March 12, 2024
Back in January, Backlined Collective conducted a weeklong residency at the Toronto CMC where we workshopped 4 new premieres and 3 works by Toronto-based composers. We also served as guests at University of Toronto where we helped teach an improvisation course to undergraduate students.
In February, I travelled to Pasadena, CA to help with the premiere of Interstate Glitches, an evening-length work I wrote for House on Fire.
On April 12, cmntx records will release Oxalis Triangularis, the debut 3-album collection by Apply Triangle. Oxalis Triangularis stems from the resilience of artists to continue to create through a global pandemic. It is a testament to the flexibility and creativity possible through electroacoustic composition. Developed through a call for scores in the summer of 2020, Oxalis Triangularis (referring to a purple “false shamrock” whose scientific name is Oxalis Triangularis due to its triangle-like leaves) features 33 new works written specifically to be recorded in a fully remote setting. Over the course of three albums Apply Triangle not only showcases the innovative techniques of 33 living composers but also highlights the embodied cultural nuances inherent in each composer's style.
I have a track included in the recordings and it is already out for streaming. Check out the release and consider supporting this album if you like what you hear.
Back in January, Backlined Collective conducted a weeklong residency at the Toronto CMC where we workshopped 4 new premieres and 3 works by Toronto-based composers. We also served as guests at University of Toronto where we helped teach an improvisation course to undergraduate students.
In February, I travelled to Pasadena, CA to help with the premiere of Interstate Glitches, an evening-length work I wrote for House on Fire.
On April 12, cmntx records will release Oxalis Triangularis, the debut 3-album collection by Apply Triangle. Oxalis Triangularis stems from the resilience of artists to continue to create through a global pandemic. It is a testament to the flexibility and creativity possible through electroacoustic composition. Developed through a call for scores in the summer of 2020, Oxalis Triangularis (referring to a purple “false shamrock” whose scientific name is Oxalis Triangularis due to its triangle-like leaves) features 33 new works written specifically to be recorded in a fully remote setting. Over the course of three albums Apply Triangle not only showcases the innovative techniques of 33 living composers but also highlights the embodied cultural nuances inherent in each composer's style.
I have a track included in the recordings and it is already out for streaming. Check out the release and consider supporting this album if you like what you hear.
December 7, 2023
So I didn't realize I haven't updated this page since the beginning of the year. If you are reading this, sorry about that. Here's a quick recap of stuff that happened since February that I'm particularly proud of.
I collaborated with multi-instrumentalist Mark Stewart on a piece that premiered at Roulette in NYC back in April
That same piece made it into Stewart's gallery concert at Bang on a Can this year
I taught a summer course in music tech to high school students at NYU in July
I played guitar at the Montreal Jazz Fest
My album Geisslerlieder came out on PPR back in August
I formed a guitar quartet called Backlined Collective and we have played that album twice and presented it at a jazz masterclass at university of Toronto
I collaborated with Kyle Miller and Cotter Champlin on a release of a piano work arranged for 2 guitars
Much more happened too
Here's some upcoming things to look forward to:
End of January 2024 - CMC residency with Backlined in Toronto, featuring a string of shows
February 1st(ish) - I'm playing at a festival in Brooklyn
End of February 2024 - the premiere of a very big piece with House on Fire in LA
Spring - exciting Shutterspeed Duo stuff
and a lot more. I have to write like at least 3.5 hrs of music by mid-January and that's brutal. I'm gonna go back and do some of that now. Happy holidays and I'll see you next year.
February 12, 2023
Did a residency in Holland, played a great Montreal gig (below), playing an oud show in MTL and going to LA next
So I didn't realize I haven't updated this page since the beginning of the year. If you are reading this, sorry about that. Here's a quick recap of stuff that happened since February that I'm particularly proud of.
I collaborated with multi-instrumentalist Mark Stewart on a piece that premiered at Roulette in NYC back in April
That same piece made it into Stewart's gallery concert at Bang on a Can this year
I taught a summer course in music tech to high school students at NYU in July
I played guitar at the Montreal Jazz Fest
My album Geisslerlieder came out on PPR back in August
I formed a guitar quartet called Backlined Collective and we have played that album twice and presented it at a jazz masterclass at university of Toronto
I collaborated with Kyle Miller and Cotter Champlin on a release of a piano work arranged for 2 guitars
Much more happened too
Here's some upcoming things to look forward to:
End of January 2024 - CMC residency with Backlined in Toronto, featuring a string of shows
February 1st(ish) - I'm playing at a festival in Brooklyn
End of February 2024 - the premiere of a very big piece with House on Fire in LA
Spring - exciting Shutterspeed Duo stuff
and a lot more. I have to write like at least 3.5 hrs of music by mid-January and that's brutal. I'm gonna go back and do some of that now. Happy holidays and I'll see you next year.
February 12, 2023
Did a residency in Holland, played a great Montreal gig (below), playing an oud show in MTL and going to LA next
December 1, 2022
I'm going to the Netherlands.
Four composers have been selected for the Conlon Collective Residency 2023, the collective’s bi-annual two week artist’s residency with the Yamaha Disklavier Enspire in the MuziekHuis, Utrecht. From a total of 23 submissions from all around the world, the jury, consisting of composers from the collective, Boris Bezemer, Daniel Schorno, Christina V. Oorebeek, Roché van Tiddens and guest member Arnold Marinessen, chose the following composers:
Andres Quezada
Elisabeth Salverda
Erich BarganierFelipe Pinto D’Aguiar
The composers will spend two weeks creating an imaginative composition for the Disklavier and the results will be performed in concert on Saturday the 11th of February, in the MuziekHuis, Utrecht.
August 25, 2022
Long summer. Performed at the International Clarinet Association's annual conference in Reno, NV with Shutterspeed Duo back in July, attended two residencies at Avaloch Farm Music Institute in June and July respectively, was selected to present work and attend a masterclass with electric guitarist Yaron Deutsch at TIME:SPANS 2022 in NYC, and played a few shows in between all of that.
A few more shows coming up this fall, some new compositions to share with everyone, and really big plans for Spring 2023 that just got locked down. More about that later. In the meantime, pics from the masterclass below.
I'm going to the Netherlands.
Four composers have been selected for the Conlon Collective Residency 2023, the collective’s bi-annual two week artist’s residency with the Yamaha Disklavier Enspire in the MuziekHuis, Utrecht. From a total of 23 submissions from all around the world, the jury, consisting of composers from the collective, Boris Bezemer, Daniel Schorno, Christina V. Oorebeek, Roché van Tiddens and guest member Arnold Marinessen, chose the following composers:
Andres Quezada
Elisabeth Salverda
Erich BarganierFelipe Pinto D’Aguiar
The composers will spend two weeks creating an imaginative composition for the Disklavier and the results will be performed in concert on Saturday the 11th of February, in the MuziekHuis, Utrecht.
August 25, 2022
Long summer. Performed at the International Clarinet Association's annual conference in Reno, NV with Shutterspeed Duo back in July, attended two residencies at Avaloch Farm Music Institute in June and July respectively, was selected to present work and attend a masterclass with electric guitarist Yaron Deutsch at TIME:SPANS 2022 in NYC, and played a few shows in between all of that.
A few more shows coming up this fall, some new compositions to share with everyone, and really big plans for Spring 2023 that just got locked down. More about that later. In the meantime, pics from the masterclass below.
