Track 1 of the Music For Natural History Expansions EP by Tina Pearson and Paul Walde.

Music for Natural History is a multi-media installation and live sound performance work that literally gives voice to the taxidermized birds and mammals, artificial trees and painted landscapes that form the dioramas of the Natural History Gallery at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria BC. The performers on these recordings use acoustic instruments and voices to attempt an accurate replication of the sounds of each creature represented in the dioramas. Non-traditional uses of instruments and extended techniques are essential in the realization of the score. The composition also includes vocal notations for sounds of the specific vegetation, waters and winds associated with the microclimates represented, and interactive elements based on the communicative behaviours of the birds and mammals. There are no pre-recorded or electronic sounds in the live performances of these works. Music for Natural History was first presented to the public in April 2012. 

This EP is a collection of shorter compositions derived from the longer works that make up Music for Natural History and provide an opportunity for further exploration of these sounds

Compositions and Concept: Tina Pearson and Paul Walde 
Production: Tina Pearson and Paul Walde 
EP Post-production, recomposition, and mixing by Tina Pearson 2021

Performers: John G Boehme (voice), Geraldine Bulosan (voice, recorder), Arlene Carson (accordion, water whistle, voice), Ajtony Csaba (cello), Tancha Dirickson (recorder, antlers), Nathan Friedman (clarinets), Alisa Gordaneer (voice), Joanna Hood (viola), Claire le Nobel (percussion), Julio Lopezhiler (violin), Tina Pearson (flute, recorders, voice), Janet Sit (recorders, percussion, voice), Chris Tooley (voice, whistles, recorders), George Tzanetakis (clarinets, sax, flutes), Rachael Wadham (percussion), Paul Walde (percussion, recorders, voice) 

Recordings: Kirk McNally 
Additional Recordings: Tina Pearson and Paul Walde 
Additional Post-production: George Tzanetakis 
Visuals: Paul Walde 
Photography: Production stills from the audio video installation Music for Natural History by Tina Pearson and Paul Walde 
Camera: Daniel Carruthers 

These recordings were made at the Phillip T. Young Performance Hall at the University of Victoria in 2016 

This release was made possible through the assistance of the Digital Originals program of the Canada Council for the Arts 

These recordings were made possible through the assistance of the Music Section of the Canada Council for the Arts 

© Tina Pearson and Paul Walde 2012, 2016, 2021

Sandpipers On The Beach With Distant Gulls

Music for Natural History is a multi-media installation and live sound performance work that literally gives voice to the taxidermized birds and mammals, artificial trees and painted landscapes that form the dioramas of the Natural History Gallery at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria BC. The performers on these recordings use acoustic instruments and voices to attempt an accurate replication of the sounds of each creature represented in the dioramas. Non-traditional uses of instruments and extended techniques are essential in the realization of the score. The composition also includes vocal notations for sounds of the specific vegetation, waters and winds associated with the microclimates represented, and interactive elements based on the communicative behaviours of the birds and mammals. There are no pre-recorded or electronic sounds in the live performances of these works. Music for Natural History was first presented to the public in April 2012. 

This EP is a collection of shorter compositions derived from the longer works that make up Music for Natural History and provide an opportunity for further exploration of these sounds

Compositions and Concept: Tina Pearson and Paul Walde 
Production: Tina Pearson and Paul Walde 
EP Post-production, recomposition, and mixing by Tina Pearson 2021

Performers: John G Boehme (voice), Geraldine Bulosan (voice, recorder), Arlene Carson (accordion, water whistle, voice), Ajtony Csaba (cello), Tancha Dirickson (recorder, antlers), Nathan Friedman (clarinets), Alisa Gordaneer (voice), Joanna Hood (viola), Claire le Nobel (percussion), Julio Lopezhiler (violin), Tina Pearson (flute, recorders, voice), Janet Sit (recorders, percussion, voice), Chris Tooley (voice, whistles, recorders), George Tzanetakis (clarinets, sax, flutes), Rachael Wadham (percussion), Paul Walde (percussion, recorders, voice) 

Recordings: Kirk McNally 
Additional Recordings: Tina Pearson and Paul Walde 
Additional Post-production: George Tzanetakis 
Visuals: Paul Walde 
Photography: Production stills from the audio video installation Music for Natural History by Tina Pearson and Paul Walde 
Camera: Daniel Carruthers 

These recordings were made at the Phillip T. Young Performance Hall at the University of Victoria in 2016 

This release was made possible through the assistance of the Digital Originals program of the Canada Council for the Arts 

These recordings were made possible through the assistance of the Music Section of the Canada Council for the Arts 

© Tina Pearson and Paul Walde 2012, 2016, 2021

Northern Sea Lion Haul-Out On a Rocky Coast

Pacific Wrens and Western Screech Owls By a Stream At Dusk

Music for Natural History is a project of Tina Pearson and Paul Walde. It is a sonic response to the Natural History Gallery within the Royal BC Museum. Two sections of the work, Elk Concerto and Shoreline Operetta, are scored as live performances for a large mixed ensemble of instrumentalists located within the gallery's Forest and Shoreline dioramas. Two additional movements are constructed audio playback pieces for installation in the Mammoth and Fraser Delta dioramas.

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