Nathaniel Stookey
Nathaniel Stookey (b. 1970) is an American classical music composer. He is the youngest composer ever commissioned for the San Francisco Symphony's New and Unusual Music Series.[1] He collaborated with children's book author Lemony Snicket on the work The Composer Is Dead, a musical introduction to the orchestra for children.[2]
In 2007 as an artist in residence with Norcal Waste Stystems (San Francisco's garbage company), he composed Junkestra, a classical composition for thirty instruments made out of trash found at the San Francisco dump. Among the instruments are a plastic trash can lid, bicycle wheels, a car bumper, potp, pans, mixing bowls, serving trays, sewer pipes, deck railing, a saw, a bird cage, a shopping cart, glass bottles, and an oil drum.[1][3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tyche Hendricks (2007-10-21). "Junk orchestra will spotlight recycling". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ Minzesheimer, Bob (2009-03-02). "Compose yourself: Snicket is back with a kids' mystery, CD". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
- ↑ Joshua Kosman (2007-11-11). "Garbage in, music out". San Francisco Chronicle.
References
- Albany Records Music for Strings
- Composer-in-Context
- Duke University Department of Music Profile: Nathaniel Stookey Ph.D. (Composition, 2003)
External links
- movement 2 - recording hosted by Sunset Scavenger (audio file)
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