Lawrence Casserley
Lawrence Casserley (born August 10, 1941 in Little Easton , Dunmow / Essex ) is a British composer , improvisation musician and music teacher.
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From 1960 to 1966, Casserley studied composition with Karel Jirak and Robert Lombardo at the Chicago Musical College at Roosevelt University , conducting with Maurice Gomberg, drums with Harold Kupper and flute with Ralph Johnson . He continued his education at the Royal College of Music in London with Herbert Howells (composition), Harvey Philips (conducting) and Alan Taylor (drums). From 1967 to 1969 he studied electronic music at the Royal College of Music with Tristram Cary . He taught from 1970 to 1972 at the ILEA Cockpit Arts Center , where he became an electroacoustic founded the center, from 1971 to 1975 at Hornsey College of Art and from 1972 to 1975 at the Goldsmiths College of the University of London . From 1975 to 1995 he was professor of electroacoustic music at the Royal College of Music .
In 1972 Casserley founded the multimedia group Hydra with Eddie Franklin-White , which combined electroacoustic and instrumental music with light effects and projections in their performances. With the composer and flautist Simon Desorgher, he founded the Nettlefold Festival (later Colourscape Music Festival) in London in 1984 . Casserley realized the live electronics for the premiere of Stockhausen's Mixtur and Trans in Great Britain. With the composers John Lambert ( Sea Change ) and Edwin Roxburgh ( Saturn ) he worked on the implementation of their electroacoustic ideas. Since 1987, Casserley has been involved in the use of signal processors in improvisational music, and since 1989 he has run an electroacoustic music studio in Buckinghamshire .
In 1996 he appeared with Bärbel Nolden at the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Bonn. He has also worked with musicians such as Melvyn Poore , Barry Guy , Alan Tomlinson , Hugh Davies , Vanessa Mackness and Philipp Wachsmann . He gave improvisation concerts with live electronics, especially with Evan Parker ( The Moment's Energy , 2009). With him, Paul Lytton and Joel Ryan he went on a tour of Japan in 2000. Since 2000 he has also been producing sound and light installations with Peter Jones.
Discography
- Lawrence Casserley / Evan Parker Solar Wind , 1997
- Work in Progress , 1997
- Evan Parker with Noël Akchoté , Lawrence Casserley & Joel Ryan, Live at Les Instants Chavires , 1997
- Evan Parker, Lawrence Casserley, Barry Guy Dividuality , 1997
- Labyrinths , 1997-98
- The Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: Drawn Inward , 1998
- The Edge of Chaos , 2001
- The Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: Memory / Vision , 2002
- Angelic Weaponry , 2003
- iskra³ , 2004
- The Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: The Eleventh Hour , 2004
- Lawrence Casserley / Simon Desorgher Music from Colourdome , 2006
- Lawrence Casserley & Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg : MouthWind . 2011 (HEyeRMEarS / DISCORBIE)
Compositions (selection)
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| SURNAME | Casserley, Lawrence |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British composer, improvisation musician and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Little Easton , Dunmow , Essex |