Roxanne Turcotte
Sillages
Roxanne Turcotte’s “sonic archeology”: electroacoustic works mixing everyday objects, field recordings from Tokyo, the Seychelles and New Zealand, and sounds of Jean-François Laporte’s invented instruments, dedicated to her late colleagues and mentors. CD-R.
Amore
Roxanne Turcotte’s 35-minute electroacoustic tale of love in a cinema, made in 1986-88 and 1992, with ringing telephones, French folk songs, a nod to Wes Montgomery and texts by Élise Turcotte; 2nd prize at the International New Music Composer’s Competition.
Réverbères
Five multichannel works by Roxanne Turcotte from 2014 to 2021, centred on Les oiseaux de Nias, a half-hour piece for five wind soloists, a choir of 25 bird calls and fixed medium about songbird trafficking in Indonesia.
Fenêtres Intérieures
Eight works by Roxanne Turcotte from 2009 to 2014, fixed media alone or with melodicas, narrator, guitars, shakuhachi and piano, from a bird and animal bestiary to field recordings of the 2012 Maple Spring protests in Montréal.
Désordres
Nearly two hours of music by Roxanne Turcotte from 2003 to 2008, from the sound-and-light installation pieces Attractions and Musée sonore to Espace vital for two pianos and tape and the 16-channel Delirium, written for her father. DVD-Audio.