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Caroline M. Breece

...art for art's sake...

About Me

30 year old British composer exploring the relationship between electronic and acoustic sound, currently living in the U.S with my husband, sonic artist Michael G. Breece .

As regards to my music, I find there is something so fascinating about sound. And thats what I love exploring when I compose. I dont really think in terms of development and form and such within pieces, I think more in terms of pure sonics. And one of the things I find most exciting about living today is that there are so many options for combinations of sounds, acoustic instruments, electronically generated sounds, acoustic sounds treated electronically, field recordings, anything that can be heard can be used and I love that freedom and almost bottomless depths of possible exploration.

A more formal/detailed bio is: http://www.thebreeces.com/cmb_biography.html

My films can be found here: http://www.thebreeces.com/cmb_film.html

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/30/2006
Band Website: carolinembreece.home.pipeline.com/
Influences: Women composers such as: Gloria Coates, Kaija Saariaho, Rebecca Saunders, Sofia Gubaidulina, Unsuk Chin, Barbara Kolb, Alice Shields, Pril Smiley, Zeena Parkins, Ikue Mori, Susie Ibarra, Hilldegard Von Bingen, Joan La Barbara, Wendy Carlos, Julia Wolfe, Ivana Stefanovic, Pauline Oliveros, Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk, Daphne Oram, Delia Derbyshire, Hildegard Westerkamp and others...

Alfred Schnittke, Andrzej Panufnik, Angelo Badalamenti, Anton Webern, Barbara Hepworth, Bas Sheva, Bernard Herrmann, Bernard Parmegiani, Bob Graettinger, Brian Wilson, Bruno Maderna, Charles Amirrkhanian, Charles Mingus, Christian Wolff, Claude Debussy, Dane Rudhyar, David Darling, David Slusser, Djivan Gasparyan, Dory Previn, Eden Ahbez, Edgard Varese, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Elliott Carter, Erik Satie, Francis Lai, Franz Schubert, George Crumb, George Rochberg, Giacinto Scelsi, Giya Kancheli, Gordon Mumma, Gyorgi Ligeti, Gyorgy Kurtag, Harry Partch, Henri Dutilleux, Henry Cowell, Horatio Radulescu, Hugues Dufourt, Iannis Xenakis, Igor Wakhevitch, Jandek, Jean Dubuffet, John Cage, John Luther Adams, John Zorn, Jonathan Harvey, Josef Anton Riedl, J.S Bach, K.A. Hartmann, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Karol Szymanowski, Kate Bush, Kenyon Hopkins, Krzysztof Penderecki, Leda Annest, Les Baxter, Limbus, Louise Bourgeois, Luc Ferrari, Luciano Berio, Luigi Nono, Mauricio Kagel, Merzbow, Milton Babbitt, Moondog, Morton Feldman, Olivier Messiaen, Otto Luening, Peter Ruzicka, Philippe Mion, Pierre Boulez, Pierre Henry, Pierre Schaeffer, Raymond Scott, Rebecca Horn, Robert Wyatt, Rodd Keith, Roger Reynolds, Sheila Chandra, Sonia Delaney, Sun Ra, Tacita Dean, Thomas Tallis, Tod Dockstader, Tomaso Albinoni, Toru Takemitsu, Tristan Murail, Valentin Silvestrov, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Witold Lutoslawski

All acoustic and electronic sound.
Sounds Like: All of my works can be heard here: http://www.thebreeces.com/cmb_works.html
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A few words about my film "Mass".

This is what I call "lo-fi-hi-art" (which is something both my husband and I adhere to musically as well - where the art is the point and the techinical side of things may not be perfect). At the time...
Posted by Caroline M. Breece on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:53:00 PST

Thank you, Sister Wendy.

"When is conceptual art great art? When it gives a deep visual satisfaction".Replace "visual" with "aesthetic" to cover all the art forms and there you have it in a nutshell. I have no problem with ar...
Posted by Caroline M. Breece on Wed, 23 May 2007 04:11:00 PST

glass is made of sand (2005)

glass is made of sand (2005)for chamber orchestra, acoustic sound, electronically generated sounds and electronic treatmentstotal duration: 30:101. melting (6:07)2. conditioning (7:45)3. forming (5:3...
Posted by Caroline M. Breece on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:08:00 PST

angry concrete (1999 - 2001)

angry concrete (1999 - 2001)for double string quartet, one acoustic, one treated in real time with electronicstotal duration: 12:091. octet (6:39) 2. duet (5:29)angry concrete is a two-movement piece,...
Posted by Caroline M. Breece on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:03:00 PST

Transparent Static

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=carolinembreece...
Posted by Caroline M. Breece on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:57:00 PST

http://community.livejournal.com/womeninartmusic/profile

I've started a livejournal community for women sound artists to get together and discuss any issues that they think are relevant. Also, it's for promotion - feel free to post about any upcoming cd rel...
Posted by Caroline M. Breece on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:21:00 PST

Technology: a blessing or a curse in art?

In its raw form, a blessing, no doubt. In this day and age, with studio quality equipment being so cheap, it affords many composers with great resources to be creating music that simply weren't availa...
Posted by Caroline M. Breece on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:23:00 PST