CHRIS MELOCHE

PERFORMANCES/PARTICIPATION OF NOTE

2000+

Aug/12 Aeolian Hall, London, Ont., Premiere of Scenes from The Electric Folklore Machine with Penn Kemp and Transmorphous Sound Ensemble

June/12 Nuit Blanche, Museum London, London, Ont., Live performance of Transmorphous Sound Ensemble plus collaboration with Audio Lodge.

June/12 Free Music Performance Space, London, Ont., Live performance of Transmorphous Sound Ensemble

Mar/12 Sweet Magic Series, London, Ont., Live performance of Transmorphous Sound Ensemble on bill w/Damo Suzuki.

Aug/11 Supermarket, Toronto, Ont., Live performance of Transmorphous Sound Ensemble.

Sept/10 LOLA Festival, London, Ont., Live performance by Transmorphous Sound Ensemble

Sept/10 Wolf Performance Hall, London, Ont., Premiere of The Space Between: A Transmorphous Journey feat. Penn Kemp and Richard Moule

Aug/10 Electric Eclectics Festival, Meaford, Ont., Live performance by Transmorphous Sound Ensemble

July/10 Supermarket, Toronto, Ont., Live performance of Transmorphous Sound Ensemble.

Jan/10 Museum London, London, Ont., Live performance by Transmorphous Sound Ensemble (w/Richard Moule) on the bill with The Necks (Australia) and Todor Kobakov.

Aug/09 Aeolian Hall, London, Ont., Re:Visions - a multi-arts performance by Penn Kemp & Brenda McMorrow a.o. featuring electroacoustic soundscapes by Chris Meloche.

Aug/08 London Fringe Theatre Festival, Premiere of Communication Breakdown: A Journey Down the Misinformation Superhighway. A multi-media alt.opera featuring Penn Kemp, Jeff Culbert.

April/08 London Music Club, London, Ont., Poetry & electroacoustic soundscapes w/Penn Kemp.

Oct/07 Great Hall, UWO, London, Ont., Xtra Text/ure w/Penn Kemp. Commissioned by McIntosh Gallery/University of Western Ontario for premiere at Playing the Gallery Electronic Arts Symposium.

Feb/07 Burst: Outward Sound & Vision Festival II, London, Ont., Multi-arts festival featuring contributions by Outward Sound Ensemble (Chris Meloche & Herb Bayley). Several performances plus Meditation Event.

Feb/07 Burst: Outward Sound & Vision Festival II, London, Ont., w/Penn Kemp, Maurice Carroll a.o.

Oct/06 Foresight Centre Chapel, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, Outward Sound Ensemble performance.

Oct/06 Holy Trinity Church, Leeds, UK, Outward Sound Ensemble inc. sets feat. Martin Archer, Nick Robinson,, Paul Moore, Maria Jardardottir.

Oct/06 St. Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield University, Huddersfield, UK, Outward Sound Ensemble inc. sets feat. Martin Archer, Mick Beck, Philip Thomas.

Oct/06 Nether Edge, Sheffield, UK, Outward Sound Ensemble inc. sets feat. Martin Archer, Nick Robinson, Charlie Collins, Chris Bywater.

July/06 Aeolian Hall, London, Ont., "Darkness Visible" performance w/Penn Kemp (poetry) and Chris Meloche (electroacoustic soundscapes).

May/06 Don Valley Brickworks, Toronto, Ont., "Trance Dance Form" Penn Kemp poetry performance featuring soundscpes by Outward Sound Ensemble.

Feb./06 Burst: Outward Sound & Vision Festival I, London, Ont., Inaugural multi-arts festival featuring contributions by Outward Sound Ensemble (Chris Meloche & Herb Bayley). Several performances plus Sound & Vision workshop over three days.

July/05 Over the Top, Sheffield, UK. Performance in 3 parts (all sets w/Meloche on electroacoustic prepared table-top guitar) - Set 1 w/Nick Robinson (guitar), Set 2 w/Martin Archer (spftware instruments), Set 3 w/Martin Archer (software instruments), Mick Beck (bassoon), Charlie Collins (vibes).

