The music of American composer James Bunch is infused with a rich palette of colors and gestures that are at the same time physical and introspective. His works often explore the space between genres, ideologies, and artistic geographies – not by a stripping down of essential differences – but by placing in relief the paradoxical social, spiritual, and aesthetic commitments that shape our impressions of the world. Refusing a polemics of style, his music presents a place for the listener to construct meanings for themselves, extending the field of artistic creation through the performers into the audience members (violating as it were, even if only metaphorically, the fourth wall).
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May 14th, 2012
I’ll be heading down to the Atlantic Center for a residency workshop thingy with Paul Dresher in mid May. Exciting stuff!
Dec 25th, 2011
Good Tidings of Great Joy:
“Drag” for violin and prepared piano chosen for Locrian Chamber Players 2011 call for scores. To be performed in NYC sometime during the 2012-3 season.
“Mackerel Sky” for saxophone quartet chosen for performance at the 2012 Midwest Graduate Music Conference at Northwestern University. Performance to take place on March 2nd, 2012.
“With More Eyes than the Stars” awarded honorable mention in the MACRO percussion composition competition at Truman State University.