CANADIAN PREMIERE and PERFORMANCES: Sep. 20, 21, 22: Sweet Adon for soprano, flute, clarinet (Bb/Bass), trumpet, percussion, violin, and cello by Jim Hiscott; Canadian première and performances by Ensemble Télémaque, cond. Raoul Lay; in GroundSwell concerts at Théâtre Cercle Molière, Winnipeg, Sept. 20 and 21, and Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon University School of Music, Brandon, Sep. 22.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2021: March 22: Skin for string quartet by Jim Hiscott; commissioned by and dedicated to Quatuor Bozzini; written with funds from the Manitoba Arts Council. World premiere by Quatuor Bozzini; Eckhardt Hall, Winnipeg Art Gallery, in the GroundSwell New Music Series.
PERFORMANCE, 2021: online, Aug. 20: Waves of Passion for button accordion, cello, double bass and piano by Jim Hiscott; performance by Leanne Zacharias, cello, Crystal Tait, double bass, Aleander Tselyakov, piano and Jim Hiscott, button accordion; at Lorne Watson Recital Hall, Brandon, and available online in the Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2021: June 3/ Aug 10: Midnight Strut in a new version for clarinet (originally written for saxophone), adapted with advice and suggestions from James Campbell; premiered at two performances by James Campbell; in the Agassiz Chamber Music Festival (June 3) and the Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival (Aug. 10)
WORLD PREMIERE, 2019: Nov. 16: Sweet Adon for soprano, flute, clarinet (Bb/Bass), trumpet, percussion, violin, and cello; commissioned by Ensemble Télémaque and GroundSwell (with funds from Ensemble Télémaque and the Canada Council for the Arts); performed by Brigitte Peyré and Ensemble Télémaque, cond. Raoul Lay; Cité de la Musique, Marseille, France.
PERFORMANCE, 2019: July 31: Blue Ocean for clarinet, button accordion, cello and piano; performed by James Campbell, Jim Hiscott, Paul Marleyn and Martin Roscoe; Festival of the Sound; Charles W. Stockey Centre, Parry Sound, Ontario.
PERFORMANCE, 2019: June 1: Blue Ocean for clarinet, button accordion, cello and piano; performed by Micah Heilbrunn, Jim Hiscott, Paul Marleyn and Martin Roscoe; Agassiz Festival; Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg.
PERFORMANCE, 2019: April 25: Swirl for solo cello; performed by Sean Taubner; GroundSwell New Music Series; Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
PERFORMANCE, 2018: Sept. 26: Quintet for Zheng and String Quartet – performed by Geling Jiang and the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra String Quartet; GroundSwell New Music Series, “Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra” Concert; Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg.
WORLD PREMIERE of arrangement, 2018: May 22: Uptown Music for solo piano by Jim Hiscott; arranged for flute, piano and percussion by Sorin Petrescu; premiere of arrangement by Trio Contraste (Ion Bogdan Ştefănescu, flute; Sorin Petrescu, piano; and Doru Roman, percussion); Săptămâna Internaţională a Muzicii Noi; Aula UCMB (Bucharest Union of Craftsmen’s Cooperatives), Bucharest, Romania.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2018: May 4: Turning for Piano Quartet – performed by Gwen Hoebig, violin; Daniel Scholz, viola; Yuri Hooker, cello; and David Moroz, piano; Tuesday, May 8; GroundSwell New Music concert “Louis Riel’s Dream”, Eckhardt Hall, Winnipeg Art Gallery.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2017: May 4: The Milky Dust of Stars – for soprano and cello (texts by Amy Lowell); performed by Sarah Kirsch and Yuri Hooker; GroundSwell Series; May 4, Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg
PERFORMANCE, 2017: March 18: Shadow Play – for flute and tabla; performed by Marie-Hélène Breault, flute and Shawn Mativetsky, tabla; Ottawa New Music Creators, March 18.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2017: Feb. 14: Water Circle – for fiddlers ensemble and string orchestra; performed by the Frontier Fiddlers and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, led by Karl Stobbe; Feb. 14, Westminster United Church, Winnipeg.
STREAMS OF MUSIC PERFORMANCES, CANADIAN MUSIC CENTRE WEBSITE, 2009 The Canadian Music Centre, which distributes the music of Jim Hiscott, streams audio of the music of its Associate composers under the title “Centrestreams”. There are 35 works of Jim Hiscott available for auditing at this site under this new program. Here is the best way to access these streams:
1) The url for the CMC site is http://www.musiccentre.ca/home.cfm
2) Go to this site, then click on “Find Music” in the bar near the top;
3) in the page that pops up, enter “Hiscott” in the box marked “composer” and press “Search”. This will open up a complete listing of works by Jim Hiscott in the CMC library.
4) Centrestreams audio streaming samples are denoted by a blue speaker in the media column; click on one of these, and you can listen to the work in question, often with an introduction from a CBC Radio host. To access these you are required to sign in and get a password, all of which is free.
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PERFORMANCES, 2016: Sept. 19 and Nov. 18: Les Larmes de Polichinelle — for flute, viola and cello; performed by New York’s Eight Strings & a Whistle trio (Suzanne Gilchrest, Ina Litera and Matthew Goeke); , Spectri Sonori Series, Dixon Recital Hall, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, New York City.