May/05 Mile Zero Dance Festival, Edmonton, Alberta. Japanese dancer Mari Osanai premiere of "Swept Away" featuring music by Outward Sound Ensemble (Chris Meloche & Herb Bayley).

July-Aug/04 "Open Air 2 - Gateways & Gardens". Web site installation "Virtual Destinations".

July/02 Resonance FM, London, UK. "London, Ontario, New Years 2000." Environmental audio work for radio featured as part of "Out of the Blue Radio" series curated by Chris Cutler.

July-Aug/01 McIntosh Gallery, London, Ont.. "You Are Here: The London Soundscape Project" an audio installation project as part of the Open Air 2001 Arts Festival.

March/01 BBC Radio, UK. "Half Arcane (Netherworld Soundscape)" Premiere of work commisioned for the BBC on The Alternative radio series.

June/00 "Millennium Urban Soundscape Project", Radio Burst re-broadcast of abberviated version of MUSP on CFFF, Peterborough, Ont.

Feb/00, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK. Presentation of "Extensions V" as part of "Come Hear" festival.

1990s

Nov/99 "Drift", Glasgow, Scotland. Installation of Millennium Urban Soundscape Project at event.

Oct/99 Millennium Urban Soundscape Project, Web site on-line featuring clips from the MUSP broadcast.

Oct/99 Millennium Urban Soundscape Project, 2-hour radio broadcast via CHRW-FM, London and RealAudio Internet feed.

Sept/99 Canadian Electroacoustic Comunity "Long Duration Works" Web site features "Recurring Dreams of the Urban Myth" 6-hour version.

May/99 CHRW-FM, London. rebroadcast of "Surfacing: Urban Myth 2" 6-hour overnight radiophonic diffusion.

May/98 CHRW-FM, London. rebroadcast of "Recurring Dreams of the Urban Myth" 6-hour overnight radiophonic diffusion.

Feb - Mar/98 Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, audio installation of Stone Circle soundscapes in conjunction with photo exhibition of Mark Johnston

Sept/97 - Mar/98 Rogers Community Television, London (and Ontario Network). "Structures" series host, writer, composer on documentary TV series focusing on architectural of London.

Aug/97 Nonsequitur Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico. "Ear as Eye" touring exhibition. A smaller touring exhibit of the show from LACE. (see details below)

May/97 CHRW-FM, London. "Trilogy" 6-hour overnight radiophonic diffusion featuring mixed extracts from long-duration works over the past 3 years.

Mar/97 Los Angles Contmporary Exhibitions, LA, California. "Ear as Eye" exhibition of 127 Sound Artists including Robert Ashley, Harold Budd, Tim Brady, Christina Kubisch, Max Eastley a.o. Curated by Steve Roden and Brandon LaBelle.

Oct/96 The Independents, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Screening of "Trans: Formations 1" video as part of programme of video from London artists.

Oct/96 Sonic Circuits, Toronto. "Extensions V" featured as a part of radio art festival on CIUT-FM.

May/96 CHRW-FM, London. "Surfacing: Urban Myth 2" 6-hour overnight radiophonic diffusion.

Aug/95 KUCI, Irvine, California. "Distant Rituals" 6-hour overnight radiophonic diffusion.

June/95 Music Gallery, Toronto. "DisContact! 2" release concert w/Ciamaga, Degazio a.o.

May/95 CHRW-FM, London. "Distant Rituals" 6-hour overnight radiophonic diffusion.

April/95, Aeolian Hall, London. Solo electroacoustic diffusion inc. premiere of "In the Air".

Aug/94, Aeolian Hall, London. "Big City Show 1994" multi-disciplinary event featuring live music, tape diffusion, dance, video etc...

May/94, CHRW-FM, London. "Recurring Dreams of the Urban Myth" 6-hour overnight radiophonic diffusion.