April 20, 2022
Had a great show at DiMenna Center For Classical Music in NYC with BlackBox Ensemble during the premiere of Flyover Country. Thanks to everyone who came out to see that - it was a very cool experience. Photo above related.
Lots of friends including my work on solo shows and recitals, I'm very grateful to be included and check that out on the upcoming show page.
Lots of improv/art sets I'm personally performing in in Montreal this spring/summer. All of that is in the upcoming show page.
I'll also be at Avaloch Farm doing a residency with Ford Fourqurean in the beginning of June to work on some duo set material. I'm back at Avaloch again in the middle of July working on an evening length work for the guitarist Mark Stewart for a performance next year.
March 1, 2022
Andrew Anderson got 3rd place in a performance competition playing a solo prepared piano piece I wrote for him. Check it out below.
February 27, 2022
I recently collaborated with the Neo-Speculative pianist Stanford Cheung to realize one of his graphic scores. Here is what he says about the piece and you can listen to my interpretation below:
Working with the New York composer Erich Barganier, Stasis Study is a graphic score that uses a musical drone as the material for textural variation and invariance. By utilizing a single component of sonic material as the cut in space, sound cohabits personal transformations devoid of sonic relationships external to its inborn inherent process.
Deprived of external stimuli, the drone is prompted to collapse on its gravitational core to generate a fission of sounds and sonic beginnings. It is through the organic tampering within reductive and apparent insufficiencies in sonic material that an infinite textures can be inwardly conceived, comprehended and furthered.
The resulting effects through an element of collapse results in a drone that conserves its sonic blueprint refrained from invitational prejudice or aesthetical accompaniment. The conservation of the drone as an inherent material finds a conservation between content and form which are symbiotically present.
Read more here and check out another post about the project here
December 25, 2021
Andrew Anderson placed 3rd in Blackhouse Collective's Black House New Music Soloist Competition performing the prepared piano solo, A Cabinet of Theoretical Anatomies, that I wrote for him. Check out the announcement here.
August 13, 2021
Just came back from a handful of festivals, including zFestival, where I wrote a piece for toy piano, soprano voice, and double bass. Check it out here.
I have four really great compositions from Bang on a Can that I am excited to share and am waiting on official audio before anything gets posted. Look for those soon, in addition to the premiere of a cello quartet written for Quartetto Zuena in about a week.
June 6, 2021
Really nice review of [{000}] up over at MEFD. Read it here
May 30, 2021
On June 1st, walnut+locust will be releasing my new experimental electronic EP [{000}] for free/pick-your-price. Check out the discography page for the stream when it comes out. Fun fact - I am now labelmates with Merzbow (among a ton of other really great artists you need to check out).
May 4, 2021
Starting today, my multimedia installation Data Morgan is on display at Art & Science Days' virtual festival. Check out the upcoming shows page for the link.
I have an EP of experimental electronic music coming out on Montreal's walnut+locust records for free. That will be on bandcamp soon.
This summer I am participating in a bunch of festivals.
June - NYCEMF - check upcoming shows for details
End of June - SPLICE Institute
July - Bang on a Can Summer Institute - performance will be live streamed and in-person
August - highSCORE Fest - piece online later
check out the upcoming shows page periodically for more info.
March 15, 2021
Starting this week, I begin a year-long online residency with an artist group called Nomadic Soundsters. I will be working with other musicians, dancers, visual artists, and more over the course of the next twelve months to put on a show at the end of Summer and an even longer event in Spring 2022. As we get closer to the first performance, check out the Upcoming Shows page on my site to learn full details about the event. In the meantime, check out everyone involved in the residency over here.
March 12, 2021
Today, an ensemble I am in called Consensus is releasing a free album. Check it out here
February 8, 2021
I did an interview with Ford Fourqurean for Classicyl Vinyl regarding our new release, Iris.
Come read the piece here
January 22, 2021
Starting today, you can pre-order a split EP I'm on with Ford Fourqurean via Off Latch Press.
Check out the pre-order here and listen to the first track. We made the art together and wrote each other solo and duo pieces. I play electric guitar, violin, and electronics on the release too.
December 6, 2020
Today, Ashley Bathgate hosted a marathon festival of works spawned from Arts, Letters, and Numbers' Creative Music Online program. I got the amazing opportunity to write a solo work for Ashley and you can check it out below, as well as the whole concert.
November 13, 2020
Next Friday (November 20), Stephanie Lamprea will be performing a piece I wrote for her over the summer and I will also be giving a short interview about the work before the concert. Check it out here.
November 7, 2020
I just learned I am included on another compilation album of experimental electronic works, which can be found here and was released on September 3rd.
November 6, 2020
A miniature piece I wrote for Andrew Noseworthy appears on a compilation album, One in One Vol. 2. out today on People Places Records. All first month proceeds will be donated to the Sipekne’katik First Nation and 1752 Moderate Livelihood (sipeknekatik.ca/moderate-living-fishery-fleet/).
Listen to the whole album here
October 17, 2020
I got interviewed by New Music New College and got a chance to talk about what I've been up to lately and my piece Speaking In Tongues. Check it out below.
September 30, 2020
I was interviewed by Mark Dancigers at New Music New College last week about Speaking in Tongues, electronic music, upcoming plans, and more. Check it out here.
September 25, 2020
Today, I am part of a sound installation running for the next 3 days in Tubingen, Germany. Learn more about the project here and read about its opening below.
Today, I am part of a sound installation running for the next 3 days in Tubingen, Germany. Learn more about the project here and read about its opening below.
August 14, 2020
I have 2 new electronic works out now on a compilation via NOUS Reocrds with a bunch of other great artists. Check out the link to listen here.
August 7, 2020
My music is now officially published on BabelScores and can be purchased here.
June 30th, 2020
Here is the piece of mine that Tyler Kline programmed on his show earlier this month. A lot of great pieces in the show - give the whole thing a listen when you have a minute.
June 7, 2020
Tonight, my music is getting featured on WSMR in Tampa Bay. Tune in here tonight at 8 PM EST.
NYCEMF is moving to the virtual world in the next 2 weeks and will be programming my piece, The Taxidermy of Negative Space, as part of their digital festival. Keep an eye out for that over here.
May 21, 2020
I have a multimedia installation getting programmed in France in a year. It was supposed to be up at a festival right now, but due to virus closures, the event has been postponed until 2021. Take a look at the festival and the other artists here.
I am also collaborating with percussionist Benjamin Damann to write a new electronic/percussion piece. Read more about that here.
April 4, 2020
Almost a year ago. Really great video too. Sandbox Percussion + NYU students play The Fire That Covers The Prayer of Fair Weather.
April 4, 2020
Big thanks to Zoviet France for featuring Всех Их Понню on their Resonance FM show. The track pops up at 27:00. Listen below.
March 17, 2020
If you haven't gotten a chance to check out my latest release, check it out over here on bandcamp (also available on all streaming)
The first track, Shame Loops, got featured on Toneshift's podcast - come listen below for a really great show.
March 14, 2020
Forest Muran wrote an incredible critique of my latest album.
