Etudes: An Interview with Sharon Gal
Having submitted her work, Etudes, to our physical collection, composer Sharon Gal spoke to Sound and Music's Heather Blair about the work's conception, and her hopes and intentions for its future.
Having submitted her work, Etudes, to our physical collection, composer Sharon Gal spoke to Sound and Music's Heather Blair about the work's conception, and her hopes and intentions for its future.
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"These days I see composing as a slowed-down version of improvisation, which is why I think I'm drawn to making music as opposed to just playing it."
"As a child all these opportunities seemed perfectly normal, but I now realise how fortunate I was, and it makes me determined to try and repay some of this good fortune by teaching and creating similar opportunities for the kids in Hull."
"I truly believe composers play along like fixed odds machine gamblers..."
" I think what is true at the moment is my preference to make things that are beyond me, things that are realised away from my direct involvement - wishes that may become true, words that may be interpreted one way or another, descriptions of experiences that become sounds."
"For me, as someone who considers themselves conceptually led, the term composer can often be too limiting..."
"I am very interested in creating a labyrinth and in combining different materials together..."