Derek Charke
Derek Charke (born in 1974) is a Canadian classical composer and flutist.
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Life [edit]
Derek Charke won the 2012 Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year for his work "Sepia Fragments"[1] and the 2013 ECMA Award for Classical Composition of the Year for his work "Between the Shore and the Ships".[2] Derek's compositions increasingly pair electroacoustic elements, many derived from environmental sounds, with acoustic instruments. Ecological sound as an artistic statement on environmental issues has become an impetus for many works, and his interest in the Arctic has like-wise played a role in many of his compositions. His music bridges a divide between this play of pure sound, collecting natural and environmental sound, and a continuation of the western "classical" tradition, albeit with contemporary and popular influences.[3]
Derek Charke earned his bachelor degree in composition at the University of North Texas, a masters degree in composition from the Royal Academy of Music, a masters degree in flute and a doctorate degree in composition from the University at Buffalo. While at Buffalo he studied composition with David Felder and flute with Cheryl Gobbetti Hoffman. Previous composition teachers included Louis Andriessen, Steve Martland and Cindy McTee.[4]
Dr. Charke, who currently is associate professor of music theory and composition at Acadia University School of Music in Nova Scotia, Canada, and associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre, has received numerous awards and commission for his compositions, including a BMI student composer award for his work Xynith, the Outstanding Undergraduate Award in Composition from the University of North Texas, and an honorable mention from the Kubik Prize for his composition What do the Birds Think? He has been commissioned by ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. Dr. Charke and his wife currently live in Kentville, Nova Scotia.[5]
Works[6][7][8][9] [edit]
Band and wind ensemble [edit]
- 2006 Song of the Tides
- 2009 Falling from Cloudless Skies
- 2011 Don't be Alarmed
Brass [edit]
- 1995 Fanfare for Baroque Trumpets
- 1996 Suite No.1 For Brass Quintet
- 2000 Cela va sans dire
- 2001 Way of Life
- 2010 Quartet for Low Brass
Chamber (3–9 players) [edit]
- 1997 Southern Express
- 1998 Break-Up
- 2000 Last Call
- 2001 Feeling for Snow
- 2001 Mixed Steps
- 2002 What do the Birds Think?
- 2007 Idle Landscape (version 1)
- 2012 Beat
- 2012 Spin
- 2013 Idle Landscape (version 2)
Chamber (10+ players) [edit]
- 1996 Xynith
- 1997 Fall
- 1998 68 degrees north suite
- 1999 Netsiksiuvik
- 2005 Concerto for Flute "The Winds of Winter"
Flute [edit]
- 1993 4 Short Pieces for Flute & Piano
- 1994 Sonata for Flute and Piano
- 1999 Big Business
- 1999 Straight Ahead
- 2000 Rain
- 2001 Three Studies for flute
- 2002 Distant Voices I & II
- 2002 Flute Quartet
- 2004 Lumière Immobile
- 2005 Concerto for Flute "The Winds of Winter"
- 2006 3 Duets
- 2006 Lachrymose
- 2006 Raga Cha
- 2008 Cross-Talk
- 2008 Disturbances of Circadian Rhythm
- 2008 WARNING! Gustnadoes Ahead
- 2011 Raga Saat
- 2012 Raga Das
- 2012 Raga Gyarah
- 2012 Raga Terah
- 2012 Reel Variations
Guitar [edit]
- 2007 Time's Passing Breath
Mixed media [edit]
- 2003 Cercle du Nord II
- 2007 Prelude Time's Passing Breath
- 2009 10 Electroacoustic Studies
- 2010 Tidelines Installation
- 2011 Deliquescence
- 2012 Nanook
Orchestra [edit]
- 2000/2010 Aurora Dances
- 2005 Concerto for Flute "The Winds of Winter"
- 2009 Falling from Cloudless Skies
- 2010 Symphony No. 1 – Transient Energies
- 2011 Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
- 2012 Concerto
Piano [edit]
- 1995 Piano Sonata No. 1
- 1997 Three Latin American Dances
- 2000 Grey-Light Changing
- 2009/2012 Sepia Fragments
Percussion [edit]
- 2001 Confricatio
- 2008 Trio
Strings [edit]
- 1995 Yukon String Quartet
- 1997 Past Winters Solstice
- 2000 Line to Lions
- 2002/2005 22 Inuit Throat Song Games
- 2003 Cercle du Nord I
- 2005 Cercle du Nord III
- 2006 Ebb & Evanesce
- 2007 Silenced
- 2007 Tundra Songs
- 2009 13 Inuit Throat Song Games
- 2009 Sepia Fragments
- 2011 Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
- 2013 Prelude and Impromptu
Voice [edit]
- 1996 Xynith
- 1999 Netsiksiuvik
- 2000 Dancing Diamonds
- 2000 Drum Song
- 2009 Between the Shore and the Ships; Blizzard
- 2009 Oikos / Ecos
Recordings [edit]
- 2007 – Les roches chantent (Michelle Boudreau Independent CD-MB 2007) (Includes Cercle du Nord II)
- 2010 – Sea to Sea (St. Lawrence String Quartet Centrediscs / Centredisques CD-CMCCD 16310) (Includes Sepia fragments)
- 2011 – A Canadian Music Sampler: Centrediscs 30 Years (Centrediscs / Centredisques CD-CMCCD 17311) (Includes Sepia fragments)
- 2012 – ...Between the Shore and the Ships... (Centrediscs / Centredisques CD-CMCCD 17912) (Includes Blizzard; Between the Shore and the Ships)
References [edit]
- ^ 2012 Juno Award Winners (Retrieved April 21, 2012)
- ^ 2013 ECMA Award Winners (Retrieved April 26, 2013)
- ^ Derek Charke bio (Retrieved February 22, 2010)
- ^ Derek Charke Canadian Music Centre (Retrieved February 22, 2010)
- ^ Dr. Derek Charke Acadia University School of Music (Retrieved February 22, 2010)
- ^ Derek Charke List of Works (Retrieved April 26, 2013)
- ^ Canadian Music Centre List of Works (Retrieved April 26, 2013)
- ^ Earsense List of Works (Retrieved April 26, 2013)
- ^ WorldCat Holdings (Retrieved April 26, 2013)
- ^ http://musiccentre.ca/node/37652/recordings (Retrieved April 26, 2013)
External links [edit]
- Official web page
- Dr. Charke at Acadia University
- Derek Charke on ZoomInfo People Directory
- Article on NovaNewsNow.com
- Article from the Georgia Straight, "Composer Derek Charke's Tundra Songs tapping a northern cool"
- Article from the Georgia Straight, "Tanya Tagaq and the Kronos Quartet made Tundra Songs a masterpiece"
- Article from the Winnipeg Free Press, "Tagaq's throat-singing defies description, captivates crowd"
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