Jocelyn Morlock

Jocelyn Morlock
Background information
Born (1969-12-14) December 14, 1969
St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
Genres Classical, contemporary classical
Occupation(s) Composer
Years active 1996-present
Website https://jocelynmorlock.com/

Jocelyn Morlock (born 14 December, 1969 in St. Boniface, Manitoba[1]) is a Canadian composer based in Vancouver. She is noted for her numerous commissions and her award-winning recordings.[2] She was the composer-in-residence for Vancouver's Music on Main (2012-2014) and has been the composer-in-residence for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra since 2014.[3] She is a member of the Canadian Music Centre.[4]

Life and career

Morlock studied piano with Robert Richardson and completed a Bachelor of Music in piano performance at Brandon University. She received both a Master’s degree and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of British Columbia, where her teachers included Gerhard Ginader, T. Patrick Carrabré, Stephen Chatman, Keith Hamel, and the late Russian-Canadian composer Nikolai Korndorf.[5]

Style

Morlock's music exhibits a quirky and eccentric post-modernism, but is specially centred on emotion.[6] Her musical language is typically tonal or modal, but is expanded with extended techniques and colouristic effects.

Selected works

  • My Name is Amanda Todd (2016). It is a reflection on the life of Canadian Amanda Todd. It was commissioned and premiered by the National Arts Centre Orchestra as part of a multimedia symphonic collection Life Reflected.
  • Aeromancy (2011)
  • Amore (2005)
  • Bird in the Tangled Sky (1997)
  • Cobalt (2009)
  • Lacrimosa (2000)
  • Exaudi (2004)
  • Music from the Romantic Era (2005)

Discography

Cobalt, Centrediscs CMCCD 20014 (2014)

Halcyon, Centrediscs CMCCD 23817 (2017)

Awards and nominations

JUNO Awards

Classical Composition of the Year

  • Won: My Name is Amanda Todd (2018)[7][8]
  • Nominated: Exaudi (2011)

Western Canadian Music Awards

Classical Composition of the Year

  • Won: Cobalt (2015)
  • Nominated: Oiseaux bleus (2015)

Classical Recording of the Year

  • Nominated: Cobalt (2015)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Allegro, January to February 2018 (p. 19)". Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  2. ↑ "Jocelyn Morlock | Biographies". Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  3. ↑ barczablog (2015-01-07). "10 Questions for Jocelyn Morlock". barczablog. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  4. ↑ "Canadian Music Centre".
  5. ↑ "Composer Profile – Jocelyn Morlock". Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  6. ↑ Keillor, John (June 2009). Words and Music. SOCAN. p. 9. Musical Dialogues
  7. ↑ Smith, Charlie (2018-03-24). "Diana Krall, Michael Bublé, Anciients, Jocelyn Morlock, and Ivan Decker put B.C. in Juno Awards winners circle". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  8. ↑ The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. "2018 JUNO Award Nominees". The JUNOS Website. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
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