William Pura 3A Blue Raven Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508 (505) 469-2138 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.williampura.com
PROFILE OVERVIEW During my career as a visual artist and composer I have created a wide-ranging body of work that has been recognized in many international venues. I am currently based in Santa Fe, NM but I have exhibited throughout North America as well as in Europe. Besides my academic work as a professor of fine art, I have written from time to time on various aspects of the contemporary world of the arts and have served on many national and regional arts juries and as an expert panelist on a variety of cultural issues.
My artwork has explored several themes through a variety of media including printmaking (etching, lithography, relief techniques), painting, photography as well as multi-media. I have explored many issues connected to the landscape as well as with the human figure.
My largest current project is Green Night, a series of paintings based on visions of the world as seen through night vision technology. My most recent exhibition, held in August 2015 was the show Inland Sea, a selection of photographs of Lake Winnipeg dealing with different aspects of its huge watershed; the natural processes connected with such a huge body of water, its role in the lives of the people in the region and the politics of how its water resources are used.
EDUCATION Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Manitoba, School of Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Teaching: 1973- 2010 Professor, University of Manitoba teaching Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Colour Theory 1971-1973 Assistant Instructor, Fundamental Studio Courses Indiana University Administrative: 1992 Review of the School of Art Printmaking Area - reporting to the Vice-president Academic 1992-93 Development of new Fine Arts courses in Digital Media 1994 Chair, School of Art Planning and Development Committee - reporting to the School’s Director and the Vice-President Academic 2001-2008 Chair - the Printmaking Area, supervising all staff teaching in the area and coordinating curriculum, equipment needs and course development
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PROFESSIONAL MUSIC POSITIONS: 1981 Co-Secretary, The Manitoba Composers' Association 1982 - 84, 1985 – 86 Vice-President, The Manitoba Composers' Association April, 1986 - May, 1987 President, The Manitoba Composers' Association 1988 – 1993 Elected to the Canadian League of Composers Council May, 1989 - May, 1991 Elected Treasurer for the Canadian League of Composers 1988 – 1989 Board member for CIDO-Cultural Industries Development Office Manitoba 1988 – 1989 Board member (alternate), the Manitoba Ukrainian Arts Council 1988 – 1991 Board member for the Manitoba Composers' Association 1991-1995, 1996-98 Member of the artistic board of Groundswell (new music concert producing organization) 1995 - 2005 Voting member for the Canadian Music Centre Prairie region
PUBLIC LECTURES Both within and beyond the academic setting I have been an active lecturer on various topics in the arts: August 27 & 28, 1994 Hosted the radio program "Audio Gallery" for CBC radio – a presentation of music related to works of art - broadcast February 21, 2007 Winnipeg South Photo Club Inc. Painting and Photography November 6, 2007 Manitoba Camera Club lecture - Painting and Photography
February 12, 2008 The University Women’s Club presents: The Music Makers: Classical Composers: Music and the Landscape
March 27, 2009 Panelist for the Southern Graphics Council Conference Chicago Ill. “Canadian/American Printmaking: Cross Fertilization or Cultural Imperialism”; Ferguson Lecture Hall; 600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago
March 25, 2013 Gerhard Richter and Anselm Kiefer – the cultural significance of 2 important German artists - German Cultural Studies University of Winnipeg
May 21, 2013 Meet the Composer New Music in Iceland McNally-Robinson lecture series
April 22, 2014 Meet the Composer Ether/Aura- the Sounds of Iceland - Groundswell concert discussion McNally-Robinson lecture series
October 21, 2014 Ten Masterpieces of Western Art University of Winnipeg
June 6, 2014 First Fridays Art Talk/Art Walk event Aspects of the Prairie Landscape Winnipeg Free Press News Café August 7, 2015 First Fridays Art Talk/Art Walk event Photographing Lake Winnipeg Winnipeg Free Press News Café WILLIAM PURA Page 3
