Ann Southam Sky-Sails Electronic Still Sealed Private Press

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262

Artist: Ann Southam

Title: Sky Sails

Country of Issue: Canada

Year of Issue: 1973

Catalogue Number: MH-93

Condition of sleeve: MINT/SEALED

Condition of record(s): MINT/SEALED

Further Notes: 

Up for auction is the extremely rare sealed private pressing SKY-SAILS released in 1973 and is considered one of the pioneering LP’s in electronic music as well as being a firm collector favourite. The master tapes for this LP are long gone according to the estate of Ann Southam and the Canadian Music Centre so all there is are these issues.  There are no plans to re-release this LP ever. The LP contains an insert of a reproduction of the watercolour on the front (painted by William Ronald) and is in immaculate shape.  No creases, no rips, and is in A+ shape. A no finer copy could be obtained unless one was to travel back to 1973 and purchase a copy from Ms. Southam herself.

Biography: 

ANN SOUTHAM was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1937 but lived most of her life in Toronto. After completing musical studies at the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music in the early 1960's, Ann Southam began a teaching and composing career which included a long and productive association with modern dance. As well as creating music for some of Canada's major modern dance companies and choreographers including The Toronto Dance Theatre, Danny Grossman, Dancemakers, Patricia Beatty, Christopher House and Rachel Browne, she was an instructor in electronic music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and has also participated in many "composer-in-the-classroom" programs in elementary and high schools. While a great deal of her work was electroacoustic music on tape, in her later years she became increasingly interested in music for acoustic instruments. She composed concert music for a variety of acoustic instruments and instrumental ensembles, working with such artists and ensembles as Eve Egoyan, Christina Petrowska Quilico and Arraymusic. Ann Southam's work was commissioned through the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the CBC, and has been performed in Canada, Europe and the U.S. She is a member of the Canadian Music Centre, the Canadian League of Composers and a founding member of the Association of Canadian Women Composers. She was the recipient of the Friends of Canadian Music Award in 2001 Ann Southam passed away November 25, 2010.