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We commissioned composers Jasmin Kent Rodgman and Chris Williams to be the first to respond to the re:create library by creating new pieces using only the vocal sounds in the library. Listen to their astonishing new pieces below.
puraibētogāden - Jasmin Kent Rodgman
simulacra - Chris Williams
jasmin
London-born British-Malaysian artist + composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman brings together the contemporary classical, electronics and sound art worlds to create powerful soundscapes and musical identities.
A regular collaborator across various art forms including dance, word, film and VR, her music explores otherness, memory and plays with a sense of narrative.
As Producer, Jasmin adds another level to her portfolio, creating bold new platforms for her music including visual artwork, site-specific installations and multidisciplinary theatrical productions.
Activism also has an important place within her music and wider creative work; she is equally passionate about gender and racial equality and empowering others within the industry and beyond.
chris
In 2020, Chris’ work for string orchestra Time before and time after was awarded first prize at the Musica Per Archi competition, run by the Lviv Philharmonic Society, Ukraine, he has been commissioned by the Song Company, and also the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for a cor angles concerto.
In 2019, Chris’ music for the revival of Louis Nowra’s Cosi was heard in Melbourne and at the Sydney Opera House, a co-production between the Sydney and Melbourne Theatre Companies. His music featured in the Song Company’s 35th anniversary tour, where it “floated… ending iridescently” (Sydney Morning Herald). In 2020, Chris has been commissioned by the Song Company, with funding from the Silo Collective, to write a new major song cycle, and is composing a concerto commissioned by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
Chris is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the University Oxford. He will be taking up a composition PhD fellowship at Duke University in 2021 and has previously been commissioned by Carnegie Hall.
