Rick Nance

Rick Nance

A short, 'slightly' pedantic bio. Check the NEWS link.

"It is amusing to ask if the designations 'plastic music', indeed 'plastic sound', would not be appropriate." (author's translation)"On sait qu'il s'amusa a se demander si les qualificatifs de 'musique plastique', voire de 'plastique sonore' ne conviendraient pas."

(Pierre Schaeffer, 1952)

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Titles, background information and
some mp3 filesMusic Index

The violinist came to Stravinsky and said he was sorry, he had tried his best, the passage was too difficult, no violinist could play it. Stravinsky said, 'I understand that. What I am after is the sound of someone trying to play it.'"Parables

This should have happened 50 years ago. Now it has. Taking it back to the ears. Analogies of Control

Several CD quality downloads.Hi-Res

An anomoly in the system. Spencer Leffel, John English
and Rick Nance;

no score, no head, no net.PhantomLimb

Essays, interviews, presentations and my doctoral dissertationWords

An experiment with using web 2.0 tech for quick updates. Mostly random thoughts on works in processNews ~ rss

personal and professionalLinks

Thousands of EA works from composers worldwide. A project by The Canadian Electroacoustic Community.Sonus.ca

The Canadian Association for Sound Ecology/ Association canadienne pour L'écologie sonore CASE

NEW!Birdsongs of the Origami:New aural models created for violin solo