HONOURS & AWARDS
1973-1974 "Research and Development of Fine Art Lithography" joint project held with Prof. Arnold Saper, University of Manitoba Research Board 1980 Opus Frames Materials Purchase Award - The Print and Drawing Council of Canada exhibition 1983 "The Interaction and Complementarity of Music and Visual Art", Research grant from the University of Manitoba Research Board 1985 Art Ventures Grant, the Manitoba Arts Council for "Variations" Concert 1986 Canada Council, Explorations grant for the production of the record - Black Water & Sonata for Solo Violin 1989, 1990 Manitoba Arts Council grants for travel to Ukraine 2006 Manitoba Arts Council grants for travel to Germany 2008 Manitoba Arts Council grants for travel to Italy
SERVICES November 2012 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts juror July 2011 - Western Canadian Music Awards Juror Outstanding Classical Composition February 2011 Manitoba Arts Council Composers’ juror September 2010 - Western Canadian Music Awards Juror Outstanding Classical Composition January – February 2010 Juno Awards Juror, Best Classical Album: Large Ensemble February 2010 Manitoba Arts Council Major Arts award juror January 23, 2007 Manitoba Arts Council Major achievement award juror September 2006 - Western Canadian Music Awards Juror Best Classical Composition September 2005 - Western Canadian Music Awards Juror Best Classical Composition January – February 2005 Juno Awards Juror, Best Classical Composition January – February 2003 Juno Awards Juror Best Classical Composition May 30, 2002 CMC New Associate Composer Jury May 2001 Artworks used in the Alliance Atlantis film production Another Day starring Shannen Doherty, directed by Jeffrey Reiner October 27,1999 Landscape Architecture: Lecture on Creativity with David Arnason, Lorrie Kirshenbaum and Aliza Amihude March 1, 1996 Architecture Cultural Events, Food for Thought Series: Art, Music, & Technology October 1995 Visiting artist, Indiana University, Bloomington. Lectures on personal explorations in printmaking, music and art interrelationships. Critiques with graduate students March 9-25, 1995 Prairie Theatre Exchange - slides of work used in staging of the Carol and Catherine Shields play Fashion, Power, Guilt, and the Charity of Families Winnipeg, Manitoba October 2, 1994 Juror for the Winnipeg Sketch Club members show February 28, 1993 Manitoba Arts Council Peer Adjudication Review Panelist May 25, 1992 Manitoba Arts Council Juror- Major Arts Grant
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SERVICES cont.
January 30, 1992 Panelist for The Critics Corner - The Influence of Media on Critical Theory and Artists' Practice organized by Gallery III, School of Art, University of Manitoba January 1992 Curatorial Advisor - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow print exhibition Gallery III, School of Art, University of Manitoba Explorations Juror -The Canada Council: Regina April 7-8, 1990 Grand Prairie, June 29-30 1990 Regina, April 6-8,1 992 Saskatoon, March 26-28, 1993
November 8, 1988 Lecture on "The Vinland Project" prints The University of Manitoba Icelandic Collection
July 6-10, 1988 Change of Reasons - Canadian Association of Landscape Architects – conference speaker and participant
July 1987 Pan-Am Games Indianapolis, Indiana Organized a show of Canadian artists
1987, 1988, 1989, 2001 Music Juror, The Manitoba Arts Council
November 21-23, 1986 Creating the Future - a conference on Ukrainian Arts in Manitoba – panelist
1985 Major Arts Grant Juror, The Manitoba Arts Council April, 1984 The History of Printmaking - Lecture, The Winnipeg Art Gallery 1984 Multi-Disciplinary and Performance Art Juror, The Canada Council March, 1984 Visiting Artist, University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, March, 1984 Visiting Artist, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, January 1982 Visiting Artist, Wilfrid Laurier University, Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 1978 Visiting Artist, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota,
