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I have started to put some of my gourd instruments up for sale. They are being sold at Musideum (www.musideum.com) in Toronto . I have 2 banjos there at the moment and a Cora as well.
For a number of reasons, I have decided to put most of my recorded music online as reasonable quality MP3s at no charge. Donations are most welcome and can be made via PayPal. If you would like to make a donation but would prefer not using paypal, please get in touch with me at catherine.fiain@gmail.com.
All funds will go towards putting The Skuld Project in motion. The minimum is set at $2 as anything lower gets pretty much eaten up by paypal fees. Of course, I encourage you to give as generously as you see fit! All contributions will be deeply appreciated and carefully made use of. |
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You may make audio CDs of the music, put it on an ipod, share it with friends, come back to the page as often as you wish – whatever suits you. The music is all under copyright and registered. Anything other than private use will need permission from me, Catherine Thompson. Some of the music is from work that I have done in the contemporary dance theatre world and cannot be use for any public performance whatsoever without permission after a full discussion with me. If you intend to use the music for any sort of sampling, please let me know.
The Skuld Project section will be musically expanding as the year goes by. My intension is that no CDs will be sold at performances, partly because I will not have space to carry them on horseback and other modes of travel and also because ... NO MORE PLASTIC!!
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fiain podCast
Podcasting is a new element that I am exploring. Added intermittently , the podcasts will engage with ideas to do with nomadic living, the place of the dominant culture in connection to the wild world, the need to create a major shift in our place on the earth. Episodes 1 & 2 are up now and can be listened to and downloaded without charge from itunes and from the podcasting service that I am using – gcast.com |
Skuld Project Music
Music in this section is directly related to The Skuld Project. The project is a wide ranging and adventurous endeavour. The intsruments are mostly made by myself with simple hand tools and reflects skuld's journey to find a transition from the domestic to the wild, the constrained to the free. |
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| Banff Centre Music – Recorded Autumn 2009 |
| Na Calíní Salach/Light on the Ground |
recorded live, October 30 2009 at Rolston Hall, Banff Centre. Catherine Thompson - Cora, Voice |
| Lament for Staker Wallace |
recorded live, October 9 2009 at Rolston Hall, Banff Centre. Lucie Laricq & Shelley ___ recording engineers. Catherine Thompson - Irish Flute |
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| Banff Centre Music – Recorded Winter 2009 |
| we walked forever to find some water (studio recording) |
recorded February at Rolston Hall, Banff Centre. Maria Kaniorowicz & Emma Lain - recording engineers. Terri Hron - voice, recorders. Catherine Thompson - voice, cora, bone flute. |
| Pidgoyomon - we walked forever ot find some water/imagine a world |
performed January 14 2009 in Rolston Hall at The Banff Centre. Terri Hron - voice, recorder, prepared piano. Catherine Thompson - voice, cora, gourd udu, percussion |
| Pidgoyomon ~ Salmon songs - song of the salmon/tree feeding/salmon of knowledge |
performed February 6 2009 in Rolston Hall at The Banff Centre. Terri Hron - voice, recorder, cora, prepared piano. Catherine Thompson - voice, cora, gourd banjo, percussion |
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| Banff Centre Music – Recorded Autumn 2008 |
| Songs of economic despair. subtitle: off to war |
performed October 22 2008 in Rolston Hall at The Banff Centre. Terri Hron - Recorder, Catherine Thompson - Bodhran |
| we walked forever to find some water |
performed October 22 2008 in Rolston Hall at The Banff Centre. Terri Hron - Recorder, Catherine Thompson - vocals, cKora |
| improvisation |
performed October 22 2008 in Rolston Hall at The Banff Centre. Terri Hron - Recorder, Catherine Thompson - cKora, Phaedon Sinis - Kanun |
| kCora d dorian in 3s lead/tag |
Recorded on small digital device. Catherine Thompson - cora |
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| Banff Centre Music – Recorded Winter 2008 |
| Improv - Benoit, Cheryl & CT |
performed Feb 1 2008 in Rolston Hall at The Banff Centre. Benoit Delbeq - Prepared Piano, Cheryl Law - Viola, Catherine Thompson - Cora, Bone Flute & Voice |
| A Ghost of Annabelle, Bulerias and Snow |
performed Feb 22 2008 in Rolston Hall at The Banff Centre. Mark Nelson - Gourdudu, CT - Guitar, Cora, Voice |
| The Wind |
Laila Sovmand - Voice, CT - Voice, Gourd da Gamba. Monica Giraldo - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Luscar Studio, March 2008. |
| Anáil |
Laila Sovmand - Voice, CT - Voice, Gourd da Gamba. Monica Giraldo - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Luscar Studio, March 2008. Remix. October 2008 |
| I was Born in the Mists |
