John Mark Sherlock

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Sherlock on recent work; use of vintage electric keyboards:

 

one more day in the empire

neither/nor ens. – Marc Couroux – “Rhodes”, Eve Egoyan – Clavinet, Heather Roche – clarinet, eldritch Priest – guitar, JMS – Wurlitzer

 

insuficiencia
Marc Couroux version, Rhodes

John Mark Sherlock version, Clavinet

premièred March 31st, 2007 at neither/nor festivette (failure)

 

utopianism (to Jack Behrens)

ensemble KORE
Marc Couroux, Rhodes/André Ristic, clavinet/Linda Catlin Smith, wurlitzer/D’Arcy Gray and Fabrice Marandola, vibraphones – metalophones
premièred April 11th, 2007
La Sala Rossa, Montreal

 

to Billy Preston

the Redshift Music Society – Rebecca Whitling, Jennie Press, violins; Anthony Cheung, Robin Streb, violas; Stefan Hintersteininger, Finn Manniche, cellos; Meaghan Williams, Joel Kerr, contrabass
premièred January 26th, 2007

 

salvage/wrecking

neither/nor ensemble
premièred December, 2005 at obscurity festivette

 

final approach (to lessness)

neither/nor ensemble
premièred 2003 at inconsequence festivette

 

with grace (to Michael J. Baker)

Eve Egoyan, Hammond organ, Rhodes
Commissioned through the Laidlaw Foundation
premièred February 13, 2003 at The Edward Day Gallery, Toronto

 

interdigitations

studio recording JMS
clavinet, Rhodes elec. pno, elec. org., bells, voice (H. Strauss)
Heidi Strauss and Darryl Tracey, choreographers.
Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre

 

(life’s rich) pageant

Eve Egoyan, Linda C. Smith, JMS – Rhodes, Wurlitzer and Clavinet
concert version premièred February 13, 2003 at The Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
for choreographer Sylvain Émard’s “Line Dance Variation”.
School of Toronto Dance Theatre

 

possibly you three

Richard Moore, cimbalom
Stephen Clarke, Piano
Erica Goodman, harp
for Richard Moore
Premièred Oct 18, 2000 at Christ’s Church Deer Park, Toronto

 

unrequited

for Arraymusic
gl, vib, tpt, B. cl, vln, db, 2 Rhodes elec. pnos
Premièred June 12, 2000 at Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, Toronto

 

All Saints, Still

for The Burdocks
Marc Sabat, violin
Margaret Gay, ‘cello
Eve Egoyan, piano
Coleen Cook, clarinet
Premièred May 10th, 1998 at the Music Gallery, Toronto

 

necklace
2 gl, tpt, B. cl, vln, db, pno
for Arraymusic’s 25th Anniversary
Premièred May 4th, 1997 at the Première Dance Theatre, Harbourfront, Toronto
Buy HERE on Arraymusic 25 Miniatures CD

 

lilac aubergine

Eve Egoyan and Linda C. Smith, pianos
Premiered May 18th, 1996 at the Music Gallery, Toronto

 

tattoo

Arraymusic
Robert Stevenson, clarinets
Michael White, trumpet
Eve Egoyan, piano
Rick Sacks, percussion
for Arraymusic’s 1994 Young Composer’s Workshop
Premiered June 19th, 1994 at the Music Gallery, Toronto

Impostures Intellectuelles
[formally Defeat of the Cynics]
wurlitzer, clavinet/pianet, rhodes, 2 gtrs, cymbal, pre-recorded audio
Premièred November 2012, Tranzac Club, Toronto as part of 416 Improvisation Festival

las lajas (the sails)
open instrumentation

sirens of titan
open instrumentation

harmoniums of mercury
open instrumentation

godless
for The Lotus Trio, Montreal

triumph
for  Ensemble Allogene

dauphin, no more
for Recorder Quintet or open instrumentation

exit the plutocrats
premièred by the neither/nor ensemble at somewherethere, Toronto

stagger harlequin thresh
open instrumentation

without
open instrumentation

a(n) ash
to Agnes Aurora Sherlock Hernández
open instrumentation

a just society
open instrumentation

for Anne Bourne
voice, vcl

Republic of Canada
premièred July 2008, Rattlestick/ListenSpace, Manhattan/Brooklyn, New York

