Bob Pritchard ~ Composer
Charred Media
INSTRUMENTAL/VOCAL WITH ELECTROACOUSTICS AND/OR VIDEO
(The Presence of) Pressure (2026) (View on Video page)
WooSIE (Woodwind Sensing for Interactive Environments) flute, Max/MSP/Jitter
Music, code: Bob Pritchard
Wifi code, hardware: Daniel Tsui
Dōshite? (2021) (View on Video page)
Solo piano, Sleeve-Hand Responsive User Garment (SHRUG), Max/MSP/Jitter
Music: B. Pritchard; Piano: Megumi Masaki;
Video documentation by Collide Entertainment (Vancouver)
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
Time Clips, Primitive (1993, 2015) (View video component on Video page)
piano (with 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.
Strength 2 (2015) (View on Video page)
soprano saxophone, dancer, and interactive audio/video
Music, video, code, post-production Bob Pritchard
saxophone: Julia Nolan
dancer: Kathryn Ricketts
Premiere: July 9, 2015 World Saxophone Congress, Strasbourg, France
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
Rebirth (2013) (View on Video page)
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.
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) (View on Video page)
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
Breathe On Me (2004) (View on Video page)
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.
Escape My Soul (1996)
bass flute and Max/MSP
Premiere: March 1996, Katheryn Cernauskas, Vancouver New Music Society, Vancouver. B.C.
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) (View on Postcards page)
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
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
INTERACTIVE DANCE (RUBS/TASTE)
Synapses (2020) (View on Video page)
Solo oboe, dancer with wifi light spine/headpiece, 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)
Cheap Loops (2019) (View on Video page)
Four dancers in coloured leotards, KiCASS system, Max/MSP
Music/diffusion: B. Pritchard
KiCASS2 code: I. Lavery
Choreograpy: E. Fredriksson
Two: Nearly Touch You (2018) (View on Video page)
Two dancers and Responsive User Body Suits (RUBS)
Music/diffusion: B. Pritchard
Dance: E. Fredriksson, Z. Kwan
DIVA (DIGITAL VENTRILOQUIZED ACTOR)
Michael? (2011) (View on Video page)
Three DiVAs and electroacoustics
Music/diffusion: B. Pritchard
Libretto: M. Cadell
Code/hardware: DiVA group, Sid Fels, Director
What Does A Body Know? (2009) (View on Video page)
DiVA and electroacoustics
Music/diffusion: B. Pritchard;
Code/hardware: DiVA group, Sid Fels, Director
Libretto: M. Cadell
FILM/VIDEO
Grab 'Em (2017) (View on Video page)
Theresa Lei and Bob Pritchard
Cinematography, editing, post-production, sound by Bob Pritchard and Theresa Lei
Breathe(2017) (View on Video page)
Bob Pritchard and Theresa Lei
Cinematography, editing, post-production, sound by Bob Pritchard and Theresa Lei
Crisis from 17 Short Films About Breasts (2009) (View on Video page)
For Crisis: Bob Pritchard, director, cinematography, editing, post-production, sound/music
For 17 Short Films About Breasts: Cathryn Robertson: Executive director, producer, cinematography
Distributor: Fanlight Productions, Brooklyn NY
2008 Leo Awards: Nominated for Best Direction, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Editing, Music
Time and Place (2009) (View on Video page)
Bob Pritchard, music, stills, cinematography, post-production
Kathryn Ricketts, actor/dancer
ELECTROACOUSTIC AND INSTALLATIONS
Re-Wilding the Syrinx (2014) (View on Installations page)
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) (View on Installations page)
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) (View on Installations page)
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) (View on Installations page)
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) (View on Installations page)
Installation by Carol Bretzloff, Suzanne Joubert, Jane Martin, Merijean Morrissey. Susan Geraldine Taylor
Premiere: February 12, 1985, UQAM Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
Movement (1983) (View on Installations page)
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) (View on Installations page)
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/sculpture
Electroacoustics and images by Bob Pritchard
Premiere: 1986, Brock University, Ontario
Escarpment Series (1984) View on Installations page
Three touch-sensitive sound sculptures.
Electronics by Bob Pritchard
Sculptures by Murray Kropf
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) (View on Video page)
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
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
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
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) (View excerpts on Video page)
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
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
SOLO KEYBOARD
Time Clips, Primitive (1993) (View optional video component on Video page)
piano
Premiere: Nov. 2, 1993, Jane Mallet Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Jane Coop
Conjunctions (1991)
piano
Premiere: February 6, 1992, The Music Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Barbara Pritchard
Meditation (1986)
organ
Premiere: Morning Prayer with the Prince and Princess of Wales,
May 4, 1986, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver