Forging a Sustainable Path in Music Composition with Andrew Noseworthy

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Tyler Kline
May 11, 2024

On today's episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline, Tyler is joined by composer Andrew Noseworthy.

Andrew Noseworthy is a multidisciplinary artist whose music reflects upon the acceptance/rejection of “locality” while drawing from lived experiences of isolation within his hometown of Labrador West and the tight-knit arts community of St John's (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), along with the expansive post-genre scenes of New York City. His work addresses ideas of post-regional spaces and questions of accessibility for the musical voices within them.

In this conversation, Tyler asks Andrew about all of those points in his bio, which he discusses beautifully… but they also explore other topics related to Andrew's practice, such as his DIY spirit and alternative models of creation that are independent of institutional support, what sustainability and accessibility in a creative practice like composition might look like, and how music outside of the Western classical or contemporary classical repertoire impacts his work.

Also check out people | places | records, the genrefluid DIY "zero profit" artists-first record label co-runs: https://peopleplacesrecords.bandcamp.com/

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Last week’s episode featured Shelley Washington, and she shared how she draws on the concept of inheritance in her music. Stream now wherever you enjoy podcasts.

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