REPRESENTATIVE CATALOG OF WORKS

Interactive Dance (RUBS/TASTE)

Synapses(2020)

Solo oboe, dancer with wifi light spine, Max/MSP

Music & concept: B. Pritchard; Oboe: David Owen; Dance/choreography Emmalena Fredriksson;

Spine design: Alaia Hamer; Spine coding: Daniel Tsui;

Video Director: Sean Shaul (PrairieCoastFilms); Cinematographer: Jalil Chaudry (JacFilms)

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Cheap Loops(2019)

four dancers in coloured leotards

Music/diffusion: B. Pritchard

KiCASS2 code: I. Lavery

Choreograpy: E. Fredriksson

Two: Nearly Touch You(2018)

Two dancers and Responsive User Body Suits (RUBS)

Music/diffusion: B. Pritchard

Dance: E. Fredriksson, Z. Kwan

DiVA (Digital Ventriloquized Actor)

Michael?(2011)

three DiVAs and electroacoustics

Music/diffusion: B. Pritchard; Libretto: M. Cadell

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What Does A Body Know?(2009)

DiVA and electroacoustics

Music/diffusion: B. Pritchard; Libretto: M. Cadell

FILM/VIDEO

Grab 'Em(2017)

Theresa Lei and Bob Pritchard

Cinematography, editing, post-production, sound by Bob Pritchard and Theresa Lei

Breathe(2017)

Bob Pritchard and Theresa Lei

Cinematography, editing, post-production, sound by Bob Pritchard and Theresa Lei

Crisis(2009) from 17 Short Films About Breast Cancer

Bob Pritchard, director. Cathryn Robertson, producer

Cinematography, editing, post-production, sound/music by Bob Pritchard

C. Robertson: Executive director for 17 Short Films About Breast Cancer

Distributor: Fanlight Productions, Brooklyn NY

Nominated for Five Leos, 2008

Time and Place(2009)

Bob Pritchard, music, stills, cinematography, post-production

Kathryn Ricketts, actor/dancer

INSTRUMENTAL/VOCAL WITH ELECTROACOUSTICS AND/OR VIDEO

Dōshite?(2021)

Solo piano, Sleeve-Hand Responsive User Garment (SHRUG), Max/MSP/Jitter

Music: B. Pritchard; Piano: Megumi Masaki;

Video documentation by Collide Entertainment (Vancouver)

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The Memory of Your Touch(2017)

C Flute, Responsive User Body Suit (RUBS), sound clips, Max/MSP

Premiere: Margaret Lancaster, May 16, 2017, NIME 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Time Clips, Primitive(1993, 2015)

piano (optional video)

Premiere: Jane Coop, Nov. 2, 1993, Jane Mallet Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Video premiere: April 17, 2015, Ironworks, Vancouver, B.C.

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Converse(2015)

flute, cello, and piano with multichannel Max/MSP audio

Premiere: April 9, 2015 Telus Theatre, Vancouver, B.C.

Nu:BC -- Paolo Bortolussi, Eric Wilson, Corey Hamm

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Rebirth(2013)

alto flute, sound and video clips, and multichannel Max/MSP/Jitter audio/video

Premiere: Sonic Boom Festival, March 22, 2013

Chenoa Anderson, Pyatt Hall, Vancouver, B.C.

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Washed In the Blood(2011)

violin, French horn, percussion, and Max/MSP/Jitter audio/video

Premiere: April 10, 2011, Toronto New Music concerts, Toronto, Ontario

Robert Aitken, conductor

Strength(2006)

alto saxophone, audio/video clips, multichannel Max/MSP

Cinematography by Cathryn Robertson, post-production Bob Pritchard

Premiere: July 2006, Julia Nolan, 2006 World Saxophone Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia

ISCM Canadian Section submission

Unique Award of Merit , 2007, Canadian Society of Cinematographers

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Breathe On Me(2004)

concert accordion and Max/MSP/Jitter audio/video

Electroacoustics, software, music, and cinematography by Bob Pritchard

Premiere: August 2004, Joseph Petric, Festival Vancouver, Vancouver. B.C.

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Escape My Soul(1996)

bass flute and Max/MSP

Premiere: March 1996, Katheryn Cernauskas, Vancouver New Music Society, Vancouver. B.C.

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When the walls are all screaming(1993)

soprano, piano and tape

Premiere: May 17, 1993, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Ontario

Barbara Hannigan, soprano; Barbara Pritchard, piano

Postcards From Our Futures(1989) Optional video component (2003)

piano, soundfiles, and optional video

Premiere: Convergence, 1990 Canadian Electrocacoustic Community Conference, Banff, Alberta

Barbara Pritchard, piano; Bob Pritchard, diffusion

Premiere of video component: Nov., 17, 22 2003 Sackville & Halifax, Barbara Pritchard, piano

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Balance(1984)

Bb clarinet and tape

Premiere: 1984 Festival of Live Electronic Music (Toronto)

Richard Hornsby; clarinet

Steel On Edge(1982)

viola, harp, and tape

Premiere: January 20, 1983, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Douglas Perry, viola; Charlotte Moon, harp

The Moon is a Loser(1982)

soprano, and tape

Music; Bob Pritchard Text; Patricia Elliot

Premiere: 1982 Festival of Live Electronic Music (Toronto)

Carolyn Hart, soprano

ELECTROACOUSTIC AND INSTALLATIONS

Re-Wilding the Syrinx(2014)

8-channel audio sculpture installation: Krista Dragomer and Bob Pritchard

Premiere: Nov 1-3, 2014, Baby Castles Gallery + Interspace, Manhatten, NY.

