In this episode you’ll hear

Composer: Joseph Twist
Website:  www.joetwist.com

interviewed by: Lisa Cheney
Website: www.lisacheney.com.au

This conversation was recorded on 17/07/2017, in Joseph’s home studio in Los Angeles, USA.

Show Notes

“If you’re writing something that sounds like the last Lachenmann or the last John Adams piece…that’s great and you should totally do that. But, I think we all search to find that thing that makes us set away from that and be individual.”

Joe Twist is sought after composer and vocalist from Queensland currently living and working in Los Angeles. He writes and arranges music for a variety of different mediums including; sacred music for choir, opera, small ensemble, professional orchestras in addition to his busy career composing for film and TV. In this interview he chats with Lisa Cheney about drawing influence from pop bands, writing for concert hall, moving to America to work in Hollywood, and striving to create ‘expressive and intelligent’ music.

Music in this Episode

Le Tombeau de Monk
Composed by Joseph Twist
Performed by Collusion Ensemble: B Greaves (Violin), D Bentley (Cello), D Tolmie (Clarinet), B Cutting (Piano).

Great Minds
Composed by Joseph Twist
Performed by Southern Cross Soloists and Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Voice).

The music you heard in the opening and closing credits is:
I/O (2014), by Eli Simic-Prosic
For diskclavier, recorded by the composer.
Used with permission.
https://soundcloud.com/eli-simic-prosic

Production Credits

The Making Conversation: Australian Composers’ Podcast is brought to you by Making Waves.
This episode was recorded and produced by: Lisa Cheney
Audio consultant: Daniel Thorpe
Mixing and Mastering: Thomas Green
Executive Producers: Lisa Cheney & Peggy Polias Making Waves

With Thanks

The Making Conversation Podcast has been made possible with the generous support of:

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