Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Diana McIntosh is an enormously creative woman - entertaining, resourceful, and courageous. - The Winnipeg Free Press
Invermere, BCChrist Church Trinity
7:30 PM Friday, June 6, 2008
Tickets: $21.00 adult ~ $10.00 student
(including reception following)
~
available at
Dave's Book Bar ~ Essentials ~ Pynelogs
Trims and Treasures - Fairmont N'Deco - Radium
and at the door
Co-sponsored by
Alice Hale
of
Caraway Pottery
Westside Road ~ Invermere
(250) 342-9504