A faint breeze transforms into a gale; the sound of a million rustling blades of dry grass accompany it.  You open your eyes, and a landscape of golden hills—boundless as the sea—stretches before you.  The hills begin—slowly at ﬁrst—to churn in the wind, as if they really were waves upon a sea.  They roll, cascade, tumble, and swell, until they reach colossal heights, merging with the blue, marbled sky.

  Vision of a Flaxen Sea is a work for symphony orchestra that is inspired by numerous dreams, experiences, and works of art that concern the subject of hilled landscapes—particularly those that are swept by wind, and covered with dry grass or straw.  In my mind, these landscapes, dreams, and works of art have a very literal musical quality to them.  The aim of this work is to communicate that quality.

Performed by the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Young; December 13th, 2019.

Vision of a Flaxen Sea

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Working on a video game and need music? Email me at natesassoonvgm@gmail.com for inquiries on video game scoring!

multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, cello, drums, etc.), and early music specialist (fortepiano, harpsichord)

No AI usage in making my music in any step of the process, and never will use anything of the sort. 

My personal pop music is almost always Creative Commons License, but music I have made for video games/media is not. If however you are a streamer playing a game I have scored, you are encouraged to play with the music on! 

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previously known as Mask Zero and Homicidal Snowmobile

Composer David Garner (b. 1954) is well known and often performed in the San Francisco Bay Area.  His body of work reflects his historical knowledge, theatrical flair, and humor. The press describes his music as "alluring," "brilliant," "imaginative," and "a heady and touching revelation."

An ongoing aspiration of BMI Award-winning composer and cellist, Nicholas Denton Protsack, is to seek new connections between music and the natural world. Called a "(composer) to keep a close eye on" by the Canadian Music Centre, Nicholas' ecologically informed music includes composed works, studio albums, and experimental improvisations, and has been featured in a wide variety of concert settings across North America, Europe, and New Zealand. Recent accomplishments include two first prizes in the 2021 SOCAN Foundation Young Composers Awards and commissioned works for the Toronto Summer Music Festival and the American Prize-winning Ensemble for These Times (E4TT).

	As a cellist, Nicholas is an active freelance performer and advocate of new music—frequently involved in collaborative projects that range from traditional to highly experimental concert idioms. Although primarily a chamber musician, he has also appeared as a soloist with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra.

	Nicholas is currently undertaking a PhD in music at Victoria University of Wellington (NZ), studying with composers Michael Norris and Dugal McKinnon. His other major teachers have included David Garner (composition), Jean-Michel Fonteneau (cello), Jennifer Culp (cello), and Morna Howie (cello).

Composer of all things 'cinematic' – from lush and colourful orchestral textures to sweeping synth soundscapes, and everything in between. Striving to paint pictures through sound, with the ultimate goal of helping people to share their stories.