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Music Farther Outside: Experimental Music During Brexit and the Pandemic examines the work of select composers, improvisers, and interpreters from England, Scotland, and Wales during the upheaval of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic and places them in contemporary and historical contexts. Using extensive interviews and contemporary commentary, the book provides a snapshot of composers and performers as they grappled with both the baseline challenges of creating experimental music and the unprecedented struggles imposed by lockdowns and restricted gatherings.
Bill Shoemaker profiles a wide cast of subjects, diverse in terms of gender, race, orientation, and geographic location: the London Improvisers Orchestra, Philip Thomas, Pat Thomas, Richard Barrett, Elaine Mitchener, Rachel Musson, Corey Mwamba, Charlotte Keeffe, and the Glasgow Improvisors Orchestra. Music Farther Outside enhances our understanding of experimental music and its role in evolving multiculturalism.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Preface: Music Farther Outside
Chapter 1: London Improvisers Orchestra: The Endurance of a Strong Idea
Chapter 2: Philip Thomas: The Aesthetics of Interpretation
Chapter 3: Pat Thomas: Halim
Chapter 4: Richard Barrett: Absolute Freedom and Absolute Discipline
Chapter 5: Elaine Mitchener: Voice of Conscience
Chapter 6: Rachel Musson: I Went This Way
Chapter 7: Corey Mwamba: Accessing Freeness
Chapter 8: Charlotte Keeffe: Right Here, Right Now
Chapter 9: Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra: An Oddly Homely Avant Garde
Epilogue: The Longest Night
References
Index
About the author
By Bill Shoemaker
Summary
Radical Music in the United Kingdom during Brexit and the Pandemic examines the work of select composers, improvisers, and interpreters during the upheaval of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic and places them in contemporary and historical contexts.
