Nicholas Fairbank, Composer

Performances 2002-2011

City Date Venue Performance Details
2 0 1 1
Victoria, BC 14 May Lutheran Church of the Cross Gare de Montréal
performed by Hexaphone and
chamber ensemble
Victoria, BC 9 April St. Aidan's Church Sea Cantata (premiere)
performed by Via Choralis and
the Viva Youth Choirs
2 0 1 0
Victoria, BC 21 July Pipes around the Pacific
Chinatown banquet
A Short History of the Pipe Organ (premiere)
performed by Hexaphone
Regina, SK 24 May Cathedral Village Arts Festival
Holy Rosary Cathedral
Variations on "Kingsfold"
Valerie Hall, organ
Victoria, BC 17 April St. Aidan's Church
"Sea to Sea"
Kite at Clover Point
Songlines of Praise
(premiere)
performed by Viva Youth Choirs
Victoria, BC 21 February St. John's Church
150th Anniversary Concert Series
The Dredger
performed by Hexaphone
Victoria, BC 6 January University of Victoria
Lunchtime Concert with Sharon and Harald Krebs
I Bless Thee, Lord
Sharon Krebs (soprano) and Nicholas Fairbank (baritone)
2 0 0 9
Victoria, BC 12 December St. Aidan's United Church Kite at Clover Point(premiere)
performed by the Viva Chorale
with Jeong-won Shin, flute
Duncan, BC 28 November Duncan United Church The Dredger
performed by Hexaphone
Victoria, BC 21 November Gordon Head U.C.
BCRMTA Canada Music Week Concert
Winnifred's Waltz
Variations on B.A.C.H.

Nicholas Fairbank, piano
Vancouver, BC 11 November St. Mary's Church, Kerrisdale Three Short Pieces
Susan Ohannesian, organ
Victoria, BC 11 October Grace Lutheran Church
Centennial Concert Series
Variations on B.A.C.H. (premiere)
Psalm 126 in Gospel Style (premiere)
My Inner Song
Sea Spirit
Two Fantasies

