Larry Lake (musician)

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Larry Lake
Lake in 2006
Background information
Birth nameLarry Ellsworth Lake
Born(1943-07-02)2 July 1943
Greenville, Pennsylvania
Died17 September 2013(2013-09-17) (aged 70)
Occupation(s)Composer, musician
Instrument(s)Trumpet

Larry Ellsworth Lake (2 July 1943 – 17 September 2013

Juno Award nominations for his work as a record producer.[3]

Life and career

Larry Lake was born to

Mennonite parents in Greenville, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Florida and Georgia. In 1960 he entered Florida State University but transferred to the University of Miami (UM) early on in his college education. At the UM he studied trumpet with Harry Glantz, former principal trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He earned three degrees from the UM: a Bachelor of Music (1964), a Master of Education (1968), and a Master of Music in musicology (1970). In 1968 he studied electronic music at Southern Illinois University with Will Gay Bottje, Lejaren Hiller, Hubert S. Howe Jr, and Robert Moog.[3]

In 1970 Lake moved to Canada to pursue further studies in electronic music with

David Jaeger were honoured with the Friends of Canadian Music Award by the Canadian Music Centre for their work on that program.[3]

In 1971 Lake co-founded the Canadian Electronic Ensemble (CEE) with Jaeger, David Grimes, and James Montgomery, and from 1985 he served as the artistic director of the group.[4] The CEE is the oldest continuously active live-electronic performing group in the world.[5] Lake remained artistic director of the CEE up until his death in 2013.

In addition to his work with the CEE, Lake maintained a career as a concert trumpeter. He performed as a soloist with a variety of musical ensembles, including

Espace Musique, Music Inter Alia, the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver New Music, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He appeared more than 80 times on CBC Radio and Television as a chamber musician and soloist.[3]

Larry Lake died in 2013 after developing leukemia. He was 70.[6]

Partial list of works

Stage and Multi Media music

  • Choros 1971. Tape, colour organ, strobe lights
  • 'Tis Pity, opera. 1980. Live-elec. Ms

Chamber music

  • No More Blues, 1976. Trb, 2 synthesizer, tape. Ms
  • Slowly I Turn, 1982. Va, percussion, 2 synthesizer, vibraphone, elec. Ms
  • Sticherarion, 1984. Acc, tape, digital delay lines. Ms

Psalm, 1985. Ob, tape. Ms. Centrediscs CMC-CD-3288

  • Three Bagatelles, 1986. Gamelan, synthesizer. Ms. Arjuna AR-001 (Evergreen Club)
  • Five Pieces for Eight Synthesizers, 1987
  • Israfel, 1987. Fl, 8 synths. Trappist CD-9003/4-ACM 37 (Cram fl)
  • Ulalume, 1987. Rec, synthesizer. Ms
  • Filar il Tuono, 1988. 14 instr. Ms
  • Helices, 1988. Bsn, synthesizer. Ms
  • Partita, 1989. Cl, synthesizer. Ms

Electroacoustic music

  • Eight Studies for Electronic Tape, 1971. Tape
  • Homage, 1979. Tape.
  • Sonata No. 2., 1981. Tape.

Vocal music

  • The Columbine (1980) text by Jones Very for soprano, columbine, tape
  • The Devil in the Desert (1980) a setting of five poems by Steven Crane for soprano, vocoder, 4 synthesizer, and delay line

References

  1. ^ John Terauds (19 September 2013). "Obituary: Canadian broadcaster and new music champion Larry Lake has died, aged 70". Musical Toronto.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Canadian broadcaster and new music champion Larry Lake has died, aged 70". Musical Toronto. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d David Olds; Evan Ware. "Larry Lake". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  4. ^ Durrell Bowman. "Canadian Electronic Ensemble". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  5. ^ François Tousignant (8 August 2003). "Concerts classiques – Technologie du vide". Le Devoir.
  6. ^ "Larry Lake biography". 18 September 2013.
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