Jeni Hawkswell (1983- )
Jeni
Hawkswell is a composer of electro-acoustic music. Her music is a blend
of many styles and influences from electronica, to the ambient music of
Brian Eno and the experimental elements of John Cage, Aphex Twin,
Yannis Xenakis and Pierre Schaffer. Hawkswell finished her degree
in Music and Music Technology at Liverpool Hope University in July 2005
and is looking into studying for a Masters in Electro-acoustic
composition in the near future. During her degree, she was lucky enough
to study film music and wrote an original composition to accompany a
scene from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
as part of her assessment and later on entered a competition run by the
BBC to write an accompanying soundtrack for a nature programme set in
the Galapogos Islands. As a result of writing music for film Hawkswell
is interested in combining music with other art forms to create new and
innovative installations and works. She feels that combining
cross-discipline forms such as art, animation, theatre, etc. can enhance
the overall sound and feel of the work. Over the years her
compositions have evolved considerably in style and structure, as well
as experimentation through instrumentation, harmony and a thirst to
create new and unusual sounds. She often experiments trying out new and
innovative recording techniques, extended techniques on different
instruments and combining live and pre-recorded elements into her
works. In creating her electronic works Hawkswell primarily uses Sony Vegas
and Sony Sound Forge and occasionally Cubase SX, Wavelab and Sibelius
for score.COMPOSITIONS Hawkswell Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Contemporary Piece, MIDI sounds from Cubase SX (2004)
Black and White, prepared piano and tape (2004)
Three Piano Miniatures (2005)
Ebony, string quintet (2005)
Serial?, string quartet (2005)
Symmetry, voice, harmonica, violin and guitar/digitally manipulated (2005)
Contre le Vent (Against the Wind), voice, harmonica, violin and guitar (2005)
Small Russian Reverb, voice, violin, guitar, percussion and audio samples/digitally manipulated (2006)
Tribal, electoacoustic (????)
O Vitae, [string quartet/digitally manipulated?] (????)
WORKS BY GENRE Hawkswell Links ~ top of page ~
Chamber
O Vitae, [string quartet/digitally manipulated?] (????)
Ebony, string quintet (2005)
Serial?, string quartet (2005)
Contre le Vent (Against the Wind), voice, harmonica, violin and guitar (2005)
Piano
Three Piano Miniatures (2005)
Electronic
Tribal, electroacoustic (????)
Contemporary Piece, MIDI sounds from Cubase SX (2004)
Black and White, prepared piano and tape (2004)
Symmetry, voice, harmonica, violin and guitar/digitally manipulated (2005)
Small Russian Reverb, voice, violin, guitar, percussion and audio samples/digitally manipulated (2006)
HAWKSWELL LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Composer's website . . . contact Jeni Hawkswell: jeni(at)humbletune.com
Hawkswell @ composition:today
Hawkswell @ MySpaceMusic
Hawkswell @ ReverbNation
Hawkswell @ School of Everything
Hawkswell @ Scribd
Hawkswell @ Sound and Music
Hawkswell @ Twitter
Publisher
Hawkswell @ Composer's website
Streaming Audio
Hawkswell @ Composer's website
Hawkswell @ last.fm
Hawkswell @ MySpaceMusic
Recordings
[none at the moment]
Video
[none at the moment]
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