The Record
COMMUNITY - Music
Local composer's work takes centre stage at festival
By Lori Pappajohn, Record reporter
Local composer Brian Garbet will have one of his works performed during the Sonic Boom Festival this Wednesday through Saturday at the Scotiabank Dance Centre.
Vancouver Pro Musica is presenting this 16th annual festival of new music by more than 20 B.C. composers. The works range from electro-acoustic music to works for a variety of soloists and chamber ensembles ranging from trumpet duo to wind quintet.
Garbet's composition, Nostradamus Dreams, is a meditational exploration in overtones, timbre, time, space and shape - a dynamic journey through both simple and complex intervals while maintaining a focus on resonance. Boulez and Pythagoras figure in the composer's inspiration. Instruments include flute, clarinet and vibraphone.
"It's not dealing with melody. It deals more with texture and ambience," says Garbet.
The work does not use standardized music notation, he explains, but rather employs notes and graphic shapes to express the dynamics of the notes and how they work together. Garbet has composed acoustic and electro-acoustic music for concert, film and theatre. In 2002, his electro-acoustic composition Ritual was a Jeu de Temps national prizewinner and featured on the Cache 2002 CD. The concerts are at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17 and $10 and are available at the door at 677 Davie St.
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"Brian Garbet's "Ritual" opens with a high-pitched techno-shriek, but the effect is less irritating than it is honing, sharpening, head-clearing."
-- Justin Kownacki, Splendid
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