TCC 38. Becoming Tangible - Dr. Amelia Brey
This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration podcast features the composer Dr. Amelia Brey and her piece Becoming Tangible. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Dr. Brey about her background, process of composition, music philosophy and much more!
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Becoming Tangible was performed by the National Sawdust Ensemble under the direction of conductor Kelly Lam, with text by Julien Harman-Evans.
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Aaron D'Zurilla
Theorist/TCC Founder
He/Him
Aaron D'Zurilla is the primary host and founder of the Theorist Composer Collaboration. Aaron holds a Bachelor's of Music in Music Theory from the University of Florida, and is a current Graduate Music Theory student at Florida State University.
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Dr. Amelia Brey
Composer/Music Theorist
She/Her
The music of Amelia Brey has been described as possessing “haunting beauty” and “a deep, disquieting power” (National Sawdust Log). Her works have received premieres by Ensemble Dal Niente, National Sawdust Ensemble, Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, and members of Ensemble Intercontemporain and the New York Philharmonic, and have been recognized with honors from BMI and the Nashville Symphony Composer Lab. Her choral music is published by Hal Leonard.
Dr. Brey’s previous teaching engagements have included Luna Composition Lab (2020) and zFestival (2020-2021). She currently serves as a Data Curator for the Digital and Cognitive Musicology Lab at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland in addition to maintaining a private composition studio. Hailing from Tallahassee, Florida, Dr. Brey is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and The Juilliard School.
Email: ameliabrey@proton.me
