Taylor Brook's guest appearances

Taylor Brook

Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezza

Now&Xen

TAK Editions Podcast

Eric Wubbels

Richard Barrett

Brad Garton

James Taylor

Mark Barden

Kate Soper

Aaron Wolf

Bryan Jacobs

Jacob Cooper

Tyshawn Sorey

Philip Venables

Emily Howard

Michael Harrison

Natacha Diels

Martin Bresnick

OwlTail

Lara Lewison

In this week's episode, Brad Garton interviews composer Taylor Brook and multi-media artist Lara Lewison about Star Maker Fragments, the new album from TAK Ensemble, out 3/3/2021.Lara Lewison creates audiovisual art for the web and for live performance, with a focus in networking, language, and creating live works that are dependent on exchanges between “performer" and “audience." She works with combinations of software and programming languages and has given unity workshops and lessons at Harvestworks, CUNY Tech, and Columbia. She holds a bachelors of arts in music from Columbia University and was the 2020 recipient of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts.Taylor Brook writes music for the concert stage, electronic music, music for robotic instruments, as well as music for video, theatre, and dance. He has worked with Ensemble Ascolta, JACK Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Quatuor Bozzini, Talea Ensemble, and others. He has won numerous SOCAN Young Composers awards, including two first-place prizes and the grand prize in 2016 for Song, for solo cello.Brad Garton is an American composer and computer musician who is professor of music at Columbia University. He has written, or helped to write, a number of computer music applications, including Real-Time Cmix, music synthesis and signal processing language for real time composition.Star Maker Fragments: takensemble.bandcamp.com/album/star-m…er-fragmentsStar Maker World: laar.world/starmaker/Lara Lewison: laar.worldTaylor Brook: Taylorbrook.infoBrad Garton: sites.music.columbia.edu/brad

In this week's episode, Brad Garton interviews composer Taylor Brook and multi-media artist Lara Lewison about Star Maker Fragments, the new album from TAK Ensemble, out 3/3/2021. Lara Lewison creates audiovisual art for the web and for live performance, with a focus in networking, language, and creating live works that are dependent on exchanges between “performer" and “audience." She works with combinations of software and programming languages and has given unity workshops and lessons at Harvestworks, CUNY Tech, and Columbia. She holds a bachelors of arts in music from Columbia University and was the 2020 recipient of the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. Taylor Brook writes music for the concert stage, electronic music, music for robotic instruments, as well as music for video, theatre, and dance. He has worked with Ensemble Ascolta, JACK Quartet, Mivos Quartet, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Quatuor Bozzini, Talea Ensemble, and others. He has won numerous SOCAN Young Composers awards, including two first-place prizes and the grand prize in 2016 for Song, for solo cello. Brad Garton is an American composer and computer musician who is professor of music at Columbia University. He has written, or helped to write, a number of computer music applications, including Real-Time Cmix, music synthesis and signal processing language for real time composition. Star Maker Fragments: <a href="http://takensemble.bandcamp.com/album/star-m…er-fragments" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">takensemble.bandcamp.com/album/star-m…er-fragments</a> Star Maker World: laar.world/starmaker/ Lara Lewison: laar.world Taylor Brook: <a href="http://Taylorbrook.info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Taylorbrook.info</a> Brad Garton: <a href="http://sites.music.columbia.edu/brad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sites.music.columbia.edu/brad</a>

016. Star Maker with Taylor Brook, Lara Lewison, and Brad Garton

Composer Taylor Brook regularly works with Just Intonation, string players, and piano timbres. We discuss some of the notational and compositional challenges of working with Just Intonation, the JACK quartet, comma drift, secrets for hiding dissonance, and writing with microtones.   Music Intro: Virtutes Occultae (16: Cloud Pastoral) - Taylor Brook Drifts (II: Phrygia) - Taylor Brook Koan - James Tenney MOTTE - Thomas Nicholson Limited Approximations - Georg Friedrich HaasVirtutes Occultae (12: Cloud Fantasia) - Taylor Brook Virtutes Occultae (06: Parlando) - Taylor Brook Apperceptions (09: A) - Taylor Brook Virtutes Occultae (01: Prelude) - Taylor BrookVirtutes Occultae (01: Prelude) - Taylor BrookVirtutes Occultae (04: Cloud Perpetuo) - Taylor BrookVirtutes Occultae (04: Cloud Perpetuo) - Taylor Brook Drifts (III: Organum) - Taylor Brook Drifts (IV: Floria) - Taylor Brook Outro: Apperceptions (02: B) - Taylor Brook   Check out the new electric guitar album (and his other music):  https://taylorbrook.bandcamp.com/album/virtutes-occultae https://www.taylorbrook.info/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoEXkGkh54Q1lqyPGia_hw   Support us on Patreon! (We need 60 patrons by 12/2020!) https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen   Follow http://nowandxen.libsyn.com https://twitter.com/now_xen https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/   Subscribe RSS: http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen Twitter: https://twitter.com/now_xen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/ YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA

