T he Living Composers Project

Cormier, André (b. 1969, Moncton, New Brunswick). Canadian composer of mostly chamber and vocal works that have been performed in the Americas.

Mr. Cormier studied composition with Christopher Butterfield, John Celona and Michael Longton at the University of Victoria from 1995-99 and there earned his BMus. He then studied composition with Michael Pisaro, Morton Subotnick and James Tenney at the California Institute for the Arts in Valencia from 2000-02, where he earned his MFA.

His honors include the Murray Adaskin Prize in Composition from the University of Victoria (1997). His music has been performed in Canada and the USA.

He is also active in other positions. He performed on bass drum with the CalArts Improvisation Ensemble in 2000-01 and worked as a copyist and music engraver from 2001-03. In addition, he co-founded the artist collective OXO in New York City in 2003 and founded the vocal group Ensemble Ordinature in Vancouver in 2004 and has since served as its artistic director.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: acormier@calarts.edu

Street address: Mr. André Cormier, 1160 Pendrell St. #304, Vancouver, BC V6E 1L5, Canada

Telephone: 604 683 6922

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

STAGE: Vibes are...I-IV (dance music, choreography by Hector Garcia), vibraphone, 2000; Interpretation of the Moving Body (dance music, animation and choreography by Wan Chin Choong), banjo, piano, 2001; Beyond Time (dance music, choreography by Qi Zhang), 2 vibraphones, 2001; Self-Portrait (dance music, choreography by Yuan Yuan Wang), violin, vibraphone, bass drum, 2002; Annealing China (dance music, choreography by Qi Zhang), 3 percussion, 2002

ORCHESTRAL: Idylle sur la Région Sud-Est, 200 celli, 1999; About Julius, small orchestra (13 players), 2001; Jaune (Burglar March), small orchestra (20 players), 2001; L'espace est bleu, entre les nuages, bassoon, French horn, small orchestra (21 players), 2002

CHAMBER MUSIC: Scattershot Beethoven, violin, viola, 1996; 25 bars for 4 dollars with fugue, 4 players (400 pennies, wooden bowl, glass bowl, steel bowl, plastic bowl), 1996; Préludes sans mesures, flute, 1997; À deux, any 2 identical instruments, 1998; Crépuscule, 4 percussion, 1999, revised 2000; Embusscarné, flute, clarinet, bassoon, guitar, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 1999; Messe Blanche, any 4 players, 1999; Viola Duet – 1 Movement, 2 violas, 2000; Chromium Canon, any number of players, 2001; Quatuor pour Flûtes, 4 alto flutes, 2000; A Viola Solo, 2000; Mandala #1, percussion, 2000; Ligne #1-3, any number of players, 2001; Sonata micro #1 en ut majeur, violin, cello, 2001; Sax Quartet, 4 saxophones/any other instruments, 2001; Sault St. Marie Concerto, banjo, bass drum, 2002; Coup/Strike, violin, ensemble (3 percussion), 2002; Symposium 1-5, guitar, piano, 2002; Someille, clarinet, percussion, 2002; Forme uniche di continuità nello spazio, string quartet, 2002; $35 for Mike Robbins, player (100 pennies, 80 nickels, 100 dimes, 80 quarters, plastic bowl, metal bowl, glass bowl, wooden bowl), 2002; Beef Penis Princess System, any number of players, 4-track tape (music by Shane Hubert), 2002; Une terre pour deux, oboe, piano, 2003; Sounds for 8 Horns, cello, 2 percussion, 2003; Gucagyu, percussion, 2003; Piling Sand – Piling Stone, harp, digital delay system, 2003; Dans un champs de paille, clarinet, piano, percussion, string quartet, 2004

CHORAL: Pleurs (vocalise), mixed chorus, 2000; Deux chorales sur des poèmes de Machaut, mixed chorus, 2004

VOCAL: Beefheart Recitative (text by Don Van Vliet), tenor, harpsichord, 1997; Trois sottises (text by Ponce-Poussé de la Vanille), soprano, piano, 1997; Moncton est triste (text by Martin Pitre), soprano, 2 flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, French horn, harp, violin, viola, cello, bass drum, 2002; Je maudit l'heure (text by Guillaume de Machaut), soprano, percussion, 2003; Tableau de back yard (text by Guy Arsenault), voice, 4 percussion, 2003

PIANO: Cinq morceaux pour piano sur des noms de Saints, 1997; Marie et Pierre de Beaubassin, 2000

ORGAN: Neuvaine, positive organ, 1998

MULTIMEDIA: Au dessus des éclats, percussion, light bulb sculpture, 2003

(Last updated on June 5, 2004)