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ARTWORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS United States Information Agency, Washington DC Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario Gallery III, School of Art, University of Manitoba The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario The Government of Manitoba Manitoba Hydro ARTWORK IN PRIVATE TRIMAC Corporation, Calgary, Alberta COLLECTIONS Archer Communications, Calgary, Alberta Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Bryan Kells, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wisconsin Ken Cooper, Winnipeg, Manitoba Prudential Life Insurance Company, Donald & Patricia Outerbridge, Winnipeg, Minneapolis, Minnesota Manitoba Deloit, Haskins, and Sells, Chicago, Illinois Myron Schultz, Winnipeg, Manitoba P.M. Haeger & Associates Fiduciary Bramwell Tovey, Vancouver, British Management, Chicago Columbia Mr. & Mrs. Albert Schultz, Winnipeg, Jeffrey Baigrie, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Douglas & Laureen Forbes, Winnipeg, CN Hotels - L'Hotel, Toronto, Ontario Manitoba Campbell, Godfrey, Toronto, Ontario T. Mirhady, Calgary, Alberta Price, Waterhouse Inc., Toronto, Ontario Richard Johnston, Calgary, Alberta C.P.Rail, Canada D.Kmet, Winnipeg, Manitoba Esso Resources, Calgary, Alberta Arthur & Betty Ward, Calgary, Alberta Fairweather Properties, Winnipeg, Manitoba Paula Macleod/Thibaudeau Macleod Canadian Airlines International, (Winnipeg Translations, Calgary, Alberta Terminal) City Bread, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ken Brown, Winnipeg, Manitoba Catherine Lee, Winnipeg, Manitoba Patrick Friesen, Winnipeg, Manitoba Michel Cheff, Hull, Quebec College of Physicians and Surgeons, Heather Shayna, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba Dr.Susan Collison, Winnipeg, Manitoba Dr. Gordon Risk, Topeka, Kansas Jean and Bob Altemeyer, Winnipeg, Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Joan Walters, Winnipeg, Manitoba Brian Mestdagh, Bri-Ann Facilities Pitblado, Buchwald, Asper Winnipeg, Chiropractor, Winnipeg, Man. Manitoba Nova Corporation, Calgary, Alberta Judy Campbell, Calgary, Alberta Encore Energy, Calgary, Alberta John McGuire, Winnipeg, Manitoba Kevin McDowell, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jeffrey Reiner, Los Angeles, California Michael Szul, Toronto, Ontario Dr. David Starr, Connecticut Phil Lynd, Toronto, Ontario Pierre Arpin, Darwin, Australia Sean Daly, North-West Territories WILLIAM PURA Page 6
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
August 7- 29, 2015 Inland Sea Gurevich Fine Art Winnipeg, Manitoba CA
March 1-15, 2014 Double Portraits Fleet Galleries Winnipeg, Manitoba CA
May 19 – July 17, 2011 William Pura Altona Gallery in the Park, Altona, Manitoba, CA
November 7-25, 2009 New Paintings Ken Segal Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
May 26- June 18,2006 Landscapes, Gods and Animals Kulturmodell Passau, Bavaria Germany January 17-February 24, 2006 Logan Avenue Martha Street Studio Winnipeg, Manitoba CA
July 2-30 2005 Water, Stone and Cloud
November 5-30, 2002 Der Holzweg: The Way Through the Woods
Aug. 31- Sept. 30, 1992 Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall Piano Nobile Gallery
March 20-April 12, 1992 The Uptown Gallery, New Urban Images Winnipeg, Manitoba CA
November 20 - December 15, 1988 Crossroads Gallery III, School of Art, University of Manitoba November 16-December 3, 1988 The Uptown Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba CA
January-March 1985 The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Variations Winnipeg, Manitoba CA
November - December 1984 The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Chicago, Illinois USA
March 1984 The University of Arkansas Art Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas USA
February - March 1984 The Cardigan-Milne Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba CA
January 1982 Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
October 24 - November 14, 1980 Gallery III, School of Art, University of Manitoba,
December - January 1977-1978 Plug-In Arthur Street Gallery
October 1974 Gallery Oseredok, The Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba WILLIAM PURA Page 7
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
January 27 –May 31, 2011 Open-Ended Narrative 3 artist exhibition with Ted Howorth and Derek Brueckner Buhler Gallery St, Boniface Hospital Winnipeg, Manitoba
September 16-19, 2009 "Old Traditions in New Clothes" IMPACT International Print Conference in Bristol, UK
July 13- September 18, 2009 Grace Nickel and William Pura Gallery III School of Art, University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba (exhibition of Logan Avenue photographs)
