Lindsay Vickery

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Lindsay Vickery (born 1965) is an Australian composer and performer. [1]

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Early life and education

Lindsay Vickery was born in Perth. He studied composition with John Exton and Roger Smalley at the School of Music, University of Western Australia. He has written much ensemble and interactive electronic music, [2] [3] exploring readymades and collage (notably interrogating the work of Charlie Parker) as well as improvisation, nonlinear writing and computer-performer pieces. [4] [5] His chamber opera Rendez-vous: An Opera Noir is based on the Nouveau Roman DJINN: un trou rouge entre les pavés disjoints by French author Alain Robbe-Grillet. [6] [7] [8]

Career

His interactive electronic music often employs experimental interfaces such as the Yamaha MIBURI [9] [10] and other self-devised alternative controllers. [11] [12] [13]

He has performed on reed instruments, electronics or as a conductor in the groups alea new music ensemble, Magnetic Pig, [14] HEDKIKR, [15] SQUINT, Candied Limbs and Decibel, [16] and with artists such as Jon Rose (Music in the Age of Shopping, [17] The People’s Music), [18] Stelarc, Amy Knoles and Cat Hope. His works have been performed by groups such as The California Ear Unit, Topology, Clocked Out, Ensemble Scintilla Divina, the MATA Ensemble, The Collective and artists such as Michael Kieran Harvey, Ross Bolleter and Hiroshi Chu Okubo.

He has performed at the Shanghai International Arts Festival, Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Music at the Anthology, Totally Huge New Music Festival, Scintilla Divina Festival, Audio Art Festival, NWEAMO, REV01, BEAP, the NowNow, What is Music, The Knitting Factory, Make-it-Now, DC 8th International Dance+ Improvisation Festival, SDSU, University of Illinois, STEIM, HarvestWorks, [19] CEMI [20] and Kyoto Seika University. [21]

Honours and awards

Honours include a Sounds Australian Award (1989) and a Churchill Fellowship (1995) to study electronic music in the United States and Europe. [22]

Selected works

With Graham Collier

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