The Victoria Composers Collective is a Victoria-based community of emerging composers dedicated to the performance and promotion of new music.
Members:
Composers-Performers-Curators
Composers-Performers
Alex Klassen
Kimberley Manerikar
Composers
Diane Berry
Adam Jasieniuk
Ava McCaw
Janet Sit
Affiliate Performers
Erik Abbink, Saxophones
Martin Bonham, Cello
Liam Epp, Cello
Cathy Fern Lewis, Voice
Josh Herrett, Piano
Erica Roozendaal, Accordion
Trio Taco, Flutes
Maria Wang, Cello
Past Seasons:
2019
Oak Bay New Music Festival 2019
July 13th & 14th 2019, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Victoria
Works by:
-Kalevi Aho
-Décio Arapiraca
-Nathan Friedman
-Joshua Horowitz (arr.)
-Alex Jang
-Elizabeth Lutyens
-Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins
-Angela Nguyen
-Sylvia Rickard
-Erica Rozendaal
-Linda Catlin Smith
-Galina Ustvolskaya
Woodstockhausen 2019
March 31st 2019, Copper Owl, Victoria
Works by:
-Chaya Czernowin
-Alex Jang
-Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins
-Pauline Oliveros
-Karlheinz Stockhausen
2018
Momentary Encounters: Music by Alex Jang
December 7th 2018, Church of Truth, Victoria
Works by:
-Alex Jang
Victoria Composers Collective on Tour 2018
-July 22nd 2018, Church of Truth, Victoria
-July 9th 2018, Kamloops United Church, Kamloops
-July 6th, The Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna
-July 4th, Nexus at First, Salmon Arm
Works by:
-Jean Ethridge
-Nathan Friedman
-Alex Jang
-Kimberley Manerikar
-Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins
-Lynne Penhale
-Sylvia Rickard
-Gilles Tremblay
Oak Bay New Music Festival 2018
June 2nd & 3rd 2018, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Victoria
Works by:
-Joseph Bohigian
-Michael Boyd
-Rachel C. Walker
-Linda Catlin Smith
-Robert J. Coe
-Jean Coulthard
-Nathan Friedman
-Katerina Gimon
-Anna Höstman
-Eva-Maria Houben
-Alex Jang
-Nolan Krell
-Kevin Leomo
-Stephen Lilly
-Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins
-Lorna Paterson
-Anthony R. Green
-Christopher Reiche-Boucher
-Veronika Reutz Drobnic
-Sofia Scheps
-Rodney Sharman
-Harry Somers
Woodstockhausen 2018
April 29th 2018, Copper Owl, Victoria
Works by:
-Diane Berry
-John Cage
-Felipe Ferla da Costa
-Lyle Hopkins
-Giorgio Magnanensi
-Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins
-Roxanne Nesbitt
-Angeles Rojas
UVic School of Music 50th Anniversary: Victoria Composers Collective Concert
February 3rd 2018, UVic School of Music, Victoria
Works by:
-Kimberley Manerikar
-Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins
-Christopher Reiche Boucher
-Dave Riedstra
2017
Generations of Canadian Music: BC Composers
November 18th 2017, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Victoria
Works by:
-Christopher Butterfield
-Alex Jang
-Rudolf Komorous
-Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins
-Jocelyn Morlock
-Sylvia Rickard
–Remy Siu
Woodstockhausen 2017
May 18th 2017, Copper Owl, Victoria
Works by:
-Nathan Friedman
-Alex Jang
-Nolan Krell
-Seán Maynard
-Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins
-Christopher Reiche
Oak Bay New Music Festival 2017
February 11th 2017, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Victoria
Works by:
-Diane Berry
-Natalie Dzbik
-Kristy Farkas
-Nathan Friedman
-Alex Jang
-Alex Klassen
-Hollas Longton
-Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins
-Lynne Penhale
-Christopher Reiche
-Sylvia Rickard
2016
Why Can’t Minimal: Do This?
September 30 2016, Open Space, Victoria
Bottle Piece #2 – Lynne Penhale
the keeper of sheep – Alex Jange
Dissonance – Hollas Longton
Veils – Dave Riedstra
Vida – Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins
das Baby – Nathan Friedman
Prior Art
July 27 2016, Wood Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music
火 藥/Fire Medicine – Janet Sit*
] [ – Dave Riedstra*
String Quartet #2 – Annette Brosin
city + city – Liam Ross Gibson*
Six Songs – Justin Boechler
Some of them were superstitious – Nolan Krell
Looking through Blue Glass – Ryan M Hemphill*
WOODSTOCKHAUSEN: New Music for Rock Band
April 28 2016, The Copper Owl, Victoria
Prelude
Nolan Krell – (our homes are not the kinds of places you could own)*
Programme
Nolan Krell – (glueing these birds to your arms has been great but I’ve grown to hate you.)*
Lynne Penhale – Immortality*
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – About Gesang der Jünglinge*
Dave Riedstra – ǁǁǁ‖∣∣‖‖∣‖∥ǀǁ∣ǁǁ*
Liam Gibson – i n s i d e o f g h o s t s*
Alex Jang – the collins overland telegraph trail*
Annette Brosin – Percept*
Nathan Friedman – Die Kunst der Funk*
2nd Annual Oak Bay New Music Festival
February 13 2016, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Victoria
Concert 1:
Julio Lopezhiler – solstice, tomatillo*
Nathan Friedman – La ſelle d’ærain (selections)*
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Stella Splendens*
Lynne Penhale – Sea Saw*
Hollas Longton – Landscape with Train Whistle
Concert 2:
Natalie Dzbik – Chansons pour l’Hiver
Alex Jang – lake or fog*
Nolan Krell – Some of them were superstitious
Kimberley Manerikar – On Agnes Martin
Justin Boechler – Six Songs
2015
Victoria Composers Collective presents: Goldfish Epiphany
July 18 2015, The Atrium, Victoria
André Prévost (1937-2001) – Improvisation for Solo Viola
Alex Jang – momentary encounters (5)*
Janet Sit – States of Red*
Janet Sit – Emruz (امروز)
Wanted Composers Tour
Members of the Victoria Composers Collective tour the BC Interior, sponsored by the BC Arts Council and the SOCAN Foundation.