September 13 and September 16, 2008 In Plain Sight: Printmaking from the Canadian Prairies Marostica and Venice, Italy
March 26-29, 2008 No Danger Richmond, Virginia during the Southern Graphics Council 37th International Print Conference “Command Print” at Virginia Commonwealth University
March 29-April 20, 2008 Naestved International Mini Print Exhibition Ronnebaeksholm Arts and Culture Centre Naestved, Denmark
Jan. 30- Feb. 24, 2008 Year of the Rat International Print Exhibition and Exchange Proof Gallery Toronto, Ontario Canada
May 31, -June 19, 2007 Landscapes Near and Far a two-person exhibition with German artist Franz Mrkvica Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
January 26-February 11, 2006 5th Annual International Print Exchange The Year of the Dog Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
6th Annual International Print Exchange and Exhibition Year of the Pig Proof Studio Gallery February 28- March 11, 2007 Toronto, Ontario
September, 2006 Exchange print show in Seattle, Washington Print Zero Studios Rainbow Bldg. Gallery Coral Gables campus University of Miami July- August, 2006 Exchange print show in Seattle, Washington Print Zero Studios –Sev Shoon Arts Center/ Ballardworks Seattle WA
5th Annual International Print Exchange and Exhibition- Year of the Dog Jan., 26.06-Feb.111.06 Ken Segal Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba
March 18, 2005 Exchange print show in Seattle, Washington Print Zero Studios –Blue Door Gallery February 5, 2005 Exchange print on the theme Year of the Rooster exhibited in Schorndorf, Germany WILLIAM PURA Page 8
GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued:
December 4, 2004 3x3 show Ace Art Winnipeg, MB
July 6- August 15, 2002 Off
February 2002 Cross Borders Reineke Gallery, University of North Dakota USA
September 27,2001 – January 13, 2002 Art on the Plains, 4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition Plains Art Museum Fargo North Dakota, USA
January 3 – 30, 2001 Memory and Metaphor – two artist exhibition with Bruce Reimer,
July - August 1999 Intimate Impressions: Art from Pan-America The Manitoba Printmakers Association Juried exhibition
1998 18th Mini Print International Touring Show including: Wingfield, England; Cadaqués, Girona, Spain; Barcelona, Spain; Bages, France
December 14, 1997 - March 29 1998 Breaking the Line: When is a drawing not a drawing? Winnipeg Art Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba
December, 1997 Pari Nadimi Gallery Toronto, Ontario
June 1-27, 1997 The Fishing Party 3 artists show at the
September 22 - November 3, 1996 25 years of Contemporary Art Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois USA
February 5 - March 9, 1996 Suncor Collects artworks from the Suncor collection The Muttart Public Art Gallery Calgary, Alberta
April 26 - May 28, 1995 Grand Jury 3 a juried exhibition/sale for Winnipeg Art Gallery Art Rental & Sales Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
February 5 - April 23, 1995 Fractured Spaces Contemporary Art in Manitoba The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued:
December 8, 1994 - January 28, 1994 Those Who Stayed Manitoba's School of Art 1960-1970 Gallery III University of Manitoba, October 16- November 16, 1994, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba
September 6 - 23, 1994 Putting Through an exchange exhibition between Indiana University at Terre Haute; the Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Bratislava, Slovakia; School of Art, University of Manitoba; held at the Manitoba Printmakers' Association Gallery
September, 1994 Hidden Values Western Corporations Collect The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
May 26 - June 23, 1994 The Texas International, University of Texas at El Paso
March 1-11, 1994 History, Memory, Architecture Faculty of Architecture 210 Russell Bldg. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 24 - August 8, 1993 1st International Graphiek Biennale- Maastricht 1993 Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre Maastricht, Holland
June 4 -18, 1993 Winnipeg/Windsor Juried Exchange exhibition Winnipeg in Windsor Common Ground Gallery Windsor, Ontario
June 25 - August 28, 1992 Gallery on the Avenue 1992 - a juried exhibition by Downtown Winnipeg BIZ, Winnipeg, Manitoba
