Kjetil Møster - Clarinet & Sax
Thomas T. Dahl - Guitar
Craig Farr - Drums

live at Avgarde
Dec. 2010
Temptry

Earplugs Not Included

From the OST of the Red Bull feature 
"Free My Way"
Craig Farr & Manuel Hofstätter - Percussion

Marimbas - Free My Way

Performance at the BrassWind festival 2023
Composer - Craig Farr
Conductor - Trond Madsen
Nate Wooley - trumpet
Ensemble Obsidian:
Mari Bølgen Halvorsen - violin
Mara Haugen - violin
Ingrid Eriksen - viola
Matias Monsen - cello
René Wiik - alto saxophone
Marita Holme - bass clarinet
Craig Farr - percussion

"Head-Related Transfer Functions" Nate Wooley & Ensemble Obsidian, BrassWind 2023

A series of solo EA works in which the solo instrumentalist is accompanied by the processed audio of his/her own instrument.

"Forgiven but not fagotten" - Bassoon - Anthony Ringdal
"Resonation" - Drums - Craig Farr
"Magical Island" - French Horn - Christian Holter
"Rings" - Cymbals - Peter Kates
"Traction" - Piano (performed by Marte Gunnufsen but not recorded)

Rings

Forgiven But Not Fagotten

Live performance of my piece for the Vonnegut Collective (UK)

Work description:
“DeadEnd/SafeHaven?” - an open-form piece for any number of performers

The desperate plight of refugees trying to find a safe place for themselves and their family is the dark impetus for this piece. 
-The risks of such a journey are reflected by use of dice to determine the course of the performers journey through the score. A roll of dice determines how many times a sequence is performed, which section is to be played next etc. 
As refugees gather in places like the “jungle” of Calais as they wait for an opportunity to continue on their quest for the freedom found in a safe haven, the performers of this piece find themselves waiting for their signal to move on, either from the dice, from the “tape” or from their fellow travellers.
-The emotional content of the piece reflects the desperation, urgency, loneliness, chaos and grief I can only imagine from the comfort of my studio.

As a link to what may be the last time Europe experienced such a humanitarian crises as we are witnessing today, i´ve utilised french composer Olivier Messiaens “rainbow” chords from the seventh movement of "Quatuor pour la fin du temps” (“Quartet for the end of time”),  “Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps” (“Tangle of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the end of time”. This piece was written by the composer during his imprisonment in a prison of war camp during the second world war and was premiered at the camp, outdoors in the rain, on 15 January 1941. The musicians had decrepit instruments and an audience of about 400 fellow prisoners and guards. Messiaen later recalled: "Never was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension.” These chords are heard in the middle of the piece while the performers find them selves grouped together, waiting for an opportunity to move on.

DeadEnd/SafeHaven?

Composer and percussionist. Sounds, beats, moods, vibes..

Craig Farr

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