1978-1982

Issue #1 Jan 1978

Articles

Alto Sax Playing, by John Oswald
CCMC Vol III, by Harry Freedman
Not By Electronics Alone, by Sally Jaeger
Mud and Musical Design, by Charles de Mestral
A Genealogy of Vancouver Music, 1965 – 1978, by Don Druick
Talking with NOW, Don Druick
The Passage (12 + 1), Raymond Gervais
My Own "Fluxus" Pieces, 1977-78, Michael S. Horwood

Reviews

The Nihilist Spasm Band at the Music Gallery, by Vic d’Or
Autisticisum: Michael Snow and Casey Sokol, piano duets, by Nicholas Kilbourn
Canadian Electronic Ensemble at Theatre Downstairs, by Jackie London and John Wraggett
Mud Music, by John Oughton
Al Neil at UBC, by Greg Simpson

Scores

A Wave and A Bird (excerpt), by David Jaeger
It Belongs to Harmony to Stir the Passions - Jean-Phillipe Rameau, 1754, Larry Polansky
Invention in Modulum, Stuart Shepherd


Issue #2 April 1978

Articles

The Design and Construction of Columbine, a Percussion Instrument of Forty Steel Bells, by Gayle Young

Reviews

The World Saxophone Quartet at York University, by John Oughton
The Glass Orchestra, by Andrew Timar

Scores

Poem for Steve Reich, by Michael S. Horwood


Issue #3 June 1978

Articles

The Contemporary Viola de Gamba, by Peggie Sampson

Reviews

Lubomyr Melnyk at the Art Gallery of Ontario; Don Cherry / Colin Walcott at St. Lawrence Centre, by John Oughton
R. Murray Schafer and Barbara Pentland, Jackie London
Towards Make Believe Gardens: Glenn James' Elektrik Hockey Stick, Karl Jirgens
Barry Truax, Sonic Landscapes (LP); Music of Michael Colgrass, by Michael S. Horwood
Towards Make Believe Gardens: Glenn James' Elektrik Hockey Stick, Karl Jirgens
Some Recent Performances, Angelica Primavera

Scores

The Walls (Have Ears) (excerpt, with explanation), by Henry Kucharzyk
Rain Chant, Andrew Timar


Issue #4 Summer 1978

Articles

Swan Song for Larry Dubin, Paul Haines
Gayle Young interviews James Tenney
Towards the Pregeometry, David Malthouse

Reviews

Terry Riley at the Art Gallery of Ontario, by John Oswald
New Music Concerts, two reviews, by Wes Wraggett
New Music Co-operative at Lansdowne Arts Park, by John Oughton

Scores

The Northwest Passage to India, 1-32, by Stuart Broomer


Issue #5 Fall 1978

Articles

Robert Ashley in conversation with Peter Anson
Yves Bouliane et Robert Leriche, in conversation
Take a Walk, Only Listening, by John Siddall
CCMC European Tour, by Al Mattes
Towards a New Celtic Music (with Greg Simpson), by Don Druick
Th Flout What Kilt Foster, by Stuart Ross
Tape Music: Thinking About It, by Don Druick

Reviews

Impressions on a Karl Berger Workshop at Western Front, by Allan J. O’Connor
New Orchestra Workshop at UBC Recital Hall, by John Orysik
Michael Waisvisz, Slide Music, Ian Stewart at the Music Gallery by John Oughton
'ear it live festival, by Ian Stewart

Scores

Even Daylight, by Paul Plimley
PRO, by Lubomyr Melnyk
Three Pieces and Mantra Rag, by Andrew Timar


Issue #6 Winter 1979

Articles

A Short History of Radio (with Vic d'Or), by Patrick Ready
Array, with Douglas Perry, by Murray Geddes
Entretein avec Raymond Gervais et Yves Bouliane
Digital Composing Kit, by Elizabeth Vander Zag
Cord Orchestra, a Statement of Process, by Paul Cram
Evan Parker at the Music Gallery and at ArtSpace, by Jo Haines
Composers and Choreographic Seminar, by Stuart Shepherd
Analysis of Coming Together by Frederick Rzewski, by Chris Crawford

Reviews

Eleventh International Sound Poetry Festival, by Christopher Butterfield
Makoto Sinohara: Choice / Chosen / Choosing, by Makuto Sinohara
Bridge of Dreams, by Don Druick
Concert de Robert Leriche, by Yves Bouliane
Array Concerts, by Michael S. Horwood
A Genealogy of New Music Groups in Toronto - 1912-1978, by Andrew Timar
Bussotti and Saint-Marcoux Concert, by John Oughton