In the Trees 1, In the Trees 2(2013)

Audio/video Installation: Krista Dragomer and Bob Pritchard

Premiere: Nov.7 - 10, 2013, Ecomusicology Listening Room 2, American Musicological Conference, Pittsburgh, USA

Where the Wild Things Were(2013)

Audio/video Installation: Krista Dragomer (audio) and Bob Pritchard (interactive software)

Premiere: Aug. 10 - 25, 2013, Southampton, NY 11968, USA

The Aurora on All Three Channels(2000)

Sound sculpture installation: Richard Prince, Ed Casas, David Floren, Keith Hamel, Bob Pritchard

Premiere: Feb. 8 - March 19, 2000 MacLaren Art Centre. Barrie, Ont

Soundscape for "La Maison"(1984)

Installation by Carol Bretzloff, Suzanne Joubert, Jane Martin, Merijean Morrissey. Susan Geraldine Taylor

Premiere: February 12, 1985, UQAM Gallery, Montreal, Quebec

Movement(1983)

Installation for drawings and tape loops

Collaboration with R. Creighton

Premiere: December 2, 1983, Hamilton Artists, Inc., Hamilton, Ontario

Commissioned by R. Creighton, Ontario Arts Council

Soundscape for Waltzing Tent, Singing Box(1983)

Works show by Anne Severs

Premiere: April 5, 1983. The Gallery, Brock Centre for the Arts

ELECTROACOUSTIC

Twisted Mirror, Shattered Dream(1993)

Released on Canadian Electroacoustic Community CD Electroclips 1994

Flight Paths(1988)

Premiere: 1989 University of British Columbia

Escarpment(1984)

Canadian Electroacoustic Community 1984

ELECTROACOUSTIC AND IMAGES/SCULPTURE

Visions III(1986)

Sound files, 35 mm. slides, textured 3D screen

Electroacoustics and images by Bob Pritchard

Premiere: 1986, Brock University, Ontario

Escarpment Series(1984)

Three touch-sensitive sound sculptures. Collaboration with M. Kropf

Electronics by Bob Pritchard

Premiere: September 21, 1984, Arts and Sciences Festival, North Bay, Ontario

INTERACTIVE AUDIO

Face Off(1991)

Interactive performance piece/game for two MIDI-LAN Macintosh computers and synthesizers

Premiere: 1991, Vancouver, B.C., Vancouver New Music Society

ORCHESTRA

Begin the Begame(2000)

big band and skaters

Premiere: April 15, 2000 Kerrisdale Arena, Vancouver, B.C.

Ice Age with Hard Rubber Orchestra, John Korsrud, conductor

Love Me Rite(1994)

soprano, strings, and big band

Premiere: September 24, 1994, St. Andrews-Wesley Church, Vancouver, B.C.

The Elvis Cantata with Hard Rubber Orchestra, John Korsrud, conductor

CBC Television production 2005

Desert Streams(1993)

symphony orchestra

Premiere: January 16 - 18, 1993, Penticton, Vernon, Salmon Arm, Kelowna, B.C.

Okanagan Symphony, Leonard Camplin, conductor

Swallow, Egg, Chrysanthemum(1992)

piano and orchestra

Out of the Mouths(rev. 1984)

symphony orchestra

Premiere: August 8, 1984, Banff, Alberta

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Victor Feldbrill, conductor

CHAMBER MUSIC

想家 (Homesick)(2015)

erhu and piano

Premiere:

Nicole Li, erhu, Corey Hamm, piano

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I/You Have Wounded My Heart(2002)

Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion

Premiere: November 17, 2002, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Standing Wave Ensemble

...flow mingled down(2002)

grand piano/mistuned upright and percussion

Premiere: October 19, 2002, The Music Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Barbara Pritchard, piano; Beverley Johnston, percussion

ISCM Canadian Section submission

Nicole Li, erhu, Corey Hamm, piano

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Classique 625(1987)

string quartet

Premiere: September 25, 1987, START Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario

Cartier String Quartet

Interiors(1985)

tenor recorder

Premiere: January 31, 1985, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario

Peter Hannan, recorder

CHORAL

Three Songs of Life(2000)

women's choir (SSAA), handbells, and gestures

Text by Bob Pritchard

Premiere: March 17, 2000, Ryerson United Church, Vancouver New Music Society, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver New Music Women's Choir. Owen Underhill, conductor

Premiere (Resurrections): Elektra Women's Choir, Diane Loomer, conductor

Sleep(1997)

women's choir (SSA)

Text by Jennifer Lockie

Premiere: Spring Music Night, March 1999, White Oaks Secondary Girls Choir, Oakville, Ontario

Karen Stothart, conductor

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Three Songs: Snow, Night, A Kind of Feast(1989)

SATB choir

Texts by Anne Hebert, translated by Alan Brown

Premiere: November 23, 1989, University of British Columbia Recital Hall, Vancouver, B.C.

UBC University Singers, James Fankhauser, Conductor

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SOLO KEYBOARD

Time Clips, Primitive(1993)

piano

Premiere: Nov. 2, 1993, Jane Mallet Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Jane Coop

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Conjunctions(1991)

piano

Premiere: February 6, 1992, The Music Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Barbara Pritchard

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Meditation(1986)

organ

Premiere: Morning Prayer with the Prince and Princess of Wales,

May 4, 1986, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver