Michael Vincent (born 1976) is a

music journalist Music journalism (or music criticism) is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music. Journalists began writing about music in the eighteenth century, providing commentary on ...

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, and composer, situated in

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. Since 2014 he has been publisher and editor-in-chief of Ludwig Van (formally Musical Toronto), and CEO of Museland Media Inc. He was a freelance music critic for the

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, and also a composer of works which combine electronic and traditional instrumentation, as well as his work with

spoken word Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics o ...

, which includes a full-length

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libre ...

''Generation X'' with text by the Canadian Author

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. Michael Vincent has written and edited for

La Scena musicale ''The Music Scene'' (French: ''La Scena Musicale'') is a Canadian bilingual quarterly magazine that promotes classical music in Canada. The magazine was established by Wah Keung Chan in September 1996. Each issue contains a comprehensive calendar ...

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and was a contributing author for the book, ''Playing With Words: the spoken word in artistic practice'', a collection of responses from over 40 leading contemporary composers and artists who have been invited to represent aspects of their creative practice with words, and in particular, the spoken word, for the printed page. Michael has studied with composers

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Tim Brady Timothy Wesley John Brady (born 11 July 1956) is a Canadian composer, electric guitarist, improvising musician, concert producer, record producer and cultural activist. Working in the field of contemporary classical music, experimental music, ...

Gary Kulesha Gary Kulesha (born 22 August 1954) is a Canadian composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Since 1995, he has been Composer Advisor to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He has been Composer-in-Residence with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (1988� ...

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, David MacIntyre,

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, and

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. He has studied music at

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, and holds advanced degrees from

Concordia University Concordia University (French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the th ...

(

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), and

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(

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). Vincent graduated with a Doctorate in Musical Arts in composition and theory at the

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Faculty of Music and is a member of the

Canadian Music Centre The Canadian Music Centre was founded in 1959 by a group of Canadian composers who saw a need to create a repository for Canadian music. It now holds Canada's largest collection of Canadian concert music, and works to promote the music of its A ...

Bio

In 2002, his piece ''Essence'' was recorded on the CEC labels DISContact! III compilation album. Under direction of Tim Brady, Bradyworks ensemble premiered his ''Un-What?'' at

Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, ...

Concert Hall. In March 2003, and Bozzini String Quartet premiered his ''Three Ring Circus'' in April 2004, and during that same year, ''Terra Firma'' was premiered by the Wire Ensemble under The New Modes group. Between November 2003 and February 2004, Michael has premiered three electroacoustic works ''Sat There and Clapped'', ''Advaita'', and ''Three Stories for the Faint of Heart'' at the ÉuCue Concert Series at

concert hall in

. In late 2003, he won the Allan award for his work in mixed electroacoustic and instrumental forms, and has written articles and reviews for eContact! Electroacoutic music journal, and la Scene Musicale classical music magazine. For the past 6 years, Michael has been on staff at la Scene Musicale, acting as new editor, and news contributor. Michael has collaborated choreographer Jennifer Mascall and videographer Jacqueline Levitin on a feature work for the Off Centre Dance Company entitled ''Just Barely'', which premiered at SFU Burnaby Theatre on April 8 and 9, 2005. Michael has also worked with plunderphnics composer, John Oswald on a concert inspired by

Glenn Gould Glenn Herbert Gould (; né Gold; September 25, 1932October 4, 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was one of the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, and was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann ...

for the Vancouver New Forms festival, which saw the premiere of his work ''Gouldberg Variations'' on September 15, 2005. He has joined forces with the Vancouver spoken word artists Barbara Adler on two unique pieces entitled ''Baby 81'' and ''Little Museum''. ''Little Museum'' has since been recorded on the spoken word CD Flusterblush released in July 2006. Over the years 2005 and 2006, Michael wrote and adapted a feature-length spoken-word opera entitled ''

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- the Opera'', which was based on a novel by Canadian author

. ''Generation X- the Opera'', premiered on March 17, 2006, at the SFU Burnaby Theatre, in Burnaby BC. In February 2007, Michael premiered three speech melody compositions titled ''Warnings from Punk Rock 101'', ''West-Coast Cats'', and ''Dying Ain't Bad Y'all'' at the Western Front in Vancouver BC, for the

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is produced over three weeks each January in Vancouver, British Columbia. The PuSh Festival presents work in the live performing arts. The Festival showcases international, Canadian and local artis ...

