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
diary
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19 Sep 2022
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, California
Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
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18 Sep 2022
Hillside Club, Berkeley California
Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
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16 Sep 2022
The Institute of Religion of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Berkeley California
Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
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28 Aug 2022
ISCM World Music Days Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand
furl Mark Mendez
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22 Jul 2022
Mendip Hills, National Trust, Bristol
Eleven Farrer House recording
circle of perpetual choirs (dance)
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8 Jul 2022
Hashtag Ensemble at the Warsaw Botanical Garden, Warsaw Poland
furl Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska
Every Branch Of Coral Will Hold Up The Moon Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska
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28 Jun 2022
Dalston Den, London
SUTURE Joe Butler and Dan Chappell
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28 May 2022
51st Contemporary Music Spring Festival Poznań Poland
WP: Every Branch Of Coral Will Hold Up The Moon
Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska
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1 Apr 2022
Online stream
Kindred (I + II) Kumi Matsuo
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22 Mar 2022
Online stream
SUTURE Ivana Peranic and Sarah Westwood
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5 Feb 2022
St Peters Church, Nottingham
Kindred (I + II) Kumi Matsuo
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14 Dec 2021
Concert Hall, Cardiff University
Kindred (I + II) Kumi Matsuo
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27 Nov 2021
International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester​
SUTURE Ivana Peranic and Sarah Westwood
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25 Nov 2021
Deptford Town Hall, Goldsmiths University of London ​
SUTURE Ivana Peranic and Sarah Westwood
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9 Nov 2021
Soundbites concert at Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester
SUTURE Ivana Peranic and Sarah Westwood
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29 Oct 2021
Deptford Town Hall, Goldsmiths University of London ​
Kindred (I + II) Kumi Matsuo
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23 Oct 2021
St Peter's Church, Nottingham
​Kindred (I + II) Kumi Matsuo
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19 Oct 2021
Soundbites concert at Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester​
Kindred (I + II) Kumi Matsuo
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15 Oct 2021
Elgar Concert Hall, Birmingham
Centre Leicester​Kindred (I + II) Kumi Matsuo
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9 Oct 2021
St Mary's Staford
SUTURE Ivana Peranic and Sarah Westwood
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1 Oct 2021
Music and Wine concert series at St Luke's, Brighton
SUTURE Ivana Peranic and Sarah Westwood
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29 Sep 2021
EMS Goldsmiths University of London
cableviens Jelena Makarova (recording session)
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5 Aug 2021
East Sussex, Illuminate Women's Music
Workshop with cellist Ivana Peranic
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27 Feb 2021
Berlin (live stream)
A mycorrhiza Fidan Aghayeva-Edler
21 Nov 2020
Stonevale concerts Oxford
SUTURE Ivana Peranic
POSTPONED
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13 Nov 2020
St Luke’s Church in Brighton
SUTURE Ivana Peranic
POSTPONED
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2 Nov 2020
University of Sussex
SUTURE Ivana Peranic
POSTPONED
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WP: 31 Oct 2020
St Mary’s in Stafford
SUTURE Ivana Peranic
POSTPONED
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23 Oct 2020
Music Department, University of Sheffield
cable veins Yshani Perinpanayagam
POSTPONED
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22 Oct 2020
Music Department, University of York
cable veins Yshani Perinpanayagam
POSTPONED
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16 Oct 2020
Barber Institute of Art University of Birmingham
cable veins Yshani Perinpanayagam
POSTPONED
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19 Sep - 1 Oct 2020
Non-Classical (Online)
Workshops
Recomposed // Classical Collage, Composition and Sampling with Mira Calix
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16 Sep 2020
Goldsmiths, University of London
joy + desiring Ligeti Quartet
workshop reading POSTPONED
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7 Sep 2020
Bitesize Proms (online festival)
kindred Jelena Makarova
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27 Aug 2020