CT - Voice, Cora. Monica Giraldo - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Luscar Studio, March 2008. |
| Snow |
Jen Reimer - French Horn, CT - Cora, Voice, Bodhran. Pietro Sammarco - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Telus Studio, March 2008. |
| Bodhran |
CT- Voice, Bodhran, Pietro Sammarco - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Telus Studio, March 2008. |
Improv - Jen & CT |
Jen Reimer - French Horn, CT - Cora, Voice, Pietro Sammarco - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Telus Studio, March 2008. |
| Basse |
CT- Magic basse, Pietro Sammarco - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Telus Studio, March 2008. |
| The Briar & the Rose |
CT- Magic basse, Voice. Pietro Sammarco - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Telus Studio, March 2008. Song written by Tom Waits. |
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| New Brunswick Music – Recorded Summer 2007 |
| Cora Rhythyms |
Cora, Gourd Banjo, Deer Toe Rattle, Basse, Vocal Sounds. Recorded in New Brunswick. August 2007 |
| Snow |
Cora, Vocals, Deer Toe Rattle – from the 2005 CD recording below but using new Skuld Project intruments. Recorded in New Brunswick. August 2007 |
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2005 CD recording project
This recording project of my own songs is the culmination of two years of songwriting and music creation rooted in climate, landscape, flora, fauna and personal experience in the Canadian wilderness, and fuses my work in the musical, visual and material arts. Please click here to view the CD booklet. |
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dance music
I have been composing for contemporary dance theatre for many years and below you will find a number of examples of recorded tracks as well as info about who choreographed the dances. I am deeply endebted to all of the dance artists involved, many of whom you won't see names below because of space limitations. For me, creating with dance is very much a collaborative art. The music wouldn't exist without all those involved – choreographers, interpreters/dancers, designers etc – if you wish more information on any of the music here please contact me by email |
Unspeakable
Choreography – Julia Sasso
Premiered May 2008
Pia Bowman Studio Theatre, Toronto |
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Unspeakable 26.3MB 19'09 |
Sunshine
Choreography – Sasha Ivanochko, created for The Toronto Dance Theatre's Autumn 2007 season
Premiered December 2007
The Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto |
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Sunshine – 39MB 28'25 |
The Betrayal Project
Choreography – Julia Sasso
Premiered February 2006
The Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto
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il giardino ice ice – 27.4MB 19'56
viola ice ice – 10.5MB 7'38 |
Is this love?
Suite of Black Miniatures
Choreography – Sasha Ivanochko
Premiered June 2005
Winchester St. Theatre, Toronto |
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Is this love? – 23.7MB 20'08
Kate's – 14.2MB 12'13
Tears of the Boathouse Mistress – 7MB 5'11
Man on Man – 12.7MB 10'10
Ditch
– 16.6MB 14.24 |
Skin Quest, S3 & Nucleus as part of Dig presented by Princess Productions
Choreography – Susan Lee
Premiered November 2001
Dancemakers Studio Theatre, Toronto
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Skin Quest – 2.7MB 5'34
S3 – 11.9MB 8'41
Nucleus – 11.9MB 8'39
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The King and Queen of Ruins
Choreography – Sasha Ivanochko
Premiered August 2001
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
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The King and Queen of Ruins – 30.6MB 22'18 |
Heliotrope
Choreography – Eryn Dace Trudell
Premiered June 2001
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto |
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Heliotrope – 11.9MB 16'38 (note: recorded section from original 70 minute piece, most of which was performed live) |
le coeur de l’ombre
Choreography – Darryl Tracy
December 1998
Harbourfront Theatre, Toronto
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Le Coeur de l’Ombre – 29.1MB 21'13
Le Coeur – extended piano – 6.4MB 4'39 |
of transient overtures
Choreographed & danced by Heidi Strauss
December 1998
Harbourfront Theatre, Toronto |
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Of Transient Overtures – 14.1MB 10'16 |
Créature
Choreography – Louise Bédard. Produced by Kate Alton
Premiered May 1998
Dancemakers Studio Theatre, Toronto |
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Créature/1 – 11.8MB 8'34
Créature/2 – 1.2MB 2'39 low res 64mono
Créature/3 – 11MB 7'58 |
Elimination of Lateral Violence
Choreographed & danced – Susan Lee and Eryn Dace Trudell
Premiered August 1997
Budies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto |
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Elimination of Lateral Violence/1 – 7.5MB 5'26
Elimination of Lateral Violence/2 – 5.9MB 4'17
Elimination of Lateral Violence/3 – 12MB 8'46 |
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