Catherine Thompson ~ an stiúideo fiáin

	an stiúideo fiáin	catherine.fiain@gmail.com

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I have started to put some of my gourd instruments up for sale. They are being sold at Musideum (www.musideum.com) in Toronto . I have 2 banjos there at the moment and a new Cora will be in the store in early September 2008.
For a number of reasons, I have decided to put most of my recorded music online as reasonable quality MP3s. Donations are most welcome and can be made by via PayPal. Paypal is safe and easy and you can simply use a credit card without joining up if you wish or join PayPal and then have some other options like direct transfer from a bank account. I will not see any numbers other than what your donation amounts to. If you would like to make a donation but would prefer not using paypal, please get in touch with me at catherine@fiain.com. All funds will go towards putting The Skuld Project in motion. The minimum is set at $2 as anything lower gets pretty much eaten up by paypal fees. Of course, I encourage you to give as generously as you see fit! All contributions will be deeply appreciated and carefully made use of.		You may make audio CDs of the music, put it on an ipod, share it with friends, come back to the page as often as you wish – whatever suits you. The music is all under copyright and registered. Anything other than private use will need permission from me, Catherine Thompson. Some of the music is from work that I have done in the contemporary dance theatre world and cannot be use for any public performance whatsoever without permission after a full discussion with me. If you intend to use the music for any sort of sampling, please let me know. The Skuld Project section will be musically expanding as the year goes by. My intension is that no CDs will be sold at performances, partly because I will not have space to carry them on horseback and also because ... NO MORE PLASTIC!!

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Click on a title link to listen/download an audio track. 'Option Click' (mac) – 'Right Click (windows) to download.
Please contact me if you have any trouble at all downloading or would like a actual CD made for you and we'll work things out.
! THANKS !

Skuld Project Music
Music in this section is directly related to The Skuld Project. The project is a wide ranging and adventurous endeavour. The intsruments are mostly made by myself with simple hand tools and reflects skuld's journey to find a transition from the domestic to the wild, the constrained to the free.

Banff Centre Music – Recorded Winter 2008
Improv - Benoit, Cheryl & CT	performed Feb 1 2008 in Rolston Hall at The Banff Centre. Benoit Delbeq - Prepared Piano, Cheryl Law - Viola, Catherine Thompson - Cora, Bone Flute & Voice
A Ghost of Annabelle, Bulerias and Snow	performed Feb 22 2008 in Rolston Hall at The Banff Centre. Mark Nelson - Gourdudu, CT - Guitar, Cora, Voice
The Wind	Laila Sovmand - Voice, CT - Voice, Gourd da Gamba. Monica Giraldo - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Luscar Studio, March 2008.
I was Born in the Mists	CT - Voice, Cora. Monica Giraldo - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Luscar Studio, March 2008.
Snow	Jen Reimer - French Horn, CT - Cora, Voice, Bodhran. Pietro Sammarco - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Telus Studio, March 2008.
Bodhran	CT- Voice, Bodhran, Pietro Sammarco - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Telus Studio, March 2008.
Improv - Jen & CT	Jen Reimer - French Horn, CT - Cora, Voice, Pietro Sammarco - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Telus Studio, March 2008.
Basse	CT- Magic basse, Pietro Sammarco - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Telus Studio, March 2008.
The Briar & the Rose	CT- Magic basse, Voice. Pietro Sammarco - recording engineer. Recorded at The Banff Centre, Telus Studio, March 2008. Song written by Tom Waits.
New Brunswick Music – Recorded Summer 2007
Cora Rhythyms	Cora, Gourd Banjo, Deer Toe Rattle, Basse, Vocal Sounds. Recorded in New Brunswick. August 2007
Snow	Cora, Vocals, Deer Toe Rattle – from the 2005 CD recording below but using new Skuld Project intruments. Recorded in New Brunswick. August 2007

2005 CD recording project
This recording project of my own songs is the culmination of two years of songwriting and music creation rooted in climate, landscape, flora, fauna and personal experience in the Canadian wilderness, and fuses my work in the musical, visual and material arts. Please click here to view the CD booklet.

I am very happy to say that CDBaby has put this CD on to it's roster. With them you can order the CD itself for $14, download individual songs or download the whole recording for $12. You can also sample every song on the album.

Please go to cdbaby.com/cd/thompsonc

Dowloading will also be available soon on Apple iTunes, Rhapsody, eMusic, Amazon, Napster, Verizon V-CAST, Liquid Digital Media, PayPlay, AudioLunchbox, GroupieTunes and Ruckus.

dance music
I have been composing for contemporary dance theatre for many years and below you will find a number of examples of recorded tracks as well as info about who choreographed the dances. I am deeply endebted to all of the dance artists involved, many of whom you won't see names below because of space limitations. For me, creating with dance is very much a collaborative art. The music wouldn't exist without all those involved – choreographers, interpreters/dancers, designers etc – if you wish more information on any of the music here please contact me by email

Unspeakable
Choreography – Julia Sasso
Premiered May 2008
Pia Bowman Studio Theatre, Toronto

Unspeakable 26.3MB 19'09

Sunshine
Choreography – Sasha Ivanochko, created for The Toronto Dance Theatre's Autumn 2007 season
Premiered December 2007
The Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto

Sunshine – 39MB 28'25

The Betrayal Project
Choreography – Julia Sasso
Premiered February 2006
The Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto

il giardino ice ice – 27.4MB 19'56
viola ice ice – 10.5MB 7'38

Is this love?
Suite of Black Miniatures
Choreography – Sasha Ivanochko
Premiered June 2005
Winchester St. Theatre, Toronto

Is this love? – 23.7MB 20'08
Kate's – 14.2MB 12'13
Tears of the Boathouse Mistress – 7MB 5'11
Man on Man – 12.7MB 10'10
Ditch – 16.6MB 14.24

Skin Quest, S3 & Nucleus as part of Dig presented by Princess Productions
Choreography – Susan Lee
Premiered November 2001
Dancemakers Studio Theatre, Toronto

Skin Quest – 2.7MB 5'34
S3 – 11.9MB 8'41
Nucleus – 11.9MB 8'39

The King and Queen of Ruins
Choreography – Sasha Ivanochko
Premiered August 2001
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto

The King and Queen of Ruins – 30.6MB 22'18

Heliotrope
Choreography – Eryn Dace Trudell
Premiered June 2001
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto

Heliotrope – 11.9MB 16'38 (note: recorded section from original 70 minute piece, most of which was performed live)

le coeur de l’ombre
Choreography – Darryl Tracy
December 1998
Harbourfront Theatre, Toronto

Le Coeur de l’Ombre – 29.1MB 21'13
Le Coeur – extended piano – 6.4MB 4'39

of transient overtures
Choreographed & danced by Heidi Strauss
December 1998
Harbourfront Theatre, Toronto

Of Transient Overtures – 14.1MB 10'16

Créature
Choreography – Louise Bédard. Produced by Kate Alton
Premiered May 1998
Dancemakers Studio Theatre, Toronto

Créature/1 – 11.8MB 8'34
Créature/3 – 11MB 7'58 (note: section 2 to be added at a later date)

Elimination of Lateral Violence
Choreographed & danced – Susan Lee and Eryn Dace Trudell
Premiered August 1997
Budies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto

Elimination of Lateral Violence/1 – 7.5MB 5'26
Elimination of Lateral Violence/2 – 5.9MB 4'17
Elimination of Lateral Violence/3 – 12MB 8'46