Much of my recent work deals with the issue of reappropriation. Where do we get our ideas? What do we owe, if anything, to our sources of inspiration? Historically, composers have stolen ideas from each other regularly, reworking these into…
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Kiss Around the World
Kiss Around the World was commissioned by New Works Calgary and the Canada Council for the Arts for Ensemble Resonance. It is the second Around the World piece that I have written, taking a single word—in this case kiss—and presenting…
Tagged with: chamber, clarinet, collage, ensemble resonance, new works calgary, piano, soprano, violin, voice
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
orkest de ereprijs YCM Competition
I’m pleased and excited to announce that I was declared the winner of this year’s annual Young Composers Meeting in the Netherlands, hosted by renowned Dutch ensemble, orkest de ereprijs. The jurors chose between 16 pieces that the invited composers…
Recycled 80s Live
Recycled 80s Live is a collage of small fragments of ‘80s pop songs, recomposed and recontextualized into a new, larger work. I chose this approach because artists have always borrowed material from one another, but copyright is increasingly being abused…
Nightclub Project
Some exciting news. I’ve received funding to develop a musical project that I have been planning for several years. It involves writing an evening-length piece for amplified instruments, to be performed in non-traditional venues such as nightclubs. This is a…
Tagged with: alberta foundation for the arts, collage, nightclub, recycled 80s live
Posted in News and Events
Posted in News and Events
- @elcush Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
- My response to @elcush's The Bacon-Wrapped Economy http://t.co/PFKEL7p9eH
- My latest blog post, looking at the difference between crowdfunding and traditional philanthropy:http://t.co/PFKEL7p9eH
- My latest article: Working for Free: Helpful or Harmful? http://t.co/TvNqXlxT54 a composer's response to @tanehisi Atlantic piece
- Composition Lessons: The Dirty Projector’s “Police Story” and on how to write for voice http://t.co/1ze2kTuBF0
- A friendly review of my premiere at Other Minds last weekend: http://t.co/d1EspIr1Q9
- The @OtherMindsSF Festival was pretty great this year, thanks to all involved.
- Soundcheck for @OtherMindsSF complete, come check out the show tonight, premiere of my piece.
- Apparently my "Machiavellian Guide" now ranks for the search term "iconoclast composer". ;-) http://t.co/tRwTLccA7R
- I will be interviewed by Sarah Cahill on @kalw_radio tonight for the @OtherMindsSF Festival, 8:00pm PST, check it out.
