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Allison Cameron
Allison Cameron
Born	1963 (age 60–61); Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genres	Contemporary classical, free improvisation, experimental
Occupation(s)	Composer, musician
Instrument(s)	Keyboards, ukulele, banjo
Labels	Spool (record label)
Website	www.allisoncameron.com

Allison Cameron (born 1963) is a Canadian composer of contemporary classical music. She composes works for conventional classical instruments, early music instruments, and modern electric instruments such as the electric guitar. She is also a performer of free improvisation and experimental music.

Early life and education

Cameron was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and moved with her family to North Vancouver.^[1] She studied at the University of Victoria and York University. She has cited Michael Longton and Rudolf Komorous as significant influences.^[2]

Career

Cameron moved to Toronto in 1989. She founded a six-piece chamber ensemble, Arcana, in 1992, which performs a contemporary composition repertoire.^[2] In 1995 she released a CD of chamber music, Raw Sangudo.^[3]

Cameron's 1998 composition, "Retablo", was commissioned through the Canada Council for the Arts to be played by the classical music quartet The Burdocks.^[4] Her 2000 release, Ornaments, features her compositions performed by violinist Marc Sabat, pianist Stephen Clarke, and clarinetist Ronda Rindone.^[5]

Cameron has worked with Louis Andriessen, Gilius van Bergeijk, Per Nørgård, and Frederic Rzewski in Europe, and Rudolf Komorous, Michael Longton, and James Tenney in Canada. She was a member of the Drystone Orchestra, along with Martin Arnold, Stephen Parkinson, and John Abram.^[2] She also performs in a duet with Parkinson.

Her music has been performed at the Bang on a Can Festival and she has been commissioned by the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Recordings of her music have been released by the CRI and XI (Experimental Intermedia) labels. In 2004, she was music director of the contemporary ensemble Arraymusic.^[6]

In 2013, the Allison Cameron Band (Cameron, Eric Chenaux and Parkinson), released an album, Bent Spoon Duo, Without and With Allison Cameron through the Rat Drifting label.^[7]

Discography

1995 – Raw Sangudo. CD. Experimental Intermedia.
1998 – Leisure. CD. Maarten Altena Ensemble. Donemus.
2002 – Ornaments. CD. Spool.
2004 – Canevas (Fin Fin). CD. Ensemble SuperMusique. DAME.
2010 – The Allison Cameron Band. CD. Rat-Drifting.
2012 – Mach Shorn – The EP. Stephen Parkinson, Sandro Perri, Marla Hlady, Christof Migone, Eric Chenaux, Allison Cameron.
2015 – A-Gossamer-Bit. CD. Redshift Music Society.
2022 – Somatic Refrain. CD. Apartment House. Another Timbre.

Compilations included on:

1992 – Bang on a Can Live. Vol. 1. CD. Emergency Music series. New York, New York: CRI. (Contains Two Bits by Allison Cameron.)
2001 – ArrayMusic Ensemble; compilation CD, Artifact, Toronto.
2008 – Rains Out. CD, Veni Ensemble Bratislava, Hevhetia.
2004 – The Art of Touching The Keyboard CD, Eve Egoyan, Earwitness Records.