January 13 - February 7, 1992 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Gallery III, School of Art University of Manitoba April 14 - May 2, 1992 Ace Art Annual Juried Members Show, Ace Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 14 - December 7, 1991 Manitoba Printmakers Association Mini-Print show Winnipeg, Manitoba September 23,1991 - October 27,1991 Synergos II - an exhibition of Manitoba/Ukrainian art University of Winnipeg Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba The same exhibition tours Ukraine in 1992-93 September 20 - October 1, 1991 "Graceland" Print exchange exhibition Bare-Montgomery Memorial Gallery, Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana USA
March 23 - April 17, 1991 Three from Winnipeg Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
August 28 - September 22, 1990 Signs of the Times Gallery III, School of Art, University of Manitoba
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued:
November, 1989 Progressions - a show organized in honour of the Manitoba Printmakers Association Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain Winnipeg, Manitoba
August 20, 1987 - November, 1989 Contemporary Art in Manitoba - Winnipeg Art Gallery touring show - Winnipeg, Halifax, Calgary, Guelph
April 8- May 8, 1988 Two Artist Exhibition, with Jocelyn Barrable L'Alliance Française du Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba
March 10 - April 10, 1988 Two Artist Exhibition, with Diana Pura Kitchener/Waterloo Centre-on-the-Square Kitchener, Ontario
May 19 - June 30, 1983 The Drawn and Printed Image: Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Chicago, Illinois USA
April - May, 1985 through 1988 Contemporary Canadian Printmaking - a group show touring Australia, beginning in Queensland
July 31- August 29, 1987 Pan Am Games Exhibition - 431 Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana USA
MULTI-MEDIA PROJECTS
April 27, 2004 DVD Der Holzweg: The Way through the Woods accepted into the Festival International de Biarritz, France
March 12, 2004 DVD Der Holzweg: The Way through the Woods accepted into the New York International Film Festival in the Short film Category
DER HOLZWEG DVD – 2003 ART/MUSIC/DANCE produced Video-Pool Winnipeg MB Available on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSofr337-PI
CHIAROSCURO DVD –2006 ART/MUSIC/DANCE produced Bloomington, Indiana, USA Performances: Southern Graphics Council Conference March 2006 The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts September 18, 2006 University of the Arts (Philadelphia) September 20, 2006
Aerial Artistry – music score for the video by Talia Pura, commissioned by Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad
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PUBLISHED ARTICLES/BOOKS
New Music in Manitoba, Arts Manitoba, Winter 1983, Vol.2 No.2
A Quiet in the Land (with B. Welch) Border Crossings, Winter Vol.5 No.1
Book Review on The Music Within by Ferdinand Eckhardt Border Crossings, Summer 1986 Vol.5, No.3 Canadian Art - Perspectives teachers' book Vol.9 1989 Ernst Klett GmbH u.Co.KG Stuttgart, Germany Moving to the Clear a review of the exhibition Spirit of Ukraine at the Winnipeg Art Gallery 1991, Border Crossings, Spring 1992, Volume No.11, Number 2, 1992
PUBLISHED ARTWORK AND REVIEWS (Selections):
The Winnipeg Free Press Reader’s Forum Contemporary Art in Manitoba The Winnipeg Art Gallery 1987 Page 23
Crossroads Gallery III University of Manitoba 1988
New Urban Images William Pura Uptown Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba 1992
The Winnipeg Free Press Saturday, March 28, 1992 review of New Urban Images by Allison Gillmor pp. C 27
Synergos 2 Art by Ukrainian Manitoba Artists Manitoba Ukrainian Arts Council 1992 pp. 21 Hidden Values Contemporary Canadian Art in Corporate Collections Douglas & McIntyre 1994 pp. 55
The Toronto Star November 26, 1994 Entertainment Section Hidden Values review
Cover of Ovation magazine (Manitoba Theatre Centre) Volume 2, Number 6, April, 1995 vie des Arts No. 171 Summer 1998 review by David Garneau pp.65
Border Crossings issue No.85 Volume 22 Number 1 review on Der Holzweg; The Way Through the Woods by Cliff Eyland pp.74
Cover illustration for Tasting the Dark, a new anthology of poetry by George Amabile, published by the Muses Press, Winnipeg
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PUBLISHED ARTWORK AND REVIEWS (Continued): Cover illustration for Mister Goodmorning, a collection of short stories by Murray Andrew Pura, published by Regent College Publishing, Vancouver, B.C.
