Amy Brandon and Kyle Motl present an evening of improvised music for guitar and bass.
Sculptural and evocative, guitarist Amy Brandon's solo compositions and improvised pieces draw from the worlds of jazz, classical and electroacoustic music.
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Brandon holds an MA in composition from the University of Ottawa and is currently completing an interdisciplinary PhD in guitar skill acquisition and cognition at Dalhousie University. She has performed at several festivals including the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, the Guitar Now Festival, Nexus Festival, Halifax Jazz Festival Spring Series and the 2016 Open Waters Experimental Music Festival. She attended the 2015 Banff Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, Interplay with the Vancouver Chamber Choir and an Atlantic Centre for the Arts residency with Myra Melford in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Brandon has also toured with several Canadian and international musicians including Juno winner Mike Rud, Radio Intro, composer and guitarist Roddy Ellias and 4Guitars with classical guitarists Sylvie Proulx, Emily Shaw and bossa nova guitarist Joanne Hatfield. She recently released her first CD, Scavenger, which is nominated for Classical Recording of the Year 2016 by Music Nova Scotia.
In addition to performance and composition, Brandon writes and presents academic work concerning improvisation and guitar pedagogy. Recent presentations include the 2015 International Society for Improvised Music's conference in Switzerland, the Virtuosity Symposium at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest and the 2016 International Guitar Research Centre Conference at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Brandon's work has also been published in Just Jazz Guitar Magazine. She is grateful for past support from Arts NS and the Canada Council for the Arts.
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