"With all of this in mind, what I find most remarkable about Barganier's A House of Last Witnesses is the extent to which it strays from its influences. Although, like much of Takada's music, “Bastards of Empty Space” emphasizes circular rhythmic gestures rather than melodic dialogues, there is more of a sense of dramatic progression in Barganier's work. The crunchy xylophone seconds shift positions, and we are affronted with contrasting formal sections, which take us out of any sense of suspended time. The music keeps throwing us back into an awareness of Chronos"
For more, check out the full review here
March 12, 2020
A House of Last Witnesses is out now!
Check it out here
February 26, 2020
I am very excited to announce my solo debut album, A House of Last Witnesses, will be coming out on Belts and Whistles Records on March 12th. Look for more info soon.
February 15, 2020
On February 24th, I will be speaking at CIRMMT in Montreal and giving an artist talk on my latest piece, A taxidermy of negative space. More info here.
January 14, 2020
Officially a visiting artist at Mcgill working on a dance piece for T-Stick
January 11, 2020
I made it onto An Earful's best classical of 2019 playlist
January 10, 2020
I will be presenting a new piece for dance with Vânia Eger Pontes on February 11, 2020 at La Vitrola in Montreal at 8:30 PM. Come on out.
December 12, 2019
I am officially a visiting artist at McGill University in Montreal!
October 10, 2019
On October 26th, I will be presenting my string quartet A Drunk Man Will Find His Way Home... and The Veneer Melts at the University of North Georgia for the Research on Contemporary Composition conference. If you are anywhere near that area, I hope to see you in 2 weeks. Also some exciting news is coming up that I can finally share with everyone (hopefully) at the end of October. More on that soon.
July 31. 2019
I'll get some more professional footage to share, but I just had a 31-piece percussion work performed over at national sawdust in Brooklyn by Sandbox Percussion Ensemble and their students from NYU. Check out the archived facebook live stream and look for a cleaner cut coming up in the next few weeks.
Also coming up - Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn, August 7th, 7 PM. My EP release show with Cassie Wieland and friends. Check out the projects///shows page for more info.
July 2, 2019
Some announcements for some upcoming work - on July 25th, I am presenting some work over at FED Social in South Harlem and then on the 27th, one of my pieces is being performed by the fantastic Sandbox Percussion and their percussion seminar students over at National Sawdust in NYC. Come check those out if you are around.
June 22, 2019
My performance at ICMC with Esther Lamneck was a success. We got a great studio recording of the piece, so keep an eye out for that release sometime soon. I am very excited to have my work played at National Sawdust in a month from now alongside pieces by Viet Cuong and Julia Wolfe among others. Look for that information on the shows page above and keep an eye out for a few more show announcements.
June 15, 2019
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I have a new split EP with Cassie Wieland coming out and the official release has just been announced!
The creative process is a topic frequently elaborated upon by composers; from outlining philosophies or technicalities to listing structural procedures. in a (once-)blossomed place, the first in a series of DIY punk-inspired “split composer releases” from people | places | records, features two artists approaching intricate textures and timbres from the reverse face of a similar process, and with divergent results. Side A features two tracks from Brooklyn-based, Illinois-born, composer Cassie Wieland; who’s explorative, yet tangible approach to human interaction and everyday natural phenomena results in two successively intimate experiences. Both “Strange objects” and “Weeds” present the composer’s take on object/environment displacement; first in a purely electronic form, followed by that material’s physical transference to a percussion-trio setup. By contrast, NYC-based and Florida-born composer Erich Barganier’s pieces explore a harsher side of the ambient experience. Barganier’s internal anxieties are guided by unexpected combinations of Ryoji Ikeda-inspired noise, blues music and CB trucker radio chatter ("The Veneer Melts); as well as the evolution of ritualistic traditions (Калі Я Адкрыў Вочы"). Like Wieland’s intimacy, he is guided by ideas of displacement, later arriving in a completely different headspace on this collection’s reverse B-side. releases July 26, 2019 Pre-order here |
May 28, 2019
Check out my piece I wrote for Quince below:
Check out my piece I wrote for Quince below:
May 27, 2019
Just got permission to post the footage from when Bearthoven played my piece. Check it out below
Just got permission to post the footage from when Bearthoven played my piece. Check it out below
May 7, 2019
I have a split EP coming out on People Places Records with Cassie Wieland dropping sometime this summer. Its going to feature The Veneer Melts and Калі я адкрыў вочы. More details soon. In the meantime, here is the announcement.
March 2, 2019
Just finished a bunch of performances.
Here is a link to a live adaptation of A Drunk Man Will Find His Way Home But A Drunk Bird May Get Lost Forever from Pulsing and Shaking this week.
Here is the live footge of In C I played on at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City last week.
I had a few other pieces performed and those are still on their way.
Next is Italy.
February 13, 2019
Just a few items - A Very Small Consortium got pushed back to April 2nd in Wisconsin, so the premiere of my piece "my bones are my vessels" has been delayed until then.
In other fun news, I got invited to play Terry Riley's In C at Le Poisson Rouge in New York next Wednesday (2/20). Come out to that if you can and see me play mandolin.
January 5, 2019
At the end of March, I will be travelling to Florence to perform at Diffrazioni Multimedia Festival where I will be performing a new work with Esther Lamneck, as well as having a new piece for multimedia and open ensemble.
I have a vocal quartet being written that is going to happen sometime at the End of February. A few days after that I'm performing at the Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit with Esther Lamneck.
It's been awhile, but I have a new recording release hovering on the horizon. I'll keep you posted on that soon.
Happy New Year.
December 10, 2018
Into Moloch just got performed last week. Look for a recording of that coming soon.
Meanwhile, tonight is the premiere of The Fire That Covers The Prayer of Fair Weather at the Frederick Loewe Theatre in NYC at 8 pm and then tomorrow The Veneer Melts premieres also in NYC at the Provincetown Playhouse.
Below are some photos of Into Moloch in case you missed the live stream.
September 6, 2018
Video is up of Leo Chang's Resident Alien, the piece I helped premiered at the beginning of August
See below:
Video is up of Leo Chang's Resident Alien, the piece I helped premiered at the beginning of August
See below:
August 31, 2018
Footage of a collection of pieces that Righteous Girls premiered. My work, Я Забыўся Як Выпакутаваць, begins at 38:19.
Footage of a collection of pieces that Righteous Girls premiered. My work, Я Забыўся Як Выпакутаваць, begins at 38:19.
August 22, 2018
Exciting news! My orchestral work, Tokka, will be read and recorded by the N.E.O. SOUND Orchestra in Akron, Ohio on
September 25th. Look for a new recording of the work soon!
July 24, 2018
photo courtesy of Toshi Tsuruoka
Rehearsals have begun for Leo Chang's new work "Resident Alien" that will be performed on August 1st at The Tank in NYC. I'm performing on electrified mandolin.
July 5, 2018
Every Pine Needle Expanded and Swelled was recorded as part of the Daniel Blitz Clavichord Project. You can check it out here.
June 14, 2018
I just found out that my toy piano piece Kintsugi was included as a reference in Alan Shockley's book The Contemporary Piano. It can be found in the toy piano appendix.
June 6, 2018
Righteous Girls will be performing a piece I wrote for them, я забыўся як выпакутаваць, at Spectrum in Brooklyn on June 19 at 7:30. Come on out!
Also, Joe Rebmann is premiering my harp piece, Junshi, at Mostly Modern Festival tomorrow.
