Author: nathanielotley

Celeste Oram joins Sonic Speculations to discuss her work, multimedia projects, collaboration, radios and more…

To find out more about Celeste Oram please see http://celesteoram.com/

For more information about Oram’s Vera Wyse Munro project https://verawysemunro.nz/

Works:

TAUTITOTITO: http://celesteoram.com/TAUTITOTITO

Televisionmann: Gulliver’s Travels: https://youtu.be/xaeKRdGJuKw

a loose affiliation of alleluias: http://celesteoram.com/Work/a-loose-affiliation-of-alleluias-2019-a-violin-concerto

The Young People’s Guide to the Orchestra: https://youtu.be/_hXg6jTShOI

Dr Leonie Holmes joins the Sonic Speculations podcast to talk a wide variety of music related things including compositional process, personality in music and her newly written piano concerto for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Stephen De Pledge.

For more information on the Sonic Speculations podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/

Links:

SOUNZ Profile: https://sounz.org.nz/contributors/1052

Piano Concerto Premiere:

https://cso.co.nz/events/triumph-over-tragedy

Works:

Dance of the Wintersmith: https://youtu.be/bT8Vxq7fxss

Watershed Time: https://youtu.be/b__liZh__kY

Frond: https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/musicalive/audio/201856636/leonie-holmes-frond-from-three-landscapes-for-orchestra

Aquae Sulis: https://youtu.be/3hA0lDYumIU

Other talks/interviews:

Interview with Donald Maurice: https://youtu.be/BqeZcRi2MLU

Talk at 2014 Composers Association of New Zealand Conference https://youtu.be/Ja-4G5ViETw

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John Psathas shot to worldwide attention when his music was heard at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics. Since then the composer has built a wide ranging network of international collaborators, with his music being performed on all seven continents including Antarctica. In this interview, John discusses how he came to composition, his compositional process, percussion, multimedia musical projects and more.

For more information on the Sonic Speculations podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/

For more information about John Psathas please see: https://www.johnpsathas.com/

Links to work discussed:

Waiting for the Aeroplane: https://open.spotify.com/track/5gMDsPzKkU7ducGwREZCrn?si=92b63ed59a23487a

Between Zero and One: https://www.johnpsathas.com/catalogue-1/2018/1/29/between-zero-and-one-2013

Leviathan: https://www.johnpsathas.com/catalogue-1/2020/3/28/leviathan-percussion-concerto-2020?rq=leviathan

Matres Dance: https://open.spotify.com/track/46fTLwbkS9eKBwTvB0Mr3K?si=0dd0264351464883

View From Olympus: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLe6QIpB-jM_Y74doudU4GKIabk7x2B45

Music for the Olympics:

https://www.johnpsathas.com/catalogue-1/2018/4/10/athens-2004-ceremonies-2004?rq=olympics

Abhisheka: https://youtu.be/WAnDpfHcKLQ

No Man’s Land: https://youtu.be/bVQPjdd5JCs

In the very first episode of Sonic Speculations Nathaniel talks to composer Eve de Castro Robinson at her home in Tāmaki Makaurau during Aotearoa’s August 2021 lockdown. In a wide ranging discussion they discuss her career, notation, politics, Len Lye and much more.

Links to work discussed:

Tumbling Strains: https://youtu.be/rexXNuV3IrY

Tipping Point: https://youtu.be/xEIi4qWbXh8

Len Dances: https://open.spotify.com/track/3mdlrOK3ZEPlJTogok3FbF

Len Songs: https://sounz.org.nz/resources/17322?locale=en

Other content of interest:

SOUNZ Moments in Time Podcast: https://news.sounz.org.nz/moments-in-time-003/

2018 Lilburn Lecture: https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/appointment/audio/2018670821/the-lilburn-lecture-2018-eve-de-castro-robinson-on-new-zealand-s-female-composers

Sonic Speculations is a new podcast in which Nathaniel Otley interviews composers, sound artists and other music and sound creatives from Aotearoa. The podcast aims to both provide insight into the creative lives and processes of these musicians as well as highlight the many different ways in which people both approach their craft and indeed forge careers in the arts.

This preview episode goes into the background surrounding the impetus and motivations of this podcast as well as giving a bit of background on the host.