Warblework has been performed in Albi, Bologna, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Edmonton, Glasgow, Guanajuato, Harrington, Huddersfield, Leuven, London, Montevideo, Montréal, Ottawa, Outremont, Saltspring Island, Southampton and Tilburg…
This piece has an unusual origin. Years ago, in order to leave my home on the west coast of Canada to study composition in Europe, I raised money for my travel by selling as-yet unwritten bars of music to everyone I’d ever met. The result was a huge commission from over sixty friends, family, and community members. In 2011, with the help of the Quatuor Bozzini, I finally made good on my promise and created the piece Warblework.
Each of Warblework ’s four movements (warble = chirp) is based on birdsong — in particular of four thrushes (Swainson’s thrush, hermit thrush, wood thrush, veery thrush) — whose songs follow the harmonic series. When this birdsong is slowed down, they reveal incredibly human-like melodies. These four movements therefore put forth a sort of poem of the regional sounds from the Pacific Coast and its forests. While the thrushes move through the harmonic series, a tune in slow motion reveals melodies accented in folk and old jazz standard traditions.
5
Marc 2011
9:00 pm
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Miller |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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13
Marc 2011
2:30 pm
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JankeMillerOesterle |
In person
Saltspring Island (British Columbia, Canada)
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21
Apri 2011
8:00 pm
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Série QB
BergerBrandesBrassetBrookClarkCodnerCormierEddingtonGirouardHöstmanJamiesonJericLeBelLecroulantLitkeMartinMillerMillerMortonNorrisNovotnyPalacio-QuintinPriestPrimardReicheRoarkRoySablichSchünemannYoung |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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12
Sept 2011
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MillerOesterleVivierXenakis |
In person
Montevideo (Uruguay)
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18
Octo 2011
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HirsMillerOesterleVivier |
In person
Tilburg (Netherlands)
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22
Octo 2011
4:00 pm
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JanssensMillerOh |
In person
Leuven (Belgium)
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21
Nove 2011
4:10 pm
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CormierJamiesonMartinMillerPalacio-Quintin |
In person Free admission
Huddersfield (England, UK)
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26
July 2012
6:30 pm
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MillerOesterleVivier |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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29
July 2012
11:00 am
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CageFeldmanMiller |
In person
Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)
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19
Apri 2013
8:00 pm
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Série QB
AhvenniemiMcKinleyMillerSkempton |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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25
June 2013
9:00 pm
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Miller |
In person
Harrington (Québec)
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8
May 2015
9:30 pm
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CraneMiller |
In person
Bologna (Italy)
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17
Marc 2017
7:00 pm
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CheungCrutchleyFreyMiller |
In person
Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)
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9
June 2017
8:00 pm
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BachBeethovenHaydnIvesLesageMillerPurcellSchumannSokolovićStravinskyWebern |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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22
Febr 2018
6:00 pm
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ArnoldMillerSmith |
In person
Chicago (Illinois, USA)
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2
Nove 2018
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ApplebaumKagelLewisMiller |
In person
Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
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10
Dece 2018
8:00 pm
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Série QB
Miller |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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10
Marc 2019
3:00 pm
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BeethovenHaydnMillerNewland |
In person
Southampton (England, UK)
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12
Marc 2019
8:00 pm
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ChadburnCraneMillerNewlandWeeks |
In person
London (England, UK)
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5
Octo 2019
8:00 pm
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MillerSmithTenneyWolff |
In person
Albi (Tarn, France)
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11
Octo 2019
5:00 pm
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MillerOesterleSmithTenney |
In person
Guanajuato (Mexico)
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12
Marc 2020
7:30 pm
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MillerSokolovićTanWolff |
In person
Colorado Springs (Colorado, USA)
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9
June 2020
8:15 pm
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MillerOesterleSokolović |
Online event Free access
Montréal (Québec)
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20
June 2020
10:00 pm
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Cancelled
CageMillerSokolović |
In person
Snape Bridge (England, UK)
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3
July 2020
8:00 pm
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Cancelled
BachMillerOesterleSokolović |
In person
Cesena (Italy)
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14
Augu 2020
6:30 pm
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GarchikMillerSokolovićTagaq |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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15
Augu 2020
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GarchikMillerOesterleTagaq |
In person Free admission
Montréal (Québec)
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15
Augu 2020
3:25 pm – 4:15 pm
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GarchikMillerOesterleTagaq |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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28
Augu 2020
5:30 pm
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GarchikMillerOesterleTagaq |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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31
Augu 2020
5:00 pm
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Miller |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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31
Augu 2020
5:45 pm
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Miller |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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31
Augu 2020
6:30 pm
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Miller |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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15
Sept 2020
2:00 pm
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MillerOesterleSokolović |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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22
Nove 2020
2:00 pm
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Postponed: Friday, February 11, 2022
CheungMacklayMillerSchubertShostakovichSokolović |
In person
Saint-Laurent (Québec)
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2
Marc 2022
7:00 pm
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Série QB
MillerOesterleSokolović |
In person
Outremont (Québec)
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3
Marc 2022
1:30 pm
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Série QB
MillerOesterleSokolović |
In person
Outremont (Québec)
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