A Nocturne / Linda Catlin Smith (1995)
 

   "A Nocturne was commissioned by Eve Egoyan through the Canada Council for the Arts. As I was writing this piece, the material seemed more and more to be disappearing; day disappears into night... The work is dedicated to Eve."
   - Linda C. Smith

 
   Linda Catlin Smith grew up in New York, and lives in Toronto. She studied composition with, among others, Allen Shawn in New York, and Rudolf Komorous in Canada. From 1988 to 1993 she was Artistic Director of ARRAYMUSIC, a contemporary music ensemble in Toronto, and she is a member of the performance collective, URGE. She has composed works for many Canadian groups and soloists, often for ensembles of unusual instrumentation, and she has received performances across Canada and abroad by ensembles and soloists including: the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Modern Quartet, Vancouver New Music, Penderecki Quartet, ARRAYMUSIC, Les Coucous Bénévoles, Colin Tilney, Eve Egoyan, the Sabat/Clarke Duo and many others. Her work is recorded by ARRAYMUSIC, Les Coucous Bénévoles, Louise Bessette and Barbara Pritchard. Currently her time is devoted to writing music.