"Christopher" song for signing pianist
text: Allison Carter

premiered at MATA/interval 2010 by Gabriel Kahane

Christopher (2010)

Music for two dancers and light visuals. Video link will be posted soon.

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Bassoon: Chris Foss
Viola: Patrick Behnke
Koto plucked and bowed: Kozue Matsumoto

Recorded on July 30, 2017 in Los Angeles

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Composer, violist, and educator Brett Banducci was the 2016 recipient of the Andrew Imbrie Music Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.He is a frequent performer with the Pasadena Symphony, Los Angeles Master Chorale Orchestra, Santa Barbara Symphony, and Hollywood Chamber Orchestra; and has played on countless records, films, and television scores— including albums by Madonna, Barbra Streisand, and Logic.
His compositions have been performed and premiered at Brooklyn MATA Festival’s Interval New Music Series, the Aspen Music Festival, Chamber Music Sedona, and the Los Angeles-based Hear Now Festival, among others. Brett received his DMA from the University of Southern California in 2016. His primary composition teachers have included Stephen Hartke, Frank Ticheli, Morten Lauridsen, and Byron Adams; and has studied viola with Pamela Goldsmith and Keith Greene. In 2009 he edited— for Universal Edition, Vienna—  the complete chamber works for viola of Ernst Krenek. Brett currently hosts a dynamic new podcast called Classical Chops Studio (set to be released summer 2018). Subscribe wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

Christopher (2010)

Brett Banducci

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