Chris Brown
Chris Brown, San Francisco based composer, pianist and electronic instrument builder, studied with Gordon Mumma, David Rosenbloom and William Brooks.
His work has been described as a free flowing improvisatory parade of sound. Brown teaches composition and electronic music at the Mills College in Oakland. He is a member of the group Room with William Winant and Larry Ochs, and has composed for Ochs' Rova Saxophone Quartet.
His work has been described as a free flowing improvisatory parade of sound. Brown teaches composition and electronic music at the Mills College in Oakland. He is a member of the group Room with William Winant and Larry Ochs, and has composed for Ochs' Rova Saxophone Quartet.
Chris Brown, San Francisco based composer, pianist and electronic instrument builder, studied with Gordon Mumma, David Rosenbloom and William Brooks.
His work has been described as a free flowing improvisatory parade of sound. Brown teaches composition and electronic music at the Mills College in Oakland. He is a member of the group Room with William Winant and Larry Ochs, and has composed for Ochs' Rova Saxophone Quartet.
His work has been described as a free flowing improvisatory parade of sound. Brown teaches composition and electronic music at the Mills College in Oakland. He is a member of the group Room with William Winant and Larry Ochs, and has composed for Ochs' Rova Saxophone Quartet.
Lava
Lava describes a premordial state of flux, the transmutation of one material into another through a streaming of intensely concentrated energy. Molten fragments of electroacoustic sound are transformed live from brass and percussion instruments to create a sonic landscape that unfolds with a geologic sense of time. Chris Brown, San Francisco based composer, pianist and electronic instrument builder, studied with Gordon Mumma, David Rosenbloom and William Brooks. His work has been described in pr…
Some Center
Chris Brown’s (b. 1953) compositions Some Centre (2019) and First Light (2016), performed with such assured lucidity and subtle shading by the three members of The Chromelodia Project, engage with significant precursors in music and in literature, drawing upon their words and innovations, their insights and adventurous spirits while, in the process, transporting those uncompromising benefactors to a different frontier. Brown makes songs from poems by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) and Jackson Mac L…
Iconicities
3 amazing pieces for Percussion and Live Electronics by Chris Brown’s (b. 1953) whose music has evolved within the intersections of many different traditions and styles. Following early training as a classical pianist, he was influenced by studies of Indonesian, Indian, Afro-American, and Cuban musics, and then took off on branches provided by the American Experimentalists in inventing and building a personal electronic instrumentation. Collaboration and improvisation have been primary in …
Music in the Air
1st duo release, unedited live recordings from Pauline Oliveros on accordion, conch, percussion and Expanded Instrument System & Chris Brown on piano and live computer signal processing. "Long time friends and colleagues, this is the first ever duo release by Pauline Oliveros and Chris Brown. Music in the Air features Brown on piano and live computer signal processing and Oliveros on accordion, conch, percussion and Expanded Instrument System. The three pieces on the CD were recorded live in the…
Six Primes
Six Primes is composed using the first six prime numbers 2, 3, 5,
7, 11, and 13 to govern both its tuning and temporal structure,
including harmony, rhythmic subdivisions, and form. I wrote this music
to explore the limits of using the same integer ratios to simultaneously
provide melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic materials. The piano must be
retuned in just intonation using the tuning system factor of 2, three
ratios with highest prime of 3, and two ratios each with highest primes
of 5, 7,…