PERFORMANCES, 2016: July 31: Spiral — for two violas; performed by Folie à Deux — Nora Krohn and Nick Revel— at The Stone in New York City;
PERFORMANCE, 2016: April 23: Blue Ocean for clarinet, button accordion, cello and piano; performed by James Campbell, Jim Hiscott, Leanne Zacharias and Alexander Tselyakov, Brandon University Clarinet Festival; at the Lorne Watson Recital Hall , Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba.
PERFORMANCES, 2016: Winter and Spring: North Wind for chromatic dizi and orchestra (excerpt); performed by Xiao-Nan Wang and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Julian Pellicano; in the WSO’s Adventures in Music Series, at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, and the Western Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall, Brandon, Manitoba.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2015: Dec. 16: Iqaluit River for flute (C + bass), clarinet, violin, viola, cello, bass and percussion. Performance in GroundSwell “Arctic Dreams” concert by Derek Charke, Micah Heilbrunn, Karl Stobbe, Elise Lavallée, Leana Rutt, Meredith Johnson, and Victoria Sparks, cond. Julian Pellicano. At the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2015: Nov. 14: Quintet for Zheng and String Quartet; performed by Geling Jiang and the the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra string quartet; at “Jubilant Red”, a Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra concert, Pyatt Hall, Vancouver.
RECORDING, 2015: July: Spiral for two violas recorded by Folie à Deux— Nick Revel and Nora Krohn— in New York, NY.
PERFORMANCE, 2014: Dec. 14: Spiral for two violas, performed by viola duo Folie à Deux at Word Up, New York, NY.
PERFORMANCE, 2014: Dec. 6: Spiral for two violas, performed by viola duo Folie à Deux — Nick Revel and Nora Krohn— at The Shed Space, Brooklyn, New York.
PERFORMANCE, 2014: Nov. 12: Shadow Play for flute and tabla, performed by Jack Chen and commissioner Shawn Mativetsky at the Scotia Festival’s Chamber Player Series in Halifax.
CD RELEASE, 2014: Quatrain for two flutes, on “Canadian Flute Duos”, a recording of Canadian works by flutists Jennifer Brimson Cooper and Amy Hamilton (Independent label). “Rich tone, extraordinarily precise ensemble playing and lyrical musical phrases highlight this new release…Jim Hiscott’s Quatrain for two flutes is a four-movement work with minimalist qualities, contrapuntal lines and harmonic two-part runs. Especially beautiful is the composer’s use of lengthy held single notes which are reminiscent of his accordion works and performances.” (The Whole Note)
WORLD PREMIERE, 2014: 3 March: Al Paradiso for violin, bass clarinet and SATB choir; performed by Karl Stobbe, Lori Freedman and Canzona, conducted by Henry Engbrecht; at Crescent Fort Rouge United Church, Winnipeg.
PERFORMANCE, 2014: 6 March: Shadow Play for flute and tabla; performed by Josephine Wilkin and Shawn Mativetsky; Powis Hall, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2014: 8 January: World premiere of Far Heavens for chromatic dizi and string orchestra; performed by Xiao Nan Wang and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, cond. Judith Yan; at Westminster United Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
PERFORMANCE, 2013: 15 December: Swirl for solo cello; performed by Clara Shandler; Backstage Lounge, 1585 Johnston St., Vancouver, B.C.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2013: 16 May: Caña for alto sax, button accordion, violin, viola, cello, timbales, bongos, congas, piano and double bass; performed by the Papa Mambo Band led by Rodrigo Muñoz; Mary Lawton, Elise Lavallée and Emma Quackenbush, strings; and Jim Hiscott, button accordion; at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, the University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2013: 29 January: Cantu for orchestra; performed by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Alexander Mickelthwate; in the WSO New Music Festival, at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
PERFORMANCES, 2012: 24 June: The Sun and the Moon for flute and cello; performed by Laura Vanek and Marina Hasselberg of NOVO Ensemble. NOVO Ensemble concert, Silk Purse Performing Arts Centre, West Vancouver, B.C. Repeat performances by NOVO Ensemble at the CMC and Alliance Française, Vancouver, on Oct. 18 & 19, 2012.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2012: 10 and 11 March: Pater Noster for SATB Choir; performed by Camerata Nova, cond. Mel Braun. At l’Eglise du Precieux Sang, St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
WORLD PREMIERE, 2012: 31 January: After Sorrow for string trio; performed by Karl Stobbe, violin, Elise Lavallée, viola, and Emma Quackenbush, cello. In the WSO New Music Festival, in a WSO/GroundSwell/WAG Event at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
PERFORMANCE, 2011: 17 June: Swirl for solo cello; performed by Minna Rose Chung. In the International Cello Festival of Canada; at Convocation Hall, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
PERFORMANCE, 2011: 2 May: Spiral for two violas; performed by Daniel Scholz and Michael Scholz; in the Prairie Scene Festival, National Arts Centre Fourth Stage, Ottawa.
PERFORMANCE, 2011: 12 February: Shadow Play for flute and tabla; performed by Jamie Wagner and Shawn Mativetsky; Assumption University Chapel, Windsor, Ontario, at the Windsor Canadian Music Festival.
PERFORMANCE, 2011: 28 January: Tangle for oboe, double bass and percussion; performed by Bede Hanley, Meredith Johnson and Ben Reimer; at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Happening concert Kick-Off for the WSO New Music Festival.