Viewers feel the dangerous thrill of the riders as they race around a curve, nearly horizontal. It’s precarious and exciting, evoking a feeling of being almost out of control – but not quite. The music is similarly dangerous for the performers – speedy, aggressive, with lots of twists and turns; occasionally it has to make a brief stop, but it races back to life as soon as humanly possible. Many thanks to Land’s End Ensemble and Vince Ho for the chance to write this piece, and for their brilliant performances.
Jocelyn Morlock came to classical music in late adolescence – as with many of her generation, by way of the film Amadeus – and felt like she’d passed through a magic portal. Since then, she’s been inviting herself into the musical worlds of great western art music composers of the past, and making herself at home. Her music is inspired by birds, insomnia, nature, fear, other people’s music, nocturnal wandering thoughts, lucid dreaming, or a peculiar combination thereof.
Jocelyn Morlock won the 2018 Juno for Classical Composition of the Year for My Name is Amanda Todd, an orchestral piece written as part of the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s multi-media work celebrating four remarkable Canadian women, “Life Reflected.” My Name is Amanda Todd is an elegy for and celebration of the life of Amanda Todd, a young woman whose message of hope, empathy, and tolerance has since caused a worldwide groundswell of support and awareness of bullying, cyber abuse and internet safety. Morlock believes in the proliferation of positive energy that a large group of people can create together through many small actions.
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