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i am a Chicago-based composer, performer, and sound artist working between the mediums of contemporary concert music, electronic and electroacoustic music, live performance, and interactive installation work.

in addition to my creative work, i also work as a freelance audio tech and teach private composition lessons.

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TETHER documentation - by Alex Halstead

 
 
playing around with fun sound variations on 1 patch 🔌🔊⚡️ I <3 #modular !
playing around with fun sound variations on 1 patch 🔌🔊⚡️ I <3 #modular !
this Saturday 2/24 @constellationchicago @ensembledalniente premiers an expanded chamber version of a harp solo I wrote for @avaruuslapsi this summer as part of the @imd_darmstadt harp composition workshop with @sarahnemtsov and @gglimmer. The progra
this Saturday 2/24 @constellationchicago @ensembledalniente premiers an expanded chamber version of a harp solo I wrote for @avaruuslapsi this summer as part of the @imd_darmstadt harp composition workshop with @sarahnemtsov and @gglimmer. The program also features a @frommfoundation premier by @louis.goldford, and work by @leiliangmusic @carloscarrillo663 & @lizalimcomposer! So grateful to have had the opportunity to make an augmented iteration of this piece and to be a part of @frequency_festival_chicago_ 🌪️🔊
A few shots from last night&rsquo;s show at Columbia College with the Chicago Composers Consortium💥🔊 also so grateful to have had the chance to give a talk in the music dept&rsquo;s composition seminar yesterday afternoon! I had so much fun playin
A few shots from last night’s show at Columbia College with the Chicago Composers Consortium💥🔊 also so grateful to have had the chance to give a talk in the music dept’s composition seminar yesterday afternoon! I had so much fun playing modular synths with live interactive video, excited to continue exploring the ~visual domain~ big love to the one and only beloved @_ronnybass for the beautiful performance fit !!💜
Such a special year making &amp; playing music🔊🤍💡Insanely grateful for the opportunities/experiences of this year, some special moments pictured above wt descriptions below(~^*,: 1. Pic by @lucy_mckeon before premier with @sandbox_percussion &am
Such a special year making & playing music🔊🤍💡Insanely grateful for the opportunities/experiences of this year, some special moments pictured above wt descriptions below(~^*,: 1. Pic by @lucy_mckeon before premier with @sandbox_percussion & @ekmelesvocalensemble of [of desire - settings of Anne Carson wt Response Fragments by @djlovim🕊️ 2. Grateful to have received the Kranichsteiner Prize in composition from the @imd_darmstadt, pictured with Percussionist @womane.b who received the performance prize💫 3&4. So excited to have been listed by @_brodeurgram_ as one of “23 for ‘23: Composers and Performers to Watch this Year” in the @washingtonpost 🗞️ 5. With @sarahnemtsov & @gglimmer at Darmstadt 🤍 6. Before a modular synth gig @markjosephjeffery’s gallery Oklahomo⚡️ 7. @chicagophilharmonic at @raviniafestival premiering About the Wreck, for orchestra, conducted by @rebeccatongconductor @lauraconductor 🌟 8. With @noissaxophone at the Curiosity Series IV after the premier of Shelf Life for saxophone quartet and electronics 🎷 9. @randallharlow before the premier of to lie down in still waters of erasure for organ and 6 channel speaker array, made in collaboration with @joyellemcsweeney(: 10. Rehearsal footage of TETHER, for Modular synths, projections and dancer @constellationchicago wt @footclaps_ and @aka_lua 🫀🔌🤍
🔊Please Join Us!🔊 My class MUS 266 has a final concert of student work that will be presented tomorrow Dec.7 in Fulton Recital Hall. Everyone has worked really hard this quarter and it has yielded a variety of really fantastic work! It&rsquo;s b
🔊Please Join Us!🔊 My class MUS 266 has a final concert of student work that will be presented tomorrow Dec.7 in Fulton Recital Hall. Everyone has worked really hard this quarter and it has yielded a variety of really fantastic work! It’s been a really special quarter, so grateful for the opportunity to teach a full course on electronic music to UChicago undergrads, and more so, to have the opportunity to enter into classroom teaching with such a wonderful class of thoughtful and engaged students.
‼️🔊Show Alert ‼️ 🔊This Sunday, Dec 3rd at Constellation, I&rsquo;ll be premiering an evening length performance piece, TETHER, for 3 Modular Synthesizers, movement and live projection made in collaboration with @aka_lua &amp; @footclaps_ 🌟 so gra
