VIDEOS OF WORKS BY AND ABOUT BARRY TRUAX

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Androgyne, Mon Amour, with Robert Black, double bass; Walter Kubanek, dancer; poems by Tennessee Williams, music by Barry Truax

Beauty and the Beast, part 1, for Narrator (oboe d'amore & English horn), images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax
part 2, part 3, part 4 videos

Divan, concept and images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax

Enigma (part 2), music theatre piece about Alan Turing, for tenor, baritone and soundtracks; William George, tenor; Steve Maddock, baritone

From the Unseen World, for piano and soundtracks; Barry Truax, piano; solo work or part of Enigma

Ghostly Moon, performed by the Orchid Ensemble, music by Barry Truax

Four Love Songs, from Powers of Two, Act 3, The Artist, for tenor, soundtracks and video; Score



 Demonstration of the PODX granular synthesis program (GSX), 2013, by Barry Truax, as used in Riverrun (36')
Interview and concert at Wroclaw University, Poland, on soundscape research and composition, June 2014 (30')

 Interview part 1 (unedited), in the Sonic Research Studio, 2012 with transcript (subjects: background and early work with the WSP and computer music, acoustic ecology [p.10], electroacoustic music, Soundscape Vancouver 96) (53') note: ignore 1:02 in the transcript timing and subtract 10"

Leading Edge, Knowledge Network, documentary about granular synthesis, Riverrun, 8-channel, Song of Songs, Shaman Ascending, 2006 (8')

Lecture, Introduction to Microsound, Granular Synthesis and Time-Stretching, Convolution (IR, auto-convolution, hybrid convolution), 2009 (53')
The Nature of Things, excerpt of CBC documentary "Sonic Magic", about Vancouver soundmarks, 2015 (5')


 Keynote Lecture, Listening, Acoustic Space and Soundscape Composition,  International Conference on Music and Space, Conservatorio di Musica, Parma, Italy, Dec. 2, 2021 (includes analysis of Chalice Well and The Bells of Salzburg) (60')


More compositional projects

Night of the Conjurer, concept and images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax

Ocean Deep, soundscape composition for 8 soundtracks and video, based on images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax

Pacific Dragon, concept and images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax

Pacific Ocean, from Pacific, with images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax

San Giuseppe, L'Aquila, Italy, with paintings by Giovanni Gasparro, sound and video by Barry Truax

 Sequence of Earlier Heaven, choreographed and performed by Su-Feh Lee, 10x10x10 collaboration project, 2011, music by Barry Truax

Skin & Metal, music theatre piece for leather percussionist and soundtracks, Jerry Pergolesi, percussion; music by Barry Truax

Song of Songs, based on the Song of Solomon, with images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax;
Steam, for alto flute and soundtracks, with Marianne Leth, alto flute, music by Barry Truax; Score

The Sibyl (abridged), for two mezzo-sopranos, Act 2 of Powers of Two; Melanie Adams and Hilary Ison, mezzo-sopranos; includes Hymn to the Moon (10:40)

Thou & I, music theatre piece for tenor, baritone and soundtracks; WIlliam George, tenor; Steve Maddock, baritone; music by Barry Truax

Threshing, a video by and with Thecla Schiphorst, music by Barry Truax

Wings of Nike, with images by Theo Goldberg, music by Barry Truax