Lawrence Chandler is a British American composer, musician and sound artist based in
London. Best known as a founding member of seminal New York duo
Bowery Electric he works within ambient, contemporary classical, electronic, experimental and postminimalist styles.[1][2]
He returned in 2009 with Everybody Here Is Fine, commissioned for Make Music New York and premiered at
The Bell House, Brooklyn on 21 June 2009.[4]
Subsequent works include Music for Rock Ensemble, commissioned for 50 Years of Minimalism, premiered by
Katia and Marielle Labèque, Chandler and ensemble at
Kings Place, London on 26 November 2011[5] and The Tuning of the World, a realisation of his evolving 24-hour, 24 part, sustained tone composition with tuned sine wave generators released by Untitled Recordings on 1 March 2012.[6]
Compositions
Chamber
2008 Duo, for two violins
2008 Quartet, for string quartet
2009 Everybody Here Is Fine, for string quartet and/or electronics
2009 Fragment, for string quartet
2012 The Tuning of the World, for various instruments and/or electronics
Dance
2000 The Tea House, choreographed by Beyhan Murphy, Modern Dance Turkey, London
2008 Tide, choreographed by Myra Bazell, Scrap Performance Group, Philadelphia
Ensemble
2011 Music for Rock Ensemble, for ensemble and electronics
2012 As Soft as Possible, for ensemble, commissioned for Quiet Music Ensemble, Dublin
Film
2007 Men Boxing, for violin and cello, collaboration with New York Miniaturist Ensemble, Museum of the Moving Image, New York for early film by Thomas Edison
Installations
2003 Plus Time, sound environment, multimedia collaboration with
Brian Alfred, Sandroni Rey Gallery, New York
2006 To Be Held for a Long Time, sound environment, for SEAMUS Electro-Acoustic Music Month, New York
2011 The Upper Room, site-specific sound and light environment, The Marlborough Pop-Up Gallery, London
Piano
2008 Figures
2008 Etude No. 5
2009 Etude No. 10
Solo
2002 Bleak House, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds