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Derek Charke is a composer, a flutist and a professor of music at Acadia University. His music is commissioned by world renowned artists such as the Kronos and St. Lawrence String Quartets, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Katona Twins and the National Flute Association, and has been performed in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Guggenheim Museum and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Ecological sound, field recordings and electronic sound play an important role in many works. As a flutist he holds a masters degree in performance and specializes in contemporary music. Dr. Charke is an associate professor of music at Acadia University, Co-director of the Annual Acadia New Music Festival Shattering the Silence, an associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers. Read more...
