Allison Cameron (composer)
- Allison Cameron (composer)
Allison Cameron (b. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1963) one of Canada's most notable composers of contemporary classical music. She is also a performer of free improvisation and experimental music.
She has studied at the University of Victoria and York University. Her compositions have included Louis Andriessen, Gilius van Bergeijk, Per Nørgård, and Frederic Rzewski in Europe, and Rudolf Komorous, Michael Longton, and James Tenney in Canada.
She composes works for conventional classical instruments, early music instruments, and modern electric instruments such as the electric guitar. Her music has been performed at the Bang on a Can Festival and she has been commissioned by the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Recordings of her music have been released by the CRI and XI (Experimental Intermedia) labels.
She has lived in Toronto since 1989.
Discography
*1992 - "Bang on a Can Live". Vol. 1. CD. Emergency Music series. New York, New York: CRI. (Contains "Two Bits" by Allison Cameron.)
*1995 - "Raw Sangudo. CD. Experimental Intermedia.
*2002 - "Ornaments". CD. Spool.
External links
* [http://www.musiccentre.ca/apps/index.cfm?fuseaction=composer.FA_dsp_biography&authpeopleid=12109 Allison Cameron page] from Canadian Music Centre site
* [http://composers21.com/compdocs/camerona.htm Allison Cameron page] at The Living Composers Project site
* [http://kalvos.org/cameron.html Allison Cameron page] from Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar
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