ROY G BIV uses an ambient light sensor attached to an alto saxophone to measure changes in both colour and light intensity. It then uses these changes to radically alter the saxophone’s sound.
So excited to have teamed up with performer Stef Haynes for this project. Thank you to the CMC for the use of their space for the development of this project.
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I’m very excited to have joined the Canadian League of Composers’ board as the Chair of External Advocacy, as well as sitting on the Professional Development Committee.
As chair of Advocacy, my role will be to help advocate for composers across Canada for better pay and fairer working conditions as I work to set rates and interface with royalty organizations.
In my role with professional development, I will help the CLC develop PIVOT and their webinar lecture series.
I’m very happy to announce that I have graduated with my Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Toronto. It was a long, and sometimes difficult 5 years as I worked on completing my thesis composition, [STATIC] Desire for amplified chamber ensemble.
I’m glad to say that I successfully defended my doctoral thesis at the University of Toronto and passed with no changes required to my thesis composition.
Consider checking out the score to my thesis composition, [STATIC] Desire for Amplified Chamber ensemble.
I was lucky enough to get to travel down to Morelia, Mexico this month to present my piece, iSAD at CMMAS (Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras) as part of the JTTP prize package.
Morelia was a beautiful city, and I greatly enjoyed my time exploring the city and discovering its culture.
I was asked to compose a piece by Tsz (Fish) Long Yu for his Master’s album, entitled ‘Sounds of the City’. Composed with Dolby ATMOS mixing technology in mind, and scored for alto flute and fixed electronics, Breathing Room is a sonic collage comprised of recorded sounds I made of the environment around me over the past seven years living in Toronto, Ontario.
Throughout these seven years, the sounds of my city have changed drastically. In 2020, the global pandemic disrupted the the sonic landscape, with much of the vibrancy and life being leeched from the city's character as we all retreated into our homes. Learn more and listen here.