Artist description Tom Bickley uses recorders, other early European wind instruments, voice, electronics, and found sounds as a composer/performer. He studied recorder with Scott Reiss, and holds degrees in music theory and musicology. As a recorder player Bickley explores extended techniques such as the production of chords and simultaneous singing and playing. In early music he works primarily with medieval European repertory and its rich tradition of improvised ornamentation. In Washington, DC, he teaches at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, assists with the multicultural liturgical music at St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church, and performs with the new music trio Comma. He is certified by Pauline Oliveros to teach the meditative improvisation practices of Deep Listening.

Music Style experimental; post-modern art music; improvisation

Musical Influences Pauline Oliveros, John Cage, Gregorian Chant, Asian music

Similar Artists Deep Listening Band

Albums (voices) by Comma (Metatron Press MPCD101), Gusty Winds May Exist (Metatron Press MPCD102r)

Press Reviews Douglas Cohen in NewMusNet described Bickley's Sommersmusic for alto recorder and electronics as

Location Washington, DC - USA

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