Dominic Murcott -  20.02.2023 to 13.03.2023.

Dominic Murcott is a composer, percussionist, curator and educator based in London. Beginning as a self-taught musician he played drums and percussion with many influential bands, notably as the vibraphonist with art-pop outfit The High Llamas. Recording has been with Stereolab, Pavement, Cathal Coughlan and St Etienne to name a few. Changing direction he studied music formally and received a PhD in Composition from Goldsmiths College before being made Head of Composition at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Now in his 20th year in the post, the department is oversubscribed and renown for its innovative approach to composition training, and he is in demand as a PhD supervisor and examiner. An expert on the music of Conlon Nancarrow, he lectures, curates festivals and undertakes public speaking on the subject around the world. Recent compositions include The Harmonic Canon, a piece for percussionists duo featuring a computer designed custom-made 1⁄2 ton double bell. Premiered at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival it available in glorious vinyl on nonclassical and won a 2018 BASCA British Composer Award. The piece made it US debut at the Other Minds festival in San Francisco in 2022 and is now on an open ended tour of America.

An avid forager and cook, he presented a special event on taste in food and music at the British Library with legendary chef Heston Blumenthal in 2019.

The project:

Dominic came to Bergen to compose and develop material for a new album. While here he also presented his work at the Griegacademy and got a feel for the cultural scene in Bergen.