May 29, 2018
The incredible harpist Joseph Rebman will be premiering my solo harp piece, Junshi, at the Mostly Modern Festival next week! It will take place on June 7th at Skidmore College. More info here and on the projects page.
May 28, 2018
Thank you to everyone who came out to see Friction of Distance at The New Music Gathering last week in Boston!
In addition to the 16 composers who's work was chosen to become the fixed media portion of the work, I would also like to thank Kevin Madison (Piano), Caitlin Cawley (Percussion + electronics), Steven Moreno (Guitar), and Brianna Tagliaferro (Cello) for joining me onstage to really make this work come to life!
Rehearsals have begun for Leo Chang's new work "Resident Alien" that will be performed on August 1st at The Tank in NYC. I'm performing on electrified mandolin.
July 5, 2018
Every Pine Needle Expanded and Swelled was recorded as part of the Daniel Blitz Clavichord Project. You can check it out here.
June 14, 2018
I just found out that my toy piano piece Kintsugi was included as a reference in Alan Shockley's book The Contemporary Piano. It can be found in the toy piano appendix.
June 6, 2018
Righteous Girls will be performing a piece I wrote for them, я забыўся як выпакутаваць, at Spectrum in Brooklyn on June 19 at 7:30. Come on out!
Also, Joe Rebmann is premiering my harp piece, Junshi, at Mostly Modern Festival tomorrow.
May 29, 2018
The incredible harpist Joseph Rebman will be premiering my solo harp piece, Junshi, at the Mostly Modern Festival next week! It will take place on June 7th at Skidmore College. More info here and on the projects page.
May 28, 2018
Thank you to everyone who came out to see Friction of Distance at The New Music Gathering last week in Boston!
In addition to the 16 composers who's work was chosen to become the fixed media portion of the work, I would also like to thank Kevin Madison (Piano), Caitlin Cawley (Percussion + electronics), Steven Moreno (Guitar), and Brianna Tagliaferro (Cello) for joining me onstage to really make this work come to life!
Friction of Distance, New Music Gathering 2018, May 19, 2018
April 25, 2018
Up Next! May 6th at 5 PM at the Loewe theatre - the world premier of When I opened my eyes. Check it out below:
April 25, 2018
Up Next! May 6th at 5 PM at the Loewe theatre - the world premier of When I opened my eyes. Check it out below:
May 6th, 5 PM - New World Premier for 6 flutes, 2 pianos, baritone sax + electronics!
April 24, 2018
Below you can find Mivos Quartet's performance of A Drunk Man Will Find His Way Home But A Drunk Bird May Get Lost Forever.
Today is the premier performance of Violent Psalms at University of Georgia by Rote Hund Muzik. And more exciting news - my organ piece Mutations of Seasonal Color... is going to be premiered on Sunday in Athens, Georgia as well! More info on that very soon.
April 24, 2018
Below you can find Mivos Quartet's performance of A Drunk Man Will Find His Way Home But A Drunk Bird May Get Lost Forever.
Today is the premier performance of Violent Psalms at University of Georgia by Rote Hund Muzik. And more exciting news - my organ piece Mutations of Seasonal Color... is going to be premiered on Sunday in Athens, Georgia as well! More info on that very soon.
Mivos Quartet performs my string quartet on April 18, 2018
April 17, 2018
I just got an email that I am one of the finalists for this year's ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Competition!!
April 12, 2018
It has been a week of steady recording sessions. I can't release them all yet, but I can share a great recording I did with the phenomenal composer and bassoonist J. Taylor Arnold of 3 Bagatelles for Bassoon and Electronics. We did a full take recording of it over at the Loewe Theatre in NYC. Full thanks to Tom Doczi and co. for their help recording it!
More cool stuff - Mivos quartet is performing a piece of mine in less than a week and then UGA is putting on Violent Psalms! While I'm down there, I'm also meeting up with Geneva Stonecipher, who will be premiering one of my organ pieces soon! A lot of cool stuff coming up if you are in the NYC or Athens/Atlanta area!
March 7, 2018
April 17, 2018
I just got an email that I am one of the finalists for this year's ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Competition!!
April 12, 2018
It has been a week of steady recording sessions. I can't release them all yet, but I can share a great recording I did with the phenomenal composer and bassoonist J. Taylor Arnold of 3 Bagatelles for Bassoon and Electronics. We did a full take recording of it over at the Loewe Theatre in NYC. Full thanks to Tom Doczi and co. for their help recording it!
More cool stuff - Mivos quartet is performing a piece of mine in less than a week and then UGA is putting on Violent Psalms! While I'm down there, I'm also meeting up with Geneva Stonecipher, who will be premiering one of my organ pieces soon! A lot of cool stuff coming up if you are in the NYC or Athens/Atlanta area!
March 7, 2018
Boris Nazarov and myself playing a piece Boris wrote, performed on February 25th
February 28, 2018
Super exciting news - The Baker Barganier Duo are playing at The New Music Gathering this year at Berklee!
We will be on May 18 at 11 AM. Come check it out.
February 18, 2018
A whole bunch of new premieres of pieces coming up - the performance of two large ensemble works, a collaboration with electronic producer/composer Boris Nazarov and even a work getting premiered by Mivos Quartet! Check out the project page for more info.
Also looking ahead, I am writing a piece for the piano/flute duo Righteous Girls that will premiere in May
February 28, 2018
Super exciting news - The Baker Barganier Duo are playing at The New Music Gathering this year at Berklee!
We will be on May 18 at 11 AM. Come check it out.
February 18, 2018
A whole bunch of new premieres of pieces coming up - the performance of two large ensemble works, a collaboration with electronic producer/composer Boris Nazarov and even a work getting premiered by Mivos Quartet! Check out the project page for more info.
Also looking ahead, I am writing a piece for the piano/flute duo Righteous Girls that will premiere in May
January 11, 2017
SPC tonight and we were on WMNF last night. Check it out - the show and interview will be up for a week.
January 10, 2017
So tonight is WMNF at 10 PM - check that out and Baker-Barganier Duo is playing on that.
Also a review from Orlando's show the other day here
Up next - Action Research in Gainesville
January 9, 2018
I'm on tour with the Baker-Barganier Duo and Preston Beebe until the 21st and then I'm in Michigan at Splice Electronic Music Festival. Check out the tour dates in the projects page.
Cage Brewing, 1/6/2018
December 27, 2017
One of the Best Local Albums of 2017!
December 16, 2017
The Artblog gave me a great shoutout earlier this week for my presentation at Improtech.
If anyone is going to Re: Art Show tonight in Brooklyn, I hear there is going to be a surprise...
I'm playing with Elizabeth in Orlando on the 19th - check it out on the projects page.
And then I think that is it for this year. But who knows, I may have forgotten something.
December 11, 2017
December 27, 2017
One of the Best Local Albums of 2017!
December 16, 2017
The Artblog gave me a great shoutout earlier this week for my presentation at Improtech.
If anyone is going to Re: Art Show tonight in Brooklyn, I hear there is going to be a surprise...
I'm playing with Elizabeth in Orlando on the 19th - check it out on the projects page.
And then I think that is it for this year. But who knows, I may have forgotten something.