Scores

Overture for Player Piano and Two Assistants, by Micheal S. Horwood


Issue #7 Spring 1979

Articles

Interview with Martin Bartlett, by Andrew Timar
Interview with Albert Mayr, by Yves Bouliane
Chat with Aloys Kontarsky, by Chris Crawford
Interview with Waveband, by Fred Gaysek
Recipe for Quick Music Production, Ole Jull
Interview with CKRG Radio, by Andrew Timar
Endless - Notes to the Recording "KMH", by Lubomyr Melnyk
Marrow and Skin Deep (with Gordon Phillips), by Terrill Maguire
Convergence, by Micheal S. Horwood
Reception and Offering Music, by John Rea
Interview with Ted Dawson, by Yves Bouliane

Reviews

Kaiser Kondo Oswald (with Maria Endler), by Lesley Harris
Dance / Music Concert by John Oughton
John Cage Concert in Montréal, by Peggy Berkowitz
Mantra by Wes Wraggett
Records Received; Reflections on the Electronic Music Festival, by David Keane
Cecil Taylor by Chris Crawford
Something Called Maple Sugar, by Jaqueline Humbert

Scores

other still life, by Miguel Frasconi
Ghosts (excerpt), by Phil Werren
Cut – Ups, by Lloyd Garber
Parcours – évènement, by Claude-Paul Gauthier
Continuity One and Two; String Quartet No. 2, by Paul Cram
Continuity Two, by Albert Mayr
Structures for Improvisation, by New Monday Orchestra


Issue #8 Summer 1979

Articles

System Symbology - an approach to electronic music transcription, by Wes R. D. Wraggett
Phrases, by Phil Werren
Interview with Jean-Claude Eloy, typescript version of transcript

Scores

The Saddest Song I Know, by Bob Davis
RIVER C: Parameters for Computer Generation, by Don Druick


Issue #9 Fall 1979

Articles

R. Murray Schafer on Ten Centuries Concerts: a recollection
Lou Harrison, an extensive interview
Ingemar von Heigne of the World Soundscape Project
Memories for Larry Dubin., by John Oughton
Music, and Things… by Don Druick
Wavemakers by Michael Brook
Derek Bailey in interview
Interview with Al Neil, by Howard Broomfield
The New Music Co-op, a Brief History
David Keane Tours Europe
Photo Essay by Vid Ingelevics

Reviews

Quoi de Neuf, by Ted Dawson
Derek Bailey in Toronto

Scores

Chris Butterfield Twelve Fishes, etc.
Eugene Chadbourne Courage
Miguel Frasconi Solo for Mbira
Marie Chouinard Cristallisation
Andrew Timar J.O.H.N. C.A.G.E.
Wes Wraggett, After Apocalypse
David Rosenboom Drawings of Music and Dance


Issue #10 Winter 1980

Articles

Talk with Pauline Oliveros (with Andrew Timar)
Talk with the Government, by John Oswald
Talk about the Canadian League of Composers with Victor Davies, by Andrew Timar
To Be Discussed, an interview with Peter Cusack, by John Oswald
Talk with Evan Parker (with Al Mattes and Peter Anson),
Talk with Sessione Milano: Shamanism by Committee (with Chris Crawford)
Yves Bouliane: talk about Improvising, with Andrew Harwood, Chris Crawford and John Oswald
Towards an Integrated Aesthetic for Electronic Music, by Wes Wraggett

Reviews

New Music Concerts, by Wes Wraggett
Review: New Music Concert by John Oughton

Scores

Kapilavistu, with extensive explanation, by Andrew Timar
Melody Writing System: ABDOPQR, by Dennis Burton


Issue #11 Spring 1980 – The Dennis Burton Issue

Articles, scores, drawings, calligraphy, writings by Dennis Burton
In Terra Reduction; Handshaking I; The Physics of Music, by Dennis Burton
New Music as Visual Language, by Dennis Burton


Issue #12 Summer 1980 – The Graphic Score Issue

Collected scores by:

