Diana McIntosh - Work

in

Blow Them Away
curated by Diana McIntosh

an exciting and dynamic program of
music by Australian,
Canadian and European composers

plus

.the world premiere of a clarinet and piano work
by Winnipeg composer

Sid Robinovitch

played by
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Pat Daniels and Diana McIntosh
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8:00 PM, Thursday, April 16, 2009
Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall
University of Winnipeg

free parking in CBC lot on Spence Street
(enter from Young Street)

Don't miss it!
complimentary reception follows

Tickets - Adult $19 | Senior $17 | Student $9
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Info - 943-5770
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www.gswell.ca
www.dianamcintosh.com

8:00 PM ~ Friday ~ May 22 ~ 2009 ~ Heliconian Hall ~ Toronto
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COMMUNICATION
theatrical music
written by

Diana McIntosh
and performed with her friends

Laurel Ridd flute ~ Pat Daniels clarinet
Beverley Johnston percussion
~
(together with their Muses!)
.
in a workshopping of
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The Rehearsal's The Thing
a humorous theatrical piece for 4 speaking/playing musicians
about what goes on in rehearsals with musicians with hang-ups
who need to be freed by their "muses"

Sketch of 9 Greek Muses by Thalia Took .
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the program also includes Diana's humorous
.
Sampling the Communication Parameters
in the Ambience of Structural Phrasing
and Dynamics in Contemporary Music
a pseudo-serious mini lecture, which, appropriately, she does in gibberish!
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8:00 PM ~ Friday ~ May 22 ~ 2009
Heliconian Hall ~ Toronto
35 Hazelton Avenue
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Tickets ~ Adult - $20. ::: Student - $15. at the door
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With the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council

August 20 ~ 2009

Diana organized a private musical memorial
program for her very special friend, the late
Dvora Marcuse
at which Diana and a few other musical colleagues
and other friends of Dvora
performed and/or reminisced about their experiences
with this unique, colourful and brilliant recorder player

Dvora Marcuse

Diana mentioned that she and Dvora had performed together many, many times,
including memorable occasions when she had invited Dvora to play in her concerts
in New York, London and Paris

8:00 P.M. ~ Tuesday ~ October 13 ~ 2009
.
the premiere of

Diana's first Chamber Opera*
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The Rehearsal's The Thing
.
was performed in a GroundSwell concert at the

West End Cultural Centre
.
Ellice Ave. at Sherbrook St. ~ Winnipeg

.
theatrical music performed with her friends
..
Laurel Ridd flute ~ Pat Daniels clarinet
Beverley Johnston percussion
~
(together with their Muses!)
.

a humorous theatrical piece for 4 speaking/playing musicians
about what goes on in rehearsals with musicians with hang-ups
who need to be freed by their "muses"

Directed by
George Bloomfield

Sketch of 9 Greek Muses by Thalia Took .

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Tickets ~ Adult - $19. : Senior - $17. : Student - $15.
~

*With the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council

The concert was a huge success - the audience loved Diana's piece!

From a Muse scene in The Rehearsal's The Thing

Photo by William Eakin - at the premiere performance

Tribute concert for Mary Gardiner

Toronto - October 23, 2009 - Heliconian Hall

Diana was invited to be MC at a concert sponsored by The Heliconian Club
in honour of composer Mary Gardiner. Mary, a close friend of Diana, has been
a very active member of the Heliconian Club for many years, and her music,
particularly the works written for children, has been widely acclaimed. For one
section of the concert Diana assumed the character of one of her pseudonyms,
Maude Pilly, to introduce the musicians. The concert, which consisted entirely
of Mary's music, was exceptionally well performed by students as well as by
professional musicians, to a packed, very appreciative audience.

The concert was organized on behalf of the Heliconian Club by
soprano Barbara Fris, of Toronto

At Mary Gardiner's tribute concert

Barbara Fris Mary & John Gardiner (seated)

Winnipeg ~ Wednesday, November 18th
Faculty of Music ~ U. of Manitoba

12:30 noon
Eva Clare Hall

The Faculty of Music ~ University of Manitoba

presents

A Theatrical Concert
a program of 3 works written and performed by
Canadian pianist/composer/performance artist

Diana McIntosh
including

and
.
Beryl Markham: Flying West With The Night (excerpt)
About the intrepid British woman who learned to fly in Kenya and became,
in 1936, the first person to solo the Atlantic from East to West.
Text from Markham’s book, “Flying West With The Night”.

All Too Consuming
About a sensuous meal in a restaurant. Text by B.C. poet Peter Christensen

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immediately following the performance Diana will chat briefly
with the audience and answer any questions about her music

www.dianamcintosh.com

Brandon, MB ~Thursday, November 26th

School of Music ~ Brandon University

12:40 noon
Lorne Watson Hall

A Theatrical Concert
a program of 3 works written and performed by
Canadian pianist/composer/performance artist

Diana McIntosh
including
.

and

Beryl Markham: Flying West With The Night (excerpt)
About the intrepid British woman who learned to fly in Kenya and became,
in 1936, the first person to solo the Atlantic from East to West.
Text from Markham’s book, “Flying West With The Night”.

All Too Consuming
About a sensuous meal in a restaurant. Text by B.C. poet Peter Christensen

. ~ ~ ~

immediately following the performance Diana will chat briefly
with the audience and answer any questions about her music

www.dianamcintosh.com

Banff, AB - 3:00 PM, Wednesday, December 16 - Leighton Artists Colony Studio #5 (The Davidson Studio)

Free Informal Studio Concert

of theatrical/musical pieces

by composer/pianist
Diana McIntosh

Performing in the Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa

3:00 PM ~ Wednesday ~ December 16th
Leighton Artists Studio #5 (The Davidson Studio)

"tea and cookies"

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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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