Jocelyn Morlock
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Background information | |
Born | (1969-12-14)14 December 1969 Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada |
Died | 27 March 2023(2023-03-27) (aged 53) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Genres | Classical, contemporary classical, post-modern classical |
Occupation(s) | Composer |
Years active | 1996–2023 |
Website | https://jocelynmorlock.com/ |
Jocelyn Morlock (14 December 1969 – 27 March 2023) was a Canadian composer and music educator based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] Her piece My Name is Amanda Todd won the 2018 Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
Morlock was born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba on 14 December 1969.[5] 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 (composition).[6] She received both a master's degree and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of British Columbia (M.Mus. 1996, DMA 2002) where her composition teachers included Stephen Chatman, Keith Hamel, and the late Russian-Canadian composer Nikolai Korndorf.[7][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]
Morlock wrote 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]
Morlock's piece My Name is Amanda Todd premiered on 19 May 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.[3][4] The piece won the 2018 Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year.[24]
Morlock was the longtime partner of Hard Rubber Orchestra director and trumpeter John Korsrud.[25]
Style
Morlock's music exhibits a quirky and eccentric post-modernism, but is specially centred on emotion.[26] Her musical language is typically tonal or modal, but is expanded with extended techniques and colouristic effects.
Death
Morlock died on 27 March 2023, at the age of 53.[27]
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)[9]
- Cobalt (2009)[28]
- Aeromancy (2011)
- My Name is Amanda Todd (2016)
- Lucid Dreams (2017; cello concerto)[29]
Discography
Cobalt, Centrediscs CMCCD 20014 (2014)
Halcyon, Centrediscs CMCCD 23817 (2017)
Awards and nominations
JUNO Awards
Classical Composition of the Year
- Won: My Name is Amanda Todd (2018)[30][24]
- Nominated: Exaudi (2011)
Western Canadian Music Awards
Classical Composer of the Year
- Won: (2018)[31]
Classical Composition of the Year
- Won: Cobalt (2015)
Classical Recording of the Year
- Nominated: Cobalt (2015)
See also
- 2018 Juno Awards winners Juno Awards of 2018
- 2011 Juno Awards nominees Juno Awards of 2011
References
- ^ "Jocelyn Morlock". UBC School of Music. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Vancouver composer translates Amanda Todd's life into music". cbc.ca. 2 November 2017.
- ^ a b "My Name is Amanda Todd | Life Reflected". nac-cna.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Jocelyn Morlock says her Juno-winning piece My Name is Amanda Todd 'stands up for itself'". Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Allegro, January to February 2018 (p. 19)". 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Composition Studio | Patrick Carrabré". people.brandonu.ca. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "UBC alumni win Western Canadian Music Awards". The Ubyssey. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Composer Profile – Jocelyn Morlock". Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b half-light somnolent rains.mov, retrieved 26 January 2020
- ^ "Nikolai Korndorf: his music and aesthetics". musiconmain.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ barczablog (7 January 2015). "10 Questions for Jocelyn Morlock". barczablog. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Jocelyn Morlock". Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Jocelyn Morlock – Composer in Residence (2012 through 2014)". musiconmain.ca. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Jocelyn Morlock". musiconmain.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "HOME | ISCM 2017". Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ ISCM (30 October 2016). "ISCM WMD 1999 Romania, Moldavia". ISCM. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Frederic Rossille Online – IRC". frederic-rossille.net. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Canadienne, Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique. "Emerging Composer Competition". musiccentre.ca. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Brandon Sun Newspaper Archives, Nov 17, 2008, p. 7". NewspaperArchive.com. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "2005 – Past Laureates – About CMIM". Concours musical international de Montréal. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Elena – Amore.avi, archived from the original on 15 December 2021, retrieved 26 January 2020
- ^ "Montreal International Music Competition Notes". scena.org. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Composer Jocelyn Morlock takes home Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award". The Georgia Straight. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ a b The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. "2018 JUNO Award Nominees". The JUNOS Website. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Music community reeling from news that celebrated Vancouver composer Jocelyn Morlock has died". Stir. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Keillor, John (June 2009). Words and Music. SOCAN. p. 9.
Musical Dialogues
- ^ "Remembering Jocelyn Morlock". The University of British Columbia. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Matthew Parsons. "10 pieces by living Canadian composers that you will love". CBC Music, 16 December 2014
- ^ "What has become of my British Columbia? – Macleans.ca". macleans.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2018 WCMA WINNERS ANNOUNCED". BreakOut West. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
External links
- JocelynMorlock.com Archived 28 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine
- Jocelyn Morlock discography at Discogs
- Jocelyn Morlock at IMDb