Scott Unrein (composer)
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Scott Unrein is an American
composer
and is producer/host (since March 2006) of the blog and podcast NonPop. His pieces, often for small groups and unusual instrument combinations are slow and quiet, using modular cells of process-driven music. He uses a modified western graphic notation to create ambiguous and complex counterpoint between instruments and instrument groups. Often included under the category of postminimalist and ambient
West Coast
-based composers, composer and music critic Kyle Gann
compared his music favorably to composer Harold Budd
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United States
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and is producer/host (since March 2006) of the blog and podcast NonPop. His pieces, often for small groups and unusual instrument combinations are slow and quiet, using modular cells of process-driven music. He uses a modified western graphic notation to create ambiguous and complex counterpoint between instruments and instrument groups. Often included under the category of postminimalist and ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
West Coast
West Coast of the United States
West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in...
-based composers, composer and music critic Kyle Gann
Kyle Gann
Kyle Eugene Gann is an American professor of music, critic and composer born in Dallas, Texas. As a critic for The Village Voice and other publications he has been a supporter of progressive music including such Downtown movements as postminimalism and totalism.- As composer :As a composer his...
compared his music favorably to composer Harold Budd
Harold Budd
Harold Budd is an American ambient/avant-garde composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles, he was raised in the Mojave Desert, and was inspired at an early age by the humming tone caused by wind blown across telephone wires....
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External links
- Scott Unrein's website
- NonPop blog
- Composer/Alum David McIntire Releases New CD on His Record Label, "Irritable Hedgehog"
- 28th Annual New Music & Art Festival, featured composer
- Associate Artist in Residence @ The Atlantic Center for the Arts
- Stocking Stuffers from Planet Eugene
- 21st Century Music -- September 2000, Volume 7, Number 9 "Leading the Oregon Cheer for New Music. 26."