1901 Arts Club, London
kindred Jelena Makarova
Recording
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25 July - 1 Aug 2020
Aberystwyth, Wales
Advanced Composition Course
With mentors Arlene Sierra and Kenneth Hesketh
MusicFest, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
POSTPONED
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23 July 2020
All Saints Lunchtime Concerts, Hove​
WP: kindred Jelena Makarova
POSTPONED
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28 May 2020
Live stream from The Assembly House, Norwich
circle of perpetual choirs Eleven Farrer House
Followed by Q&A
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5 May 2020
Sydney, Australia
Instagram live-stream (lockdown gigs)
cable veins Sarah Elise Thompson
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1 May 2020
Deptford Town Hall Goldsmiths University of London
cable veins Yshani Perinpanayagam
POSTPONED
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29 Apr 2020
Christchurch, New Zealand
ISCM World Music Days
furl Mark Menzies
POSTPONED
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21 Apr 2020
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
cable veins Yshani Perinpanayagam
POSTPONED
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21 Apr 2020
Goldsmiths Music Studio, London
joy and desiring Ligeti Quartet - Workshop
POSTPONED
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17 Apr 2020
Emmanuel College Cambridge
cable veins Yshani Perinpanayagam
POSTPONED
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2-14 Mar 2020
Red House, Aldeburgh
Creative Retreat Residency
With support from Britten-Pears Foundation
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29 Feb 2020
Illuminate Extra - St Peter's Church, Nottingham
cable veins Jelena Makarova
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12 Jan 2020
Eton College, Windsor
Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel
Patricia Auchterlonie, & Illuminate String Quartet
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14 Dec 2019
The Kabo, Estalagem da Ponta do Sol Madeira
my sound is torn
Electroacoustic
10 - 20 Dec 2019
Ponta do Sol, Madeira
Estalagem da Ponta do Sol: Electronic and Contemporary Music Residency
Residency
22 - 24 Nov 2019
Electroacoustic Music Festival, OUA Japan
For You
Installation
16 - 17 Nov 2019
The Horniman Museum and Gardens, London
WP: my sound is torn to whispers
Installation
9 Nov 2019
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel
Patricia Auchterlonie & Illuminate String Quartet
8 Nov 2019
Kleines Studio, Mozarteum University, Salzburg
WP: speaking within | fragmented lines
The Interstring Project
7 Nov 2019
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield
Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel
Patricia Auchterlonie & Illuminate String Quartet
4 Nov 2019
St Michael’s Church, Oxford
Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel
Patricia Auchterlonie & Illuminate String Quartet
12 Oct 2019
Birmingham Centrala, Birmingham
Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel
Patricia Auchterlonie & Illuminate String Quartet
15 Sep 2019
Stonevale Concert Series, Oxford
Etching Circles
Ethel Smyth Trio
14 Sep 2019
St Mary's Church, Stafford
Etching Circles
Ethel Smyth Trio
7 Sep 2019
Late Music at York, St. Saviourgate, York
Etching Circles
Ethel Smyth Trio
5 Sep 2019
International Conference on Women’s Work in Music, Bangor Wales
Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel
Patricia Auchterlonie & Illuminate String Quartet
30 Aug 2019
Music and Wine concert series at St Luke's, Brighton
Etching Circles
Ethel Smyth Trio
25 Aug 2019
Snape Maltings Residency, Aldeburgh
WP: Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel
Patricia Auchterlonie & Illuminate String Quartet
26 Jul 2019
Pałac Radziejowski, Poland
WP: furl Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska
21 - 27 Jul 2019
Radziejowski, Poland
Synthetis
Summer Composition Course
21 Jun 2019
Dance Limerick, Ireland
circle of perpetual choirs
Eleven Farrer House (dance)
3 Jun 2019
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
You Are Your Memory
Students at Oxford University
14 Apr 2019
Constellations Chicago, Illinois
WP: The Artist's Kintsukuroi
Après l'Histoire
30 Mar 2019
Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Connecticut
Etching Circles
Prism Piano Trio
8 Mar 2019
New School of Music Concert Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts
WP: Etching Circles
Prism Piano Trio
18 Feb 2019
Wheatsheaf Hotel Thebarton, Australia
OMAV
Dan Thorpe, piano
17 Feb 2019
Maison Française, Oxford
Shiko
Gemma McGregor
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16 Feb 2019
Royal College of Music, London
Amphora
Students at RCM
15 Dec 2018
Tenda, Estalagem da Ponta do Sol Madeira
circle of perpetual choirs
Screening
10 - 20 Dec 2018
Ponta do Sol, Madeira
Estalagem da Ponta do Sol: Contemporary Music and Electronic Residency
Residency
16 Nov 2018
Siobhan Davies Dance Studio, London
circle of perpetual choirs
Eleven Farrer House (dance) and Sarah Westwood
2 - 16 Nov 2018
Siobhan Davies Dance Studio, London
Open Choreography
Artistic Development with EFH
20 Oct 2018
St Peter's Church, Nottingham
