Moving picture productions featuring Raum or her music.
Garden of Alice, Opera filmed in colour with green screen technology by the Pacific Opera of Victoria, Timothy Vernon conducting and Glynis Leyshon directing.
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Written and directed by Jessica Raum
Produced by Pinball Pictures and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
26 minutes, video, 1993.
Distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
Accomplished Canadian composer Elizabeth Raum was commissioned by the Regina Symphony Orchestra to write a concerto for her daughter, Erika, a brilliant young violinist. Like Mother, Like Daughter explores the working relationship between the composer and the performer, one made doubly special by the familial aspect. Raum’s elder daughter, Jessica, wrote and directed the documentary.
Excerpts from the premiere performance of the completed concerto, Faces of Woman, showcase the talents of these two women.
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Evolution: A Theme with Variations
Written and directed by LaFoy, Egarhos
10 minutes, video, 1987 Distributed by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
Canada’s first classical music video featuring members of the Regina Symphony Orchestra.
Evolution: A Theme with Variations
Symphony of Youth
Written, directed and produced by Frank Halbert,
Sharper Image Film & Video Production Inc.
49:50 minutes, video, 1995
Symphony of Youth
Prelude To Parting
Written, directed and produced by Frank Halbert,
Sharper Image Film & Video Production Inc.
Video, 1996.
Composer Elizabeth Raum was commissioned by the Connie Wernikowski of the Saskatchewan Youth Ballet, to write music for a dance she would perform with her daughter. The dance was about the daughter growing into adulthood and the mother’s reluctance to lose her. Elizabeth mirrors the familial aspect by writing the piece for trombone, violin and taped music, and the premiere performance was played by her husband, trombonist Richard Raum and her daughter, violinist Erika Raum.
Sparkle
Feature length movie about the desire of a Prairie girl to become an actress.
Written and directed by Jeff Beesley
Composer, Elizabeth Raum, won the award for Best Musical Score from the Saskatchewan Film and Video Showcase Awards.