Ann Southam
Encyclopedia
Ann Southam, CM
(4 February 1937 – 25 November 2010) was a Canadian
composer
.
She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada
in 2010. She died, aged 73, on 25 November 2010. In her will she left $14 million to the Canadian Women’s Foundation.
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
(4 February 1937 – 25 November 2010) was a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
in 2010. She died, aged 73, on 25 November 2010. In her will she left $14 million to the Canadian Women’s Foundation.
Selected compositions
- Rhapsodic Interlude, for solo violin (1963)
- Quodlibet, for piano (1966)
- A Thread of Sand, for tape (1969)
- Boat, River, Moon, for tape (1972)
- Sky-Sails, for tape (1973)
- Configurations, for piano and tape (1973)
- L'Assassin Menace, for tape (1974)
- Walls and Passageways, for tape (1974)
- Mythic Journey, for tape (1974)
- The Reprieve, for tape (1975)
- Towards Green, for flute, clarinet, violin, and viola (1976)
- Networks, for flute, trombone, viola, cello, piano, and percussion (1978)
- Seastill, for tape (1979)
- Cool Blue, for piano (1980)
- Glass Houses, for piano and (optional) tape (1981)
- The Emerging Ground, for tape (1983)
- Rewind, for tape (1984)
- Re-tuning for viola and tape (1985)
- Piano Quintet (1986)
- Soundings for a New Piano: 12 Meditations on a Twelve Tone Row (1986)
- Spatial View of Pond (After a Painting by Aiko Suzuki), for piano (1986)
- In a Measure of Time, for two pianos (1988)
- Fluke Sound, for tape (1989)
- Song of the Varied Thrush, for string quartet (1991)
- Webster's Spin, for string orchestra (1993)
- Full Circles, for trumpet, violin, vibraphone, and piano (1996)
- Remembering Schubert, for piano
General
- "Ann Southam", The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, edited by Helmut Kallmann, Gilles Potvin, Robin Elliott, Mark Miller and Claire Versailles. (Accessed 30 December 2007)
- Soundings for a New Piano (1986), Streamed free from Irritable Hedgehog Music.
- Báthory-Kitz, Dennis, and Gunn, David. 1998. "If Only I Could Sing: Ann Southam in Conversation with Kalvos and Damian". Musicworks 71 (Summer). Online edition (Accessed 30 December 2007)
- Bernstein, Tamara. 2001. "Southam, Ann". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.
See also
- Music of CanadaMusic of CanadaThe music of Canada has influences that have shaped the country. Aboriginals, the British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The music has subsequently been heavily influenced by American culture because of its proximity and migration between...
- List of Canadian composers
- Canadian Music Centre