Composition

I have been writing "classical" pieces since I took a degree in classical composition at the Grieg Academy in Bergen, 2008-2012.

As of 2013 I'm happy to say I'm a member of Ny Musikks komponistgruppe, the contemporary music composition group in Norway.

Here's a list of some of my work:

For big band (2 altos, 2 tenors, 1 bari, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano, guitar, bass, drums): Cityscape, written for NMH bigband in 2014, and Octopus Jam, written for Hammerfest big band in 2013.

"Modern Ragtime and Boogie-Woogie", written for the pianist Joachim Kwetzinsky. Only "Superstitious Boogie" has been recorded so far. This piece was first performed at a concert at NMH, April 2014.

The Ghost in the Machine - for Eb saxophones, trombone, tuba and drumkit (10 min)

I wrote three pieces for sinfonietta while I was at college in Bergen, as well as three for large wind band. We were lucky to work with FMKV as part of our studies. I wrote A message for the aliens and The Wrong Door.

As a part of my work on polyrhythm, I ended up "writing" (conceived of) what I call The Big Bang, which can be played by any combination of or number of musicians, but if you have 14 musicians it would take millions of years to play the whole thing! The point is that this piece consists of a giant polyrhythm comprised of the combination of many prime numbers. If all these rhythms play at the same time, with the same basic tempo, at some point far in the future they will meet, and cause... the title. Actually the effect is beautiful.

Pieces for prepared piano (definitely still working on these, I usually use a synthesizer to play them)

I wrote a piece for Gamelan orchestra commissioned by those who name themselves Det Norske Gamelanorkesteret, and they allegedly played it at Black Box Theatre, Oslo, 17.03.10 (I love listening to Gamelan music)

2 cycles (in 21/16) for vibraphones, tubular bells and triangle (premiered at Borealis Festival, Bergen)

I've also uploaded a few things I've been working on in the field of music theory.