Todd Harrop

Biography

Sample Works

Todd Harrop studied composition with Gary Kulesha and Peter Hatch at Wilfrid Laurier University, with Sam Dolin at the Royal Conservatory of Music, and with John Celona at the University of Victoria.

Between studies he taught music history at Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific and percussion at Lakehead University, and he has produced several new music concerts, either independently (Victoria) or with NUMUS Inc. (Waterloo). He has participated in workshops by Arraymusic, Domaine Forget, the Composers' Orchestra, Casalmaggiore, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, and readings by Bev Johnston, Joe Macerollo and Alain Trudel.

His works have been broadcast on the CBC and performed by various artists such as the Canadian Chamber Ensemble, the University of Western Ontario Percussion Ensemble, Jessica Catron & Johnny Chang, tranSpectra and the Penderecki String Quartet, in Canada, the U.S., Germany, Italy and New Zealand, and he has collaborated with choreographers Denise Lieutaghi, Annette Urbschat and Yvonne Ng.

Features of his style include monochromaticism, polymodality, stylistic quotation, irony, microtonality, sound poetry, complex rhythms, odd metres, slow tempi, aleatory and contrapuntal textures.

Mr. Harrop is also active as a percussionist and actor. He has performed for the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, New Music in New Places, the Open Ears Festival, the Montreal Fringe Festival, Dancetheatre David Earle, Theatre & Company and The Grand Theatre.

June 2009

(Photo: Maxime Tremblay)

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