Kentaro Noda was born on 24th February 1976. He studied under Nobuko Ishiodori, Takuya Kosugi, Tatsunori Ishihara and Norimasa Matsuda all before graduating from Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Senior High School. He studied under Yasuko Tasumi at Music Department of The Kyoto City University of Arts from April 1994, and also debuted at Kyoto Concert Hall in 1996 and graduated in March 1999. During September 1999 and May 2000, He studied under Kasandra Keeling, Theresa Bogard, Mary Ann Jones and Anne Marie Guzzo at the Performance Certificate Program of The University of Wyoming Department of Music. After transfer, he studied under Gary Smart and Charlotte Mabrey at the Performance Certificate Program of The University of North Florida Department of Music, and also finished in May 2002. He is first Japanese non ex-aequo winner of The 12th Young Composers' Meeting and first invited Japanese composer from The 10th Avantgarde Tirol in 2006.

Kathleen has published five books of piano repertoire through 80 Days Publishing.  Featuring levelled/graded repertoire for all levels of piano students these books are available at: www.sardispiano.com/books.  

Kathleen also works as an arranger and has made numerous arrangements of popular pieces: https://sardispiano.com/arrangements

Kathleen is an Associate Composer of the Canada Music Center.  She is a two-time winner of the CFMTA Call for Compositions: Rocky Mountain Ride, received 1st place in the level 3/4 piano category in 2016 and Maple Syrup Moon won in the level 5/6 piano category in 2022. Her works are included in the ACWC Piano Collective Catalogue and a number are also included in the ACNMP Contemporary Showcase Festival Syllabus.

Based in Toronto, Canadian composer, musician, and teacher Alison Yun-Fei Jiang explores the intersections of cultures, genres, and identities through composing, performing, and teaching music. Through “musicking,” she connects and communicates with audiences, performers, and students of diverse backgrounds.

As a composer, Alison draws inspirations and influences from life experiences as well as an array of sources such as Asian aesthetics and philosophies, natural landscapes, art, literature, film and popular music, creating musical narratives and experiences in a lyrical, dynamic, and storytelling nature. She has served as the RBC Affiliate Composer with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2022-24) and was a Carrefour Composer-in-Residence with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra (2020-22). She has collaborated with ensembles, performers, and artists such as Esprit Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, JACK Quartet, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Imani Winds, Molinari Quartet, pianist Daniel Pesca, carillonist Joey Brink, visual artist T.M. Glass, among others. Her music has been performed in Canada, the US, and Europe, featured on CBC Radio, the Royal Conservatory of Music 21C Festival, as well as the University of Toronto New Music Festival. Awards and recognitions come from the SOCAN Foundation, the Graham Sommer Competition for Young Composers, ASCAP, the American Prize, and International Alliance for Women in Music.

Aside from composing, Alison is a pianist and keyboardist in solo, chamber, and collaborative settings with a focus on performing contemporary piano music by living composers. She runs a pianist-composer concert series titled “Is It Theoretically Possible?” where she annually premieres and performs brand new as well as underrepresented piano works by living composers at the Canadian Music Centre. She also collaborates with composers on recording projects; upcoming recordings include albums by Amy Brandon and Steven Webb.


Performing at Massey Hall for the Roy Thomson Hall Youth Musician Commission (YMC) Charity Event

Alison also runs a private teaching studio where she teaches piano, music theory, composition, and musicianship to students ranging from children to adults from diverse backgrounds. Past teaching experiences include lectureships at the University of Chicago and guest lectures at Manhattan School of Music, University of Ottawa, McGill University, Carleton University, and University of Regina. She has served as a mentor composer for the TSO, NACO, Continuum, and the Roy Thomson Hall Youth Musicians Commission (YMC), and has given masterclasses for the Association of Canadian Women Composers (ACWC).  

Alison holds degrees in music from the University of Chicago (Ph.D.), New York University (M.M.), and Manhattan School of Music (B.M.). Her work has been generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, SOCAN Foundation, the RBC Foundation, the Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation, New Music USA, and the Johan Franco Composition Fund. Alison gratefully acknowledges the support of the Chalmers Family Fund administered by the Ontario Arts Council.

When not “musicking,” Alison enjoys listening to J-pop, taking long walks, reading, and grocery shopping in Asian supermarkets.

Canadian composer living in Toronto.
Artistic Director of Freesound

BIO:
Composer/ musician/ curator/ writer. Recordings on Divorce/ Heavy Fog, Entr'acte, Orange Milk Records, Never Anything, Scissor Tail Editions, Notice Recordings.

Chamber and solo work performed by Esprit Orchestra, Eve Egoyan, Arraymusic, Quatuor Bozzini, Madawaska String Quartet. Electronic work commissioned by AKOUSMA Festival, appeared at the MoMA with installation piece Tentacle. Work also programmed at the Technische Universitat (Berlin), Sonic Arts Research Centre (Belfast), Musicacoustica Festival (Beijing), Soundplay Festival (Toronto). Harvestworks Festival (NYC)

Recipient of the Canadian Music Centre's 2011 Toronto Emerging Composer Award & Canadian Electroacoustic Community's Jeux De Temps Competition (2008). Awarded Canadian Music Centre's Norman Burgess Fund to create a work for solo harp for young performers with educational guidance from Lori Gemmell.

Japan-based Canadian composer, working with both western and Japanese instruments. 
ヨーク大卒。文科省奨学生として来日、東京藝大の近藤譲氏に学ぶ。洋/和楽器を用いた作品がボッジーニ弦楽四重奏団や井上郷子らによって演奏されている。「工房•寂」の設立者兼、招聘作曲家。

"Did it ever occur to a composer to set dogma to music?" Karl Marx

Composer of contemporary classical music based in Brussels.

https://www.universaledition.com/evans-kocja-8059

https://www.universaledition.com/en/News/In-conversation-with-Evans-Kocja/

Association of Canadian Women Composers

The ACWC is a professional organization for Canadian women composers, their supporters, and the performers of their music.

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