THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT  

Micheline Roi

(b. 1963, Ontario).

Canadian composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed in the Americas and elsewhere.

Ms. Roi received her BMus in composition at Queen's University at Kingston in 1987 and her MMus in composition at McGill University in Montréal in 1992. She then attended courses on computers in music and psychoacoustics at Stanford University in 1994–95, where she also attended seminars in composition with Jonathan Harvey, Jody Rockmaker and David Soley in 1995–96.

Among her honours are the Rodolphe Mathieu Award in the competition for young composers of CAPAC (1990) and the Godfrey Ridout Award in the competition for young composers of SOCAN (1992). Her music has been performed in Canada, the Netherlands, the USA, and the UK, as well as in South America.

She is also active in other positions. She has served as co-chair of the programming committee for the ensemble Continuum in Toronto since 1999, as director in Ontario of the Association of Canadian Women Composers since 1999 and as a council member for Ontario of the Canadian League of Composers since 2001.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: michelineroi@hotmail.com

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL:

Tengo que decir..., bandoneón, small orchestra (piano, percussion, 24 strings), fixed media, 2004

CHAMBER MUSIC:

On Axum, flute, fixed media, 1986

Algunos, 2 guitars, 1988

Enterfaces, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1988

From a Borrowed Garden, string quartet, 1990

Fondly through the Madness Breathing, accordion, 1992

Of Breath and Touch, clarinet, percussion, 1995

Grieving the Doubts of Angels, piano, percussion, 1999

Evolving Landscapes on the Will of Dread, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2000

CHORAL:

Why Wonder, 12 mixed voices, percussion, 1986

Of a Covered Harvest, 8 mixed voices, percussion, 1991

Toward the Light Wanting, 8 mixed voices, oboe, percussion, 1997

VOCAL:

Handmaiden's Eve, mezzo-soprano, saxophone, trumpet, percussion, 1987

From a Familiar Darkness, soprano, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 1996

bear.ing, mezzo-soprano, piano, percussion, fixed media, 2003–04

PIANO:

Don't Try This at Home, prepared piano, 1987

Of Experiential Fruit, 1989

HARPSICHORD:

Lessening Stillness Growing, harpsichord, live electronics ad libitum, 2001

ELECTROACOUSTIC:

Blood and Sand, fixed media, 1987

RADIO PRODUCTION:

Sue's Closet, fixed media, 2003

DISCOGRAPHY

Of Experiential Fruit. alcides lanza, piano (Shelan: esp-9401, 1993)

Of Breath and Touch. Peter Stoll, clarinet; Bill Brennan, percussion (Continuum: CR-CD 9801, 1998)

Fondly through the Madness Breathing. Joseph Petric, accordion (Centrediscs: CMCCD 7802, 2002)