photo by Sabrina Ramos
Brendan Glasson (b. Providence, RI) is a composer living and working in Oakland, CA.
He is interested in detail, texture, and slowness as launching points for a kind of augmented experience of duration and listening.
His collection of work, “The Reality of People” and Other Works for Reed Organ (Debacle Records), focuses on finding tone clusters that activate resonances in the organ, creating a pulsing, throbbing music of limited gesture.
Brendan collaborates in several projects—Risa with Mitch Stahlmann, a duo with Sally Decker, and he plays synthesizers in Chris Cohen’s touring band. He is part of an Oakland-based composer’s collective that composes and presents work.
Brendan holds an MFA from Mills College, where he worked for several years as Technical Director for the Center for Contemporary Music. He is currently a Montalvo Lucas Arts Music and Composition fellow.