Amy Brandon
Instructor - Applied Study / Composition
Email: am494495@dal.ca
Phone: 902.494.3772
Mailing Address:
- Composition
- Augmented reality and notation
- Motor learning and guitar performance
Education:
- BMus - Jazz Guitar Performance - Carleton University
- MA - Composition - University of Ottawa
- PhD (completing) - Interdisciplinary - ±«Óătv University
Creative Activities
Composer and guitarist Amy Brandon's pieces have been described as “...gut wrenching and horrific” (Critipeg), and "otherworldly, a clashing of bleakness with beauty" (Minor Seventh). Her performances, installations and acoustic works have been presented at the Gaudeamus Festival (Screen Dive), National Sawdust (NYC), Trinity College (Dublin), the mise-en Festival, and the Winnipeg New Music Festival. She has received Canadian and international composition awards including the Leo Brouwer Guitar Composition Competition (Grand Prize 2019) and a JACK Quartet Studio Artist commission. In addition to performance and composition, she is completing an interdisciplinary PhD examining augmented reality, motor learning and guitar performance at ±«Óătv University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.