From A Distance

01 - Turning Point

Shapes Shifting

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Portland-based composer Joel Pickard creates original music for dance, theatre, film, and commercial use. Clients include HBO, Showtime, IFC, The New York Times, Smithsonian Network, and others. Pickard has an MA in Composition from Mills College in Oakland, CA, where he studied with Fred Frith, Alvin Curran, and Pauline Oliveros. He has a BA in Music from Bethel College in St. Paul, MN, where he studied classical guitar. One of his most recent interests has been developing a non-traditional language on the pedal steel guitar, an instrument long relegated to providing the weeping backdrop to generations of country music ballads. In addition to freelance work, Joel is active as a performer in both solo and group settings.

Joel Pickard

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