December 11, 2017
Trial #17 Choreographed by Ayala Abrams, featuring Crossroads in a Fever Dream
Premiered on December 2, 2017
December 2, 2017
I am going to be presenting at UPenn's Improtech conference next week talking about Do-It-Together Laptop Orchestras. The concept of a laptop orchestra has become entrenched in academia and is not necessarily accessible to those with limited technological abilities. This talk deals with how we can democratize laptop orchestras, strategies for how to organize any group of people with access to a laptop and Supercollider into a laptop orchestra, and strategies to connect participants remotely. This talk will also address the laptop orchestra as an effective pedagogical tool as a STEM project in Hackerspaces and Makerspaces. Come check it out.
November 22, 2017
It is about to get super busy soon! on December 1st and 2nd at 7:30 PM, my electronic work, Crossraods in a Fever Dream, will score a new dance piece by choreographer/dancer Ayala Abrams. Admission is free but you need to RSVP to get a seat! More info here.
And really big news! The Baker-Barganier Duo is going on their first North American tour! Check out the details and see if we are coming to your area here.
October 31, 2017
Find the video for Sunyata's debut below. My next performance with a new world-premier will be November 19. Check the project page for more details. Lots of new projects in the works with a bunch of world premiers, festivals and tours coming in 2018!
Premiered on December 2, 2017
December 2, 2017
I am going to be presenting at UPenn's Improtech conference next week talking about Do-It-Together Laptop Orchestras. The concept of a laptop orchestra has become entrenched in academia and is not necessarily accessible to those with limited technological abilities. This talk deals with how we can democratize laptop orchestras, strategies for how to organize any group of people with access to a laptop and Supercollider into a laptop orchestra, and strategies to connect participants remotely. This talk will also address the laptop orchestra as an effective pedagogical tool as a STEM project in Hackerspaces and Makerspaces. Come check it out.
November 22, 2017
It is about to get super busy soon! on December 1st and 2nd at 7:30 PM, my electronic work, Crossraods in a Fever Dream, will score a new dance piece by choreographer/dancer Ayala Abrams. Admission is free but you need to RSVP to get a seat! More info here.
And really big news! The Baker-Barganier Duo is going on their first North American tour! Check out the details and see if we are coming to your area here.
October 31, 2017
Find the video for Sunyata's debut below. My next performance with a new world-premier will be November 19. Check the project page for more details. Lots of new projects in the works with a bunch of world premiers, festivals and tours coming in 2018!
Sunyata at The Tank (Erich and Toshi Tsuruoka)
October 24, 2017
October 24, 2017
Bird-Scattered at NYU on 10/23/2017
October 11, 2017
There are a bunch of musical events I am involved with this weekend. I made a slideshow that features everything and location/time details can be found on the projects page. The youth music festival and the nyu performance series are free, while the show at The Tank is $15. Hope to see you there!
October 11, 2017
There are a bunch of musical events I am involved with this weekend. I made a slideshow that features everything and location/time details can be found on the projects page. The youth music festival and the nyu performance series are free, while the show at The Tank is $15. Hope to see you there!
September 20, 2017
It has been busy, as I have been relocating to New York City and trying to get more projects lined up. Fox Wedding is getting premiered on soprano sax on October 14 as part of the NYU Youth Music Festival, an annual festival that takes place at the Loewe Theatre on the NYU campus.
I am getting Bird-Scattered premiered a week after that and on the 15th, I am performing at the NYC venue, The Tank. I will be performing on a mixed bill with some other composers and premiering a new piece for electronics and electric guitar. More of that to come and check out the projects page for more details.
July 29, 2017
It has been busy, as I have been relocating to New York City and trying to get more projects lined up. Fox Wedding is getting premiered on soprano sax on October 14 as part of the NYU Youth Music Festival, an annual festival that takes place at the Loewe Theatre on the NYU campus.
I am getting Bird-Scattered premiered a week after that and on the 15th, I am performing at the NYC venue, The Tank. I will be performing on a mixed bill with some other composers and premiering a new piece for electronics and electric guitar. More of that to come and check out the projects page for more details.
July 29, 2017
The Baker-Barganier Duo's first album, ... and darkness was upon the face of the deep, can now be streamed on Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer and any other media platform! Check out the discography section for more.
July 22, 2017
The show yesterday at the Guava Tree Gallery was great. Here is what Bao Le-Huu of the Orlando Weekly had to say about it:
"Elizabeth Baker... is a modern pioneer of the toy piano. In fellow experimentalist Erich Barganier, she has a multi-instrumental partner that expands the palette considerably while maintaining the same spirit of adventure. Their work... were studies in tension, accord and modernity. "
You can read the full review here.
July 21, 2017
If you are in the Orlando, Florida area tonight, you can catch a set of music from the Baker-Barganier Duo at the Guava Tree Gallery. Here is a brief write up of it in the Orlando Weekly.
The show is in celebration of the digital release of the Baker-Barganier Duo's first album, ...and darkness was upon the face of the deep. More info can be found in the discography section of this website or here. It is available on bandcamp today and will be streaming on Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, and more on Monday. The physical release comes out next week!
July 4, 2017
Happy 4th of July! The jazz performance I did in Orlando got bootlegged. Listen to me playing slide guitar below.
July 22, 2017
The show yesterday at the Guava Tree Gallery was great. Here is what Bao Le-Huu of the Orlando Weekly had to say about it:
"Elizabeth Baker... is a modern pioneer of the toy piano. In fellow experimentalist Erich Barganier, she has a multi-instrumental partner that expands the palette considerably while maintaining the same spirit of adventure. Their work... were studies in tension, accord and modernity. "
You can read the full review here.
July 21, 2017
If you are in the Orlando, Florida area tonight, you can catch a set of music from the Baker-Barganier Duo at the Guava Tree Gallery. Here is a brief write up of it in the Orlando Weekly.
The show is in celebration of the digital release of the Baker-Barganier Duo's first album, ...and darkness was upon the face of the deep. More info can be found in the discography section of this website or here. It is available on bandcamp today and will be streaming on Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, and more on Monday. The physical release comes out next week!
July 4, 2017
Happy 4th of July! The jazz performance I did in Orlando got bootlegged. Listen to me playing slide guitar below.
July 1, 2017
I am now officially on IMDb!
I also have a new miniature soundscape up on soundcloud. Check it out here.
June 24, 2017
Check out the final Symbiosis concert below!
June 23, 2017
I will be playing a few shows in the next few weeks. The first will happen tomorrow at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve as Symbiosis wraps up. The show starts at 2 PM with an artist talk at 1:30.
I will be performing with Elizabeth Baker at The St. Petersburg Opera Company on July 14 at 7 PM and you can find more information about that here.
I will also be performing in Orlando on July 21st with the Baker-Barganier Duo as part of an evening dedicated to the mirroring of slavery in art. More on that soon.
I will be playing a few shows in the next few weeks. The first will happen tomorrow at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve as Symbiosis wraps up. The show starts at 2 PM with an artist talk at 1:30.
I will be performing with Elizabeth Baker at The St. Petersburg Opera Company on July 14 at 7 PM and you can find more information about that here.
I will also be performing in Orlando on July 21st with the Baker-Barganier Duo as part of an evening dedicated to the mirroring of slavery in art. More on that soon.
