Jocelyn Morlock

Jocelyn Morlock (14 December 1969 – 27 March 2023) was a Canadian composer and music educator based in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[1] Her piece My Name is Amanda Todd won the 2018 Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year.^[2][3][4]

Jocelyn Morlock
Born	(1969-12-14)14 December 1969 Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
Died	27 March 2023(2023-03-27) (aged 53) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Classical, contemporary classical, post-modern classical
Occupation(s)	Composer
Years active	1996–2023
Website	https://jocelynmorlock.com/

Early life and education

Morlock was born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba on 14 December 1969.^[5] She studied piano with Robert Richardson, Sr. and completed a Bachelor of Music in piano performance at Brandon University (B.Mus. 1994), where her teachers included Gerhard Ginader (electroacoustic music) and T. Patrick Carrabré (composition).^[6] She received both a master's degree and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of British Columbia (M.Mus. 1996, DMA 2002) where her composition teachers included Stephen Chatman, Keith Hamel, and the late Russian-Canadian composer Nikolai Korndorf.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Career

Jocelyn Morlock was Composer-in-Residence with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (2014-2019),^[11][12] after completing her term (2012-2014)^[13][14] as inaugural Composer-in-Residence for Vancouver's Music on Main, co-host of ISCM World New Music Days 2017.^[15]

Morlock's international career was launched at the 1999 International Society for Contemporary Music's World Music Days with Romanian performances of her quartet Bird in the Tangled Sky,^[16] followed by Top 10 at the 2002 International Rostrum of Composers^[17] and Winner of the 2004 Canadian Music Centre Prairie Region Emerging Composers competition.^[18]

Morlock wrote the imposed work for several music competitions including the 2008 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition^[19] (Involuntary Love Songs) and the 2005 Montreal International Music Competition,^[20] (Amore).^[21][22] She won the SOCAN Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award in 2018.^[23]

Morlock's piece My Name is Amanda Todd premiered on 19 May 2016. It is a reflection on the life of Canadian Amanda Todd. It was commissioned and premiered by the National Arts Centre Orchestra as part of the multimedia symphonic work Life Reflected.^[3][4] The piece won the 2018 Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year.^[24]

Morlock was the longtime partner of Hard Rubber Orchestra director and trumpeter John Korsrud.^[25]

Style

Morlock's music exhibits a quirky and eccentric post-modernism, but is specially centred on emotion.^[26] Her musical language is typically tonal or modal, but is expanded with extended techniques and colouristic effects.

Death

Morlock died on 27 March 2023, at the age of 53.^[27]

Selected works

• Bird in the Tangled Sky (1997)
• Lacrimosa (2000)
• Exaudi (2004)
• Music from the Romantic Era (2005)
• Amore (2005)
• half-light, somnolent rains (2005)^[9]
• Cobalt (2009)^[28]
• Aeromancy (2011)
• My Name is Amanda Todd (2016)
• Lucid Dreams (2017; cello concerto)^[29]

Discography

Cobalt, Centrediscs CMCCD 20014 (2014)

Halcyon, Centrediscs CMCCD 23817 (2017)

Awards and nominations

JUNO Awards

Classical Composition of the Year

• Won: My Name is Amanda Todd (2018)^[30][24]
• Nominated: Exaudi (2011)

Western Canadian Music Awards

Classical Composer of the Year

• Won: (2018)^[31]

Classical Composition of the Year

• Won: Cobalt (2015)

Classical Recording of the Year

• Nominated: Cobalt (2015)

See also

•  Music portal
•  Canada portal

• 2018 Juno Awards winners Juno Awards of 2018
• 2011 Juno Awards nominees Juno Awards of 2011

References

1. "Jocelyn Morlock". UBC School of Music. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
2. "Vancouver composer translates Amanda Todd's life into music". cbc.ca. 2 November 2017.
3. "My Name is Amanda Todd | Life Reflected". nac-cna.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
4. "Jocelyn Morlock says her Juno-winning piece My Name is Amanda Todd 'stands up for itself'". Retrieved 30 January 2020.
5. "Allegro, January to February 2018 (p. 19)". 31 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
6. "Composition Studio | Patrick Carrabré". people.brandonu.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
7. "UBC alumni win Western Canadian Music Awards". The Ubyssey. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
8. "Composer Profile – Jocelyn Morlock". Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
9. half-light somnolent rains.mov, retrieved 26 January 2020
10. "Nikolai Korndorf: his music and aesthetics". musiconmain.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
11. barczablog (7 January 2015). "10 Questions for Jocelyn Morlock". barczablog. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
12. "Jocelyn Morlock". Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
13. "Jocelyn Morlock – Composer in Residence (2012 through 2014)". musiconmain.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
14. "Jocelyn Morlock". musiconmain.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
15. "HOME | ISCM 2017". Retrieved 26 January 2020.
16. ISCM (30 October 2016). "ISCM WMD 1999 Romania, Moldavia". ISCM. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
17. "Frederic Rossille Online – IRC". frederic-rossille.net. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
18. Canadienne, Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique. "Emerging Composer Competition". musiccentre.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
19. "Brandon Sun Newspaper Archives, Nov 17, 2008, p. 7". NewspaperArchive.com. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
20. "2005 – Past Laureates – About CMIM". Concours musical international de Montréal. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
21. Elena – Amore.avi, archived from the original on 15 December 2021, retrieved 26 January 2020
22. "Montreal International Music Competition Notes". scena.org. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
23. "Composer Jocelyn Morlock takes home Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award". The Georgia Straight. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
24. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. . The JUNOS Website. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
25. "Music community reeling from news that celebrated Vancouver composer Jocelyn Morlock has died". Stir. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
26. Keillor, John (June 2009). Words and Music. SOCAN. p. 9. Musical Dialogues
27. "Remembering Jocelyn Morlock". The University of British Columbia. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
28. Matthew Parsons. "10 pieces by living Canadian composers that you will love". CBC Music, 16 December 2014
29. "What has become of my British Columbia? – Macleans.ca". macleans.ca. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
30. Smith, Charlie (24 March 2018). "Diana Krall, Michael Bublé, Anciients, Jocelyn Morlock, and Ivan Decker put B.C. in Juno Awards winners circle". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
31. "2018 WCMA WINNERS ANNOUNCED". BreakOut West. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

External links

• JocelynMorlock.com
• Jocelyn Morlock discography at Discogs
• Jocelyn Morlock at IMDb