Today we chat with Jerome Begin, an American composer and musician based in New York. We talk about his musical journey, how he approached modular synthesizers and why, and take a look at his compositional approach through the commissioned score he wrote for the Douglas Dunn dance company.
Jerome is currently Music Advisor at the Juilliard School Dance Division, and has composed many scores for dance, theater, concert works, installation and film performed worldwide. In his current works, he is mostly working on the interaction between electronic devices and acoustic instruments.
www.jeromebegin.com
Two modular scores mentioned in the interview:
Greener Grass: https://vimeo.com/790299860
Bubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp66DG7CNic
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Today we chat with Jerome Begin, an American composer and musician based in New York. We talk about his musical journey, how he approached modular synthesizers and why, and take a look at his compositional approach through the commissioned score he wrote for the Douglas Dunn dance company.
Jerome is currently Music Advisor at the Juilliard School Dance Division, and has composed many scores for dance, theater, concert works, installation and film performed worldwide. In his current works, he is mostly working on the interaction between electronic devices and acoustic instruments.
www.jeromebegin.com
Two modular scores mentioned in the interview:
Greener Grass: https://vimeo.com/790299860
Bubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp66DG7CNic
1. Francesco Gennari – Counterpoint, Modular Synthesizers, and Broken Knees
Let’s Talk Music
50 minutes
1 year ago
1. Francesco Gennari – Counterpoint, Modular Synthesizers, and Broken Knees
This is the first episode of a brand-new video & podcast interview! Giovanni from Frap Tools talks with Francesco Gennari, a talented musician who merges modular synths and classical counterpoint. We discuss his style, approach, background, and gear and make some patches along the way.
Also available on Spotify, Google, and Apple Podcasts.
Video: https://youtu.be/DygqHbm1rmg
Francesco's album: https://imprec.bandcamp.com/album/frammenti
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00:00 Introducing our guest: Francesco Gennari
01:09 Noise punk, classical music, and electronic music
03:40 Skateboard, broken knees, and modular synths
05:50 On "Frammenti" and composing for the modular synthesizer
10:55 Counterpoint and randomization
16:55 The concept behind "Frammenti"
19:38 Francesco Gennari's patch
22:49 Francesco's patch breakdown
26:48 Patch discussion
31:48 On USTA, SAPÈL, FALISTRI and rhythm variations
40:56 Gödel, Escher, Bach
42:04 What could be the next Frap Tools module?
45:45 Giovanni's patch in the style of Francesco Gennari
47:39 Giovanni's patch breakdown
Let’s Talk Music
Today we chat with Jerome Begin, an American composer and musician based in New York. We talk about his musical journey, how he approached modular synthesizers and why, and take a look at his compositional approach through the commissioned score he wrote for the Douglas Dunn dance company.
Jerome is currently Music Advisor at the Juilliard School Dance Division, and has composed many scores for dance, theater, concert works, installation and film performed worldwide. In his current works, he is mostly working on the interaction between electronic devices and acoustic instruments.
www.jeromebegin.com
Two modular scores mentioned in the interview:
Greener Grass: https://vimeo.com/790299860
Bubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp66DG7CNic
