Amy Brandon with Various Artists
Biography Amy Brandon with Various Artists
Amy Brandon
JUNO-nominated composer Amy Brandon’s pieces have been described as “...gut wrenching and horrific” (Critipeg), and “otherworldly, a clashing of bleakness with beauty” (Minor Seventh). She teaches composition at Dalhousie University at the Fountain School of Performing Arts in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Canadian composer Amy Brandon has a penchant for examination of phenomena in her music, finding rarefied beauty in refined and unbridled noise, experimentation with alternate tuning, and innovative instrumental approaches. Lysis features performances by Alkali Collective, Chartreuse Trio, Quatuor Bozzini, Symphony Nova Scotia with cellist Jeffrey Ziegler, guitarist Julian Bertino, flutists Sara Constant and Jeffrey Stonehouse, cellists India Gailey and Leah Plave, clarinetist Gwenaelle Ratouit, pianist Daniel Áñez, and Brandon herself on electronics.
