Andriy Talpash, DMus
Personal Website: http://www.atalpash.com
Contact
ATS Full Lecturer, Faculty of Arts - Music Dept
- atalpash@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Composition Theory Orchestration
About
Andriy Talpash is an active composer, conductor, and educator. He has composed works for several ensembles and soloists, including Calgary's Ensemble Resonance and The Rubbing Stone Ensemble, Continuum Contemporary Music, Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, Ensemble KORE, Trio Fibonacci, Kathleen Supové, William Street, Roger Admiral, Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp, Vincent David, Nicolas Prost, Mathieu Gaulin. His works have been performed throughout Canada, United States, and Europe, and also in Brazil, Thailand, and the People's Republic of China.
He has received grants from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Some awards include: First Prize in the 2000 SOCAN Young Composers Competition, Sir Ernest Macmillan prize for his orchestral composition Queezinart--hocket in a blender; second place in the chamber music category of the 15th CBC/Radio-Canada National Competition for Young Composers (2002-03) for his piece HWY 2. Andriy represented Canada at UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers in Vienna, Austria (June 2003).
Andriy attained the degrees of Bachelor of Music (composition and saxophone performance) from the University of Alberta (1997), Master of Music (composition) from McGill University (1999), and Doctor of Music (composition) from McGill University (2005). He studied composition with Brian Cherney, Howard Bashaw, Malcolm Forsyth, and attended composition master classes with Louis Andriessen and Etienne Rolin.
Dr. Talpash has been teaching music composition, theory, and orchestration at the University of Alberta since 2005.
Andriy Talpash is an associate composer with the Canadian Music Centre.
Courses
MUSIC 156 - Music Theory II
Chromatic harmony and voice leading; analysis. Prerequisite: MUSIC 155. Registration priority given to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/Minor, BA (Honors) Music Major, and BA Music Major/Minor students.
MUSIC 256 - Music Theory IV
Advanced analysis, study of works from the late Classical and Romantic repertoire. Prerequisite: MUSIC 255.
MUSIC 450 - Analysis Through Performance
Analysis of a range of 20th century and contemporary repertoires through performance and coaching. Prerequisite: MUSIC 455, or consent of department.
MUSIC 480 - Survey of Contemporary Music and Sonic Arts
Overview of acoustic and/or electroacoustic repertoire since 1970. Co- or Prerequisite: MUSIC 256 or consent of Department.
MUSIC 580 - Advanced Contemporary Repertoire
Overview of acoustic and/or electroacoustic repertoire from c. 1950. Co- or Prerequisite: MUSIC 256.