I had the pleasure of curating the first 8-channel surround electroacoustic concert in Macmillan Theatre, entitled ‘Concert 0’. In addition to featuring my piece, iSAD, the concert featured other JTTP winners, UofT composers, and composers such as Manuela Blackburn and James O’ Callaghan.
In addition to this concert, my video piece ‘This [BLANK] has been deleted.’ was performed as part of the festival. You can view it here.
I’m very pleased to announce that my piece iSAD is among this year’s winners for the annual JTTP (Jeu de temps / Times Play) award for electroacoustic music excellence given out by the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC).
The piece will be performed at upcoming concerts and festivals in Canada and Mexico. More details to follow.
You can watch a video of the winning piece here.
I’m really pleased to announce the launch of my most technologically ambitious project to date, entitled Plant Music.
Plant Music began as a pedagogical exercise in learning how to work with Arduino microcomputers, and to achieve a modest artistic outcome from this process. The piece soon burgeoned into a larger multimedia project involving video, live electronics, multiple found percussion instruments, and touch sensitive houseplants. Additionally, the pedagogical nature of the piece grew, with explorations into graphic notation, aleatoric writing, and live-sampling all adding to the overall creation of the work.
Movement 1: Seeds is a textural exploration into the emergence of life.
Movement 2: Growth is a dynamic conversation between performer and electronics. An erratic burst of energy and strength as plant speaks to wood.
Movement 3: Photosynchosis is a corrupted process. A dark and glitched version of what was once perfectly balanced. Now forever changed from human interference.
Performed by: Tim Roth
Recorded by: Yu Tsz Long
Filmed by: Zakriya Bashir-Hill
Video Editing/Projection: Steven Webb
Mixing/Mastering: Steven Webb
Delayed by COVID-19, I was thrilled to see this incredible performance of my work ‘Doria’, by the Soundstreams Vocal Ensemble. This performance was part of the 2020 RBC Bridges Soundstream Program, the tuition-free program for emerging composers.
Greatly delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the performance of my work ‘What Time is Left’ by Pro Coro Canada was finally able to happen, with a performance as part of their Moonshot III series, where the choir explores the trends and inspirations of Canada’s emerging composers as they use vocal music to address the use and abuse of nature.
I had the pleasure of working with the amazing Gryphon Trio, mezzo-soprano Marion Newman, composer Andrew Balfour and the Nordic Voices as part of an international multi-media project exploring the question: How do we speak to the future?
Using music, narration, images, and film to explore models of knowledge sharing and processes of truth and reconciliation in four areas of the world: Canada, Norway, Austria, and Mali, I was lucky enough to work on overall sound design and musical transitions for the concert.
