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Alistair MacDonald
| Alistair MacDonald is a composer and performer of electroacoustic
music. His work draws on a wide range of influences reflecting a keen interest in improvisation, transformation of sound, and space. Many of
his works are made in collaboration with other artists from a range of media, and explore a range of contexts beyond the concert hall, often
using interactive technology.
His music has won a number of awards including a
Creative Scotland Award, and is performed and broadcast in the UK and abroad. |
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Current projects include Strange Rainbow, a live
electroacoustic improvising duo with Scottish harp player Catriona McKay.
He has also worked with Catriona on music for a silent film, Historien om en gut, for the Norwegian Film Festival, and Floe,
a Celtic Connections commission, touring in March 2009. Most recently he was commissioned
by Cove Park
and the Scottish Ensemble to write a piece for string quintet and live electronics.
Recent work includes Sensuous Geographies
in collaboration with Sarah Rubidge (shown in the UK and USA); Silver Wings and Golden Scales, an installation in collaboration with
Jennifer Angus; and SeaUnsea with choreographer Carol Brown and architect Mette Ramsgard Thomsen. Other commissions include music for
The Paragon Ensemble, BBC Radio Scotland, Reeling and Writhing, the Australian ensemble Elision, choreographer Shobana
Jeyasingh and Theatre Cryptic.
Alistair is a member of invisiblEARts, a group of Scottish based composers, has worked extensively
with the electroacoustic ensemble BEAST producing and diffusing concerts, and was, for many years, on the board of
Sonic
Arts Network, the UK association for electroacoustic music.
He teaches composition and is Director of the Electroacoustic Studios at the
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow. He's also a keen tango dancer.
See a list of works and find out more about the interactive project,
Sensuous Geographies.
Follow these links for CDs: Sargasso,
Sonic Arts Network,
CDemusic,
MPS Music
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