May/94, Downtown London (4 locations). "Private World: A Wireless Public Access Audio Installation"

Dec/93, Music Gallery, Toronto. "Journees ELECTRO-RADIO Days" Festival simultaneously broadcast in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

Nov/93, Aeolian Hall, London. Tape diffusion on bill with Jack Behrens, Bentley Jarvis, Peter Denny and Eric Stach.

Nov/93, FCG, London. Screening of video "Trans: Formation 1" as part of FCG 20th Anniversary celebrations.

Sept/93, CHRW-FM/FCG, London. Premiere of "E.O.A. Soundwalk" as part of FCG "A Cup for a Cup: The Neighbourhood Project".

Mar/93, FCG, London. Screening of video "Trans: Formation 1" as part of Ed Video night.

Jan/93, K.A.A.I., Kingston. Multi-media performance featuring bill bissett (text) and Herb Bayley (trombone)

Nov/92, Artcite, Windsor. Solo computer music performance featuring Herb Bayley (trombone)

Mar/92, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton. Solo computer music performance plus works featuring Herb Bayley (trombone)

Mar/92, University of Toronto, Toronto. "The Medium" featured in concert with works by Gustav Ciamaga, John Beckwith, Lesley Barber, Dennis Patrick.

Feb/92, Aeolian Hall, London. Solo computer music performance plus premiere of "Extensions II, III, IV" featuring Herb Bayley (trombone)

Sept/91, Gallery 101, Ottawa. Solo computer music performance.

June/91, Ed Video Media Centre, Guelph: Solo computer music performance plus work featuring David Lee on cello (premiere: "Extensions I" for cello & electronics)

June/91, Concordia University, Montreal, CEC >>Perspectives->-> Festival/Conference: Diffusion of "Endgame" (for Morton Feldman 1926-1987)[by invitation of organizing committee]

Mar/91, F.C.G./CHRW-FM, London: "Remembering Radio" performance as part of Radio Possibilities Week.

Mar/91, CHRW, FM, London: Week long radiophonic diffusion of "Loop2" installation in one-hour segments.

Mar/91, CHRW-FM, London: "The Sounds Go Round." Live voice performance with Herb Bayley.

Oct/90, White Water Gallery, North Bay: Solo electronic music performance.

Oct/90, Ontario College of Art, Toronto: Computer music performance, lecture, demonstration.

Oct/90, Aeolian Hall, London: Premiere of "LINK": A Radio Music Performance Without Borders.

Aug/90, AMARC 4 >Festival of Radio Art<, Dublin, Ireland. European premiere of "Moscow Calling."

Mar/90, F.C.G., London: Solo electronic compositions. Shared bill w/ Bentley Jarvis.

Jan/90, Ontario College of Art, Toronto: Computer music performance, lecture, demonstration.

1980's

Dec/89, F.C.G., London: Solo electronic compositions plus cello & electronics w/ David Lee.

Nov/89, Banff Centre for Fine Art, CEC >convergence< Festival: Solo premiere of"The Medium" and 7 hour sound installation "Loop2" ("Music for Insomniacs")

Oct/89, Music Gallery, Toronto: Compositions for tape, cello, double bass & electronics w/ David Lee

Oct/89, Music Gallery, Toronto: Electronics on performance of "Toronto Remote" by Philip Perkins

Apr/89, F.C.G., London: "4th Annual Free Spring Performance Festival" featuring David Lee: cello.

Mar/88, F.C.G., London: Keyboards & electronics w/Luddites "New Work" performance.

Mar/88, F.C.G., London: Keyboards & electronics w/Luddites at bill bissett art opening.

Dec/87, F.C.G., London: Collaborative works with Brian Lambert.

Oct/87, F.C.G., London: w/Werner Albert - live soundtrack to film Nosferatu.

Sept/87, F.C.G., London: "Hommage to Marcel Duchamp" Concert Solo performance. On bill w/ Nach dem Tode, Luddites, Lubatunes, Nihilist Spasm Band.

