on composition

Episode 8 - Luke Nickel

Oliver talks with composer Luke Nickel about orally transmitted scores and rollercoasters.

Episode 7 - Maya Verlaak

Oliver talks with composer Maya Verlaak about the context of composing game pieces, and pouring beer on machines. 

Episode 6 - Lawrence Dunn

Oliver talks with composer Lawrence Dunn about harmony, writer’s block and the COVID-19 quarantine.

Episode 5 - Kelley Sheehan

Oliver talks with composer Kelley Sheehan about noise music, DIY instruments and contingencies.

Episode 4 - Seán Clancy

Oliver talks with composer Seán Clancy about conceptual approaches, finding materials, and collaboration in composition.

Episode 3 - Elena Rykova

Oliver talks with composer Elena Rykova about building relationships with instruments, maps and scores, and the iterative process of composing.

Episode 2 - Scott McLaughlin

Oliver talks with composer Scott McLaughlin about the questions he asks when composing, a new research project on clarinet multiphonics, and how he approaches ‘a piece’.

Episode 1 - Sara Glojnarić 

Oliver Thurley talks with Sara Glojnarić about her approach to making music, and the sociopolitical consequences of pop culture, synchronisation, nostalgia and swimming pools.