Bob Pritchard (composer)

This article is about the composer. For the Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, see Robert W. Pritchard.

Bob Pritchard (born 1956, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a composer and teacher. His creative work includes experimental concert music, interactive music and video pieces, sound installations, direct synthesis, video/film, radiophonic works, and software development. His music is represented by AMP.

Education

Bob Pritchard received a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition and Theory from the University of British Columbia. He subsequently obtained the Mast of Music degree from the University of Toronto, where he became active with the Structured Sound Synthesis Project in the U of T Computer Systems Research Group. In the late 1990's, Bob Pritchard returned to UBC to complete his Doctor of Music degree in Composition, with a specialty in computer applications.

Career

Dr. Pritchard has taught music Brock University and Douglas College, and is currently a tenured Senior Instructor at the UBC School of Music. He is a researcher and the Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC), and the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) He has received research funding through NSERC. the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts/Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, UBC ArtsIT, and the BC Ministry of Skills, Training, and Labour Innovation Fund. He also has been commissioned by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the New Brunswick Arts Council, the British Columbia Cultural Fund, and the Ontario Arts Council. His music has twice been selected by the ISCM Canadian Section to represent Canada at the ISCM World Music Days. More recently, his work Strength was given a Unique Award of Merit from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers.

List of Works

SOLO PERFORMER, INTERACTIVE PROCESSING AND/OR VIDEO

• What does a body know? (2009). For soprano, Digital Ventriloquized Actor (DIVA) and sound clips. Music and sound by Bob Pritchard, text by Meryn Cadell.
• Time and Place (2008/9). For dancer, video, and sound. Video, post production and sound by Bob Pritchard.
• Beneath the Skin (2006). For cello, sound and video files, and interactive processing. Electroacoustics, software, music, cinematography and images by Bob Pritchard
• Strength (2006). For alto saxophone, sound and video files, and interactive processing. Electroacoustics, software, music, and images by Bob Pritchard. Cinematography by Cathryn Robertson.
• Breathe On Me (2004). For accordion, sound and video files, and interactive processing. Electroacoustics, software, music, and images by Bob Pritchard
• Postcards From Our Futures (1989) Optional video component (2003). For piano and soundfiles. Electroacoustics, music, and images by Bob Pritchard

ORCHESTRA

• Begin the Begame (2000). Big band and skaters. (Written for the ice age.)
• Love Me Rite (1994). (Written for The Elvis Cantata.) Big band and soprano
• Desert Streams (1993). Chamber orchestra
• Swallow, Egg, Chrysanthemum (1992). Orchestra and piano

CHAMBER MUSIC

• …flow mingled down… (2002). Grand piano/mistuned upright and percussion
• I/You Have Wounded My Heart (2002). Clarinet, violin, ‘cello, piano, and percussion.

CHORAL

• Three Songs of Life (2000). For Women’s Choir (SSAA chorus), Handbells, and Gestures. Text by Bob Pritchard
• Three Songs: Snow, Night, A Kind of Feast. Texts by Anne Hebert, translated by Alan Brown
• Sleep (1997). For women’s choir (SSA). Text by Jennifer Lockie

SOLO KEYBOARD

• Time Clips, Primitive (1993) Piano solo.
• Conjunctions (1991) Piano solo.
• Meditation (1986) Organ solo.

ELECTROACOUSTIC

• Escape My Soul (1996) bass flute and interactive electronics
• When the walls are all screaming (1993) Soprano, piano, and sound files
• Balance (1984) Bb clarinet and soundfiles
• Twisted Mirror, Shattered Dream (1993) Soundfiles
• Flight Paths (1988) Soundfiles
• Steel On Edge (1982) Viola, harp, and soundfiles

VIDEO

• Crisis (2008) Part of the breast cancer documentary 17 Short Films About Breasts. Video, post production and sound by Bob Pritchard (for Crisis)

ELECTROACOUSTICS WITH INSTALLATIONS

• The Aurora on All Three Channels (2000). Sound Sculpture Installation: Richard Prince, Ed Casas, David Floren, Keith Hamel and Bob Pritchard.
• Visions III (1986). Sound files, 35 mm. slides, textured 3D screen. Electroacoustics and images by Bob Pritchard
• Escarpment Series (1984). Three touch-sensitive sound sculptures. Collaboration with M. Kropf.
• Soundscape for "La Maison" (1984). Installation work with visual artists Carol Bretzloff, Suzanne Joubert, Jane Martin, Merijean Morrissey, and Susan Geraldine Taylor.
• Movement (1983). Installation with visual artist R. Creighton.
• Soundscape for “Waltzing Tent, Singing Box” (1983). Installation work by Anne Severs.

RADIO SOUND

• Welcome to the Widget Factory (1993)

Performers

Margeurite Witvoet (voice), Roberta Botelli (cello), Julia Nolan (saxophone), Joseph Petric (accordion), Kathryn Cernauskas (flute), Vancouver New Music, Okanagan Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Hard Rubber Orchestra, Standing Wave, Barbara Pritchard (piano), Beverley Johnston (percussion), Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Cartier String Quartet, Peter Hannan (recorder), Doug Perry (viola), Charlotte Moon (harp). Jane Coop (piano), Elektra Women's Choir, UBC University Singers.

Conductors: Owen Underhill, Dianne Loomer, John Korsrud, Victor Feldbrill, Leonard Camplin, James Fankhauser.

Affiliations

Bob Pritchard is is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre, and a member of the Canadian League of Composers. He is also the Vice-Chair of the Canadian Music Centre's BC Region.

External links

• Bob Pritchard - composer website
• Art Music Promotion website
• Research
• the DIVA Project
• CD: Big Flutes, Chenoa Anderson, flute
• CD: Elektrologos, Joseph Petric, accordion
• Video excerpt of What Does A Body Know
• NIME 2010 report, CEC