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Andrew Staniland (1977-    )

Andrew Staniland, composerComposer Andrew Staniland has firmly established himself as one of Canada’s most important and innovative musical voices. Described by Alex Ross in the New Yorker magazine as "alternately beautiful and terrifying", his music is regularly heard on CBC Radio 2 and has been broadcast internationally in over 35 countries. Staniland is the recipient of the 2009 National Grand Prize in EVOLUTION, presented by CBC Radio 2/Espace Musique and The Banff Centre, top prizes in the SOCAN young composers competition, and the 2004 Karen Keiser Prize in Canadian Music. He has been Affiliate Composer to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2006-09) and the National Arts Centre Orchestra (2002–04), and has also been in residence at the Centre du Creation Musicale Iannis Xenakis (Paris, 2005). Recent commissioners include the Gryphon Trio, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, the Toronto Symphony, cellist Frances-Marie Uitti, and American Opera Projects. Staniland is the lead composer/educator with the Gryphon Trio’s Listen Up! education initiative, created and produced in collaboration with the Gryphon Trio and music educator Rob Kapilow. Staniland also performs himself, both as a guitarist and working with new media (computers and electronics). Heis currently on faculty at Memorial University in St John’s Newfoundland.

COMPOSITIONS                                            Staniland Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre    ~ ~ ~    Staniland on Staniland
Two Pervasive Miniatures, soprano and chamber ensemble [fl, ob, cl, bass cl, pf] (2000)
Variations on a Theme by D.H Lawrence, piano and string orchestra (2001)
for violin #3, violin and tape (2001)
13 Images, soprano and clarinet (2001)
Two Movements for Orchestra (2002)
Trio, harp, piano and percussion (2002)
Alchemy, piano and 5 solo strings (2003)
Tapestry, clarinet, cello and tape (2003)
Fiat Lux, horn and piano (2003)
Protestmusik, orchestra (2004)
Origin of the Crash, marimba and wind chimes (2004)
After the Crash, percussionist (2004)
Ashlike on the Cradle of the Wind, chamber opera (2005) [libretto: Jill Battson]
Orchestralympics, orchestra (2005)
St Croix, chamber ensemble and live electronics (2005)
Full Circle, guitar (2005)
Tampobata, singing pianist and electronics (2005)
Air, accordion and percussion (2006)
Adventuremusic: Love her Madly, 2 pianos, percussion and electronics (2006)
Despite Bright Ideas, tape (2006)
See Saw, chamber opera (2007) [libretto: Anna Chatterton]
Gaia, orchestra (2007)
Voyageur, orchestra (2007)
True North, saxophone and electronics (2007)
LinguaElastic, live electronics and spoken word (2007) [also an audio installation]
Big Bang! , percussion and orchestra (2008)
Peter Quince at the Clavier, baritone and piano (2008)
Blue, mezzo-soprano and piano resonance (2008)
At the Laurentian Room, soprano and piano (2008)
Road to Berlin, bass and piano (2008)
Made in China, tenor, percussion and piano (2008)
Devolution, chamber ensemble (2009)
Yupana, chamber ensemble and electronics (2009)
Sudoku, violin, tabla and electronics (2009)
Dark Star Requiem, operatic oratorio, 4 soloists [SABB], chamber choir, piano trio and 2 percussion (2010) [libretto: Jill Battson]
    - Beautymark, soprano and piano (2010) [aria from "Dark Star Requiem"]
HeX, percussion sextet (2010)
Pentagrams, 2 accordions (2010) [also arr. for accordion and piano; and 2 pianos]
Talking Down the Tiger, percussion and live looping (2010)
Only Darkness, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2010)
Calamus, soprano and cello (2010)
(RE)VOLUTION, concerto for electric guitar and orchestra (2011)
Solstice Songs, piano trio [violin, cello, piano] (2011)
The river is within us, violin and piano (2011)
Still Turning, cello and electronics (2011)
Four Horsemen, band (2012) [also arr. for symphonic band and electronics]
Flute Vs Tape, flute and tape (2012) [also arr. for 2 flutes (acoustic)]
No Labour Saving Machine, tenor and cello (2012)
Four Angels, orchestra and electronics (2013)


WORKS BY GENRE                                                         Staniland Links    ~ ~ ~    Staniland on Staniland      ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Ashlike on the Cradle of the Wind, chamber opera (2005) [libretto: Jill Battson]
See Saw, chamber opera (2007) [libretto: Anna Chatterton]
Dark Star Requiem, operatic oratorio, 4 soloists [SABB], chamber choir, piano trio and 2 percussion (2010) [libretto: Jill Battson]

Orchestra
Two Movements for Orchestra (2002)
Protestmusik, orchestra (2004)
Orchestralympics, orchestra (2005)
Gaia, orchestra (2007)
Voyageur, orchestra (2007)
Four Angels, orchestra and electronics (2013)

Band
Four Horsemen, band (2012) [also arr. for symphonic band and electronics]

Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Variations on a Theme by D.H Lawrence, piano and string orchestra (2001)
Big Bang! , percussion and orchestra (2008)
(RE)VOLUTION, concerto for electric guitar and orchestra (2011)

Chorus w/Orchestra
Dark Star Requiem, operatic oratorio, 4 soloists [SABB], chamber choir, piano trio and 2 percussion (2010) [libretto: Jill Battson]

