AV整氈窒

 

Amy Brandon

Instructor - Applied Study / Composition

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Email: am494495@dal.ca
Phone: 902.494.3772
Mailing Address: 
Room 514, AV整氈窒 Arts Centre 6101 University Avenue PO Box 15000 Halifax, NS B3H4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Composition
  • Augmented reality and notation
  • Motor learning and guitar performance

Education:

  • BMus - Jazz Guitar Performance - Carleton University
  • MA - Composition - University of Ottawa
  • PhD (completing) - Interdisciplinary - AV整氈窒

Creative Activities

Composer and guitarist Amy Brandon's pieces have been described as ...gut wrenching and horrific (Critipeg), and "otherworldly, a clashing of bleakness with beauty" (Minor Seventh). Her performances, installations and acoustic works have been presented at the Gaudeamus Festival (Screen Dive), National Sawdust (NYC), Trinity College (Dublin), the mise-en Festival, and the Winnipeg New Music Festival. She has received Canadian and international composition awards including the Leo Brouwer Guitar Composition Competition (Grand Prize 2019) and a JACK Quartet Studio Artist commission. In addition to performance and composition, she is completing an interdisciplinary PhD examining augmented reality, motor learning and guitar performance at AV整氈窒 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.