Recording of first performance: Land’s End Ensemble; February 2, 2016; Rozsa Centre, Calgary.
I wrote this trio while studying the music andmusical thoughtof the French composer Pierre Boulez.
David Eagle composes chamber, orchestral and electroacoustic music, and explores computer applications in composition and sonic arts. Active as a composer and interpreter of interactive works, he has developed various approaches focusing...
When I was asked to write a piece for Land’s End, I conducted a bit of research to find out what gift commemorates a 20th Anniversary. Two answers came up: china, and...
Marijuana has a long history in Canada, with the first records dating back to 1535 when Jacques Cartier documented observing wild hemp plants. The first known agricultural farming of hemp was in...
This piece began as an exploration of the overtones that exist within a single, strummed electric guitar string, and how those overtones change as the sound is run through different amplifiers with...
Kickin’ It 2.0 is a virtuosic work, written for drum kit and piano trio, based from the original drum kit + piano duo version (Kickin’ It, written for Vicky Chow and Ben Reimer)....
shulammite (c) is part of a series of chamber works which draws from a single melodic material that the composer has been developing since his earliest compositions.
With this work, I focused on pen and ink drawings completed in 1840 of Foreland Point and the Kent Coast in England.
