T. Patrick Carrabré

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T. Patrick Carrabré (born March 2, 1958 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian composer and music teacher .

Carrabré studied composition with Robert Turner at the University of Manitoba and with Peter Paul Koprowski at the University of Western Ontario . He studied his system of twelve-tone tonality with the Pulitzer Prize winner George Perle .

Carrabré has been working with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra since 1992, as Associate Composer since 1996 and as Composer in Residence since 2001 . He is also co-curator of the orchestra's New Music Festival and artistic director of the Brandon Chamber Players . As Dean of the Music Faculty and Vice President, he teaches at Brandon University .

In 1994 the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and violinist Gwen Hoebig premiered The Gates of Heaven at the New Music Festival . Carrabré's best-known compositions are the Inuit Games for Katajjak singers and orchestra, which were nominated in 2003 for the International Rostrum of Composers . His Sonata No. 1, The Penitent for violin and piano received a nomination for the Juno Award in the category of best classical composition.

In 2005, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra under Andrey Boreyko premiered his oratorio Creation at the Centara Corporation's International New Music Festival together with the Canadian Mennonite University Chorus , Spirit Sands Singers , NAfro Dance , Michael Esquash Sr. , Inukshuk Aksalnik and Amanda Stott Stories .

Works

  • String Quartet No. 1 , 1982
  • Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, 1985
  • Three Preludes for piano, 1985
  • Time Cycle for high voice and piano, 1986
  • Three Dances for flute, 1986
  • Piano Concerto , WP 1992
  • Dances From the Shadow World for violin and piano, 1992
  • Dances From the Shadow World for violin and piano, 1992
  • Two Driving Songs for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, soprano and piano, 1993
  • The Elements for piano, 1993–99
  • The Gates of Heaven , violin concerto, WP 1994
  • Firebrand for violin, cello and piano, 1994
  • Chancellor's Fanfare for two trumpets, two trombones, two horns and tuba, 1996
  • Symphony # 1 The War of Angels , UA 1997
  • Symphonia for Strings , WP 1997
  • Chase the Sun for voice and chamber ensemble, premiere 1997
  • The Dragon's Tail , UA 1998
  • A Hammer for Your Thoughts ... , 2000
  • Symphony # 2 Of Heroes and Legends… , WP 2001
  • Inuit Games , UA 2003
  • Creation Stories , Oratorio, WP 2005
  • Symphony # 3 Like the Wind
  • Dark Moon for cello and piano

source

The Canadian Who's who , ed. By Elizabeth Lumley, University of Toronto Press, 2000, p. 210

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personal data
SURNAME Carrabré, T. Patrick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carrabré, Thomas Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba