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Amy Brandon

Instructor - Applied Study / Composition

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Email: am494495@dal.ca
Phone: 902.494.3772
Mailing Address: 
Room 514, HÂþ»­ Arts Centre 6101 University Avenue PO Box 15000 Halifax, NS B3H4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Composition
  • Augmented reality and notation
  • Motor learning and guitar performance

Education:

  • BMus - Jazz Guitar Performance - Carleton University
  • MA - Composition - University of Ottawa
  • PhD (completing) - Interdisciplinary - HÂþ»­ University

Creative Activities

Composer and guitarist Amy Brandon's pieces have been described as “...gut wrenching and horrific†(Critipeg), and "otherworldly, a clashing of bleakness with beauty" (Minor Seventh). Her performances, installations and acoustic works have been presented at the Gaudeamus Festival (Screen Dive), National Sawdust (NYC), Trinity College (Dublin), the mise-en Festival, and the Winnipeg New Music Festival. She has received Canadian and international composition awards including the Leo Brouwer Guitar Composition Competition (Grand Prize 2019) and a JACK Quartet Studio Artist commission. In addition to performance and composition, she is completing an interdisciplinary PhD examining augmented reality, motor learning and guitar performance at HÂþ»­ University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.