Chamber
Trio, harp, piano and percussion (2002)
Alchemy, piano and 5 solo strings (2003)
Tapestry, clarinet, cello and tape (2003)
Origin of the Crash, marimba and wind chimes (2004)
St Croix, chamber ensemble and live electronics (2005)
Air, accordion and percussion (2006)
Adventuremusic: Love her Madly, 2 pianos, percussion and electronics (2006)
Devolution, chamber ensemble (2009)
Yupana, chamber ensemble and electronics (2009)
Sudoku, violin, tabla and electronics (2009)
HeX, percussion sextet (2010)
Pentagrams, 2 accordions (2010) [also arr. for accordion and piano; and 2 pianos]
Solstice Songs, piano trio [violin, cello, piano] (2011)
Flute Vs Flute, 2 flutes (acoustic) (2012) [arr. from original work for flute and tape]

Instrument and Piano
Fiat Lux, horn and piano (2003)
The river is within us, violin and piano (2011)

Solo Instrument
for violin #3, violin and tape (2001)
After the Crash, percussionist (2004)
Full Circle, guitar (2005)
True North, saxophone and electronics (2007)
Talking Down the Tiger, percussion and live looping (2010)
Still Turning, cello and electronics (2011)
Flute Vs Tape, flute and tape (2012) [also arr. for 2 flutes]

Piano
Tampobata, singing pianist and electronics (2005)
Adventuremusic: Love her Madly, 2 pianos, percussion and electronics (2006)
Pentagrams, 2 pianos (2010) [arr. from original work for 2 accordians]

Vocal
Two Pervasive Miniatures, soprano and chamber ensemble [fl, ob, cl, bass cl, pf] (2000)
13 Images, soprano and clarinet (2001)
Peter Quince at the Clavier, baritone and piano (2008)
Blue, mezzo-soprano and piano resonance (2008)
At the Laurentian Room, soprano and piano (2008)
Road to Berlin, bass and piano (2008)
Made in China, tenor, percussion and piano (2008)
Only Darkness, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2010)
Calamus, soprano and cello (2010)
Beautymark, soprano and piano (2010) [aria from "Dark Star Requiem"]
No Labour Saving Machine, tenor and cello (2012)

Electronic/Electroacoustic/Mixed Media
for violin #3, violin and tape (2001)
Tapestry, clarinet, cello and tape (2003)
Tampobata, singing pianist and electronics (2005)
St Croix, chamber ensemble and live electronics (2005)
Despite Bright Ideas, tape (2006)
Adventuremusic: Love her Madly, 2 pianos, percussion and electronics (2006)
LinguaElastic, live electronics and spoken word (2007) [also an audio installation]
True North, saxophone and electronics (2007)
Yupana, chamber ensemble and electronics (2009)
Sudoku, violin, tabla and electronics (2009)
Talking Down the Tiger, percussion and live looping (2010)
Still Turning, cello and electronics (2011)
Four Horsemen, band (2012) [also arr. for symphonic band and electronics]
Flute Vs Tape, flute and tape (2012) [also arr. for 2 flutes]
Four Angels, orchestra and electronics (2013)


STANILAND  LINKS                                              Works by Genre     ~ ~ ~    Staniland on Staniland      ~ top of page ~
Concert Has Composer Andrew Staniland Playing Leading Edge of Sound Design (John Terauds, Musical Toronto)
Toronto Composer Andrew Staniland Turns Evolution On Its Ear (John Terauds, Sound Mind)

Composer's website   . . .   contact Andrew Staniland:  here
Andrew Stanilnad @ Twitter

Staniland @ American Opera Projects/Composers & the Voice
Staniland @ ArtsAlive
Staniland @ Canadian Music Centre
Staniland @ Canadian Music Centre/Atlantic Hub
Staniland @ CBC Radio-Canada/Evolution
Staniland @ Classical Guitar Canada
Staniland @ Contemporary Composers Index
Staniland @ electrocd.com
Staniland @ Facebook
Staniland @ Have a Voice
Staniland @ InstantEncore
Staniland @ LinkedIn
Staniland @ Memorial University    also    here    and     here    and    here    and     here
Staniland @ New Music Concerts
Staniland @ OpusOneReview
Staniland @ The Rambler
Staniland @ Toronto Symphony Ochestra/New Creations Festival
Staniland @ Waltmans Music Services

Publisher
Staniland @ Composer's website

Streaming Audio
Staniland @ Composer's website
Staniland @ CBC/Ottawa Morning
Staniland @ CBC/WAM
Staniland @ electrocd.com
Staniland @ SoundCloud

Recordings
Staniland @ Composer's website
Staniland @ ArkivMusic
Staniland @ CD Universe
Staniland @ ClassicsOnline

Video
Staniland @ YouTube    also    here
Staniland @ Google Video
Staniland @ Vimeo (via Google Advanced Search)
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Staniland on Staniland: Évolution - Meet Andrew Staniland  (VIDEO)







 Staniland on Staniland: Interview with Andrew Staniland (streaming audio)
Andrew Staniland, composerComposers Speak on the Web at Pytheas
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 Staniland on Staniland: Andrew Staniland & Jason Caslor/CBC-WAM (streaming audio)
Andrew Staniland, composerComposers Speak on the Web at Pytheas
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