. Michael also contributed as one of four composers in a multi-interdisciplinary work entitled ''Triaspora'', performed at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on September 21–22, 2007 by

Juno Award The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall o ...

nominated performers

Orchid Ensemble The Orchid Ensemble is a Canadian musical ensemble formed in 1997 in Vancouver. It is led by Lan Tung from Taiwan on erhu, with Yu-Chen Wang from Taiwan on guzheng and Jonathan Bernard from Canada on various percussion instruments. Former guzheng ...

and Moving Dragon Dance, with multimedia by Aleksa Dulic and

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. Most recently, the production was shown at the

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(NAC) in

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Canada as part of BC Scene In the spring of 2010, Michael premiered a newly commissioned work (''Tombeau for an Ancient Chinese General'') for dance at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) as part of the International CanAsian Dance Festival, which was performed by Moving Dragon Dance and the TorQ Percussion Quartet.

Awards

*''2011 Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music - Honourable Mention" -

'' *''2008-2012 Full-Tuition Fellowship" -

'' *''2010 Project Award" -

Ontario Arts Council The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is a publicly-funded Canadian organization in the province of Ontario whose purpose is to foster the creation and production of art for the benefit of all Ontarians. Based in Toronto, OAC was founded in 1963 by O ...

'' *''2006 Graduating Project Grant" -

'' *''2006 Arts Service Award" -

'' *''2004 Graduate Fellowship" -

'' *''2003 Alain Award in Electroacoustic Composition" -

Compositions

Film score

*"In the End" (2012, independent feature film)

Stage

*''Koong'' (2010, 15'42") *''Triaspora: Overture'' (2007, 9'30") *''Generation X - The Opera'' (2006, 51') *''Just Barely'' (2005, 11'11")

Orchestra

*''Throwing a Line'' (2008, 12'00")

Chamber

*''Quel Bon Hiver'' (2011, 10'36") *''How They Come Singing'' (2011, 4'50") *''What Times Is It There?'' (2010, 8'54") *''Tombeau for an Ancient Warrior'' (2010, 15'42") *''Jack'' (2008, 5'30") *''Mothertongue'' (2008, 9'30") *''West Coast Cats'' (2006, 9'37") *''The Brevity of the Appellation'' (2005, 10'3") *''Until You Are Satisfied'' (2005, 10'3") *''Le Cirque de Calder'' (2004, 11'51") *''Warnings from Punk Rock 101'' (2003, 8'34") *''Last of the Gallant Heroes'' (2003, 4'08") *''Un-What'' (2003, 4'40") *''Music to Rise to'' (2002, 3'36") *''Four Set Mutations'' (2002, 15'20")

Solo

*''A Mobile of Gulls'' (2011, 4'40") *''Gawkey Music'' (2011, 7'46") *''Max and the Life of Big Machines'' (2010–11, 16'18") *''The Girl w/ X's for Eyes'' (2010, 4'40") *''The Busy Life'' (2010, 6'06") *''Haunting Lomax'' (2010, 10'06") *''Flesh Colour'' (2008, 14'12") *''The Filth and the Fury'' (2007, 7'11") *''Dying Ain't Bad Y'all'' (2006, 3'38")

Electroacoustic

*''Little Museum'' (2006, 5'25") *''Baby 81'' (2005, 5'15") *''Gouldberg Variations'' (2005, 11'11") *''Terra Firma'' (2004, 15’) *''Three Stories for the Faint of Heart'' (2004, 15 minutes) *''Advaita'' (2003, 8'26") *''Sat There and Clapped (featuring Kevin Austin) '' (2003, 6'08") *''Essence'' (2002, 2'50")

Interdisciplinary

*''Sleepwalk'' (2005)

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Michael 1976 births Artists from Victoria, British Columbia Canadian contemporary classical composers Canadian male classical composers Canadian music critics Canadian sound artists Living people Musicians from Victoria, British Columbia