In this episode you’ll hear

Composer: May Lyon
Website:  www.maylyon.com

interviewed by: Matthew Lorenzon
Website: partialdurations.com

This conversation was recorded on the 28th of July, 2016, in a living room in Parkville (Melbourne, Vic).

Show Notes

May Lyon is a Melbourne-based composer whose work wavers between complexity and simplicity, darkness and light. In this wide-ranging interview May speaks to interviewer Matthew Lorenzon about an interest in mathematics, anthropology, and how to stay focused while working in noisy cafes.

In the words of the composer:

“New music is important because if you lose new music, you lose history as well.”

Music in this Episode

On The Inside by May Lyon
Performed by Tamara Kohler (flute), Gemma Tomlinson (Cello), Aaron Klei (Clarinet) and Adam McMillan (Piano)

Verse-re-rhymes by May Lyon
Performed by Ensemble 21, led by Stephen Grant

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: Matthew Lorenzon
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:

Project Patron: Cameron Lam of Kammerklang

Production Donors: Kieren Paynter, Nigel Poole, PLEXUS, Callum Moncrieff, Constance Barberakis, David John Lang, Christopher Gordon, Anne Gill, Brian Howard, Caroline Thompson, Leah Barclay and Jocelyn Wolfe and all who contributed to the successful crowdfunding campaign

Making Conversation is supported by Creative Partnerships Australia through MATCH.

Music in this Episode

The music you heard in the video 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: Matthew Lorenzon
Video editor: Ryan O’Donnell, RPO video
Executive Producers: Lisa Cheney & Peggy Polias Making Waves

With Thanks

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

Project Patron: Cameron Lam of Kammerklang

Production Donors: Kieren Paynter, Nigel Poole, PLEXUS, Callum Moncrieff, Constance Barberakis, David John Lang, Christopher Gordon, Anne Gill, Brian Howard, Caroline Thompson, Leah Barclay and Jocelyn Wolfe and all who contributed to the successful crowdfunding campaign

Making Conversation is supported by Creative Partnerships Australia through MATCH.