Cover illustration for The Poets of Windhover Marsh, a collection of short stories by Murray Andrew Pura, published by Regent College Publishing, Vancouver, B.C.
Vertical Development a New Gnereration of Ukrainian Canadians Volume IV- Michael Ewanchuk published on Canadians of Ukrainian Descent 2004 Exhibition review-Kanadische Kunst im Kulturmodell Passauer Presse pp.38 Nummer 125 Thursday, June 1, 2006 Gallery view- Landschaften, Götter und Tiere von Pura Passauer Presse pp.21 Nummer 125 Thursday, June 1, 2006
Review of my music in “Ruch Muzyczny”(The Music Activities Review) YEAR 50 • NR 18 • 3 September 2006
The Winnipeg Free Press June 2, 2014 Page D5 Prairie artist’s depictions of vastness enveloping by Sarah Swan
The Winnipeg Free Press August 4, 2015 Page C3 Art, Science meet on the shore of Lake Winnipeg by Sarah Swan
MUSIC PROJECTS
COMMISSIONS
Victor Schultz, Solo Violin Sonata 1984 Victor Schultz, Black Water for violin & piano 1985 Donna Grescoe, arrangement of Folk song My Dear Mother for violin & piano 1987 Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals, The Flight of the Lark for solo piano 1988 Boyd McDonald, Sonata Northwest 1985 for solo piano 1990 Manitoba Ukrainian Arts Council, Centenary celebration Prairie Steppes for string quartet 1990 Aurora Musicale, RainDances for flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello & piano 1992 Bernard Leveillé, Ballade for solo violin, 1993 Steven Sitarski, violin Douglas Finch, Ballade for solo piano, 1993 Art Talks theme music composed for Winnipeg TV program 1994 Helen Roupp, music for the play Adam's Eves, 1996 Jamie Syer, Labyrinth, for solo piano 1999 Groundswell, She Drives Home, in a Bad Mood, After a Party, for tenor and chamber ensemble, 2001 text by George Amabile Jamie Syer/Sophie Bouffard, Seven Soprano Songs from the Visions and Revelations of St. Louis the Métis for soprano and solo piano
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SELECTED CONCERTS:
April 28, 2014 Ether/Aura The Sounds of Iceland Groundswell new music concert Snaefellsnes for chamber ensemble premiere May 16, 2013 Latin Party Groundswell new music concert Costa Rica for marimba and piano premiere
November 2011, New Music Festival performance of Four Songs after Albert Pinkham Ryder Edmonton, Alberta for tenor and strings March 26, 2011 Nemesis for solo piano – US premiere Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, NYC
2010 - Several performances of Nemesis - Camrose, Alberta, Gustin House, Saskatoon, SK
February 5, 2010 Nemesis for solo piano –premiere at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival opening event
October 13, 2009 The Rehearsal’s the Thing première of Spectre for vibraphone and ensemble Groundswell concert series Winnipeg, MB, Canada Beverley Johnston soloist March 25, 2005 The Land/The Stories New Works Calgary concert premiere of Seven Soprano Songs from the Visions and Revelations of St. Louis the Métis Calgary, Alberta
October 14, 2003 RainDances performed at the ARA Ensemble 10th Anniversary Celebration concert in Cracow, Poland June 8, 2003 Der Holzweg for solo cello performed by Mark Rudoff at Concert #3 New Music North festival, Thunder Bay, Ontario April 26, 2003 Canadian Concert (RainDances performed) Centre for Modern Art “Solvay” Ara Ensemble (Cracow), Katarzyna Marczak, Artistic Director Cracow, Poland
November 18, 2002 RainDances performed at a concert of Canadian music sponsored by Edmonton Composers’ Concert Society, ISCM, (Polish section) Polish Music Edition, and the Canadian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland
November 5, 2002 Der Holzweg for solo cello performed by Mark Rudoff at the opening of the Der Holzweg exhibition
April 21, 2001 Musical drama Batoche premiere concert with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
