Claude Schryer

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Biography of Claude Schryer by François Couture, All Music Guide Canadian composer Claude Schryer was first active in contemporary classical music before turning to electro-acoustics and, more specifically, environmental/ecological soundscapes. He is also a film soundtrack creator, an improviser, and an administrator. Schryer was born in Ottawa but grew up in the small nearby town of North Bay, where he was in constant contact with nature. As a child he studied the piano and the clarinet. In 1981, he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in composition at the Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Canada), studying with Owen Underhill. A number of chamber works date from that period but remain unrecorded. During the early '80s, Schryer studied at the Banff Centre for the Arts where he got in touch with interdisciplinary and experimental artists. His now growing interest in electro-acoustics led him to a two-year stay in Europe where he learned the trades of the art with Denis Smalley and Luc Ferrari. In 1989, he received his Masters degree in composition from McGill University in Montreal. In the meantime, he had co-founded the Group of the Electronic Music Studio (GEMS) and Diffusion i MéDIA, and its record label Empreintes DIGITALes with Jean-François Denis. He cumulated administrative titles in the 1990s, from artistic director of the 7e Printemps Électroacoustique festival (1990-1992), to director of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (1993-1994), to co-founder and pre

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Soundscape Vancouver 1996

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RRR 500: Various Lock Grooves by 500 Artists

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eXcitations - Empreintes DIGITALes sampler

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RRR 500

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Électro Clips

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Electro Clips

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Autour [IMED 9736]

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The politically incorrect guide to the south

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Anthology of Canadian Music-Electroacoustic cd4

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v/a - Soundscape Vancouver 1996

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