Patria Patria (homeland) is the title of a cycle of music dramas that Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer has been creating over the past forty years. At the present time, ten parts of this monumental undertaking have been performed and published. Further works are in various states of creation, but enough has already been presented to reveal the series as among the most radical and challenging works to be produced within the past half century.

"There is nothing like Patria in the history of Canadian musical theatre, either in ambition, scope or mythmaking potency"

William Littler, Toronto Star September 16, 2002

Here is an overview with a brief description of each work.
Arcana Editions
Arcana
Editions

Online catalogue of scores books & recordings
Patria Music/Theatre Projects
Patria
Music/
Theatre
Projects
 

 

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News:

NEW BOARD FOR PATRIA MUSIC/THEATRE PROJECTS

PRESIDENT: BARRY KARP

VICE PRESIDENT: WAYNE VAN DE GRAAFF

SECRETARY: BRETT SCOTT

TREASURER: CHUCK SHENKMAN


 

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The Greatest Show

THE THEATRE DESIGNS OF
JERRARD & DIANA SMITH FOR
R. MURRAY SCHAFER’S
PATRIA CYCLE OF MUSIC DRAMAS
1981 - 2011

Closes Feb 13 at the Clarington Museum and Archives, Bowmanville

Opens Feb 28 at Design by Riverside, Cambridge

 

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PATRIA NEWSLETTER #1

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R. Murray Schafer
Ottawa Citizen photo by Patrick Doyle

R. Murray Schafer and Patria Music/Theatre Projects invite you to become a member of Patria.

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For 40 years, [Murray Schafer] has been writing a huge cycle of 12 music-theater works, collectively titled "Patria." Larger than Wagner's "Ring" cycle or Karlheinz Stockhausen's "Licht," this cycle challenges the boundaries of both music and theater. 
 
Colin Eatock New York Times August 27, 2005

The most wildly imaginative and physically ambitious series of music theatre works in the history of the Canadian stage.

William Littler, Toronto Star

 

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