Jan/87, F.C.G., London: Solo performance. On bill w/Luddites.

Nov/86, F.C.G., London: Solo performance w/projections by Meloche.

Nov/83, F.C.G., London: M104 performance w/"Shadowplay " video by Meloche.

Oct/83, F.C.G., London: M104 live soundtrack to film Potemkin.

Oct/83, S.P.K. Hall, London: M104 performance featuring percussionist Tim Gibson.

Dec/82, F.C.G., London: M104 live soundtrack to Metropolis.

Oct/82, F.C.G., London: M104 live soundtrack to Nosferatu.

 

RECENT ARTICLES / PAPERS / COMMENTARIES / LECTURES

"Radio Possibilities" Panel Discussion: Forest City Gallery/CHRW-FM. Panel also included Dan Lander, Claude Shryer, Gregory Whitehead, Tony McAulay, Julia Loktev and Christof Migone.

"The Spirit of Experimentation in Musical Structure Development": Ontario College of Art, Toronto. Lecture, computer music performance, demonstration (1990)

"Performance Possibilities: The Parallel Gallery System": article, Contact! 4.1 (1990)

"Process Music: A Systematic Approach to Sound and Structure": Ontario College of Art, Toronto. Lecture, computer music performance, demonstration (1990)

"Electroacoustic Community Spirit": Musicworks #43 (1989)

"New Music in London": Site/Sound Feb. (1989)

"Diffusion '88" commentary: Contact! 2.2 (1988)

"The Random Advantage: Diffusion of Structure in Computer Composition" Canadian Electroacoustic Community "Diffusion!" paper (1988)

 

COMMISSIONS

"Swept Away" (Outward Sound Ensemble) - For dancer Mari Osanai (Japan), premiered at Mile Zero Dance Festival, Edmonton, Alberta, May 2005.

"Half Arcane (Netherworld Soundscape)" - BBC, UK. Premiere broadcast on the BBC radio series "The Alternative", March 2001.

"Foundation of Dreams" (Music for tape, cello, double bass & electronics) - David Lee. Premiere performance: Music Gallery, Toronto, October 1989

"Extensions I" (for tape and electronics) - David Lee. Premiere performance: Ed Video Media Centre, Guelph, June 1991

"Extensions II" (for trombone and treatments) - Herb Bayley. Premiere performance: Aeolian Hall, London, Feb. 1992

"Extensions III" (for trombone, treatments and interactive electronics) - Herb Bayley. Premiere performance: Aeolian Hall, London, Feb. 1992

"Extensions IV" (for trombone, treatments, interactive electronics and electromagnetic phenomena) - Herb Bayley. Premiere performance: Aeolian Hall, London, Feb. 1992

"Extensions V" (for trombone, treatments, interactive electronics and electromagnetic phenomena) - Herb Bayley. Released: "DisContact! 2" (Canadian Electroacoustic Community)

"Dreamscapes" (tape) - CHRW-FM. Theme music for the radio programme "Dreamscapes." Premiere: Mar. 1992

 

GRANTS & AWARDS

Ontario Arts Council "Grants to Festivals" (in support of Outward Sound & Vision Festival, 2006) (2005)

London Arts Council - "Arts Grant" (in support of Outward Sound & Vision Festival, 2006) (2005)

Ontario Arts Council "Senior Artist" Grant (2003)

Ontario Arts Council "Electronic Media" Grant (1992, 1993, 1996)

Canada Council "Media Arts" Grant for Production of Audio (1990, 1996, 1998)

Canada Council "Music in Alternate Spaces" Grants for performance of electroacoustic music in Parallel Galleries (1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)

CHRW-FM 1990/91 Production Award for conception, realization and diffusion of "LINK"

CHRW-FM 1995 "Hall of Fame" 5 years of broadcasting

CHRW-FM 1997/98 Best Specialty Programme Award for "Wired for Sound" series

CHRW-FM 2000 "Hall of Fame" 10 years of broadcasting

 

AIRPLAY / INTERVIEWS etc...

