Jocelyn Morlock

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Jocelyn Morlock
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Background information
Born (1969-12-14) 14 December 1969 (age 51)
Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
GenresClassical, contemporary classical
Occupation(s)Composer
Years active1996-present
Websitehttps://jocelynmorlock.com/

Jocelyn Morlock (born 1969)[1] is a Canadian composer and music educator[2] based in Vancouver. Her piece My Name is Amanda Todd[3][4][5] won the 2018 Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year.

Early life and education[]

Morlock was born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba. She studied piano with Robert Richardson, Sr. and completed a Bachelor of Music in piano performance at Brandon University (B.Mus. 1994), where her teachers included Gerhard Ginader (electroacoustic music) and T. Patrick Carrabré[6] (composition). She received both a master's degree and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of British Columbia (M.Mus. 1996, DMA 2002)[7] where her composition teachers included Stephen Chatman, Keith Hamel, and the late Russian-Canadian composer Nikolai Korndorf.[8][9][10]

Career[]

Jocelyn Morlock was Composer-in-Residence with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra(2014-2019),[11][12] after completing her term (2012-2014)[13][14] as inaugural Composer-in-Residence for Vancouver's Music on Main, co-host of ISCM World New Music Days 2017.[15]

Morlock's international career was launched at the 1999 International Society for Contemporary Music's World Music Days with Romanian performances of her quartet Bird in the Tangled Sky,[16] followed by Top 10 at the 2002 International Rostrum of Composers[17] and Winner of the 2004 Canadian Music Centre Prairie Region Emerging Composers competition.[18]

She has written the imposed work for several music competitions including the 2008 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition[19] (Involuntary Love Songs) and the 2005 Montreal International Music Competition,[20] (Amore.)[21][22] She won the SOCAN Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award in 2018.[23]

Style[]

Morlock's music exhibits a quirky and eccentric post-modernism, but is specially centred on emotion.[24] Her musical language is typically tonal or modal, but is expanded with extended techniques and colouristic effects.

Selected works[]

  • Bird in the Tangled Sky (1997)
  • Lacrimosa (2000)
  • Exaudi (2004)
  • Music from the Romantic Era (2005)
  • Amore (2005)
  • half-light, somnolent rains (2005)[25]
  • Cobalt (2009)[26]
  • Aeromancy (2011)
  • My Name is Amanda Todd (2016). It is a reflection on the life of Canadian Amanda Todd. It was commissioned and premiered by the National Arts Centre Orchestra as part of the multimedia symphonic work Life Reflected.[27]
  • Lucid Dreams (2017; cello concerto)[28]

Discography[]

Cobalt, Centrediscs CMCCD 20014 (2014)

Halcyon, Centrediscs CMCCD 23817 (2017)

Awards and nominations[]

JUNO Awards[]

Classical Composition of the Year

Western Canadian Music Awards[]

Classical Composer of the Year

Classical Composition of the Year

  • Won: Cobalt (2015)

Classical Recording of the Year

  • Nominated: Cobalt (2015)

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Jocelyn Morlock". UBC School of Music. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Vancouver composer translates Amanda Todd's life into music". cbc.ca. 2 November 2017.
  4. ^ "My Name is Amanda Todd | Life Reflected". nac-cna.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Jocelyn Morlock says her Juno-winning piece My Name is Amanda Todd 'stands up for itself'". Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Composition Studio | Patrick Carrabré". people.brandonu.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  7. ^ "UBC alumni win Western Canadian Music Awards". The Ubyssey. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Composer Profile – Jocelyn Morlock". Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ^ half-light somnolent rains.mov, retrieved 26 January 2020
  10. ^ "Nikolai Korndorf: his music and aesthetics". www.musiconmain.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  11. ^ barczablog (7 January 2015). "10 Questions for Jocelyn Morlock". barczablog. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Jocelyn Morlock". Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Jocelyn Morlock – Composer in Residence (2012 through 2014)". www.musiconmain.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Jocelyn Morlock". www.musiconmain.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  15. ^ "HOME | ISCM 2017". Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  16. ^ ISCM (30 October 2016). "ISCM WMD 1999 Romania, Moldavia". ISCM. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Frederic Rossille Online - IRC". frederic-rossille.net. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  18. ^ Canadienne, Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique. "Emerging Composer Competition". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Brandon Sun Newspaper Archives, Nov 17, 2008, p. 7". NewspaperArchive.com. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  20. ^ "2005 - Past Laureates - About CMIM". Concours musical international de Montréal. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  21. ^ Elena - Amore.avi, retrieved 26 January 2020
  22. ^ "Montreal International Music Competition Notes". www.scena.org. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  23. ^ "Composer Jocelyn Morlock takes home Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award". The Georgia Straight. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  24. ^ Keillor, John (June 2009). Words and Music. SOCAN. p. 9. Musical Dialogues
  25. ^ half-light somnolent rains.mov, retrieved 26 January 2020
  26. ^ Matthew Parsons. "10 pieces by living Canadian composers that you will love". CBC Music, 16 December 2014
  27. ^ "Life Reflected". nac-cna.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  28. ^ "What has become of my British Columbia? - Macleans.ca". www.macleans.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  29. ^ Smith, Charlie (24 March 2018). "Diana Krall, Michael Bublé, Anciients, Jocelyn Morlock, and Ivan Decker put B.C. in Juno Awards winners circle". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  30. ^ The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. "2018 JUNO Award Nominees". The JUNOS Website. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  31. ^ , Wikipedia, 19 November 2019, retrieved 26 January 2020
  32. ^ , Wikipedia, 23 December 2019, retrieved 26 January 2020
  33. ^ "2018 WCMA WINNERS ANNOUNCED". BreakOut West. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

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