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Composer of contemporary classical music, he/him, 30, Canada

b. - Winnipeg, Manitoba
BM - University of Toronto
MM- University of Western Ontario
PhD - University of North Texas 

The colors representing each piece here are derived systematically from their titles.

20 something year old metal head with a passion for music. Original compositions of a variety of different genres. Give 'em a listen, if you'd like!

Hello, I'm Samantha Hogan, a composer and trombonist based out of MN.If you like what you hear or have any feedback, please comment or visit my website at  http://samanthahogan.com/. Thank you!

Musician - clarinetist, composer, teacher. Author of Tonal Diversions blog. Sheet music available at SheetMusicPlus: http://bit.ly/LAS-SMP

Composer, curator, music educator.  

Collaborating with writers, performers, researchers and university colleges to create soulful, vibrant, innovative and thoughtful artwork that has shared and powerful meaning.

You can also learn violin, viola, piano, music theory and analysis with me.  

I was proud to give the premiere of my first-performed song cycle for mezzo soprano and piano, with singer/violinist Isobel Stearn, in a beautiful concert at my alma mater Homerton College, Cambridge, June 2024, setting five poems by recent poet-in-residence Mariah Whelan. 

Since then I have given the first of a series of innovative recitals for improvised piano and spoken voice, using poetry by my late friend, poet Beryl Johnson. The recital was received with joy and seems to have moved the audience in the best way, so there will be a followup.

Many of my pieces can be heard on my Soundcloud page (via the link), including other innovative genres for improvised piano and spoken voices which I made in collaboration with several writers. On Vimeo, you can also watch 'A Homerton Parade,' a video suite composed for the college, produced beautifully by its students and staff in 2021. It is made up of tableux, songs and instrumental pieces enacting the scenes from hilarious and moving documents from the college's history. 

Earlier history includes:
-Music Tripos, Homerton College Cambridge, 2005-8; works for large chamber ensemble twice workshopped by the Britten Sinfonia with James MacMillan. 
-String quintet shortlisted for London Lord Mayor's Composition Prize, 2013. 
-Commissioned by an Anglia Ruskin University educational psychology research project to compose and record songs for primary-school phonics lessons, 2012-14.
-'Swanland' pieces used as theme for a recital video in the NexTus festival by my wife, pianist Natalia Williams-Wandoch, who has premiered a range of my piano music. The video uses striking artistic photography of swans at Welney in the Fens, by Paula Cooper.
-Established coffee-concert series at local church, 2016-, as platform for local musicians, visiting professionals, groups and soloists, and for innovative genre-mixing collaborations. 
-Concert 'Out of Control' (2018) - a concert where 20 art photographers explored themes of liminal and out-of-control experiences and mental health, through projected photography, dance, and live performance of four chamber pieces which I composed.

Performances in association with:  The Britten Sinfonia; Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Contemporary Music; Natalia Williams-Wandoch, pianist; MusicFest Aberystwyth; Youth orchestras and student ensembles, Homerton College, Cambridge, ParagraphPlanet.com, NexTus Festival.

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