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Michael Vincent (born 1976 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a noted publisher, music critic and composer, situated in Toronto, Ontario. Since 2014 he has been publisher and editor-in-chief of Musical Toronto, and freelance music critic for the Toronto Star. He is also a composer of innovative works which combine electronic and traditional instrumentation, as well as his work with spoken word, which includes a full-length opera ''Generation X'' with text by the Canadian Author Douglas Coupland. Michael Vincent has written and edited for La Scena Musicale, Norman Lebrecht and was a contributing author for the book, ''Playing With Words: the spoken word in artistic practice'', a collection of responses from over 40 leading contemporary composers and artists who have been invited to represent aspects of their creative practice with words, and in particular, the spoken word, for the printed page. Michael has studied with composers Osvaldo Golijov, Tim Brady, Gary Kulesha, Jean Claude Risset, Roberto Sierra, David MacIntyre, Barry Truax, Christos Hatzis, and James Rolfe. He has studied music at Victoria Conservatory of Music, McGill University, and holds advanced degrees from Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec), and Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, British Columbia).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael Vincent Bio )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael Vincent Bio )〕 Vincent graduated with a Doctorate in Musical Arts in composition and theory at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music and is a member of the Canadian Music Centre. == Bio == In 2002, his piece ''Essence'' was recorded on the CEC labels DISContact! III compilation album. Under direction of Tim Brady, Bradyworks ensemble premiered his ''Un-What?'' at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall. In March 2003, and Bozzini String Quartet premiered his ''Three Ring Circus'' in April 2004, and during that same year, ''Terra Firma'' was premiered by the Wire Ensemble under The New Modes group. Between November 2003 and February 2004, Michael has premiered three electroacoustic works ''Sat There and Clapped'', ''Advaita'', and ''Three Stories for the Faint of Heart'' at the ÉuCue Concert Series at Oscar Peterson concert hall in Montreal, Quebec. In late 2003, he won the Allan award for his work in mixed electroacoustic and instrumental forms, and has written articles and reviews for eContact! Electroacoutic music journal, and la Scene Musicale classical music magazine. For the past 6 years, Michael has been on staff at la Scene Musicale, acting as new editor, and news contributor. Michael has collaborated choreographer Jennifer Mascall and videographer Jacqueline Levitin on a feature work for the Off Centre Dance Company entitled ''Just Barely'', which premiered at SFU Burnaby Theatre on April 8 and 9, 2005. Michael has also worked with plunderphnics composer, John Oswald on a concert inspired by Glenn Gould for the Vancouver New Forms festival, which saw the premiere of his work ''Gouldberg Variations'' on September 15, 2005. He has joined forces with the Vancouver spoken word artists Barbara Adler on two unique pieces entitled ''Baby 81'' and ''Little Museum''. ''Little Museum'' has since been recorded on the spoken word CD Flusterblush released in July 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Discography )〕 Over the years 2005 and 2006, Michael wrote and adapted a feature length spoken word opera entitled ''Generation X- the Opera'', which was based on a novel by Canadian author Douglas Coupland. ''Generation X- the Opera'', premiered on March 17, 2006, at the SFU Burnaby Theatre, in Burnaby BC. In February, 2007, Michael premiered three speech melody compositions titled ''Warnings from Punk Rock 101'', ''West-Coast Cats'', and ''Dying Ain't Bad Y'all'' at the Western Front in Vancouver BC, for the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Michael also contributed as one of four composers in a multi-interdisciplinary work entitled ''Triaspora'', performed at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on September 21–22, 2007 by Juno Award nominated performers Orchid Ensemble and Moving Dragon Dance, with multimedia by Aleksa Dulic and Kenneth Newby. Most recently, the production was shown at the National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa Canada as part of BC Scene In the spring of 2010, Michael premiered a newly commissioned work (''Tombeau for an Ancient Chinese General'') for dance at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) as part of the International CanAsian Dance Festival, which was performed by Moving Dragon Dance and the TorQ Percussion Quartet. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Vincent (composer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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