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Leaf Music is pleased to announce the release of Ex Tempore from the Charke-Cormier Duo Friday May 4. This is the debut release for the Nova Scotia ensemble. Prominent musicians and Acadia University faculty Derek Charke (flute) and Eugene Cormier (guitar) produced the album in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

The album includes Musiques Populaires Brésiliennes, a suite of six pieces by Canadian/Brazilian composer Celso Macado with titles named for popular Brazilian sweets such as Paçoca, and Algodão Doce (Cotton Candy.)

The recording also features original arrangements of Scarlatti Sonatas for flute and guitar by Eugene Cormier and published by Productions d’Oz (Québec). The album’s title track “Ex Tempore” is a brand new 6-minute work by Charke, who in addition to being a celebrated flute performer is a JUNO and East Coast Music Award-winning composer. “Ex Tempore” includes driving rhythms and pushes the sonic limits of the flute and guitar combination while also exploring the boundaries between fully-composed material and extemporaneous (or improvised) music.

The album will be available on popular music services including iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon Music. CDs will also be available from Amazon.com, Renaud-Bray, Barnes and Noble and other fine retailers. The Charke-Cormier duo will be hosting album launch events in Wolfville, Nova Scotia (May 12) and Halifax (May 20) to celebrate their debut recording. Visit charkecormierduo.com for more details.

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About Charke-Cormier Duo: Derek Charke (flutes) and Eugene Cormier (guitar) formed the Charke-Cormier Duo several years ago culminating in a debut recital at the KC Irving Centre in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. This sonorous union of flute and guitar continues to charm audiences across the Maritimes. Their repertoire includes many of the most important works for this pairing of instruments, and creates a sonic journey for audiences from the street corners of Argentina to the halls of Europe, as well as introducing fresh new works created today. Both performers are highly accomplished musicians who are on the teaching faculty at Acadia University’s School of Music.

About Leaf Music: Leaf Music is an independent recording label based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that specializes in high quality classical music recordings by artists and composers from Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.) Our growing catalogue of solo, orchestral and chamber music is distributed by Naxos of America to the world’s most important music retail, download and streaming providers.

The 2018 ECMA Classical Showcase Concert is coming up soon: Sat. May 5, 2018 at 7:30 pm in the Halifax Central Library. Here's a Facebook link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/827509510766165/

Ex Tempore, the debut studio album from the Charke - Cormier Duo is almost out! May 4 is the official release date.

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Thrilled to be involved in this project with collectif9 and Architek Percussion! Checkout this preview video:

A recent video of Mercury in Transit conducted by Dr. Mark Hopkins with the Nova Scotia Youth Wind Ensemble.

A promotional video for Ex Tempore, the Charke~Cormier Duo's debut album from Leaf-Music, Halifax is now available on YouTube!

Ex Tempore is the debut album from the Nova Scotia-based Charke-Cormier duo. Derek Charke (flute) and Eugene Cormier (guitar) have curated a charming program that includes an original composition by Charke (Ex Tempore), arrangements of Handel and Scarlatti by Cormier paired with works by Peter Maxwell Davies and Brazilian-Canadian composer Celso Machado.

The Charke~Cormier Duo concert from the 2018 Acadia New Music Festival is available to watch on YouTube, featuring the world-premiere of Prime Empire by Adam Langille.

Doberman-Yppan (Les Productions d'Oz) from Québec is now the official publisher of the arrangements and compositions for the Charke~Cormier Duo! The first two works have been released: 4 Sonatas by D. Scarlatti and arranged by Eugene Cormier, and Ex Tempore by myself. To purchase the scores click on the images below:

In Sonorous Falling Tones has been nominated for two East Coast Music Awards!

Congratulations to everyone on the album, including: Mark Hopkins, conductor; Derek Charke, flutes; Eileen Walsh, clarinets; Gillian Smith, violin; Susan Sayle, viola; Norman Adams, cello; Max Kasper, bass; Simon Docking, piano; Mark Adam and Naoko Tsujita, percussion. The CD was produced by John D.S. Adams of Stonehouse Sound for the Centrediscs Label (Toronto).

"JANUARY 29, 2018, TORONTO, ON - Centrediscs, the recording label of the Canadian Music Centre, is thrilled to announce that one of its releases have been nominated for a 2018 East Coast Music Award. In Sonorous Falling Tones (CMCCD 23917), featuring the music of Associate Composer Derek Charke and the WIRED! Ensemble, has been nominated for Classical Recording of the Year. Derek Charke has also been nominated for Classical Composition of the Year for his titular piece 'In Sonorous Falling Tones'. To date, Centrediscs releases have received nine East Coast Music Awards and 18 nominations." The complete press release from the Canadian Music Centre is available here: https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/150482

Read the announcement from the ECMA's here: http://ecma.com/news/2018-east-coast-music-awards-nominees-announced

Excited to announce that the Cheng2 Duo will be performing in Halifax on May 13, 2018. Included in their upcoming program is a work that I composed for them through the generous sponsorship of Gaétan Lang entitled Water Flows Serpentine. This is a special composition that is dedicated to Pat Wyman, a much beloved music teacher from Halifax. For tickets and more information visit: https://www.ceciliaconcerts.ca/product/cheng2duo/