Light for the First Time

Interviews

"As a composer, it doesn't make sense if you're not writing music for people and engaging in music-making." - Bree Van Reyk

Below are some transcripts and useful snippets of interviews with Bree Van Reyk and Ensemble Offspring, on composing, performing and notating music.

The Composing Process
Composing Considerations
On Performing
On Notating
Compositional Influences
Developing music from a concept
The favourite part about composing
Workshopping the Composition
Getting started on a composition
For the aspriring composers
Writing for instruments you don't know
Choosing instruments
Writing Extended Techniques
Challenges encountered in composing
Choosing Aleatoric Parts
Differences between old and new music
Making Aleatoric Choices
Experiencing the Music Anew
Interpreting notation
Challenges of notating
"We experiment with things and make suggestions, that may be a bit random. Sometimes great things can come out of the most seemingly random suggestions...You have to be open with each other.- Ensemble Offspring