another dance
Sabina Virtuso and Cassie Matthews
16 Oct 2018
Borough New Music Festival, London
another dance
Sabina Virtuso and Cassie Matthews
3 Oct 2018
Victoria Building Liverpool University, Liverpool
another dance
Sabina Virtuso and Cassie Matthews
1 Oct 2018
St Michael's Church near Northgate, Oxford
Shiko
Gemma McGregor
4 - 10 Sep 2018
Aulus les Bains, France
CAMP Residency with Apartment House
8 Sep 2018
Petite Cabinet Strasbourg, France
WP: Low Fidelity
L'imaginaire Musiques d’Idées
15 Jul 2018
Chapel Arts, Cheltenham Music Festival
WP: Into the Blank Expanse of Space
Carla Rees and Xenia Pestova
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1 - 15 Jul 2018
Cheltenham Music Festival, Cheltenham
Composition Summer Academy
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14 Jun 2018
Stromness Town Hall, Orkney Island
part of 'A Room of Her Own'
Shiko
Gemma McGregor
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8 Jun 2018
OVADA Gallery, Oxford
cable veins
Sarah Westwood
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20 Apr 2018
St Luke's Church, Brighton
Shiko & another dance
Gemma McGregor & Sabina Virtuso and Cassie Matthews
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18 Apr 2018
Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Tbilisi Georgia
OMAV
Memed Ansa, clarinet
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1 Apr 2018
Deptford Town Hall, London
WP: Amphora & OMAV
Heather Roche, Patrick Dawkins and Valerie Welbanks
10 Mar 2018
St George's Church, Birmingham
another dance
Sabina Virtuso and Cassie Matthews
10 Mar 2018
St Mary's Church, Stafford
Shiko
Gemma McGregor
11 Mar 2018
Cardiff University Concert Hall, Cardiff Wales
Shiko & another dance
Gemma McGregor & Sabina Virtuso and Cassie Matthews
9 Mar 2018
St Michael's Church, Oxford
Shiko & another dance
Gemma McGregor & Sabina Virtuso and Cassie Matthews
8 Mar 2018
The Great Hall, Goldsmiths London
WP: Shiko & WP: another dance
Gemma McGregor & Sabina Virtuso and Cassie Matthews
14 Jan 2018
Estalagem Lounge,Ponta do Sol Madeira
OMAV
Dan Thorpe, prepared piano
13 Jan 2018
A Capela de São Sebastião, Madeira
Of Minerals and Ventricles
Amy Bryce, Karin Hellqvist, Joan Jordi Oliver, and Marina Sibyll
11 Jan - 28 Feb 2018
Arcane Space, Los Angeles
WP: For You
Water is Life Exhibition
6 - 12 Jan 2018
Ponta do Sol, Madeira
Estalagem da Ponta do Sol: Contemporary Music and Electronic Residency
Residency
30 Sep 2017
Wolstonbury Hill, The National Trust, Sussex
WP: Chalk.Body.Barrow // 2 performance
Eleven Farrer House (dance)
15 - 30 Sep 2017
Hurstpierpont, Sussex
Hurst Festival
Residency with Eleven Farrer House
1 July 2017
Pico Island, The Azores
Faces of Water, Pico
Once Upon Water
12 Apr 2017
IKLECTIK, London
WP: And the Stars, They Listened
Xenia Pestova
8 Apr 2017
The Great Hall, Goldsmiths London
WP: You are Your Memory
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
11 Jan 2017
Estalagem Lounge, Madeira
cable veins
Sarah Westwood
10 Jan 2017
A Capela de São Sebastião, Madeira
OMAV
Karin Hellqvist, violin
Jan 2017
Ponta do Sol, Madeira
Estalagem da Ponta do Sol: Contemporary Music and Electronic Residency
Residency
16 Dec 2016
Macau China
The Hands We Used to Make Were Clay
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
18 Sep 2016
St John’s Smith Square, London
WP: cable veins
Sarah Westwood
15 - 30 Jul 2016
Ircam Academy, Pomidou Centre, Paris
InVivo Danse
Masterclasses with Xavier Leroy
12 May 2016
Amersham Arms, New Cross, London
OMAV
Semi Precious DJ/Producer
6 Apr 2016
Paralelní Polis, Echo Fluxx, Prague
WP: The Hands We Used to Make Were Clay
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
1 Apr 2016
Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London
OMAV
Semi Precious DJ/Producer
6 - 12 Jan 2016
Ponta do Sol, Madeira
Estalagem da Ponta do Sol: Contemporary Music and Electronic Residency
Residency
6 Jan 2016
Powis Hall, Bangor University, Wales
WP: Species of Spaces
Okeanos Ensemble
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22 Nov 2015
Conrad Music Center, UCSD, San Diego
WP: OMAV
Bonnie Lander, voice, and Steven Leffue, soprano saxophone
24 Jul 2015
Phoenix Dance Theatre, Leeds
WP: Playdough
Mbulelo Ndabeni (choreographer), Becky Yen-Huan Wang and Sean Hamilton
with Phoenix Dance Theatre
16 - 24 Jul 2015
Phoenix Dance Theatre, Leeds
Choreographers' and Composers' Lab
Artistic Development
2 Jul 2015
Resonance FM
Theatre Music (extract)
Bangor New Music Ensemble
8 May 2015
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Raincloudchmabermusic
Cat Westwood (dance film)
3 May 2014
Music Hall, Bangor University, Wales
WP: Theatre Music
Bangor New Music Ensemble
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3 Sep 2013
Tide Mills, Sussex
waterFACE (dance film)
Bangor New Music Ensemble and Cat Westwood (dancer)
10 May 2013
PJ Hall, Bangor University, Wales
Bolventor
Installation
14 Apr 2013
Powis Hall, Bangor University, Wales
WP: The Lady of the Lake
Onix Ensamble Mexico
12 Feb 2013
Welsh Millennium Centre, Cardiff Wales
WP: Imaginary Dot
players of BBC NOW
27 Feb 2010
Electric Lodge, Los Angeles
WP: Raincloudchambermusic
Cat Westwood (dancer) 'Grey stem' dance
Photo: pictures from the sky by Sarah Westwood