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Matthew Ricketts

The Movers and Makers Podcast

The Samuel Andreyev Podcast

Feed the Machine

Adam Neely

John Cage

Samuel Andreyev

Matt Dixon

Jonathan Bell

John French

Paul STEENHUISEN

Mark Boston

Amos Schwartzfarb

Shawn Lucas

Linda Catlin

Kenneth Goldsmith

Brian Ferneyhough

Alexander Goehr

Richard Haynes

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Matthew Ricketts (b. 1986, British Columbia) is a Canadian composer currently based in New York City. His music moves from extremes of presence and absence, from clamor to quietude, at once reticent and flamboyant. Matthew’s music has been called “lyrical, contrapuntal, rhythmically complex and highly nuanced” (The American Academy of Arts and Letters) and is noted for his “effervescent and at times prickly sounds,” “hypnotically churning exploration of melody” (ICareIfYouListen) as well as its “tart harmonies and perky sputterings” (The New York Times). He is a 2020 Gaudeamus Finalist and a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow.     In 2018 Ricketts’ multilingual opera Chaakapesh: The Trickster’s Quest (written in collaboration with renowned Cree playwright Tomson Highway) opened the Montreal Symphony’s 84th season to great critical acclaim and went on to tour Indigenous communities throughout Québec. Matthew is the recipient of fellowships from Civitella Ranieri (2020/2021), The American Academy of Arts and Letters (2020), MacDowell (2019), the Tanglewood Music Center (2018 Elliott Carter Memorial Fellowship) and the Aspen Music Festival (2017), in addition to the 2016 Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund Prize, the 2016 Jacob Druckman Prize (Aspen Music Festival), the 2016 Mivos/Kanter Prize, the 2015 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award, a 2013 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award and eight prizes in the SOCAN Foundation’s Awards for Young Composers.Matthew holds degrees in music composition and theory from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music (B.Mus. 2009) and Columbia University (DMA 2017). Matthew’s principal mentors include Brian Cherney, John Rea, Chris Paul Harman, George Lewis and Fred Lerdahl. He was a Core Lecturer at Columbia University from 2017-2020.Musical excerpt:Adrift (2020), concerto for clarinet and orchestraPhilharmonisches Staatsorchester HamburgRupert Wachter, clarinetKent Nagano, conductorMore about Matthew RickettsSUPPORT THIS PODCASTPatreonDonorboxORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASEIridescent NotationLINKSYouTube channelOfficial WebsiteTwitterInstagramEdition Impronta, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scoresEPISODE CREDITSPodcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe StirnweissSupport the show

Matthew Ricketts (b. 1986, British Columbia) is a Canadian composer currently based in New York City. His music moves from extremes of presence and absence, from clamor to quietude, at once reticent and flamboyant. Matthew’s music has been called “lyrical, contrapuntal, rhythmically complex and highly nuanced” (The American Academy of Arts and Letters) and is noted for his “effervescent and at times prickly sounds,” “hypnotically churning exploration of melody” (ICareIfYouListen) as well as its “tart harmonies and perky sputterings” (The New York Times). He is a 2020 Gaudeamus Finalist and a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow.     In 2018 Ricketts’ multilingual opera Chaakapesh: The Trickster’s Quest (written in collaboration with renowned Cree playwright Tomson Highway) opened the Montreal Symphony’s 84th season to great critical acclaim and went on to tour Indigenous communities throughout Québec. Matthew is the recipient of fellowships from Civitella Ranieri (2020/2021), The American Academy of Arts and Letters (2020), MacDowell (2019), the Tanglewood Music Center (2018 Elliott Carter Memorial Fellowship) and the Aspen Music Festival (2017), in addition to the 2016 Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund Prize, the 2016 Jacob Druckman Prize (Aspen Music Festival), the 2016 Mivos/Kanter Prize, the 2015 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award, a 2013 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award and eight prizes in the SOCAN Foundation’s Awards for Young Composers.Matthew holds degrees in music composition and theory from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music (B.Mus. 2009) and Columbia University (DMA 2017). Matthew’s principal mentors include Brian Cherney, John Rea, Chris Paul Harman, George Lewis and Fred Lerdahl. He was a Core Lecturer at Columbia University from 2017-2020. Musical excerpt: Adrift (2020), concerto for clarinet and orchestra Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg Rupert Wachter, clarinet Kent Nagano, conductor <a href="https://matthewricketts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More about Matthew Ricketts</a> SUPPORT THIS PODCAST <a href="https://www.patreon.com/samuelandreyev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> <a href="http://www.samuelandreyev.com/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donorbox</a> ORDER SAMUEL ANDREYEV’S NEWEST RELEASE <a href="https://www.kairos-music.com/cds/0015002kai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iridescent Notation</a> LINKS <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/temporalfissure/videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> <a href="http://www.samuelandreyev.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official Website</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SamuelAndreyev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/samuel_andreyev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SamuelAndreyev" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edition Impronta</a>, publisher of Samuel Andreyev’s scores EPISODE CREDITS Podcast artwork photograph © 2019 Philippe Stirnweiss<a href="http://www.patreon.com/samuelandreyev" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Matthew Ricketts, composer