Walking Action VIII, by John Weinzweig
Malerepa's Last Song & The Chorus, by Al Neil
Nuclear, by Wes R. D. Wraggett
Violin Electric Trio (excerpt) (with David Jaeger), by David Jaeger and James Montgomery
Peacock, by John Fodi
Binaries (excerpt), by Ted Dawson
Quapprice (excerpt), by Norma Beecroft
Chance and Choice Starchart and Splatterchart Music, by Dennis Burton
Choreographie I (excerpt), by André Prévost
Drumming Score in Memoriam Nelson Small Legs Jr. (excerpt), by Udo Kasemets
duet / swept (excerpt), by Miguel Frasconi
Head Arrangement for the Artists' Jazz Band, by Graham Coughtry
The Walls (Have Ears) (excerpt), by Henry Kucharzyk
Tribsanden, by Bill Buxton
Flora (excerpt), by David Mott
Eight Movements for Flute and Clarinet (excerpt), by John Hawkins
Graphic II (excerpt), by Harry Freedman
Generative Trio Music, by Don Druick
Response for Percussion, by James Tenney
chorale for morton feldman, by Jon Siddall
Les Accords Intuitifs: soulingner le temps qui passe, by Raymond Gervais
Nihil, by Lubomyr Melnyk
Music on One Timbre (excerpt), by John Celona
Pi, by John Kamevaar
found theme for The Age of Reason, by Stuart Broomer
untitled score, by Phil Werren
Structure I, by Jonathon J. Bayley


Issue #13 Fall 1980

Articles

The New Music Forum (with Susan Frykberg and Bentley Jarvis), by James Montgomery
A Talk with Philip Glass (with Miguel Frasconi and Andrew Timar)
Musicgraphics, by John Kamevaar
Collaboration: Three Sculptural Installation Works with Sound, by Reinhard Reitzenstein and Gayle Young
Possible Musics, by Jon Hassell

Reviews

'EAR It Live in Toronto, by Al Mattes
Earview from Montréal, by Robert Gelinas

Scores

Then We Wound Through Aura of Golden Yellow Gauze, by David Rosenboom
Carpophagous Canon #4, by David Keane
Sonic Landscape No. 1 (excerpt), by Barry Truax
Lines from Chang-Tzu I (excerpt), by Martin Bartlett
The Planes of Hydraleen I (excerpt), by Wes Wraggett


Issue #14 Winter 1981

Articles

Hugh Le Caine: Pioneer of Electronic Music, Part 1, by Gayle Young
Misha Mengelberg: interview by Andrew Timar
Mendelson Joe Speaks - to John Oswald

Reviews

The Computer Music Conference, New York, by Susan Frykberg
Making Do In New York, or What to do Until the 68000 Comes, by Chris Howard

Scores

Where Edges Meet, by Jon Sidall
Piece for 12 Instrumentalists: "For Tristano", by Dennis Burton


Issue #15 Spring 1981 - The West Coast Issue

Articles

Acknowledging the Mind's Ear, by Stephen Parkinson
The World Soundscape Project Revisited, by Donna Zapf
Inside the Soundscape, the compositions of Hildegard Westerkamp, by Donna Zapf
I Learned Clikbing Before I Learned to Run, by Ken Gaburo
Notes on My Music, by Anthony Genge
Acoustic Metals: Robert Minden, by Donna Zapf
Sten Hanson's MetaMusic, by Donna Zapf
Composition After Technology: the Real Time Digital Music System at University of Victoria, by Michael Longton
Thoughts, Contentions, and Composition: Electronic Music 1981, by Jean Piché
Wilderness Lake: conversation with R. Murray Schafer, by Hildegard Westerkamp
Belief System (notes), by John Celona

Reviews

Style over Content (Meredith Monk), by Russell Keziere


Issue #16 Summer 1981 - An Atlas of Canadian Scores


Six Episodes After Keats (extract), by Malcolm Forsyth
Napoleon's House (with Steve Brown), by Phil Ogison
Go Ahead Wes (excerpt), by Robert Stevenson
Inauguration of Ronald Reagan, by Mendelson Joe
Dance of the Blind (excerpt) by Marjan Mozetich
Snowforms (excerpt), by R. Murray Schafer
Parcel (excerpt), by Paul Théberge
Pearly (excerpt), by Alexina Louie
Endleofan (excerpt), by Gayle Young
There Being, Two, by Miguel Frasconi
Galaxie, from Nuclées, by Claremont Pépin
Suite for Guitar (excerpt), by Edward Arteaga
Here (A), by John Kamevaar
Beat, by John Oswald
Alchera (excerpt), by M. Coulombe St-Marcoux
Chameleon (excerpt), by Ted Dawson
String Quartet in C Minor (excerpt), by Sir Ernest MacMillan
At The Palmreaders, by Stuart Shepherd
Sequence Processor, by Peter Anson


