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 ...
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 ...
Sarah Westwood
composer//sound artist//musician
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reviews
Every Branch of Coral Will Hold Up the Moon
[is] "... a work imbued with high quality introverted lyricism of a new type, which, at least for me, evokes medieval instrumental music or folk music with drones.
Piotr Grella-Możejko, Śląsk [Silesia], No 12 (339), YEAR XXIX (29), DECEMBER 2023, p. 73
“The poetic "Each Branch of Coral Will Hold Up The Moon"… takes the listener to an underwater landscape, where the sounds flicker like reflections of light on corals. The impression of unreality is enhanced by the harmonics and microtones that Demowska-Madejska extracts from the viola with masterful precision.” Robert Majewski © 2025 https://wkulturalnysposob.com/2025/11/20/furl-aleksandry-demowskiej-madejskiej-podroz-w-glab-dzwieku-i-materii/?fbclid=IwY2xjawORmjBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe_5Np8griu7vPeVmNgKQ59qHbpUEAgUvOrIy_D_pgFsuKOetk8JCPbqebqD0_aem_sc9oQp7PRrUoTGl6Vh9R4g
Furl (part one)
"The title "Furl" by Sarah Westwood is the heart of the album - the organic structure of the song develops like the fibres of matter, and the phrases of the viola curl and unravel in a sonous experiment, which the artist carries out with extraordinary subtlety.”Robert Majewski © 2025
SUTURE
"...had a raw power. Its title, meaning to ‘stitch together’ suggests wounds not quite healed and the piece conveyed vividly the disruptive elements of illness and trauma with fractured lines and a fragmented approach far away from a conventional goal-oriented narrative. Time-honoured gestures such as glissandos, trills and harmonics did appear, but in new and unexpected guises. Generating material and then reacting and responding to it, Ivana Peranic was able to explore the instinctive, creative aspect of her musicianship in this thought-provoking piece, which felt like a strong tribute from the composer to an instrumentalist of uncommon versatility."
Paul Conway, January-March 2022 edition of Musical Opinion Magazine
circle of perpetual choirs
“Mechanical and natural. Soft and precise. Deliberate and incidental.”
“It seemed rhythmically and qualitatively infectious. It felt so detailed.”
Audience reviews
Photos:
Koi carp by Sarah Westwood
Into the Blank Expanse of Space
"... a wonderful piece for bass flute, piano and electronics by a young composer who's worth watching out for."
Carla Rees, flautist, arranger and composer
Chalk. Body. Barrow.
“Magical, Mysterious and very special.” Georgie & David Goddard
“Ethereal, magical and surprising! Lovely music. Thank you EFH.” Margaret Carey
"Thank you so much, the music was a wonderful reflection and affiliation.” Jane Farrell
“Wordless and full of space.” Patrick Bond (poet)
Audience reviews