Matthew Ricketts is a published poet who knows love, loss, what it takes to have a good time, the art of pondering life, and how to write about ALL of it.   With three books under his belt, Matthew has written about a wide array of thoughts, feelings, and happenings.The titles in order of publications are:1) "Songs, Poems, Words, and Thoughts. These are the Shades of my Soul."2) "Halfway Around the Moon"3) "Significant Strangers" In addition to writing, Matthew is known for years of orchestrating several fund raisers that have helped many causes...and non-profits, as well as, some pretty serious coaching accomplishments in the world of Adult KickBall, and Dodgeball. If you would like to connect with Matthew, or order any of this books find him on Facebook or email him at:MatthewRRicketts@gmail.com

Matthew Ricketts is a published poet who knows love, loss, what it takes to have a good time, the art of pondering life, and how to write about ALL of it.   With three books under his belt, Matthew has written about a wide array of thoughts, feelings, and happenings.The titles in order of publications are:1) "Songs, Poems, Words, and Thoughts. These are the Shades of my Soul."2) "Halfway Around the Moon"3) "Significant Strangers" In addition to writing, Matthew is known for years of orchestrating several fund raisers that have helped many causes...and non-profits, as well as, some pretty serious coaching accomplishments in the world of Adult KickBall, and Dodgeball. If you would like to connect with Matthew, or order any of this books find him on Facebook or email him at:MatthewRRicketts@gmail.com

Around the Moon with Significant Strangers. The Matthew Ricketts Interview

Portrait Interview of Matthew Ricketts, a Canadian composer from Victoria, British Columbia, currently based in New York City.  Here's a link to the promotional video for Matthew's opera, Chaakapesh, as discussed in the episode.  Music used in this episode:  1."In Partial View," for string quartet – performed by JACK quartet. 2. "Unset," for voice and ensemble, text by Joshua Clover – performed by Sharon Harms, Talea Ensemble, conducted by Jeffrey Means.  3. "Melodia," for solo piano – performed by Julia den Boer. 4. "Melodia," piano concerto – performed by Tengku Irfan and the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Robert Spano. 5. "Meloscuro," second piano concerto – performed by Keiko Sekino and the East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jorge Richter.

Portrait Interview of <a href="https://matthewricketts.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew Ricketts</a>, a Canadian composer from Victoria, British Columbia, currently based in New York City.  Here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze3dvLsRkTs" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">link</a> to the promotional video for Matthew's opera, Chaakapesh, as discussed in the episode.  Music used in this episode:  1."In Partial View," for string quartet – performed by JACK quartet. 2. "Unset," for voice and ensemble, text by Joshua Clover – performed by Sharon Harms, Talea Ensemble, conducted by Jeffrey Means.  3. "Melodia," for solo piano – performed by Julia den Boer. 4. "Melodia," piano concerto – performed by Tengku Irfan and the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Robert Spano. 5. "Meloscuro," second piano concerto – performed by Keiko Sekino and the East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jorge Richter.

Ep. 8: Matthew Ricketts, Composer