Anna Pidgorna

Composer | Vocalist | Visual Artist

Tag: Thin Edge New Music Collective

  • Interview on SoundLab

    Paul Steenhuissen recently interviewed me for his podcast series SoundLab. The interview was commissioned by Toronto’s New Music Concerts in preparation for the Ukrainian-Canadian Connection concert happening on April 4th, which will feature the premiere of my piece Weeping. Paul asked some very probing and difficult questions, which forced me to define my compositional practice and…

  • “Through closed doors” video

    At the end of September, Thin Edge New Music Collective performed Through closed doors at the Array Space in Toronto. Ilana Waniuk and Suhashini Arulanandam did a fantastic job. Here’s the video I put together using footage by A.J. Gray and audio recordings by John. S. Gray, as well as some great photos by Terry Lim.

  • Ontario Concerts

    Just a quick heads up about two upcoming events in Ontario featuring Through closed doors performed from its antique wooded door score. The program, performed brilliantly by Thin Edge New Music Collective, will also feature fantastic works by Ana Sokolovic, Anna Hostman and Brian Harman. If you know me and would like to come to the Toronto fundraiser,…

  • The door’s reincarnation

    As soon as the last coat of varnish was dry, the door score was picked up by the shipper this morning. Less than 24 hours ago I was still painting the last letters. Here are some photos of the door’s journey from a bathroom of a very old house in Vancouver to its new incarnation as a…

  • Playing with curves

    As I finish up the ‘B side’ of the massive door score for Through closed doors, I get to experiment with curving staves. This is something I didn’t get to do on the paper manuscript. As soon as the paint dries, this score will be shipped off to Ontario for two events. You can see violinists Ilana…

  • The door

    As my departure from Vancouver draws nigh, I am feverishly working to complete the final objects involved in the semi-theatrical piece Through closed doors for the Thin Edge New Music Collective. I don’t think I’ve ever had to use so many different skills in any of my creative projects. There has even been carpentry involved (my…

  • Even more illumination

    Here are a couple more pages from my in progress manuscript Through closed doors for two violins. Almost half done! Scroll down to earlier entries to see more pages and info about the piece.

  • More illumination

    Here’s another page from the violin duo Through closed doors commissioned by the Thin Edge New Music Collective (see previous posts for more info on this work). Four pages down, twelve to go! Woo!

  • Super concert with Thin Edge

    I just want to say that I am thrilled with how the Thin Edge concert went last Friday. Gallery 345 is a beautiful space with great acoustics. The new violin duo, Through closed doors, looked great in there and Ilana and Suhashini sounded FANTASTIC! I couldn’t be happier with the piece at this stage in the…

  • Bridal Train recording

    Thin Edge just posted a video of the Toronto performance of the piece I wrote for them in Banff. Thin Edge is awesome. That’s all I can say. Olivia Steimel – accordion Solomiya Moroz – flute Ilana Waniuk – violin Cheryl Duvall – piano You can read more about this piece, and the folksong that inspired…