Michael L. Vincent

Michael Vincent (born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1976) is a Canadian composer situated in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his work using speech melody and rhythms derived from pre-recorded text and instrumental forms, and his spoken word opera Generation X - The Opera with text by Douglas Coupland. He graduated from Concordia University in 2004 with a degree in Music Theory and Composition, and graduated in 2006 with a Master of Fine Arts from The School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University, where he studied with David MacIntyre and Barry Truax.

Bio
In 2002, his piece Essence was recorded on the CEC labels DISContact! III compilation album. Under direction of Tim Brady, Bradyworks ensemble premiered his Un-What? at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall. In March 2003, and Bozzini String Quartet premiered his Three Ring Circus in April 2004, and during that same year, Terra Firma was premiered by the Wire Ensemble under The New Modes group.

Between November 2003 and February 2004, Michael has premiered three electroacoustic works Sat There and Clapped , Advaita , and Three Stories for the Faint of Heart at the ÉuCue Concert Series at Oscar Peterson concert hall in Montreal, Quebec.In late 2003, he won the Allan award for his work in mixed electroacoustic and instrumental forms, and has written articles and reviews for eContact! Electroacoutic music journal, and la Scene Musicale classical music magazine. For the past 6 years, Michael has been on staff at la Scene Musicale, acting as new editor, and news contributor.

Michael has collaborated choreographer Jennifer Mascall and videographer Jacqueline Levitin on a feature work for the Off Centre Dance Company entitled Just Barely , which premiered at SFU Burnaby Theatre on April 8th and 9th, 2005. Michael has also worked with plunderphnics composer, John Oswald on a concert inspired by Glenn Gould for the Vancouver New Forms festival, which saw the premiere of his work Gouldberg Variations on September 15th, 2005. He has joined forces with the Vancouver spoken word artists Barbara Adler on two unique pieces entitled Baby 81 and Little Museum . Little Museum has since been recorded on the spoken word CD Flusterblush released in July 2006.

Over the years 2005 and 2006, Michael wrote and adapted a feature length spoken word opera entitled Generation X- the Opera , which was based on a novel by Canadian author Douglas Coupland. Generation X- the Opera , premiered on March 17th 2006, at the SFU Burnaby Theatre, in Burnaby BC.

Michael also contributed as one of four composers in a multi-interdisiplinary work entitled Triaspora , performed at the Chan Centre for the Perfroming Arts on September 21-22, 2007 by Juno Award nominated performers Orchid Ensemble and Moving Dragon Dance, with multimedia by Aleksa Dulic and Kenneth Newby.

Awards
*2006 Arts Service Award" - Simon Fraser University
*2004 Graduate Fellowship" - Simon Fraser University
*2003 Alain Award in Electroacoustic Composition" - Concordia University
*2003 FQSRC Research Grant" - New Modes Research Group

Compositions
Stage
*Triaspora: Overture (2007, 9'30")
*Generation X - The Opera (2006, 51')
*Just Barely (2005, 11'11")
Chamber
*West Coast Cats (2006, 9'37")
*The Brevity of the Appellation (2005, 10'3")
*Until You Are Satisfied (2005, 10'3")
*Three Ring Circus (2004, 11'51")
*Warnings from Punk Rock 101 (2003, 8'34")
*Last of the Gallant Heroes (2003, 4'08")
*Un-What (2003, 4'40")
*Music to Rise to (2002, 3'36")
*Four Set Mutations (2002, 15'20")
Solo
*The Filth and the Fury (2007, 7'11")
*Dying Ain’t Bad Y’all (2006, 3'38")
Electroacoustic
*Little Museum (2006, 5'25")
*Baby 81 (2005, 5'15")
*Gouldberg Variations (2005, 11'11")
*Terra Firma (2004, 15’)
*Three Stories for the Faint of Heart (2004, 15 minutes)
*Advaita (2003, 8'26")
*Sat There and Clapped (featuring Kevin Austin) (2003, 6'08")
*Essence (2002, 2'50")
Interdisciplinary
*Sleepwalk (2005)

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