Fiona MacPherson-Amador
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Fiona MacPherson-Amador

ComposerLondon, United Kingdom
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Fiona MacPherson-Amador
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Fiona MacPherson-Amador

ComposerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Hi! I'm looking to get involved in collaborations needing music that I can provide for my growing portfolio. My main discipline at the moment is working with graphic scores to create a transmedial blend of sound and image, rather than separating the two.
Projects
  • Orchestration Excerpt
    Orchestration ExcerptA project demonstrating my orchestration abilities, by taking a piano arrangement of this piece and transforming it to a full symphonic orchestration.
  • tape.loop
    tape.loopInstructions for the piece are found in image below. This piece I think is the most dissimilar to my other works. I never incorporated live playback in my pieces, but it is something that really excites me. I created the thick, black lines on the page by using actual tape on the paper. It is not cassette tape like it may imply from the title but is in fact electrical tape which was carefully marked out and placed down. The nod to tape recording and looping does however remain intentional. This b
  • Any Wind/String
    Any Wind/StringA solo graphic score for any wind or string instrument.
  • Piano Solo
    Piano SoloSolo Pianist is my first piano solo composition. When I decided I wanted it to be for piano, I very quickly thought of a circular, or curved centre feature. A good existing example of this would be George Crumb’s Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano, featured in Makrokosmos, Vol 1. Each round figure represents a zodiac sign, and so each have different characteristics. I had previously created a shape that had not made any final edits that I thought would be appropriate for
  • Ensemble 2
    Ensemble 2⁃ 1 electric bass ⁃ 2 electric guitars ⁃ 2 amplified flutes ⁃ Vibraphone -bass should focus on the right-hand figure descending. This should provide a fullness to the piece that other players can rely on to support the overall structure. Any textures and pitches are welcome if a supporting function is achieved throughout. -one guitar and/or one flute should focus on the dotted line to give a rhythmic constant to the piece. Tempo is fluid, can be decided by player. One pitch/regular pitch pat
  • Composition 1.1
    Composition 1.1A dramatic trio for Clarinet (Bb), Violin and Piano. This piece mimics the typical form of a symphony and relishes in its dramatisations of them.
Skills
  • Composition
  • Audio Composition
  • Organisation
  • Orchestral Music
  • Logic Pro
  • Arranging Music
Education
    Goldsmiths, University of London logo
    Goldsmiths, University of London logo
    BMus MusicGoldsmiths, University of London
    London, United Kingdom