Although the Rozsa Award for Excellence in Arts Management was designed to recognize an outstanding arts administrator, it still required two talented artists to bring the Award to life. Tyler Rock created a visual representation of the Award in the form of an exquisite glass sculpture. Arthur Bachmann studied Tyler's work and, in turn, was inspired to compose the Rozsa Overture. As you listen to his music, you can hear the Award as well as see it.
Arthur's music is played each time the Award is presented, and is also heard on this website. The sculpture that Tyler created remains on permanent display in the Rozsa Centre at the University of Calgary. Tyler also crafts a smaller unique sculpture for each year's winner to keep.
TYLER ROCK,
a well-known Canadian glass artist, lives and works in Black
Diamond, Alberta where he operates Firebrand Glass Works with his
wife Julia Reimer. Tyler and Julia have worked collaboratively with
other artists in a variety of studios in Canada, the United States
and France. In 2002 both Tyler and Julia worked as "Artists in
Residence" at the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning,
New York. In addition to his studio practice, Tyler teaches at his
Alma Mater, the Alberta College of Art and Design, in Calgary, and
in the "Series" summer arts program at Red Deer College.
Tyler's work has received recognition from the Alberta Foundation
for the Arts, the Alberta College of Art and Design and the Canada
Council for the Arts. His work has been exhibited widely in both
Canada and the United states.
ARTHUR BACHMANN was born and
raised in Calgary, Alberta, and began his musical studies at age
ten. Post secondary studies took him to the University of Western
Ontario, London, Ontario. After graduating with a Bachelor of Music
in Viola Performance in 1984, Arthur spent an additional year
studying at the Banff School of Fine Arts, Advanced Studies, Winter
Program. In 1986, Arthur won a job as Violist in the Calgary
Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he holds to this day. 1991 saw
Arthur begin a second career as a composer and arranger. His
compositions and arrangements have been heard nation-wide on CBC
radio, recorded on CD by a numbers of groups, and have been
performed across Canada, in the United States and most recently in
Europe. In 1997, Arthur was honoured to become an Associate Composer
of the Canadian Music Centre.
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