Featuring:
Nathan Friedman, clarinets, voice, piano
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins, piano, voice, percussion
Lynne Penhale, trombone, voice, percussion, piano
Christopher Reiche, toy piano, piano, voice
Dave Riedstra, electric bass, voice
July 9 2015, Kamloops United Church, Kamloops
Nathan Friedman – Four Domestics
Lynne Penhale – Hmm
Kimberley Shepherd – Koans
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Music
Christopher Reiche – Sonatina
Nathan Friedman – Six Popular Songs After Lawrence Durrell
Nathan Friedman – Incoronazione
Dave Riedstra – For solo trombone
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Mirrors
July 8 2015, St. Andrew’s United Church, Williams Lake
Christopher Reiche – Eight Gestures and a Melody
Nathan Friedman – Six Popular Songs After Lawrence Durrell
Dave Riedstra – For solo trombone
Christopher Reiche – Sonatina
Lynne Penhale – Existo in Animo (Brooke Albers, piano)
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Mirrors
July 7 2015, St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, Barkerville
Lynne Penhale – Hmm
Nathan Friedman – HER&HIS/ZAG&ZIG a)
Alex Jang – any three players
Christopher Reiche – Marguerite Helen McKay: An Epistolary Opera
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Music
Lynne Penhale – A Day in Barkerville
July 6 2015, Knox United Church, Prince George
Kimberley Shepherd – Koans
Nathan Friedman – Six Popular Songs After Lawrence Durrell
Dave Riedstra – For solo trombone
Christopher Reiche – Sonatina
Lynne Penhale – A Day in Barkerville
Liam Gibson – Tidepool Variations
Nathan Friedman – Incoronazione
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Mirrors
July 4 2015, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Barkerville
Christopher Reiche – Eight Gestures and a Melody*
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins –Music*
Christopher Reiche – Marguerite Helen McKay: An Epistolary Opera
Dave Riedstra – For solo trombone
Nathan Friedman – Incoronazione
Lynne Penhale – A Day in Barkerville
July 3 2015, St. Andrew’s United Church, Quesnel
Liam Gibson – Tidepool Variations
Lynne Penhale – Hmm
Christopher Reiche – Marguerite Helen McKay An Epistolary Opera
Christopher Reiche – Sonatina
Nathan Friedman – Four Domestics
Dave Riedstra – For solo trombone
Lynne Penhale – A Day in Barkerville
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Mirrors
July 2 2015, 100 Mile House United Church, 100 Mile House
Nathan Friedman – HER&HIS/ZAG&ZIG a)
Alex Jang – any three players
Christopher Reiche – Sonatina
Dave Riedstra – For solo trombone
Lynne Penhale – A Day in Barkerville
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Mirrors
June 28 2015, Hope United Church, Hope
Nathan Friedman – Four Domestics
Nathan Friedman – Incoronazione
Lynne Penhale – A Day in Barkerville
Dave Riedstra – For solo trombone*
Christopher Reiche – Sonatina
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Mirrors
June 26 2015, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Victoria
Lynne Penhale – Hmm
Nathan Friedman – Six Popular Songs After Lawrence Durrell
Nathan Friedman – Incoronazione
Christopher Reiche – Marguerite Helen McKay: An Epistolary Opera
Lynne Penhale – The Rose
Dave Riedstra – Prairie Trails (43%)
Christopher Reiche – Sonatina*
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Mirrors*
glassclothwoodmetal & other materials
May 23 2015, Open Space, Victoria
Maria Eduarda Mendes Martins – Sound Communion*
Nathan Friedman – Four Domestics
Liam Gibson – O tu, che porti nelli occhi sovente*
Alex Jang – momentary encounters (3)*
Nolan Krell – 6! x 4^6 x 21
Lynne Penhale – Hmm*
Kimberley Shepherd – Firm Resolve*
Janet Sit – Emruz (امروز)*
1st Annual Oak Bay New Music Festival “I ❤ Composers”
February 14 2015, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Victoria
Concert 1:
Kimberley Shepherd – Koans*
Liam Gibson – Tidepool Variations
Janet Sit – Still Night
Adam Jasieniuk – Zanadu*
Nathan Friedman – HER&HIS/ZAG&ZIG a)*
Liam Gibson – Ansible*
Lynne Penhale – Existo in Animo*
Alex Klassen – String Quartet
Alex Jang – any three players*
Concert 2:
Thomas Nicholson – number three*
Alexander Simon – I. Largo (from Quartet – “Another”)
Christopher Reiche – Inconsistencies No. 1 for paper*
Nathan Friedman – Six Popular Songs After Lawrence Durrell
Ava Hoegl – if numbers could breathe
Dave Riedstra – Prairie Trails (43%)
Lynne Penhale – A Day in Barkerville
2014
The Pacific String Quartet Performs New Music by the Victoria Composers Collective
July 20 2014, Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, Victoria
Lindsey Herle, violin
Tyson Doknjas, violin
Sarah Tradewell, viola
Maria Wang, violoncello
Janet Sit – Feather swarms
Zulfikar Nathoo – Ganymede’s Dance*
Nolan Krell – 6! x 4^6 x 21
Dave Riedstra – Mnemonic
Ryan Hemphill – Things Behind the Sun*
David Foley – “Subject”
Nolan Krell: Composer 