various performers
London, England 1 August Marylebone Parish Church
Annual Festival of New Organ Music
Festival Fanfare (premiere)
Kinesis
Martin Stacey and Steven Grahl, organists
Palmerston, ON 12 July Community Centre Auditorium Chant du Matin (premiere)
CNCM Summer Sizzle conference gala concert
Victoria, BC 23 May Lutheran Church of the Cross The Dredger
performed by Hexaphone
Victoria, BC 9 May First Metropolitan Church Barter (arr. SSAA)
Inspirata, dir. Signi Murgatroyd
Victoria, BC 24 April Christ Church Cathedral Variations on "Kingsfold",
Psalm 150 (premiere),
Linden Singers, dir. Garry Froese,
Nicholas Fairbank, organ
Victoria, BC 14 March Maritime Museum of BC From Heavenly Harmony (premiere),
The Dredger (premiere),
If the Wind is West..., The Silver Penny,
and folk song arrangements.
Hexaphone vocal ensemble
Victoria, BC 3 February Grace Lutheran Church Six Chansons (#1, 2, 4)
Catherine Lewis, soprano
Nicholas Fairbank, piano
2 0 0 8
Victoria, BC 20 October Carlton House The Silver Penny (première)
Via Choralis chamber choir
Victoria, BC 18 October Grace Lutheran Church The Yak, The Microbe, Barter
Duo Delirio
Victoria, BC 10 October Grace Lutheran Church Fine Knacks for Ladies, Un Canadien errant
Hexaphone
Montreal, QC 4 October Salle Bon Pasteur Quintette pour piano et cordes (première)
Richard Raymond, Quatuor Molinari
Victoria, BC 9 May Open Space
Voice++ Festival
Hexa-Phone (première)
members of Hexaphone
Victoria, BC 2 February Crystal Pool
New Currents Festival
Fine Knacks for Ladies, Pulsations
Hexaphone
Saanichton, BC 27 January St. Mary's Church
Sunday afternoon concert series
Fine Knacks for Ladies, Pulsations (première)
Hexaphone
2 0 0 7
Vancouver, BC 10 December
Western Front Miniature I
Vancouver Miniaturist Ensemble
Kelowna, BC 14 October
St. Michael's Cathedral Kinesis, Poem
Nicholas Fairbank (organ)
Victoria, BC 29 September St. Michael's Anglican Church Iroquois Song
Voces Intimae, dir. Tony Booker
Victoria, BC 8 September Philip Young Recital Hall, U. of Victoria Manifestations of Water
reading by Aventa Ensemble
Victoria, BC 6 September Christ Church Cathedral Kinesis
Patrick Wedd (organ)
Palmerston, ON 16 July Community Centre
Auditorium
A Sad Song (première)
CNCM Summer Sizzle conference gala concert 
Lunenburg, NS 13 May St. John's Church Kinesis, Poem
Nicholas Fairbank (organ)
Ottawa, ON 13 May
Rideau Park United Church Iroquois Song (première)
Harmonia Choir, dir. Kurt Ala-Kantti
Charlottetown, PEI 11 May St. Peter's Cathedral Kinesis, Poem
Nicholas Fairbank (organ)
Sidney, BC 20 April St. Elizabeth's Church Suite for String Orchestra
Sidney Classical Orchestra
dir. Stephen Brown
Ottawa, ON 25 March St. Luke's Anglican Church
Sunday recital series
Kinesis, Poem
Nicholas Fairbank (organ)
Victoria, BC 18 March Alix Goolden Hall, VCM
Faculty Chamber Music series
String Quartet “L'Hirondelle” (première)
VCM Faculty quartet
Vancouver, BC 17 March Western Front
303 E.8th Ave.
Sonic Boom Festival
Three Bagatelles, (première)
Turning Point Ensemble
Windsor, ON 11 March All Saints Church
Organ recital series
Kinesis, Poem
Nicholas Fairbank (organ)
2006
Victoria, BC 26 February Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (New Music in New Places) Four Limericks
Performed by Hexaphone
Montreal, QC 11 March Christ Church Cathedral
(Saturday Recital Series)
Three Short Pieces
Nicholas Fairbank (organ)
Vancouver, BC 3 April Orpheum Theatre
(Jean Coulthard Readings)
Dance
Open rehearsal by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Victoria, BC 9 April St. Aiden's United Church The Yak
Performed by the Viva boys concert choir
Montreal, QC 16 April Christ Church Cathedral
(Evensong) live broadcast on Radio Ville-Marie, FM 91.3
Kinesis (première)
Patrick Wedd (organ)
Victoria, BC 30 April Pemberton Chapel, Jubilee Hospital Fantasy for horn & organ (première)
David Watson (horn), N. Fairbank (organ)
Victoria, BC 14 May Open Space Gallery
510 Fort Street
If the Wind is West …(première)
Performed by Hexaphone
Saltspring Island, BC 2 June Artspring Theatre Gallery If the Wind is West …, Newfoundland folksongs
Performed by Hexaphone
Colwood, BC 3 June All Saints Anglican Church If the Wind is West …, Newfoundland folksongs
Performed by Hexaphone
Victoria, BC 4 June Alix Goolden Hall
Victoria Conservatory of Music
Quartet (revised 2005)
Walter Mony (vn), Larry de la Haye (cl), Larry Skaggs (vc), Nicholas Fairbank (pno)
Palmerston, ON 17 July Community Centre
CNCM Summer Sizzle Pedagogy Symposium
On-Track Boogie (première)
Amanda Bramhill, piano
Victoria, BC 26 July University of Victoria
P. Young Recital Hall
Vancouver Island Suite
Arne Sahlen (piano)
Yorkton, SK 13 August St. Mary's Cultural Centre
(CNCM Summer Sizzle Pedagogy Symposium)
On-Track Boogie
Piano soloist TBA
Montreal, QC 20 August Christ Church Cathedral Kinesis
Patrick Wedd (organ)
Victoria, BC 8 October St. Paul's Church, 150th anniversary service St. Paul Fanfare (première)
David Michaux (trumpet), Nicholas Fairbank (organ)
2 0 0 5
Victoria, BC 2 April School of Music, University of Victoria Gare de Montréal (première)
Text by Hélène Cazes
Performed by students from the School of Music, conducted by the composer
Victoria, BC 23 October St. Michael's Church (West Saanich Rd.) I Dreamed I Was a Cat
Catherine Fern Lewis (soprano), Nicholas Fairbank (piano)
Sidney, BC 11 November St. Elizabeth's Church Let us now Praise Famous Men
Via Choralis chamber choir, Michael Drislane (piano), conducted by Nicholas Fairbank
Victoria, BC 13 November Victoria Conservatory of Music Suite No. 2, Pentatonic Lullaby, Vancouver Island Suite, O Captain! My Captain!
Performed by students and faculty of the VCM
Victoria, BC 20 November St. Peter's Church (Lakehill) Four Limericks
Performed by Hexaphone
Victoria, BC 27 November St. Michael's Church (West Saanich Rd.) Four Limericks
Performed by Hexaphone
2 0 0 4
Victoria, BC 27 November Gordon Head United Church Sonata, Drinking Songs, The Yak
Nicholas Fairbank as featured composer by the BCRMT, Victoria Branch
2 0 0 3
Vancouver, BC 31 January St. James Church Kingsfold Variations
Nicholas Fairbank (organ)
Victoria, BC 1 May Wood Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music Six Chansons
Jared Hynnes (baritone)
Tim Plait (piano)
Victoria, BC 7 July Young Auditorium, University of Victoria Six Songs (première)
Catherine Fern Lewis (soprano)
Nicholas Fairbank (piano)
Toronto, ON 11 November St. James Cathedral 3 Pieces for Organ: Trio, Poem, Jig (première)
Nicholas Fairbank (organ)
Saltspring Island, BC 15 November Artspring Theatre 3 Limericks (première)
Hexaphone vocal ensemble
2 0 0 2
Victoria, BC 22 March St. John's Church 3 Animal Songs, Six Chansons, O Captain! My Captain!,
Toccata, Ten Preludes
(première),
Vancouver Island Suite, Kingsfold Variations,
Gaudeamus, and other works

Elizabeth MacIsaac, Anna Shill, Rachel Mitten (sopranos),
David Mitten (baritone), Tim Plait & Nicholas Fairbank
(piano & organ), Ensemble Sine Nomine
Qualicum, BC 27 October Art Gallery Suite No. 2 in C-
Nicholas Fairbank (harpsichord)
Victoria, BC 22 November Wood Hall, Victoria Conservatory of Music Sonata (première)
Winifred Scott Wood (piano)

 

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