Allison Cameron
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Résumé
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT & ACTIVITIES
- 1996-7 Commission, The Burdocks Ensemble, Toronto (The Canada Council)
- 1996-7 Commission, Steve Schick/Maya Beiser Duo, New York City (Toronto Arts Council)
- 1996-7 Commission, Marc Sabat (solo bass violin), Toronto (Toronto Arts Council)
- 1995-6 Commission, Hemispheres Music Ensemble, Toronto (Laidlaw Foundation)
- 1995-6 Commission, Modern String Quartet, Toronto (Ontario Arts Council)
- 1995-7 Council Member, Canadian League of Composers
- 1995 Music Composition Teacher/Workshop Leader, Inventors & Innovators Workshop, sponsored by Basic Elements/The Music Gallery, Toronto
- 1993-4 Music Curator, 93-94 New Music Concert Series, The Music Gallery, Toronto
- 1992-3 Commission, Bang-On-A-Can at Lincoln Center, New York City (The Canada Council)
- 1992-present Artistic Director/Business Manager, The Arcana Ensemble, Toronto
- 1991-2 Commission, Fifth Species Woodwind Quintet, Toronto (The Ontario Arts Council)
- 1991 Commission, Les Coucous Bénévoles (Baroque Quartet), Toronto (The Canada Council)
- 1990 Commission, Sound Pressure Ensemble, The Border Crossings Festival, Toronto (The Canada Council)
VISITING ARTIST AND COMMISSION INVITATIONS
- NOVEMBER 1995 Guest-Artist, Incomparable Compatibles, Mercer Union Gallery Collaboration with performance artist Colette Urban, Mercer Union, Toronto School of Art, Toronto
- AUGUST 1995 Commission Invitation, Ronda Rindone, 1996, Toronto
- AUGUST 1995 Commission Invitation, Eve Egoyan (Piano), 1996-7 season, Toronto
- AUGUST 1995 Commission Invitation, New Music Concerts, 1996-7 season, Toronto, (Ontario Arts Council)
- JULY 1995 Commission Invitation, Vancouver New Music, June 1996, Vancouver, (Canada Council)
- JUNE 1995 Guest-Artist, Erik Satie Festival, Daniel Matej Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- FEBRUARY 1995 Guest-Artist, EMERGING VOICES FESTIVAL, Steve Schick UCSD, San Diego
- DECEMBER 1994 Guest-Artist, STUDIO OF NEW MUSIC 1994, Daniel Matej Prague, Czech Republic
- MARCH 1994 Guest-Artist, BANG-ON-A-CAN AT LINCOLN David Lang CENTRE, New York City
- MAY 1993 Guest-Artist, Festivale TOHU-BOHU, Montréal, Québec ALLISON CAMERON Page 4
- SEPT 1993 Commission Invitation, VENI Ensemble, Daniel Matej Bratislava, Slovakia (The Canada Council)
- OCT 1992 Commission Invitation, NEW MUSIC ACROSS AMERICA, Shannon Peet Toronto, Ontario (Canada Council)
- JULY 1992 Commission Invitation, Don Wherry NEWFOUNDLAND SOUND SYMPOSIUM, St. John's, Newfoundland
- MAY 1991&2 Guest-Artist, BANG-ON-A-CAN FESTIVAL, Michael Gordon New York City
- JUNE 1990-1994 Guest-Artist, EVENINGS OF NEW MUSIC I,III,IV Slovak Music Fund Bratislava, Slovakia
- FEBRUARY 1989 Commission Invitation, NEW MUSIC AMERICA, Jean Piché Montréal, Québec (Canada Council)
AFFILIATIONS
- 1996-1999 Music Committee Member, Toronto Arts Council
- 1995-7 Board Member, Canadian League of Composers
- 1993-present Associate-Composer, The Canadian Music Centre
- 1986-present Member, Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, (SOCAN)
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND PRIZES
- 1994 Travel Grant, THE CANADA COUNCIL to attend premiere and lecture at the Studio of New Music project in Prague, Czech Republic
- 1992 Project Grant, THE CANADA COUNCIL to pursue studies with composer James Tenney in Toronto
- 1992 Full Scholarship, The Banff Centre (Winter Participant)
- 1990 Travel Grant, THE CANADA COUNCIL to attend the international festival Evenings of New Music, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
- 1989 Joseph S. Stauffer Prize Awarded by the Canada Council in the Arts grant 'B' category
- 1988/89 Arts grant ‘B’ Award, THE CANADA COUNCIL for 2nd year graduate study in the Netherlands
- 1988 Scholarship, I S C M (Polish Section) to attend summer courses in Palcew, Poland with Gorecki, Nono, Nordheim, and Szymanski
- 1987/88 Arts grant ‘B’ Award, THE CANADA COUNCIL for 1st year graduate study in the Netherlands
UNIVERSITY DEGREES, EDUCATION
- 1992 Private Study, with composer James Tenney, Toronto Banff, Alberta
- 1992 Winter Participant, THE BANFF CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, Banff, Alberta
- 1987-1989 Certificate in Composition, THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF THE HAGUE, The Netherlands -- principal instructors: Louis Andriessen, Gilius van Bergeijk and Frederick Rzewski
- 1988 The John Cage Project, THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS -- composition seminars, performance workshops with John Cage
- 1983-1987 B. Mus. UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA - Major: Composition and Theory - principal instructors: Rudolf Komorous, Michael Longton and electronic music with Douglas Collinge
