{"id":22991,"date":"2014-11-07T15:10:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T19:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=22991"},"modified":"2017-01-09T21:39:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T02:39:46","slug":"qa-26-questions-for-composer-richard-reed-parry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2014\/11\/07\/qa-26-questions-for-composer-richard-reed-parry\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A | 26 Questions for Richard Reed Parry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a9 Guillaume Simoneau – Deutsche Grammophon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every so often, MT poses 60 questions to a local or visiting artist in Toronto who has made our classical music community that much more interesting. They pick and choose. The minimum response is 20 answers. A kind of Rorschach personality test, if you will.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Born in Toronto, Richard Reed Parry grew up in a household full of a medieval music and a capella singing. After moving to Montreal, he studied music and dance at Concordia University, and while there, co-founded the indie rock band,\u00a0Arcade Fire<\/a>.\u00a0Between his busy schedule with the band, Parry recently returned\u00a0to his roots as a composer – releasing his debut chamber music CD\u00a0Heart and Breath<\/em>\u00a0with Deutsche Grammophon<\/a>\u00a0last June, 2014. The album features\u00a0yMusic,\u00a0Kronos Quartet, Nico Muhly, and\u00a0Bryce Dessner.\u00a0Heart and Breath<\/em>\u00a0is available on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Q&A:<\/h3>\n

What are three things that Toronto doesn\u2019t have but should?<\/h3>\n

Margaret Atwood as mayor, Olivia Chow as mayor, or anybody excellent as mayor.<\/p>\n

Name the musical equivalent to junk food.<\/h3>\n

Donovan?<\/p>\n

Name your favourite concert hall\/venue in Toronto.<\/h3>\n

The Tranzac, but that’s mostly because I grew up in that place and have an entire childhood’s worth of lovely memories that took place there.\u00a0 (It used to be the hub of the Toronto trad-folk scene).<\/p>\n

Name your favourite concert hall\/venue anywhere.<\/h3>\n

The Hollywood Bowl, LA, specifically when there’s good orchestral music being played.<\/p>\n

Your role models?<\/h3>\n

Joseph Campbell, John Cage, and Brian Eno.<\/p>\n

Your favourite sound?<\/h3>\n

Rain on the roof of a cabin, heard from inside same cabin.<\/p>\n

Your least favourite sound?<\/h3>\n

Trucks braking.<\/p>\n

Your favourite smells?<\/h3>\n

Rain on asphalt, Creosote, and Moss.<\/p>\n

Your first three record store purchases?<\/h3>\n

Twin Peaks soundtrack, C+C Music Factory, and Tom Waits’ Bone Machine<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If you could board a plane this afternoon, where would it be taking you?<\/h3>\n

Japan, and then I’d go straight to Onsen town.<\/p>\n

Whose musical style do you covet?<\/h3>\n

Dallas Good.<\/p>\n

Where did you go to school?<\/h3>\n

Toronto, Cambridge England, Jerusalem, Ottawa, and Montreal.<\/p>\n

What did you major in as an undergraduate?<\/h3>\n

Electroacoustics.<\/p>\n

The clich\u00e9 that you overuse?<\/h3>\n

“This is the best thing I’ve ever heard”.<\/p>\n

The different career path that you could have gone on?<\/h3>\n

Contemporary dance.<\/p>\n

Your ancestry?<\/h3>\n

Pennsylvania Quaker all the way back on my mother’s side, British\/Scottish\/Welsh from my dad.<\/p>\n

Your three favourite films?<\/h3>\n

Blade Runner, Kikujiro, and Punch Drunk Love.<\/p>\n

Television show that you could tolerate re-runs of?<\/h3>\n

The Muppet Show.<\/p>\n

Your major character flaw?<\/h3>\n

Negativity.<\/p>\n

The character flaw in others that you can\u2019t abide?<\/h3>\n

Negativity.<\/p>\n

What are you listening to as you answer these questions?<\/h3>\n

Time of No Reply<\/em> by Nick Drake.<\/p>\n

What musical instrument do you secretly long to play?<\/h3>\n

Cello.<\/p>\n

What sport did you give up and why?<\/h3>\n

Fencing.\u00a0 Couldn’t find anyone my age who was into it at the time.\u00a0 (11 years old)<\/p>\n

The first album that made you love music?<\/h3>\n

Magical Mystery Tour.<\/p>\n

Three pieces, songs, or arias that you could listen to on repeat for an hour?<\/h3>\n

Landscape<\/em> by Andrzej Panufnik, String Quartet in Four Parts by John Cage, Edgar Meyer’s performance of the Bach unaccompanied Cello Suites on double bass.<\/p>\n

The piece of music you want played at your funeral?<\/h3>\n

Each of those last three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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