Regular readers will recall the ‘80s collage piece I was working on in 2008. I’ve since put together a promotional website for the project, and have started planning a West Coast tour of North America, tentatively slotted for late 2010.…
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Recycled 80s Live
Première of Recycled 80s Live at the Banff Centre for the Arts, a mash-up of ‘80s tunes performed live.
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…
Four Pieces for Accordion and String Quartet
Four Pieces for Accordion and String Quartet was written between the summer of 2002 and the fall of 2003. It was inspired by a series of poems called Swerve, by Canadian poet Sarah Lang. There are four poems in the…
Tagged with: accordion, cello, chamber, four pieces, mash-up, steve layton, string quartet, viñes passing through, viola, violin
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- @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.
