Nicci Reisnour
Experimental / Psychedelic / Religious
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OAKLAND, California
United States
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| Nicci Reisnour: General Info
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| Member Since | 5/15/2006 | | Band Members | People who have been in my band, so to speak: Angela Hsu, Emily Packard, Liz Meredith, Heather Vorwerck, Jon Brenner, Kimberly Miller, Amy White, Melody Ferris, Dina Emerson, Kevin Mendoza, Damon Waitkus, Terran Olson, Shayna Dunkelman, Damon Waitkus, Theresa Wong, Adria Otte, Tucker Fuller, Joan Tower, Bari Mort, The Presidio Ensemble, Quartet San Francisco, The Colorado String Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Players, the American Symphony Orchestra, and Tammy Divine. | | Influences | Any memorable interaction between light, clouds, wind, temperature, smells, beings, and objects, as well as any music which reminds me of the aforementioned, including but not limited to: Balinese gamelan, Javanese gamelan, Morton Feldman, Eliane Radigue, Phill Niblock, James Tenney, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Frank Denyer, Charles Ives, Harry Partch, Olivier Messiaen, La Monte Young, Kyle Gann, Giacinto Scelsi, Sofia Gubaidulina, Jose Maceda, Robert Ashley, Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson, The Shaggs, The flowers of Disgust, Low, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth. | | Sounds Like | People say Nicci's music sounds like:
"One sound wave"
"A special creek in Virginia"
"Ghosts"
"Brittle" | | Type of Label | None |
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| About Nicci Reisnour |
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BIOGRAPHY: Nicole Reisnour was raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota. She studied violin and piano from an early age. She first became interested in microtonality singing improvised duets with her younger sister on car trips (much to the dismay of their parents) and later went on to study tuning theory and composition with Kyle Gann at Bard College (much to the dismay of her parents). In 2006 she received her M.A. in composition from Mills College, where she studied with Annie Gosfield, Alvin Curran, and James Tenney. Ms. Reisnour has had the pleasure of hearing her music performed by the Presidio Ensemble, the Colorado String Quartet, Quartet San Francisco, Da Capo chamber ensemble, the American Symphony Orchestra, and many other wonderful performers. Her compositions have earned her the Clair B. Schaefer Award and the Paul Merrit Henry Prize. Her recent work ‘Night in August (’99)’ was commisioned by the Somnambutone radio series in New York.
ARTIST STATEMENT: In composing my primary interest is not the notes being played but the additional sounds that are conjured by these notes. Using microtonal pitch material and extended performance techniques I hope to reveal and emphasize the fact that a sonority is much more than the sum of its constituent pitches. I always strive for patience in my music because I believe this will encourage my listeners to focus on these aspects of sound, which we learn to ignore in more forward moving music, and which can create new kinds of musical beauty. My work has often been described as reminiscent of the expansive landscape of the Great Plains where I spent my formative years.
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