This piece is, first, a study in opposites. Glamour is effervescent, shimmering, and at times, tacky. In the same breath, Gore uses similar textures to colour a darker landscape; one that is ostentatious, violent, and vulgar. 

These two movements, for me, embody a kind of dichotomy in queer culture. A drag queen’s sequin gown, confetti in the air, contrasted with the grotty club she dances in. The idea of glamour has roots in the medieval ideas of shapeshifting and is something that has become a center point of queer culture since the late 60s. In the Harlem Ballroom Scene, ‘glamour,’ ‘serving realness,’ and ‘opulence’ worked as escape from the harsh reality of being gay in a world that doesn’t accept a so-called ‘lifestyle’. This idea of a facade covering the more gorey side is to be embraced, as you cannot have one without the other. 

As radical queerness has become overshadowed by its more palatable, softer, and less garish cousin, I want to ask: ‘Why do people feel the need to censor their queerness?’ 

This piece is one for the kid who was always told they were ‘too much’.

Glamour and Gore are dedicated to my teacher and mentor, Emily Howard.

This piece was performed by the RNCM Brand New Orchestra, conducted by the amazing Joseph Sieber. This piece couldn't have come together without his help!

A special thank you to Christopher Cook who mastered the audio!

Glamour and Gore

This piece was commissioned by the Ayla Quartet and performed in March of 2021.

Sertraline Daydream

We dream - it is good we are dreaming -
It would hurt us - were we awake -
But since it is playing - kill us,
And we are playing - shriek 

Emily Dickinson 1863

This piece for Harp and Electronics, Dream in Full Colour, was performed by Ellie Wood at the RNCM on the 17th of January 2022.

Dream in Full Colour

Gore

Glamour

'Is That Her?' from Devon Bonelli's chamber opera Queen Midas

Performed by Georgie Malcolm
Words by Spencer Mason

Is That Her? (Live from The White Hotel)

Remix (if you could even call it that???) of Destiny's Child Illusion

Illusion Of Destiny's Children In A Jersey Club

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Mean Girls (Devon's City Bop Bootleg)

Commissioned for RNCM's Corridor of Light in 2021 for their Meyer Audio System.

Musical Depictions of Pictorial Descriptions (2021)

Elmers End

Milkshake (Devon's Blackout Drunk in a Jersey Club Bootleg)

Lightning Bug Lullaby Above a Calm Lake

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