Issue #17 Fall 1981

Articles

Continuous Piano Playing, by Lubomyr Melnyk
How to Play the Piano, by Al Neil
A Conversation with John Cage (with Miguel Frasconi and Andrew Timar)
Pushing the Limits - Notes on Piano Improvisation, by Casey Sokol
Hugh Le Caine: Pioneer of Electronic Music, Part 2, by Gayle Young
Piano Burning, by Annea Lockwood


Issue #18 Winter 1982

Articles

Sonorities, by Raymond Gervais
Non-Music, by Robert Rayer
Claude Vivier in conversation with Susan Frykberg
Musicians of Note(s), by John Rea
Otto Joachim in Conversation (with Susan Frykberg, Tina Pearson and John Oswald)
De Le Grande Depression à la Grande Déprime, by Robert Gelinas
Does Bilingual Mean Double-Tongued?, by Robert Gelinas
Night Kitchen: Kathleen Yearwood and Ross White (with Robert Rayer), by Chris Crawford
Electronic Music Studios in Montréal, by Chris Howard
Sonde, by Charles de Mestral
Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, by M. Coulombe Saint Marcoux

Scores

Nuclées / Magma, by Claremont Pépin
Mankind, by Otto Joachim
Alchera (excerpt), by M. Coulombe Saint Marcoux


Issue #19 Spring 1982 – Music/Dance

Articles

Making Sound: Lisa Nelson and Danny Lepkoff, by Tina Pearson
La Groupe de la Place Royale: an interview with Peter Boneham, Mark Harada, Michael Montanero, with A. Timar and Tina Pearson
Joint Actions, by Ted Dawson
Music and Dance: Jennifer Mascall Talks to John Oswald
Memories from the First National Choreographic Seminar, by Stuart Shepherd
Ojibway Dance: The Richard Lyons Dance Troupe, by Tina Pearson
Working with Dance: a Personal History, by Andrew Timar
Towards a New Mind / Body Music (Part 1), by David Mott
After Cage's Roaratorio; a Cheap Imitation, by Udo Kasemets
Oranges (with Marie-France Bruyère), by Nicole Simard

Scores

Certain Distilling Processes, by Philip Corner


Issue #20 Summer 1982 – Animals and Music

Articles

Man, Animals and Music: Cross-Species Contact, by Charels Noyes
Jamming at the Frog Bog (with Andrew Timar)
Interspecies Music, by Pierre Ouellet
Flutes and Animals, by Iris Brooks
Excerpts from Handbook In Motion, by Simone Forti
Bodysounds: Andy Warshaw in Conversation with Tina Pearson
Meditation I (for violin) for Malcolm Goldstein, by David Mott
Towards a New Mind / Body Music, Part 2, by David Mott
Improvisation, by Malcolm Goldstein
Consider the Idea of Sound, by N.G. Thornton

Reviews

Towards a Populist Music: a Report on New Music America '82, by Jon Siddall


Issue #21 Fall 1982

Articles

Counterbomb Renga; As a Matter of Sound, by Udo Kasemets
Architectonics in Musical Space, by Campbell Foster
The Voice is in Your Body, by Frank Baker
Towards a New Mind / Body Music, Part 3, by David Mott
Exploring the Voice, by Joan LaBarbara
David Rosenboom and Richard Teitelbaum in conversation
Understanding Intonation, by Jon Siddall
The How and Why of Instrument Design, by Gayle Young
Cooking With Glass, by V. Eric Cadesky
The Truthseeker Company (The ? is Our Cornerstone), by Juan Geuer

Reviews

Summer Solstice festival, by Basia Irland

Scores

Notations, by Nobuo Kubota
Circular Song, by Joan LaBarbara
The Truthseeker Company Perpetual Dependence Integrator, by Juan Geuer


Issue #22 Winter 1982 – Counterbomb Renga

Articles

Counterbomb Renga – Concerned Artists Demanding Abolition of Nuclear Arms, a collaborative piece conceived and co-ordinated by Udop Kasemets
Acrostics / Tancrostics (Poems / Scores), by Udo Kasemets