Bent Frequency performs Emilie LeBel's …and the higher leaves of the trees seemed to shimmer in the last of the sunlight’s lingering touch of them…
on our Underscore_a call for scores concert on 3/2/24.
Performed by:
Sarah Kruser Ambrose, flute
Jan Berry Baker, saxophone
Erika Tazawa, piano
Stuart Gerber, percussion
Emilie LeBel writes the following about the piece:
…and the higher leaves of the trees seemed to shimmer in the last of the sunlight’s lingering touch of them… was written for the UltraViolet Ensemble. The Sound-world for this piece is based on my Giant Prairie Wind Harmonica project, generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
-Emilie LeBel
Canadian composer Emilie Cecilia LeBel specializes in concert music composition, the creation of mixed works that employ digital technologies, and intermedia concert works. Described as a creator whose music “reflects her intelligence and audaciousness” (Sir Andrew Davis), and is “restrained and beautifully coherent from beginning to end” (barczablog), as well as “impressively subtle and sensuous” (ConcertoNet), LeBel’s work inhabits sonic worlds that are primarily concerned with textural landscapes, resonance, and variances in colour.
LeBel’s artistic practice has been recognized through several significant awards and appointments, including RBC Affiliate Composer with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2018-2022), Composer-in-Residence with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (2015), TD SoundMakers Composer in Residence with Soundstreams Canada (2015-2016), Land’s End Ensemble Composers Competition (2016), Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award (2015), Canadian Music Centre Toronto Emerging Composer Award (2012), and Canadian Federation of University Women Elizabeth Massey Award (2012).
LeBel’s compositions have been performed across North and South America, and Europe by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Mark Takeshi McGregor, Continuum Ensemble, Women on the Verge, Duo Nyans, Voices of the Pearl, Cecilia String Quartet, Plumes Ensemble, Quatuor Bozzini, Arditti Quartet, Land’s End Ensemble, Cheryl Duvall, Luciane Cardassi, National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Onyx Trio, and junctQín keyboard collective, among others. LeBel’s work appears on twelve commercial recordings, including LeBel’s debut album of chamber music, field studies - released on Redshift Records in May 2023.
LeBel is Composer Advisor with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and a faculty member at MacEwan University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Communication. LeBel holds degrees in music composition from the University of Toronto (DMA) and York University (MA, BFA Hons.), and in audio engineering and music production from the Harris Institute for the Arts (Dip. Hons).
6 сен 2024