Unit Colossus (I'm on the right) in Orlando, June 19, 2017 at The Gallery Avalon
June 18, 2017
June 18, 2017
Symbiosis was a success and I will be posting some videos and images from it soon. It is still running daily at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve from 9 AM - 7 PM daily. Come and see it if you haven't yet.
On Monday, June 19 at 7 PM, I will be playing a show in Orlando with Florida free jazz supergroup Unit Colossus.
More information here.
June 12, 2017
My sound installation and concert, Symbiosis, is less than one week away!
In preparation, I met with the other musicians in the Florida woods yesterday to rehearse the piece. An excerpt of the rehearsal is posted below.
On Monday, June 19 at 7 PM, I will be playing a show in Orlando with Florida free jazz supergroup Unit Colossus.
More information here.
June 12, 2017
My sound installation and concert, Symbiosis, is less than one week away!
In preparation, I met with the other musicians in the Florida woods yesterday to rehearse the piece. An excerpt of the rehearsal is posted below.
May 26, 2017
The horror featurette Lost In Buffalo City is finally out and available to the public!
From the official website:
"Against better judgement and warnings from locals, eager reporter John Miller is investigating a series of strange apparitions and deadly encounters surrounding a long-forgotten ghost town in the dark coastal swamps of North Carolina. But his investigation uncovers something evil lurking in the ruins of Buffalo City, sinister forces that may wind up costing him his life."
May 19, 2017
A new soundcloud for one of my latest projects, the Baker-Barganier Duo, is now live with a few samples from a recent concert.
You can listen to it here.
If you are in the Orlando, Florida area tomorrow, we will be performing at The Accidental Music Festival's Marathon at 6:30.
Hope to see you there!
You can visit the official website of the Baker-Barganier Duo here.
May 14, 2017
I will be leading a music composition course one June 10 in St. Petersburg at 1 PM. If you are in the area and interested in attending, you can learn more about this opportunity here.
May 10, 2017
The promotional poster for the upcoming sound installation!
May 2, 2017
I have been working on the soundtrack to an independent horror film that will be coming out on Memorial Day.
Check out the trailer below and visit www.lostinbuffalocity.com for more updates.
May 2, 2017
I have been working on the soundtrack to an independent horror film that will be coming out on Memorial Day.
Check out the trailer below and visit www.lostinbuffalocity.com for more updates.
April 21, 2017
From Creative Loafing (Tampa Bay publication):
Erich Barganier brings the noise with his sound installation at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve for one week, with four speakers playing tracks that overlap and blend with the natural sounds of the park. Barganier will do a live performance on the first and last Saturday of the installation with handmade electronic instruments, and will give an artist talk with the youth summer camps of Boyd Hill, Morean Arts Center, and the YMCA.
You can read the full article here.
April 17, 2017
April 7, 2017
I have been awarded a St. Petersburg Arts Alliance grant to create a public sound installation in Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. The piece will highlight the local flora and fauna of the region and will run from June 17 - June 24 of 2017. I am hosting an artist talk on the 17th and 24th of June in relation to the installation and will talk about how I designed the music using computer coding and the importance of nature in art.
There will be a performance that follows each artist talk where I will play new compositions with a variety of local musicians. Each concert will blend with the sound installation to create a unique musical landscape.
March 31, 2017
My track from SN, One Minute on the Surface of the Sun, is going to be featured on the Finnish radio program Avaruusromua on April 2nd. The stream can be found here.
March 18, 2017
At 3 PM EST, Nebularosa's founder, xname, will be a guest on Resonance FM on the program A Colder Conciousness. She is going to be discussing the future of the label and all upcoming projects, so if you want a glimpse into my upcoming involvement with Nebularosa, you should check it out.
The show can be streamed above.
Included is the premier of my piece Folk Dance and it occurs around the 23 minute mark.
January 21, 2017
As part of a 365-day long flute project, Robin Meiksins performed a flute solo that I wrote for her. You can find the audio of it here.
January 9, 2017
In the first of many updates on the toy piano festival, I played on WMNF 88.5 with Elizabeth Baker on January 4th. The program can be accessed through archives here. Excerpts can also be found on my soundcloud.
I was also a featured artist who performed several pieces throughout the show (which I will begin uploading very soon). One of them with video was Olivia Kieffer's "Four Thunder Sheets &Lion Roars," which can be seen above.
Robin Meiksins will also be performing a new work for solo flute that I wrote for her sometime in the near future.
More coming soon.
I was also a featured artist who performed several pieces throughout the show (which I will begin uploading very soon). One of them with video was Olivia Kieffer's "Four Thunder Sheets &Lion Roars," which can be seen above.
Robin Meiksins will also be performing a new work for solo flute that I wrote for her sometime in the near future.
More coming soon.
December 20, 2016
I am going to have an electroacoustic track featured on an album released on Janus Music and Sound called Sn.
It will be out at the end of February 2017 and will be available for streaming on Spotify and a few other places.
There is also an article that came out about the 2017 Florida International Toy Festival the other day.
December 13, 2016
My friend Elizabeth Baker was profiled on I Care If You Listen. She is a New Renaissance artist and runs the Florida International Toy Piano Festival and she gave me a shout-out in her interview.
I also have an electronic piece that is going to be on a compilation album put out on Juan Maria Solare's Janus Music and Sound Label later next year. More details of that are still emerging.
December 1, 2016
There are some exciting projects and dates in the works:
December 22, 2016 - I am playing as part of an ensemble at the Clearwater International Airport to give a preview of what you can experience at the upcoming Florida International Toy Piano Festival.
January 4, 2017 - I will be part of a live set on 88.5 WMNF at 10 PM.
January 5, 2017 - My toy piano and cello piece (Kintsugi) will be performed at the Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center
at noon and at 6 PM
January 6, 2017 - I am performing a piece by Amy O'Dell at the St. Petersburg Main Library at 3 PM.
I will then play as a guest with Elizabeth Baker at Bloom Art Center at 8 PM.
January 7, 2017 - Kintsugi will be performed at The Space at 2106 Main at 8 PM and I will perform two new works by Monte Taylor and Olivia Kieffer immediately afterwards.
January 8, 2017 - Kintsugi will be performed at the St. Petersburg Main Library at 2:30 PM.
All of this is in support of the 2017 Florida International Toy Piano Festival.
Lastly, a good feature on Nebulullaby came out today.
November 23, 2016
I have been working on several projects over the course of the last month and have a bunch of upcoming announcements I am going to post very soon when all the details are ironed out. In the meantime, I have an upcoming show at Bloom Art Center on January 6, 2017 and I will be playing a live set on WMNF 88.5 on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 10 PM EST. Both events are supporting the International Florida Toy Piano Festival.
More to come soon.
October 16, 2016
The International Florida Piano Festival is coming up in a few months and they have been releasing profiles of all the participating artists. Mine was posted a few days ago. Here it is.
October 8, 2016
Thanks to everyone who came out to the show last night. I will get a recording soon and post it on my soundcloud for anyone interested in hearing it.
I am going to have an electroacoustic track featured on an album released on Janus Music and Sound called Sn.
It will be out at the end of February 2017 and will be available for streaming on Spotify and a few other places.
There is also an article that came out about the 2017 Florida International Toy Festival the other day.
December 13, 2016
My friend Elizabeth Baker was profiled on I Care If You Listen. She is a New Renaissance artist and runs the Florida International Toy Piano Festival and she gave me a shout-out in her interview.