Meloche has been widely played (and interviewed) across Canada including Vancouver, Edmonton, London (radio and television), Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph and Montreal. His music has also been featured on the CBC radio program "Two New Hours." His work has also been played on radio stations outside of Canada including Boston, Baltimore, London (England) and broadcast internationally on Radio Moscow. His work has been the subject of articles in The Windsor Star, The London Free Press and Scene magazine (London) as well as on the CFPL-TV (London) and Global (Toronto) news. His work "LINK": A Radio Music Performance Without Borders generated interest from around the world and led to interviews on Radio France International (Paris), Radio Budapest (Hungary) and the Voice of America (Washington, DC).

 

BROADCASTING

Meloche currently hosts the radio programme "Wired for Sound" has taken the place of "New Directions." He had been the co-host of the radio programme "New Directions" on Radio Western, CHRW-FM, London since April 1990. His position with the programme also included research and acquisition of material from International Music Centres. He currently corresponds with centres in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Finland, Austria etc... as well as with individual composers and artists from around the world. In June of 1991, Meloche and Herb Bayley were guest hosts of the radio programme "Sons d'esprit" on CKUT-FM, Montreal during the CEC >>Perspectives->-> electroacoustic music festival.

Meloche also hosted "THE RADIO SHOW" (on CHRW-FM 1990-92) which is a weekly programme exploring the world of international broadcasting and related subjects. He was also the host of a regular segment on the programme "DX Party Line" on HCJB - The Voice of the Andes in Quito, Ecuador. The segment was entitled "ODXA Perspectives" and was broadcast internationally on a monthly basis.

 

PRODUCTIONS

bill bissett & Chris Meloche - "rainbow mewsik" (for Red Deer College Press) 2000

bill bissett - "london life" (for Nightwood Editions) (1991)

Karen MacKormack - "Quill Driver" (for Nightwood Editions) (1990)

Jamelie Hassan - production work on audio portion of several insallation works (1990-present)

 

FILM/VIDEO MUSIC

"Structures" host of series of documetary videos focusing on an appreciation of architectural details in London, Ont.

"Trans:formations 1" video by Meloche. Produced at Ed Video Media Centre, Guelph, Ont. Features "Tale of the Brocken Specter" by Meloche (1992)

"Empty Pockets" film dir. Tyson Haller, Toronto. Score composed with Gerry Collins (1989)

"Invisible Limits" video by Meloche. Presented at "1st Annual London Video Night" F.C.G. (1988)

"Shadowplay" video by Meloche. Live soundtrack by M104 (1983)

 

ETC...

Meloche is one of the founding group of members of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, an organization (based in Montreal) which represents and links many Canadian contemporary music composers across the country as well as around the world. He is also one of the founding group of members of The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology.

In January of 1990, Meloche had the distinction of receiving the international radio broadcast premiere of his work "Moscow Calling" on Radio Moscow, USSR.

His work "LINK": A Radio Music Performance Without Borders was acknowledged world-wide by international radio broadcasters and led to features on such radio stations as Radio France International (Paris), Radio Budapest (Hungary) and the Voice of America (Washington, DC). These radio features are estimated to have reached an audience of approximately 100,000,000 listeners.

Meloche was Music Series Director at the Forest City Gallery, London from 1988 to 1991 and was also a part of the jury for the CEC Electroacoustic Days concerts to be held at Concordia University in Montreal, June 1991.

 

WORKS IN PROGRESS / FUTURE PLANS

Meloche plans to continue researching and expanding his approach to computer system applications towards "process" music, algorithmic composition and "sound intallations."

He also plans to do more concert appearances featuring the incorporation of electronically altered acoustic instruments as well as computer and electronic works.

 

MUSIC EDUCATION

Ongoing private studies including: lectures by Morton Feldman, Gustav Ciamaga, Bruno Degazio, David Keene, John Oswald, Daniel Scheidt etc... Workshops including: Trent Kynaston (Detroit) (improvisation)