2023 //
Radiance, a piece that explores sonic borders, desert memories, the relationship between the field recordist and her environment. Audrey Ann Cullen and Cameo Flores premiered Radiance at the 51st National Flute Association Convention, “Beyond Borders,” in Phoenix, AZ on August 3.
Spoken by Sunlight, for solo flute, was premiered at the Texas Flute Society’s 37th Myrna W. Brown Competition on May 27. Performers included Leslie Richmond, I-Ling Emily Ho, Jessica Morrow, and Nina Robinson.
The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Debut Orchestra premiered Moonflower on May 6. Read more about it in this interview with two young CYSO members here: https://cyso.org/news/sonic-gardening-get-to-know-composer-laura-brackney/
2022 //
Cloudlands was premiered on September 16 at the 94th Birthday of the Rochester Carillon. Read more about the Mayo Clinic’s “Music for Mayo” Carillon Music Series here.
Field recordings Lost Lake and Third Coast Toads were played at Phonography Austin’s World Listening Day 2022: Listening Across Boundaries event on July 18.
Excited to be a part of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Listen to the Future Composer-In-Residence Program.
A recent interview through school: https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/news/music-composition-graduate-finds-her-own-unique-voice-sonic-ecosystem-compositions
I’m excited to share that Knots, for solo double bass, will be featured at MATA Festival 2022. Find more info about the event here: https://www.matafestival.org/2022-mata-festival
April 2022: I passed my dissertation defense!
The Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble under the direction of Simone Mancuso presented my dissertation piece, The Rhizosphere, on April 21, 2022.
My piece about the San Marcos River was premiered on April 6, 2022 by the ASU Wind Ensemble, directed by Kristen Zelenak. Here’s a link to the performance – but if you’ve only got a little bit of time to listen I’d like for you to hear the ending (and imagine a river bend and the river’s endangered wild rice grass).
Laura Brackney 