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While we’re still working on the studio cut of this piece, here’s a video of Aaron Pergram’s live performance of “Doppelgänger” from the Future Music Oregon concert, November 19th, 2011.

Doppelganger (2011) from Simon Hutchinson on Vimeo.

When composing for soloist and electronics, I often approach pieces as concerti, with the live performer conversing with an electronic [...]

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A very belated update! As always, my internet presence has fallen victim to the trappings of my real-life presence. I have had some wonderful performances in the last few months, including two performances of my latest electro-acoustic piece, Doppelganger for Bassoon and Electronics performed by Aaron Pergram. We’re just working together [...]

It seems that my lofty goals of having a composing summer have (once again) gone unmet.
Instead, this summer, I got back to focusing on shamisen, studying with my teacher to learn (among other things) a new piece, Senboku Nikata Bushi. Now, at the end of the summer, I think I’ve finally got a grip on [...]

Thankfully the academic year has drawn to a close, and, since that close, I’ve finally had a chance to return to getting some notes down on paper. Primarily I’ve been working on two pieces, Chaji for orchestra and Doppelgänger for Bassoon and electronics, which Aaron Pergram will premiere next fall.
In the meantime, I was thankful [...]

I am still alive and active! Barely.
As I had two recitals last month to fulfill my academic obligations, it has taken me a while to get back to the real work of being a composer, which is, as far as I can tell, composing and self-promotion.
While I get myself ready for composing, here is some [...]

Recently, my attention has been focused on my two upcoming recitals next month, so I have not been very good about posting updates here!
That said, I seem to have come to the eye of the storm, and I’m also getting some media from various recent performances, and I’m hoping to post them here over the [...]