February 13, 2001 Groundswell Concert, Amarchord The Site Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba
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CONCERTS continued:
August 24-26, 2000 Musical drama Batoche workshop production concert for Chamber Opera West The Royal Winnipeg Ballet Studio 405 Winnipeg, Manitoba
February 15, 2000 Labyrinth premiered at New Works Calgary concert Calgary, Alberta
May 21, 1999 Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound Canadian Chamber Ensemble Kitchener, Ontario
March 4, 1999 Groundswell Concert Mixing It The Site Gallery Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 31, 1998 Prairie Festival of New Music Chamber Music I Regina, Saskatchewan
April 18, 1998 Groundswell Concert On New Ground Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 5, 1997 Groundswell Concert Balkans and Beyond The Winnipeg Art Gallery Auditorium Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 3, 1996 Edmonton Composers' Concert Society 5th Annual New Music Festival Saint Crispin’s Chamber Ensemble and The Hammerhead Consort Muttart Hall - Alberta College Edmonton, Alberta October 4, 1996 Groundswell Concert 1x4 Glenlawn Performing Arts Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba April 17-20, 1996 Adam's Eves Popular Theatre Alliance of Manitoba, Testing Ground Venue 8, Winnipeg, Manitoba March 7, 1995 Edmonton Composers' Concert Society 4th Annual New Music Festival Edmonton Composers' Forum IV Muttart Hall - Alberta College Edmonton, Alberta
May 10, 1995 Sonic Circuits III Electronic Music Festival St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, Minnesota,
May 11, 1995 Red Eye Collaboration Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 31, 1995 The Big Bang Vancouver New Music & Drum Heat Douglas Finch performing Vancouver east Cultural Centre Vancouver, British Columbia
October 15, 1994 Canadian Music Centre 35th Anniversary Concert, New Works Calgary Ensemble Calgary, Alberta February 17 & 18, 1994 Piano Music with Douglas Finch presented by Prairie Performances Manitoba Inc. Muriel Richardson Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba WILLIAM PURA Page 15
CONCERTS continued:
November 14, 1993 The Da Capo Chamber Players present Patricia Spencer, Merkin Hall, New York, U.S. premiere of RainDances April 15, 1993 Ace Art: An evening of performance, William Pura and Rob Gardner perform Homage to Earle Brown West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg
February 25, 1993 Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, New Music Festival premiere of Sequences January 11, 1993 Aurora Musicale, premiere of RainDances, Winnipeg Art Gallery Auditorium
December 2, 1992 Groundswell Concert, Ukrainian Celebration, violinist James Ehnes performs Black Water Muriel Richardson Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 25, 1991 Groundswell Concert, McDonald & McIntosh Two on One Muriel Richardson Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba
April 26, 1991 Centenary of Ukrainians from Abroad Festival, Lviv, Ukraine
November 14, 1989 New Music Concert, ArtSpace Cinemathèque
October 8, 1990 1st International Ukrainian Music Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, Chamber Music
December 11 & 13, 1989 Two Concerts in Kiev, Ukraine
October 29 - November 1, 1986 SATORI New Music Festival Canadian Chamber Music Concert
May 11, 1986 The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois
May 8, 1986 De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois
May 1985 Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop, Toronto, Ontario
February 25, 1985 April 14, 1985 The Manitoba Composers' Association Concert, The Winnipeg Art Gallery Auditorium, the Brandon Allied Arts Centre
