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Wah completed an undergraduate degree in Literature and Music at the University of British Columbia, where he became a founding editor of the TISH newsletter in 1961, and has taught at Selkirk College, the David Thompson University Centre, and the University of Calgary. The fonds contains a number of interviews, conversations, lectures, and public readings recorded between the years 1976 and 2006, featuring local and national literary and media figures such as Lorna Crozier, bpNichol, Daphne Marlatt, and Stuart McLean."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 17"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["bp Nichol Sound Poems 1970-80: Ear Rational"],"item_title_source":["cassette and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Studio recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["McCaffery, Steve","Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)","Dutton, Paul","Dean, Michael","Penhale, David","Truhlar, Richard","Smith, Steven"],"creator_names_search":["McCaffery, Steve","Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)","Dutton, Paul","Dean, Michael","Penhale, David","Truhlar, Richard","Smith, Steven"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/38243\",\"name\":\"McCaffery, Steve\",\"dates\":\"1947-\",\"notes\":\"\\\"Cosmic Piece for Orchestra\\\" and \\\"Chorus\\\" songs are performed by Steve McCaffery and bpNichol; \\\"Acres Rare Meet\\\" is also performed by him and a group of other poets. \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/76350280\",\"name\":\"Nichol, bp (Barrie Phillip)\",\"dates\":\"1944-1988\",\"notes\":\"\\\"Cosmic Piece for Orchestra\\\" and \\\"Chorus\\\" songs are performed by Steve McCaffery and bpNichol.\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\",\"Author\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/36999806\",\"name\":\"Dutton, Paul\",\"dates\":\"1943-\",\"notes\":\"\\\"Acres Rare Meet\\\" is performed by him and a group of other poets. \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Dean, Michael\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\\\"Acres Rare Meet\\\" is performed by him and a group of other poets. \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/16023367\",\"name\":\"Penhale, David\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\\\"Acres Rare Meet\\\" is performed by him and a group of other poets. \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/38165242\",\"name\":\"Truhlar, Richard\",\"dates\":\"1950-\",\"notes\":\"\\\"Acres Rare Meet\\\" is performed by him and a group of other poets. \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Smith, Steven\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\\\"Acres Rare Meet\\\" is performed by him and a group of other poets. \",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Production_Date":[1973],"Performance_Date":[1977],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/10216/Fred Wah Fonds_MsC 17 f_55.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Excellent\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"\",\"physical_condition\":\"Excellent\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"Wah2021-055-Side A.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:30:36\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"33.2 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"Sound Recording\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"Wah2021-055-Side B.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:30:42\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"32.8 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"Sound Recording\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1977-10\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\\\"Acres Rare meet\\\" was recorded live in Toronto\",\"source\":\"J-card\"},{\"date\":\"1972\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\\\"The Alphabet Game\\\" was recorded at CBC Studios (Toronto); this is the circa date\",\"source\":\"J-card\"},{\"date\":\"1969\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\\\"Dada Lama\\\" was recorded at CBC Studios (Toronto). 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