I also have an electronic piece that is going to be on a compilation album put out on Juan Maria Solare's Janus Music and Sound Label later next year. More details of that are still emerging.
December 1, 2016
There are some exciting projects and dates in the works:
December 22, 2016 - I am playing as part of an ensemble at the Clearwater International Airport to give a preview of what you can experience at the upcoming Florida International Toy Piano Festival.
January 4, 2017 - I will be part of a live set on 88.5 WMNF at 10 PM.
January 5, 2017 - My toy piano and cello piece (Kintsugi) will be performed at the Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center
at noon and at 6 PM
January 6, 2017 - I am performing a piece by Amy O'Dell at the St. Petersburg Main Library at 3 PM.
I will then play as a guest with Elizabeth Baker at Bloom Art Center at 8 PM.
January 7, 2017 - Kintsugi will be performed at The Space at 2106 Main at 8 PM and I will perform two new works by Monte Taylor and Olivia Kieffer immediately afterwards.
January 8, 2017 - Kintsugi will be performed at the St. Petersburg Main Library at 2:30 PM.
All of this is in support of the 2017 Florida International Toy Piano Festival.
Lastly, a good feature on Nebulullaby came out today.
November 23, 2016
I have been working on several projects over the course of the last month and have a bunch of upcoming announcements I am going to post very soon when all the details are ironed out. In the meantime, I have an upcoming show at Bloom Art Center on January 6, 2017 and I will be playing a live set on WMNF 88.5 on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 10 PM EST. Both events are supporting the International Florida Toy Piano Festival.
More to come soon.
October 16, 2016
The International Florida Piano Festival is coming up in a few months and they have been releasing profiles of all the participating artists. Mine was posted a few days ago. Here it is.
October 8, 2016
Thanks to everyone who came out to the show last night. I will get a recording soon and post it on my soundcloud for anyone interested in hearing it.
NOW Ensemble, myself, and student composer Joshua Smith
October 3, 2016
This will be an exciting week! Now Ensemble is performing my piece they commissioned from me this Friday (October 7, 5:30 pm)!
Mark Dancigers, Now Ensemble's guitarist and composer, set up a blog in anticipation of the show. It features program notes from the composers of the pieces to be premiered, bio information and more about the program. I hope you can make it out and you can read the blog here.
September 29, 2016
A few weeks ago, I received word that my toy piano piece, Kintsugi, would be getting its premier at the 2017 Florida International Toy Piano Festival. The festival will begin January 5, 2017 in St. Petersburg and will feature an exciting range of composers, speakers, and performers. More information here.
September 15, 2016
I have a new piece, Gökotta, that NOW Ensemble commissioned and will be performed in Sarasota, Florida on October 7.
Here is the blurb from the New Music New College site:
NOW Ensemble, which includes Visiting Assistant Professor Mark Dancigers as electric guitarist and composer, returns to New College for the third time to perform a program of music by New College students Jackie Christie and Josh Smith and alums Susanna Payne-Passmore '12 and Erich Barganier '14.
NOW Ensemble is particularly moved to work with Payne-Passmore and Barganier, who founded the student group New Ensemble while students at NCF after attending NOW Ensemble's first NMNC concert in 2010. Payne-Passmore and Barganier both received Fulbright grants after graduation and are currently active composers and musicians.
More info here
August 25, 2016
A nice review came out for Nebulullaby via milanox:
"Fading out" (Erich Barganier) is an ambient piece canon and more minimal, à la Eno, where gradually the notes are repeated and confused (or are we to be increasingly confused?).
August 9, 2016
I will be performing on April 30, 2017 as part of the 2016-2017 NMC Concert Series. More information here.
July 31, 2016
One of my electronic pieces, Reflecting Pool, will be featured as a sound installation as part of Spectra Malaysia 2016 at Publika's White Box in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The festival will run from October 22-23 and my composition will be performed during Cluster 1.
I hope you can come and check it out!
October 3, 2016
This will be an exciting week! Now Ensemble is performing my piece they commissioned from me this Friday (October 7, 5:30 pm)!
Mark Dancigers, Now Ensemble's guitarist and composer, set up a blog in anticipation of the show. It features program notes from the composers of the pieces to be premiered, bio information and more about the program. I hope you can make it out and you can read the blog here.
September 29, 2016
A few weeks ago, I received word that my toy piano piece, Kintsugi, would be getting its premier at the 2017 Florida International Toy Piano Festival. The festival will begin January 5, 2017 in St. Petersburg and will feature an exciting range of composers, speakers, and performers. More information here.
September 15, 2016
I have a new piece, Gökotta, that NOW Ensemble commissioned and will be performed in Sarasota, Florida on October 7.
Here is the blurb from the New Music New College site:
NOW Ensemble, which includes Visiting Assistant Professor Mark Dancigers as electric guitarist and composer, returns to New College for the third time to perform a program of music by New College students Jackie Christie and Josh Smith and alums Susanna Payne-Passmore '12 and Erich Barganier '14.
NOW Ensemble is particularly moved to work with Payne-Passmore and Barganier, who founded the student group New Ensemble while students at NCF after attending NOW Ensemble's first NMNC concert in 2010. Payne-Passmore and Barganier both received Fulbright grants after graduation and are currently active composers and musicians.
More info here
August 25, 2016
A nice review came out for Nebulullaby via milanox:
"Fading out" (Erich Barganier) is an ambient piece canon and more minimal, à la Eno, where gradually the notes are repeated and confused (or are we to be increasingly confused?).
August 9, 2016
I will be performing on April 30, 2017 as part of the 2016-2017 NMC Concert Series. More information here.
July 31, 2016
One of my electronic pieces, Reflecting Pool, will be featured as a sound installation as part of Spectra Malaysia 2016 at Publika's White Box in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The festival will run from October 22-23 and my composition will be performed during Cluster 1.
I hope you can come and check it out!
July 25, 2016
My TEDx talk is now online. I spoke about electronic music and new trends and technology that are going to affect ts composition in the future.
June 20, 2016
Nebulullaby is now available for sale at Rough Trade and Juno Records
Its also available on a store-by-store basis. It has now made its debut in Italy.
My TEDx talk is now online. I spoke about electronic music and new trends and technology that are going to affect ts composition in the future.
June 20, 2016
Nebulullaby is now available for sale at Rough Trade and Juno Records
Its also available on a store-by-store basis. It has now made its debut in Italy.
Nebularosa at a record store in Italy
June 3, 2016
Nebulullaby received a nice review from the webcast Vital Weekly.
"...there is also some mighty fine drone music, such as by Thor Magnusson, or processed children's toys by Erich Barganier."
April 27, 2016
InkStain Press featured a movement from Flatland, my semi-recent guitar piece.
April 13, 2016
The day has come.
Bandcamp.
Nebularosa.
June 3, 2016
Nebulullaby received a nice review from the webcast Vital Weekly.
"...there is also some mighty fine drone music, such as by Thor Magnusson, or processed children's toys by Erich Barganier."
April 27, 2016
InkStain Press featured a movement from Flatland, my semi-recent guitar piece.
April 13, 2016
The day has come.
Bandcamp.
Nebularosa.
April 11, 2016
There are a few new articles out about the upcoming TEDx talk I am presenting at. That is going to happen this Saturday at 6 pm. If you are in Sarasota, you should go to that.