‼️🔊Show Alert ‼️ 🔊This Sunday, Dec 3rd at Constellation, I’ll be premiering an evening length performance piece, TETHER, for 3 Modular Synthesizers, movement and live projection made in collaboration with @aka_lua & @footclaps_ 🌟 so grateful to share this show with Chicago sound artist Anna Johnson @_ovovi_ 🌟 This piece is odd and special to me, and has been manifesting for some time. Stemming from my 9 year journey understanding/living with grief after the loss of my twin sister, this piece explores the concept of a tether, starting with our first tether (the umbilical cord) and reaching outwards more broadly to explore our networks of relationships we grow up alongside. The performance muses on the question: how are these tethers related? Patch cords mimic networks of connection, acting as tactile tethers that sonically map these connections/disconnections via three analog synthesizers. Movement and projection augment these themes while acting as forces of unification and disruption. Weaving and intertwining, this performance pulls at and pushes against these webs of connection, asking what happens when ties falter - what do we do when the cord breaks? Photo by @_ash_dye_ and Poster by beloved @aka_lua, hope to see you there, ticket link in bio🫀🔊🤍
Ty @getcoopered for these beaut film shots from @imd_darmstadt, almost a month since this life changing experience, still thinking about it daily.
Ty @getcoopered for these beaut film shots from @imd_darmstadt, almost a month since this life changing experience, still thinking about it daily.
Bits and pieces of some of my favorite moments &amp; concerts @imd_darmstadt
Bits and pieces of some of my favorite moments & concerts @imd_darmstadt
Darmstadt has been unreal - so grateful to be here, will miss it so much. Has been one of the most meaningful experiences iv ever had playing making and hearing music. Iv heard some of the best concerts of my life here, and been lucky to meet so many
Darmstadt has been unreal - so grateful to be here, will miss it so much. Has been one of the most meaningful experiences iv ever had playing making and hearing music. Iv heard some of the best concerts of my life here, and been lucky to meet so many composers and musicians iv long admired, as well as so many new composers and musicians whose work will stay with me as I head home. Thank you to everyone who has made this experience so special @sarahnemtsov @gglimmer @claranoise @chayaczernowin7 @hans.thomalla @mivosquartetfour @jetorrence @imd_darmstadt
Germany has been so fun💥 concerts coming up this Friday and next Wednesday @imd_darmstadt 💥 (In love wt the synth store @corie_soumah took me to in Berlin🔌)
Germany has been so fun💥 concerts coming up this Friday and next Wednesday @imd_darmstadt 💥 (In love wt the synth store @corie_soumah took me to in Berlin🔌)
playing around with fun sound variations on 1 patch 🔌🔊⚡️ I &lt;3 #modular ! this Saturday 2/24 @constellationchicago @ensembledalniente premiers an expanded chamber version of a harp solo I wrote for @avaruuslapsi this summer as part of the @imd_darmstadt harp composition workshop with @sarahnemtsov and @gglimmer. The progra A few shots from last night&rsquo;s show at Columbia College with the Chicago Composers Consortium💥🔊 also so grateful to have had the chance to give a talk in the music dept&rsquo;s composition seminar yesterday afternoon! I had so much fun playin Such a special year making &amp; playing music🔊🤍💡Insanely grateful for the opportunities/experiences of this year, some special moments pictured above wt descriptions below(~^*,: 1. Pic by @lucy_mckeon before premier with @sandbox_percussion &am 🔊Please Join Us!🔊 My class MUS 266 has a final concert of student work that will be presented tomorrow Dec.7 in Fulton Recital Hall. Everyone has worked really hard this quarter and it has yielded a variety of really fantastic work! It&rsquo;s b ‼️🔊Show Alert ‼️ 🔊This Sunday, Dec 3rd at Constellation, I&rsquo;ll be premiering an evening length performance piece, TETHER, for 3 Modular Synthesizers, movement and live projection made in collaboration with @aka_lua &amp; @footclaps_ 🌟 so gra Ty @getcoopered for these beaut film shots from @imd_darmstadt, almost a month since this life changing experience, still thinking about it daily. Bits and pieces of some of my favorite moments &amp; concerts @imd_darmstadt Darmstadt has been unreal - so grateful to be here, will miss it so much. Has been one of the most meaningful experiences iv ever had playing making and hearing music. Iv heard some of the best concerts of my life here, and been lucky to meet so many Germany has been so fun💥 concerts coming up this Friday and next Wednesday @imd_darmstadt 💥 (In love wt the synth store @corie_soumah took me to in Berlin🔌)