Curriculum Vitae
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JOHN ESTACIO
Birthdate: |
April 8, 1966 |
Birthplace: |
Newmarket, Ontario Canada |
Professional Employment
| 2000 - 2003 | Composer in Residence Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Calgary Opera Calgary, Alberta Canada |
| 1999 - 2000 | Composer Advisor Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Edmonton, Alberta Canada |
| 1996 - 1999 | Composer in Residence Pro Coro Canada Edmonton, Alberta Canada |
| 1992 - 1999 | Composer in Residence Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Edmonton, Alberta Canada |
Education
| 1989 - 1991 | Masters of Music: Composition University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia Canada |
| 1985 - 1989 | Bachelor of Music: Honours Composition - with Distinction Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario Canada |
Awards and Nominations
| 2005 | Western Canadian Music Award for Outstanding Classical Recording, Frenergy: The Music of John Estacio |
| 2005 | Jan V. Matejcek Socan Award for logging the most radio and television broadcasts and live performances by a Canadian concert composer in 2004 (classical category) |
| 2004 | JUNO Nomination for A Farmer’s Symphony and Frenergy: The Music of John Estacio |
| 2004 | Jan V. Matejcek Socan Award for logging the most radio and television broadcasts and lives performances by a Canadian concert composer in 2004 (classical category) |
| 2003 | JUNO Nomination for Test Run |
| 2000 | National Choral Awards for Outstanding Choral Composition, for Eulogies |
| 1999 - 2000 | Composer in Residence, Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra Featured composer for two seasons |
| 1997 | Syncrude Award for Achievement in Music Direction Mayor’s Awards for the Arts Edmonton, Alberta Canada |
| 1994 | SOCAN Young Composer Competition: 2nd Prize for the string octet Dreams and Dances |
| 1992 | SOCAN Young Composer Competition: 1st Prize for the orchestral work Visoes da Noite |
| 1992 | du Maurier Arts Ltd. Canadian Composers Competition: 2nd Prize for the orchestral work Visoes da Noite |
| 1990 | PROCAN Young Composers Competition: 1st Prize for the woodwind quintet Moments |
| 1989 - 1990 | University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship |
| 1989 | PROCAN Young Composers Competition: 1st Prize for the concert band suite Eclecticisms |
Recordings
| 2006 | Filumena Edmonton Opera/Robert Dean, conductor Kelly Robinson, stage director Eric Till, television director Filu Production for CBC Television |
| 2004 | Frenergy: The Music of John Estacio Edmonton Symphony Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (7 works by John Estacio) CBC Records |
| 2004 | Variations on a Memory Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra/Geoffrey Moull (Variations on a Memory) Thunder Bay Symphony Records |
| 2001 | Banff International String Quartet Competition Daedalus String Quartet Test Run Banff Centre Records |
| 1999 | Silence Wakes My Song Nora Bumanis/Julia Shaw, harpists Silence Wakes My Song CBC Records |
Recent Performances
| June 2006 | Seven Songs by Sibelius - arrangement for orchestra, Ben Heppner and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra , Peter Oundjian |
| June 2006 | Spring’s Promise - Edmonton Symphony Orchestra , William Eddins |
| May 2006 | Solaris - Houston Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graff |
| May 2006 | Variations on a Memory - Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Geoffrey Moull |
| May 2006 | Spring’s Promise - Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, Rosemary Thomson |
| April 2006 | Such Sweet Sorrow - Orchestra London, Timoth Vernon |
| April 2006 | A Farmer’s Symphony - Niagara Symphony Orchestra , Daniel Swift |
| February 2006 | The Twins and the Monster - Toronto Symphony Orchestra (9 performances), Gary Kulesha |
| January 2006 | Variations on a Memory - Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra |
| January 2006 | Bootlegger’s Tarantella - Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Jacques Lacombe |
| January 2006 | Spring’s Promise - Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Allastair Willis |
| December 2006 | Such Sweet Sorrow - Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Moull |
| November 2005 | Frenergy - Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (9 performances) |
| November 2005 | Filumena - Edmonton Opera, Robert Dean |
| September 2005 | Frenergy - Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Vernon |
| August 2005 | Filumena - Banff Centre |
| August 2005 | Bootlegger’s Tarantella - National Youth Orchestra, national tour, Jacques Lacombe |
| May 2005 | Frenergy - Edmonton Youth Orchestra, Michael Massey |
| May 2005 | Storm Aria (from Filumena) - Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra |
| April 2005 | Filumena - National Arts Centre, Bramwell Tovey |
| April 2005 | Frenergy - Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, Victor Sawa |
| April 2005 | The Twins and the Monster - Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Michael Massey |
| April 2005 | Bootlegger’s Tarantella - Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
| April 2005 | Spring’s Promise - Calgary Civic Orchestra |
| April 2005 | Solaris - Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Bradley Thachuk |
| March 2005 | Saudades - National Arts Centre Orchestra, Yoav Talmi |
| February 2005 | Light Eternal - CBC Radio Orchestra, Mario Bernardi |
| January 2005 | The Twins and the Monster - Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Gary Kulesha |
| November 2004 | Storm Aria (from Filumena) - Calgary Opera Association |
| October 2004 | Bootlegger’s Tarantella - Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
| June 2004 | Filumena, excerpts - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra |
| April 2004 | A Farmer’s Symphony - Orchestra London |
| April 2004 | Spring’s Promise - Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra |
| March 2004 | Variations on a Memory - Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra |
| March 2004 | Il faut danser la vie - Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
