Sarah Westwood
Sarah Westwood
I use memory and intuition as a source for my music, and am drawn toward mixed media/interdisciplinary projects, for dance, video, theatre, installation or concert works. I make both acoustic and electronic music, sometimes incorporating found objects and sounds. In my current research practice, I use the memory of composing for dance as a compositional process. This feedback results in a memory of a memory for new compositions ...
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Sarah Westwood
composer//sound artist//musician
I use memory and intuition as a source for my music, and am drawn toward mixed media/interdisciplinary projects, for dance, video, theatre, installation or concert works. I make both acoustic and electronic music, sometimes incorporating found objects and sounds. In my current research practice, I use the memory of composing for dance as a compositional process. This feedback results in a memory of a memory for new compositions ...
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Sarah Westwood
composer//sound artist//musician
selected works​​
kindred piano solo
Commissioned by and dedicated to pianist Jelena Makarova
Residency at The Red House, Aldeburgh
Digital Premiere at 1901 Arts Club London
Featured Young Artist on Bitesize Proms
Perf. by Jelena Makarova
Featured in Illuminate tour across UK
Perf. by Kumi Matsuo
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 New Music Show
Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel
soprano and string quartet
Commissioned by Illuminate Women's Music UK
Residency at Snape Maltings
Winner of Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Competition San Francisco
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 New Music Show
With support from Art Council England and RVW Trust
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furl (part one)
viola amplified
written for Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska, Synthetis, Poland
selected for ISCM World Music Days, perf. by Mark Menzies, New Zealand
Featured on album “Furl (new music for viola)” performed by Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska, and released by PGM-Audio Canada
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circle of perpetual choirs
electronics for dance
commissioned by Eleven Farrer House
screening, followed by Q&A at Live stream from The Assembly House, Norwich
Open Choreography at Siobhan Davies Dance Studio London
Percolate Residency at Dance Limerick (Ireland)
Developed with the kind support of Arnolfini (Bristol), Ballet National de Marseille (France), Siobhan Davies Dance (London) and Dream Time residency (a creative initiative between Dance Base, Studio On The Green and LIVE Borders), as well as with public funding through Arts Council England and Creative Scotland.
Photo: Eleven Farrer House 'Chalk.Body.Barrow' @National Trust's Wolstonbury Hill. By Dougie Evans - 30 Sep 2018