Towards Silver Linings

Compositor graduado (OCA). Géneros: canción de autor, costumbrismo, canción protesta, clásica contemporánea, neotradicionalismo, minimalismo. pop.
OCA graduate BA (Hon) Music (open). Genres: author song, folk, protest song, modern classical, minimalism, pop.

I enjoy  the  diversity of musics and cultures. I purpose in repost -  journey through time and space through a musicians composer.
See also my other pages
GO WITH THE WIND - Recorder/Blockflote/Flute/Flöte (https://soundcloud.com/go-with-the-wind)
 with the HARP and ZITHER
HARP, KANNEL, KANTELE, GUSLI,.... fretted and fretless Zither(https://soundcloud.com/zither-et-cetra)

A colorful life makes for colorful music.

Rachel LaFond is a composer and pianist living in Austin, Texas, with roots in Seattle and New Zealand. You can find Rachel hanging from the heights on a trapeze bar, deep in creative thought in her home recording studio, and even swing dancing on a historic Austin dancefloor. Or you may have to look a bit further afield for her, traveling the world in search of the best scuba diving spots, trekking into the wilderness for a taste of untouched beauty, and turning up new friends everywhere. But she will always return home to her piano to work her magic, transforming it all into music.

Rachel combines a technically proficient approach to composition with an intuitive ability to draw in the listener and convey profound emotion. Her creative range reflects her enthusiasm for new experience: achingly introspective, whimsical and spooky, gut-wrenchingly powerful, her solo piano catalog covers it all and more. She’s even branched out from solo piano into epic symphonic electronica piano (Lost in the Azure), and angelic a cappella vocals. With a strong musical foundation and a zest for adventure, Rachel is forging a unique path as a composer, recording artist, and all-around creative human.

One of Rachel’s most ambitious ideas came to fruition in 2019-2020 with The 52. She released new music every week for a year, designing distinctive artwork for each track. Her career as a recording artist began in 2017 with the release of Wandering Soul - musical snapshots from a year spent backpacking around the world. She composed Encounters of the Beautiful Kind about the challenges and delights of living as an expat in New Zealand, and her Halloween album, Well Past Midnight, came about as a playful response to literally everyone telling her to write “holiday music”. 

Rachel has experienced many sides of the piano: she's the daughter of a piano teacher, a former piano teacher herself, studied piano performance as a teenager in Vienna, and earned a music degree at the University of Washington. She grew up adoring David Lanz songbooks and discovered Ludovico Einaudi's music in her twenties, which inspired a deep love for passionate, contemporary piano music.

In addition to writing and releasing music, Rachel relishes touring and live performance. Audiences rave about her captivating stage presence and deeply intimate emotional style at the piano. Past performances have ranged from playing on the main stage of a cruise ship (Audiosyncracy at Sea 2019) to inviting the public into her home for a more intimate concert - the best “seat” in the house is lying underneath her Yamaha C7!

Rachel’s always working on new projects, and she loves collaborating with other musicians and artists. Keep an eye out for what’s coming next, because this musical firecracker is far from done!

Anthony Sylvestre - French composer:
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Luc studied music composition at the University of Ottawa with Steven Gellman and John Armstrong.  He graduated with a Master's degree in music composition in 2004.  Luc's work is highly influenced by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Poulenc, Ravel and Debussy.

Luc's music has been performed across Canada and the US by such artists as Jean Desmarais, Julian Armour, Denise Djokic, Renée-Paule Gauthier, Zacharie Fogal,   Thomas Jones, The NOVO ensemble and the Timmins Symphony Orchestra. 

Luc works closely with the Timmins Symphony Orchestra, not only as a contrabassist, but also as a composer.  The TSO has performed a number of his orchestral and chamber works over the last five years.  In April 2014, Luc’s new concerto for recorder and double bass was premiered in Timmins.  This same concerto was also performed by the Georgian Bay Symphony.  

In 2016, Luc was commissioned by the North Bay Symphony Orchestra to write a new work for the 40th anniversary of the NBSO.  Towards Silver Linings was premiered in February 2017.  

As part of the SESQUIE new works project directed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Luc’s Hero’s Fanfare was premiered by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on June 2nd 2017.

I am a teacher at Béatrice-Desloges high school in Ottawa, Canada. All the tracks on my page are the works of my students. 

Je suis enseignant à l'école secondaire Béatrice-Desloges à Ottawa, Canada. Chaque trame sur cette page est le travail de mes élèves.

Towards Silver Linings

Composer Luc Martin