Denis Smalley
Denis Smalley studied music at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) — Diploma in organ performance, and MusB — and the Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) — BMus honours in composition. He then taught music at Wellington College for three years prior to gaining a French Government bursary which enabled him to study in Paris (France) in 1971. He spent a year in Olivier Messiaen’s composition class at the Conservatoire de Paris, and at the same time took the electroacoustic music course run by the Groupe de recherches musicales (Ina-GRM). He was among the first composers to complete the newly established “Diplôme de musique électroacoustique et de recherche musicale.” More
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Denis Smalley
Nelson (New Zealand), 1946
Residence: London (England, UK)
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Main releases
Appearances
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Annette Vande Gorne, ed.
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Francis Dhomont, ed.
Complements
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Various artists
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Évelyne Gayou, ed.
Selected works
- Base Metals (2000), 13:42stereo fixed medium
- Chanson de geste (1978), 16:33amplified voices, clavichord and percussion
- Clarinet Threads (1985), 13:25clarinet and stereo fixed medium
- Darkness After Time’s Colours (1976), 14:00stereo fixed medium
- Empty Vessels (1997), 14:51stereo fixed medium
- Fabrezan Preludes (2015-16), 20:588-channel fixed medium
- Gradual (1974), 11:00amplified clarinets and stereo fixed medium
- Névé (1993), 17:08stereo fixed medium
- Pentes (1974), 12:51stereo fixed medium
- Piano Nets (1990, 91), 17:57piano and stereo fixed medium
- The Pulses of Time (1978), 19:54stereo fixed medium
- Resounding (2003-04), 13:556-channel fixed medium
- Ringing Down the Sun (2001-02), 14:396-channel fixed medium
- Sommeil de Rameau (2014-15), 15:208-channel fixed medium
- Spectral Lands (2010-11), 15:456-channel fixed medium
- Tides (1984), 30:17stereo fixed medium
- Valley Flow (1991-92), 16:50stereo fixed medium
- Vortex (1981-82), 15:49stereo fixed medium
- Wind Chimes (1987), 15:10stereo fixed medium
Blog
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Friday, April 26, 2019 / General
For the “Square Artiste” series, Arte asked Denis Smalley to become a documentary filmmaker! He made a film that pays tribute to two winegrowing sisters in a village in Corbières (France). Denis Smalley spends a few months every year in the… More
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 / In concert
The first Klang électroacoustique! festival will take place on June 5 - 7, 2014 in Monpellier (France). Are amongst the guest composers: Bruno Capelle, Denis Smalley, François Bayle, Christian Éloy, Annette Vande Gorne, Francis Dhomont, Jo… More
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014 / In concert
CIRMMT is presenting two events with composer Denis Smalley: a lecture on Spatiality in acousmatic music in the afternoon of January 23, 2014 followed by a concert in the evening in the Multi-Media Room of McGill University in Mon… More