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Proposal for Governmental Support for the arts
During World War Two Churchill is reported to have said “what are we fighting for” …
The Ethics of Concert Presentation During a Pandemic
I have never sat down and asked myself about the ethics of putting on a …
Lockdown Analytics
The music industry is reporting a reduction in streams due to Covid 19. I have …
My 2019
I quite like doing an end of year roundup, as much to remind myself what …
4* review of Rama performed by Ensemble Offspring
Ensemble Offspring The Hug and Pint, Glasgow Keith Bruce four stars https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/17896286.music-review-ensemble-offspring-hug-pint-glasgow/ COMPOSER Matthew Whiteside’s …
Summary
Matthew Whiteside is the one of The List’s Hot 100 of 2019 and named One To Watch by the Scotsman for 2020 and at the Sunday Herald culture awards 2017. He is a ‘cerebral composer and sound designer who’s creating works to challenge the 21st century consensus.’ He writes music for concert, film and collaborative installations while often-using live electronics he seeks to create work with a meditative quality inviting the listener to project upon and experience on their own, rather than the composer’s, terms.
Recent work has included a short opera Little Black Lies commissioned by Scottish Opera Connect, with libretto by Helene Grøn, Entangled commissioned by the Institute of Physics for the 2018 NI Science Festival and working on a new installation called We Are All Made of Stars with filmmaker/chorographer Marisa Zanotti and Magnetic North.
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