Jordan Nobles

Jordan Nobles
BornDecember 11, 1969
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
GenresContemporary classical
OccupationComposer
Years active1996–present
Websitejordannobles.com

Jordan Nobles (born December 11, 1969) is a Canadian composer who specializes in creating spatial music and open instrumentation compositions. His music is performed worldwide and has won several international and national awards including the 2017 Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year.[1]

Early life and education

Nobles was born in Surrey, British Columbia, and grew up in Edmonton and Beaverlodge, Alberta; and Kelowna and Vancouver, British Columbia.[citation needed] He studied at Grant MacEwan University (1988–1991) and Simon Fraser University.[citation needed]

Career

Nobles is a founding artistic director of Vancouver's Redshift Music Society,[2][3] an organization founded in 2001 which commissions and premieres new works by Canadian and international composers, and of Redshift Records, the recording division of Redshift Music, which released its first CD in 2007 and now has approximately 40 releases, focussing on contemporary music.[4]

In addition to winning the 2017 Juno for Classical Composition of the Year,[1] Nobles won the SOCAN Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award in 2017,[5] the 2017 Western Canadian Music Award for Classical Composition of the Year,[6] and the 2017 Barbara Pentland Award of Excellence from the Canadian Music Centre.

Style

Nobles' music is spatial and immersive, with the musicians surrounding the audience.[7] It is often composed to be performed in atypical locations including an underground concrete bunker,[8][9] atriums, rotundas, a swimming pool,[10][11] the Vancouver Public Library building[12][13][14][15][16] and other large open reverberant spaces.

Selected works

  • Lux Antiqua (2011)[17]
  • Simulacrum (2012)[18]
  • Möbius (2015)[19]
  • Immersion (2016)[9]
  • Cinquanta (2018)[20]

Discography

  • Undercurrents, Redshift Records TK424 (2011)[21][22]
  • Immersion, Redshift Records TK441 (2016)[23]
  • Surface Tension, Redshift Records TK451 (2017)[24]
  • Möbius, Redshift Records TK462 (2018)[25]
  • Fingerpainting, Redshift Records TK463 (2018)[26]
  • Rosetta Stone, Redshift Records TK461 (2018)[27][28][29]
  • Infinity Mirror, Redshift Records TK471 (2019)[30]
  • Chiaroscuro, Redshift Records TK477 (2020)[31]

Awards and nominations

JUNO Awards

Classical Composition of the Year

  • Won: Immersion (2017)[1]

Western Canadian Music Awards

Classical Composition of the Year

  • Won: Immersion (2017)[32]

Classical Composer of the Year

  • Nominated: (2018)[32]

Other awards

Jan V. Matejcek Award from SOCAN in recognition of "overall success in 'New Classical Music'"

Canadian Music Centre, BC Region - Barbara Pentland Award of Excellence for his "extraordinary contribution to Canadian Music"

Polyphonos International Composition Competition (Seattle, WA)

Mayor's Arts Awards (Vancouver, BC)

  • Named the "2009 Emerging Artist in Music" (2009)[36]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "CLASSICAL COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR | Jordan Nobles |". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Redshift Music Society". Redshift Music Society. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "Board and Staff". Redshift Music Society. January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "About Redshift Records". Redshift Records. June 26, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "SOCAN Awards | SOCAN". June 18, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  6. ^ Canadienne, Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique. "Centrediscs Releases Nominated for THREE 2017 Western Canadian Music Awards". www.musiccentre.ca. Retrieved January 26, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Canadian Bands You Should Know: The strange and beautiful music of Jordan Nobles". Amplify. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  8. ^ Sinoski, Kelly (April 18, 2017). "METRO VANCOUVER COLLABORATION WINS JUNO AWARD" (PDF). metrovancouver.org/. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Crazy collaboration results in Juno for North Vancouver composer". www.cbc.ca/news.
  10. ^ "Surface Tension". Retrieved February 13, 2020 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "Sinking of the Titanic - Gavin Bryars". January 8, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2020 – via Vimeo.
  12. ^ Skywriting - for 18 electric guitars - Jordan Nobles, retrieved February 13, 2020
  13. ^ æther - Jordan Nobles, retrieved February 13, 2020
  14. ^ "Aeriosa Dance Society touches library skies with in Situ". The Georgia Straight. March 10, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  15. ^ Aeriosa in Situ Excerpts from the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad - Official, retrieved February 11, 2020
  16. ^ "Videos". Aeriosa. Retrieved February 11, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  17. ^ "Choral and Voice". Jordan Nobles - composer. April 17, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  18. ^ Simulacrum - Jordan Nobles, retrieved February 13, 2020
  19. ^ "Möbius". Vimeo. January 17, 2019.
  20. ^ "Cinquanta, live at Sound Symposium 2018". Youtube.
  21. ^ "Contact – Undercurrents". Redshift Records. July 1, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  22. ^ "Undercurrents - Contact performs the music of Jordan Nobles". www.thewholenote.com. November 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  23. ^ "Jordan Nobles – Immersion". Redshift Records. November 3, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  24. ^ "Jordan Nobles – Surface Tension". Redshift Records. January 11, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  25. ^ "Jordan Nobles – Möbius". Redshift Records. June 19, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  26. ^ "Jordan Nobles – Fingerpainting". Redshift Records. September 14, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  27. ^ "Jordan Nobles – Rosetta Stone". Redshift Records. March 19, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  28. ^ Rosetta Stone - Jordan Nobles, retrieved February 13, 2020
  29. ^ "Jordan Nobles: Rosetta Stone". www.thewholenote.com. January 29, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  30. ^ "Jordan Nobles – Infinity Mirror". Redshift Records. August 8, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  31. ^ "Jordan Nobles – Chiaroscuro". Redshift Records. March 1, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  32. ^ a b "Previous Winners". BreakOut West. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  33. ^ SOCAN. "SOCAN Awards Shine Bright Lights on Canada's Music Creators and Publishers". newswire.ca. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  34. ^ Bickerton, Sean (October 23, 2017). "Latest Barbara Pentland Awards For Excellence". Canadian Music Centre BC. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  35. ^ "2011 Winners". The Esoterics. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  36. ^ Vancouver, City of. "Mayor's Arts Award for Music". vancouver.ca. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.