imperial noise
open instrumentation

like love to gravity
piano, wurlitzer e. pno, other sounds
for Shannon Cooney, choreographer

las orquí­deas de Cuba (the orchids of Cuba)
I. las mismas miserias
II. these are my credentials
III. no hay nadie: a Dra.Yenisey Hernández Infante
orchestra

this time
for Heidi Strauss, choreographer

as it is
for Heidi Strauss, choreographer

at last (H. Strauss)
Sop.,Mezz.,Alto
for Heidi Strauss, choreographer

rooftop
toy celesta
for Barbara Lindenberg, choreographer

the field
music for Autobiography 1 – 5
Wurlitzer elec. pno, tpt, voices
Gerry Trentham, choreographer

flightsuit
Wurlitzer elec. pno, Hammond elec. org
for Qui connait le chemin de son coeur?
Guillaume Bernardi, director/choreographer

for Licia Mariaelisa Teresa Donadonibus
string quartet, cimbalom(alt. Clavinet), Cloud Chamber Bowls
Commissioned by NUMUS
Premièred at Open Ears Festival

the glass anchor (revised) (H. Strauss)
The Glass Orchestra (remixed)
for choreographer Heidi Strauss
dancers Justine Chambers, Darryl Tracey

idle
co-written with Jeremy Mimnagh
for choreographer Justine Chambers

the glass anchor (H. Strauss)
The Glass Orchestra
for choreographer Heidi Strauss
dancers Justine Chambers, Darryl Tracey
January 17-19, 2002

belladonna (revised)
I MAria VIctoria
II Donna
viola, 19 tone guitar, chromelodeon, 3 Hosaphones
for Critical Band
Premièred November 18, 2001 at the Music Gallery, Toronto

descent
clavinet, Rhodes elec. pno, elec. org. (manipulated)
for choreographer Allen Kaeja/ dancer Marie-Josée Chartier
August 2001

Rose Madder (revised)
vln, vla, vcl
Premièred February 9, 2001 at the Music Gallery, Toronto

women [withdrawn]
3 Violas d’amore

belladonna
violin, 19 tone guitar, chromelodeon
for Critical Band
Premièred at Microstock, Los Angeles, Spring 1999

bracelet
pno

Rose Madder
vln, vla, vcl
Premièred May 30th, 1996 at the Music Gallery, Toronto
by Michelle Denning, Elizabeth Reid and Alyissa Wright

stainless
pno, vib, gl
for Linda C. Smith and Rick Sacks
Premièred June 22nd, 1996 at the Music Gallery
by Stephen Clarke and Richard Moore

She I You
chamber orchestra

Naught Queen’s Knavel
3 percussionists
for Bryan Malito
Premièred September 3rd, 1994 at Von Kuster Hall, London

leaving
2 vln, vla, cl, 2 tbn, 2 pno
Premièred at the Music Gallery, Toronto

Dying Matador Dying (Beckett)
chamber orchestra
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London

Soft Addiction
harmonium, tape
Premièred at the London Public Library, London

Faded Fragment of an Illumination
fl, alt. fl, pno
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London

Cathedral Skyscraper
picc. tpt, 2 tpt, 2 hrn, 2 tbn, tba, tape
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London

Punishment (Heaney)
sop, hrp, pno
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London

Notre Dame (0ne of the high windows of the nave)
sop, alto, tape
Premièred at Talbot Hall, London

Fall Collection
fl, vln, vla, vib, hrp, pno

Viragos
orchestra

The Cinnamon Peeler (Ondaatje)
bar, sop, bsn, vla, orgPremièred at Von Kuster Hall, London

…with Heaven full of astronauts
fl, ob, cl, bsn, vln, vla, vcl, db
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London

For Romina: Three Poems Set in a Ring (Anon., Pound, Beckett)
mezzo, cl, vln, vla, vcl
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London

Three Songs
2 pianos

Music When Soft Voices Die (Shelley)
SSAA, vln, celesta
Premièred at Von Kuster Hall, London