Howard Bashaw (born 1957, White Rock, Canada) is a composer of

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Smcq.qc.ca (28 September 2010). Retrieved 2010-11-13 and a professor of music at the

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. Bashaw graduated as a Master of Music in 1984 and a

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in 1989 from the

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. He also attended the

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where he won the Banff Centre Concerto Competition in 1992. He teaches

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, music theory and

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at the University of Alberta, previously having taught at the

, and at the Université Canadienne en France,

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. Bashaw composes music for orchestras, ensembles, and piano soloist performances. He has released some of his own work on CD.Howard Bashaw
; Canadian Music Centre. Retrieved 2011-05-04 The

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, and

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Music Department have commissioned his work. Bashaw is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers.

List of works

Piano *''15'' (2012) *''Minimalisms II'' (2005) *''Form Archimage'' (2001) *''Preludes Book 2'' (2000, revised 2003) *''Preludes Book 1'' (1996, revised 2007) *''Hosu'' (1986, revised 2011) Chamber *''Music for Trumpet and Piano'' (2007) *''Music for Alto Saxophone and Piano'' (2006) *''Music for Trombone and Piano'' (1998) *''Music for Organ and Piano'' (1995–96, revised 2007) *''Music for Tuba and Piano'' (1984, revised 1989) *''10M-5P-17m'' (2005) piano, violin, cello, clarinet, percussion *''4T-XMP-14m'' (2002) Four Toccatas for Xylophone (or marimba) and Piano *''12M-4P-15m'' (2001) piano, violin, cello, clarinet *''Eolian Braid'' (1995) two pianos, marimba, vibraphone *''seven spheres'' (1996) piano, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, percussion *''New Rage for Now Age'' (1996) piano, trumpet, trombone, percussion, saxophone *''Timepieces'' (1993, revised 2006) piano, violin, cello, trumpet Orchestra and large ensemble *''Scratch-Scorch'' (2008), for Big Band, featuring amplified violin *''TMHRO'' (2006) Three Movements for the

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, Big Band, featuring amplified piano *''Concerto for Two Pianos and Two Percussion'' (1999) with full orchestra *''Minimalisms'' (2003) 14 instruments – chamber concerto for piano and percussion *''Music for the Cycle of Strength'' (2003) for 14 instruments *''Double Entente'' (2002) for 13 instruments – featuring tuba and trombone *''Horos'' (1994) 6 guitars and 6 double basses, or 1 guitar and 1 double bass with recorded tracks Voice *''Seven St. Maur Poem''s (2008) for soprano, violin, cello, piano and percussion *''The Chapel'' (2007) for SATB choir

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www.scena.org; 2003-11-05

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