January 20, 1985 "Variations" concert, the Winnipeg Art Gallery Auditorium
November 4, 1984 The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois
November 1, 1984 Cleveland State University, Cleveland Ohio
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CONCERTS continued:
November 14, 1983 New Piano Music Two Composer Concert with Boyd McDonald, The St.Lawrence Centre, Toronto, Ontario September 1983 Beckett and McDonald, Musical Art Club, 60th Anniversary Concert, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
November 15, 1982 The Manitoba Composers' Association, the Winnipeg Art Gallery Auditorium 1981- 1990 IZMUSIC concerts each season from at various venues including The Winnipeg Art Gallery Auditorium, School of Music University of Manitoba, The Gas Station Theatre, The Brandon School of Music, the West End Cultural Centre, The Mennonite Brethren Bible College, Winnipeg, Manitoba
RECORDINGS Black Water and Sonata for Solo Violin with Victor Schultz, violin and Alice Enns, piano Augmented Forth records 1988 Dark Land Black Water- released by Clef records and the Edmonton Composers Concert Society in 2003 A CD of music for violin and piano 9 Visions Chamber music from Canada and Poland recording of Ballade for solo violin 2004 RainDances Canadian Chamber Music ARA ensemble Cracow, Poland Edmonton Composers Concert Society Clef label 2006 Expressions Sylvia Shadick Taylor, piano recording of Labyrinth 2013 Piano NorthWest – released by CentreDiscs label, distributed by Naxos 2015 Pianist Sylvia Shadick Taylor
LIST OF WORKS
Solo Piano • Passacaglia & Fugue (1980) 10' • Sequences (1982) 10' • The Statue's Desire (1985-1994) 16' • Sonata Northwest 1985 (1990) 35’ • Flight of the Lark (1988) 1’ • Ballade (1993) 8’ • Little March (1994) 2’ • Labyrinth (1999) 7’ • Madame Riel’s Waltz (2000) 3’ • Nemesis (2008) 10’
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Chamber Works • Fantasy (1981) 5' solo flute • Suite for Two Pianos (1983) 22' • Sonata for Solo Violin (1984) 22' solo violin • Prime (1985) 6' solo flute • Black Water (1986) 22' violin & piano • RainDances (1992) 10' flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello, piano • Ballade (1993) 6' solo violin • Meditation on Civil War (1997) 8’ 30” clarinet, violin, ‘cello, piano • Madame Riel New Year’s Eve Variations (2000) 2’ solo violin • Scherzo: Quicksilver (2001) 4’ solo vibraphone • Costa Rica 10’ marimba, rainstick, piano • Snaefellsnes (2013) 9’ flute, bass clarinet, cello, percussion, piano and electro-acoustic soundscape • Der Holzweg: The Way Through the Woods (2003) 6’30” solo ‘cello • Four Songs after Albert Pinkham Ryder (2009) 10’ tenor, violin, viola, ‘cello • Spectre (2009) 16’ vibraphone and chamber ensemble • Costa Rica (2013) 5’ for marimba and piano • Serenade (2014) 7’ for string orchestra Orchestra • Sequences (1992) 10'
Electro-Acoustic Works • Collage for 2 Pianos (1982) 15’ eight hands, slides and tape • Homage to Earle Brown (1993) 16’ tape, percussion, synthesizer • Song of the Earth (1995) tape, slides and dancer 10’ • Nearing Mars (1998) 16’ synthesizers, percussion, video, interactive electronics, dancer • Aerial Artistry (2009) 2’ for video of Talia Pura aerial dance video for the 2010 Cultural Olympiad • Aerial Dance performance - Manitoba Showcase 2010 8’ Vocal
• Batoche (2000) 55’ soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello, 3 percussion, pianoforte • She Drives Home, in a Bad Mood, After a Party (2001) 10’ 30” tenor, flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello, percussion, pianoforte • Seven Soprano Songs from The Visions and Revelations of St. Louis the Métis (2004 ) soprano and pianoforte 16’ • Four Songs after Albert Pinkham Ryder (2009) tenor, Violin, Viola, ‘Cello 12’