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PROMETHEAN EDITIONS<br />
VINCENT HO<br />
<strong>Morning</strong> <strong>Song</strong><br />
Violin
VINCENT HO<br />
<strong>Morning</strong> <strong>Song</strong><br />
Violin<br />
PROMETHEAN EDITIONS<br />
WELLINGTON
<strong>Morning</strong> <strong>Song</strong> (PE155), for Violin by Vincent Ho (2009) dedicated to<br />
Sara Hiner<br />
© Promethean Editions 2009<br />
First edition © 2012 Promethean Editions Limited (201506)<br />
Series Editor: Ross Hendy<br />
Editor: Jared Commerer<br />
ISBN: 978-1-877564-55-0 (print)<br />
ISBN: 978-1-77660-155-4 (ebook)<br />
ISMN: 979-0-67452-143-7<br />
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Vincent Ho (1975 )<br />
Born in Ontario, Canada, Vincent Ho began his musical training at Canada’s Royal<br />
Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where he received an Associate Diploma in Piano<br />
Performance in 1993. Mentored by a series of composers including Allan Bell, David<br />
Eagle, Christos Hatzis, Walter Buczynski, and Stephen Hartke, Ho gained degrees from the<br />
University of Calgary and the University of Toronto, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the<br />
University of Southern California. While still an undergraduate student, Ho was awarded<br />
a scholarship to attend the Schola Cantorum Summer Composition Program in Paris,<br />
France, where he received tuition from faculty of the Juilliard School of Music and the Paris<br />
Conservatoire.<br />
Ho sprang to prominence in 1999, when he received prizes for his first string quartet and his<br />
piano work Three Scenes of Childhood, and an audience prize for the latter in the Toronto New<br />
Music Festival. String Quartet No.1 received further recognition nearly a decade later when<br />
it was nominated ‘Best Classical Composition of the Year’ in the Western Canadian Music<br />
Awards following its release on CD.<br />
Ongoing commissions have provided opportunities for Ho to produce many notable works<br />
for orchestra, including Nighthawks (2000), Dragon Realms (2006), Red Zen (2008) and<br />
Fallen Angel: In Memoriam Richard D’Amore (2008). Most significant is his Arctic Symphony<br />
(2010), a work inspired by a trip to the Arctic, which has been described as ‘a mature and<br />
atmospheric work that firmly establishes Ho among North American composers of note’<br />
(Winnipeg Free Press). Additionally, Ho began a tenure as Composer in Residence with the<br />
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in 2007.<br />
Ho’s music is rich and energetic—a unique integration of influences. His work often<br />
demonstrates the capacity to coherently synthesise and convey the felt inspiration incited<br />
by a multitude of artistic mediums. This amalgamation of influences is evidenced in<br />
Four Paintings by Leestemaker (2005), which musically construes the ‘murky,’ unsettling<br />
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qualities communicated in the paintings of Leestemaker, and Arctic Symphony (2010), where<br />
electroacoustic material is utilised in order to more effectively allow the listener to intuit<br />
the natural soundscapes from which the work emerged, as well as the sense of wonder<br />
experienced by the composer. Additionally, traditional classical music forms and the physical<br />
properties of the instruments and ensembles for which Ho writes are all inherent influences<br />
in his diverse and creative output. His music is sensual, sonorous and richly textured, and Ho<br />
gives considerable attention to the audience’s experience of his intricate sound-worlds.<br />
Latest information about the composer may be found at www.vinceho.com.<br />
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<strong>Morning</strong> <strong>Song</strong> (2009)<br />
A quaint work for solo violin, <strong>Morning</strong> <strong>Song</strong> captures a moment of inspiration which<br />
spontaneously arose as the composer witnessed the sun rising. The unpremeditated nature of<br />
this moment is illuminated by way of fluid, timeless gestures for the violin (communicated<br />
by feathered beaming in the score). Additionally, the performer is at times directed to express<br />
a sense of ‘sighing’ or ‘falling’ during the performance of the work. Extensive use of glissandi<br />
and occasional microtonal inflections inject a unique edginess in to this ‘morning song’.<br />
<strong>Morning</strong> <strong>Song</strong>, originally included as part of Ho’s Sonata for Violin & Piano, is now also<br />
considered a stand-alone work by the composer.<br />
The composer writes:<br />
This is a work I wrote early one morning while I was living in Glendale, California. While I<br />
was in my studio, I could see from my window the sun slowly emerging over the horizon.<br />
Struck by this beautiful moment, I decided to compose something there on the spot to<br />
capture what I felt. By the time the sun was fully out, the piece was done.<br />
Performance notes<br />
• Accidentals apply only to the notes they immediately precede, except in the case where<br />
notes are tied (accidentals carry through).<br />
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MORNING SONG<br />
Vincent Ho<br />
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