Composer Taylor Brook regularly works with Just Intonation, string players, and piano timbres. We discuss some of the notational and compositional challenges of working with Just Intonation, the JACK quartet, comma drift, secrets for hiding dissonance, and writing with microtones. Music Intro: Virtutes Occultae (16: Cloud Pastoral) - Taylor Brook Drifts (II: Phrygia) - Taylor Brook Koan - James Tenney MOTTE - Thomas Nicholson Limited Approximations - Georg Friedrich HaasVirtutes Occultae (12: Cloud Fantasia) - Taylor Brook Virtutes Occultae (06: Parlando) - Taylor Brook Apperceptions (09: A) - Taylor Brook Virtutes Occultae (01: Prelude) - Taylor BrookVirtutes Occultae (01: Prelude) - Taylor BrookVirtutes Occultae (04: Cloud Perpetuo) - Taylor BrookVirtutes Occultae (04: Cloud Perpetuo) - Taylor Brook Drifts (III: Organum) - Taylor Brook Drifts (IV: Floria) - Taylor Brook Outro: Apperceptions (02: B) - Taylor Brook Check out the new electric guitar album (and his other music): <a href="https://taylorbrook.bandcamp.com/album/virtutes-occultae" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://taylorbrook.bandcamp.com/album/virtutes-occultae</a> <a href="https://www.taylorbrook.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.taylorbrook.info/</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoEXkGkh54Q1lqyPGia_hw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoEXkGkh54Q1lqyPGia_hw</a> Support us on Patreon! (We need 60 patrons by 12/2020!) <a href="https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/nowandxen</a> Follow <a href="http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nowandxen.libsyn.com</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/now_xen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/now_xen</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/</a> Subscribe RSS: <a href="http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nowandxen.libsyn.com/rss</a> iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n</a>… Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/1mhnGsH</a>… Stitcher: <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nowxen</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/now_xen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/now_xen</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/nowxen/</a> YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmYNMpemAIq8DnK5HJ9gsA</a>

049 - Taylor Brook

Taylor is an American composer who is currently based in New York. His music has been performed in North America and Europe by ensembles and soloists such as the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Quatour Bozzini, JACK quartet, and soloists such as Joshua Modney and Mira Benjamin. Taylor participated in the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne FORUM 2010, composing a new work to accompany the Nathalie Bujold film Les trains où vont les choses; the piece was awarded the Prix Public and second prize from the jury. You can listen to more of his music at www.taylorbrookmusic.com.In our conversation we talk about his time studying in Canada, using theatrical elements in his music, and how a piece is developed when collaborating with different art forms.

Taylor is an American composer who is currently based in New York. His music has been performed in North America and Europe by ensembles and soloists such as the <a href="http://lenem.ca/maintenance.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nouvel Ensemble Moderne</a>, <a href="http://www.quatuorbozzini.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quatour Bozzini</a>, <a href="http://www.jackquartet.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JACK quartet</a>, and soloists such as <a href="http://joshuamodney.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joshua Modney</a> and <a href="http://www.quatuorbozzini.ca/en/select/bio/?id=benjamin_mi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mira Benjamin</a>. Taylor participated in the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne FORUM 2010, composing a new work to accompany the Nathalie Bujold film Les trains où vont les choses; the piece was awarded the Prix Public and second prize from the jury. You can listen to more of his music at <a href="http://www.taylorbrookmusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.taylorbrookmusic.com</a>.In our conversation we talk about his time studying in Canada, using theatrical elements in his music, and how a piece is developed when collaborating with different art forms.

podcast 58-Taylor Brook (Gaudeamus Muziekweek)