March 10, 2016
On April 16, I will be presenting at a TEDx Talk in Sarasota, Florida. I'm going to be talking about generative music, how computers can be creative and the future of electronic music. More info here.
I will also be giving a practical seminar at the end of April in Sarasota during the All Power to the Imagination Conference. More info on that to come.
February 18, 2016
There are a few new articles out about the upcoming TEDx talk I am presenting at. That is going to happen this Saturday at 6 pm. If you are in Sarasota, you should go to that.
March 10, 2016
On April 16, I will be presenting at a TEDx Talk in Sarasota, Florida. I'm going to be talking about generative music, how computers can be creative and the future of electronic music. More info here.
I will also be giving a practical seminar at the end of April in Sarasota during the All Power to the Imagination Conference. More info on that to come.
February 18, 2016
February 16, 2016
On March 26, I am going to have some pieces programmed into a show that is raising money to support research for Parkinson's disease.
The show is being put on by The Cicada Consort at the University of Alabama.
Here is a brief synopsis of the program:
This eight hour concert marathon of music by living composers is presented to support research of Parkinson's disease through the Michael J Fox Foundation. Bringing in performers from Alabama, New York, Ohio, North Carolina, Indiana, Louisiana, Georgia, and many other places, this event is already promising to be one of the biggest new music events of the 2016. We would love to have you join us! Feel free to look at the program to see the wonderful variety of material being presented.
In addition to having many wonderful performers gracing the stage, we will also have an entire hall dedicated purely to a continuous stream of stereo electronic works.
I will be in the electronic works section. Hope you can make it out!
I just finished a new piece for mandolin and electronics. Listen to it here.
More Nebulullaby news. The release show is going to be on April 23 in London at Apiary Studios. More info on that coming up.
Additionally, Wolfson's Children Hospital in Jacksonville, FL has a new promotional video featuring some of my music. Check it out below.
On March 26, I am going to have some pieces programmed into a show that is raising money to support research for Parkinson's disease.
The show is being put on by The Cicada Consort at the University of Alabama.
Here is a brief synopsis of the program:
This eight hour concert marathon of music by living composers is presented to support research of Parkinson's disease through the Michael J Fox Foundation. Bringing in performers from Alabama, New York, Ohio, North Carolina, Indiana, Louisiana, Georgia, and many other places, this event is already promising to be one of the biggest new music events of the 2016. We would love to have you join us! Feel free to look at the program to see the wonderful variety of material being presented.
In addition to having many wonderful performers gracing the stage, we will also have an entire hall dedicated purely to a continuous stream of stereo electronic works.
I will be in the electronic works section. Hope you can make it out!
I just finished a new piece for mandolin and electronics. Listen to it here.
More Nebulullaby news. The release show is going to be on April 23 in London at Apiary Studios. More info on that coming up.
Additionally, Wolfson's Children Hospital in Jacksonville, FL has a new promotional video featuring some of my music. Check it out below.
February 1, 2016
I will be playing a show at Nothing Arts Center in Sarasota, FL on the 21st of February.
I'm going to be opening for Blackfire from Gainesville, FL.
It'll be a good time. Come out and see us.
January 15, 2016
Ink & Coda has just released their new issue featuring a selection of work from musicians and writers, including myself.
Listen to my track here and check out all the other great submissions.
January 1, 2016
A few new pieces have been completed in the past few months.
Flatland, Three Etudes for Electric Guitar and Ink Drifts Across the Sky have all been recorded.
Ink & Coda will be publishing And the Sun Hits the Corners of the Room on January 15.
Nebularosa will be publishing Fading Out in April.
More plans to come soon.
November 3, 2015
Nebulullaby, featuring Fading Out, is about to release in December and in anticipation of the release, xname is hosting a music making workshop and listening party for the album. If you are in the London area at the end of November, take a look at it. Here is from the website:
After a short introduction, participants will experiment with different
instruments and techniques in order to create sleep inducing sound
culminating in a short composition. The field of lullabies, far from being
saturated, will be left opened for others to reflect and respond.
Selected readings will be delivered beforehand. Individual projects can be
discussed in advance.
Basic guidance available on aesthetics, electronics, circuit design,
physical computing, Arduino/Beaglebone/Gumstix, software programming
(Java, C/C++, PD) and DSP.
Simplicity is encouraged. Focus is the electronic lullaby. Electroacustic
pieces are also welcome.
Some materials will be provided but you can bring your own. You’ll take
your final track with you.
The day will end with a public presentation of NEBULULLABY, a small
preview from the upcoming compilation and the participants performances.
Saturday 28th November 2015
11h to 18h (with a lunch break)
More info here
Hope you can make it!
October 13, 2015
The video of Kaiho (in conjunction with the music series Fifteen Minutes of Fame) is now online. You can watch the full video of the concert, featuring 14 other composers, here.
July 16, 2015
The Music Box's "In 4" now has video and audio. You can view it in full here.
April 3, 2015
Received the great news a few days ago that "Fading Out" will be included on the vinyl release of Nebulullaby and will be going on sale sometime in the near future. More details to come.
March 11, 2015
The Music Box Project's "In 4", which I collaborated on, just received a great review from the Australian publication Cut Common.
You can view it in full here.
There was also another smaller write-up in classikON that mentioned how "In 4" is "a collaborative piece incorporating 40 composers from across the world – from Belarus to London to Tasmania." Always excited to be mentioned.
Read the full article here.
In other news, an encore performance of Devon Yasume Toyotomi will be taking place at Norwegian Seaman's Church, 317 East 52nd Street, New York, NY on May 21st at 8:00 pm. If you can't catch him and the premiere of "Kaiho" in New Jersey, come out and support him for the encore.
February 19, 2015
I am very excited to announce that "Kaiho" will be receiving a premiere on May 9th at 5:00 pm at Presbyterian Church of Upper Montclair, 53 Norwood Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey. Devon Yasume Toyotomi will be premiering the piece, as well as a handful of other new compositions from around the world. If you are in the area, I hope you have a chance to see a great performer debut some great works.
February 13, 2015
The date is set for The Music Box Project performance. It will occur on March 4, 2015 at the Glebe Justice Center in Sydney, Australia and I will be one of 40 composers who collaborated on the project. View the ensembles that will perform the piece, the organizers who set up the performance and the composers here.
December 16, 2014
Next year, The Music Box Project based out of Sydney, Australia will be collaborating with composers worldwide in creating a open instrumentation piece resembling Terry Riley's "In C". I will be contributing a section for the project.
Here's the project: http://www.themusicboxproject.com/project-in-4
See you all next year.
November 21, 2014
My track, "Fading Out," is getting featured in an online release with other composers and artists, including David Jason Snow, Victor Zappi, and
Claude Heiland-Allen, among many others. This is all curated and produced by xname, a London-based artist.
Soon, the album will also be available through archive.org and nebulullaby.net.
September 19, 2014
"Fading Out" will be getting its premiere in a London art space in the coming days, as part of an event leading up to a CD release.
The event will take place at Balfron Tower Open Studio on September 20 and 21. If you happen to be in London for any reason during those times, let me know how it goes. I'm still in Minsk for awhile.
May 12, 2014
A new soundcloud exists for my compositions. Visit it at https://soundcloud.com/erich-barganier