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Interview with Eric Britt composer / Composer Portraits

This week Musica in Extenso is hosting Eric Britt [ @the-versatile-composer​ @ericbrittmusic​ ] as invited guest-editor in our special Composer Portraits series, a young composer for media and concert hall.

Our staff made an exclusive interview with Eric Britt, focusing on some interesting questions about her connection with music, compositional style and general hobbies.

How would you describe your compositional style?

Tonal. That’s the "rst wordthat always comes to mind when I think of my music. Most of my music sounds like it could come out of a video game soundtrack. Some of it in fact is from a video game soundtrack. When I was undergoing training to write chamber music in college, my style became more lyrical, and "lm score-esque music was less of a focus. Now that I’ve graduated, I take all that I’ve learned about writing for concert hall and apply it to any video game commissions that come my way.

Tell us your proudest achievement in composition!

My greatest achievement has to be my "rst video game soundtrack for Underspace. It’s an hour long, and I essentially lived with the score writing it for months. Completing it was bittersweet, but I’m incredibly proud of the work I did for it.

How do you spend your free time?

If I’m not writing music for professional purposes, I write it for fun. I also enjoy working with the music of other composers to see what I can do with it (that is how my Disgraceful Series came into being). I have few other interests outside of music, aside from being a news junkie.

Lifelong dreams?

That ultimately depends on how realistic we are talking. In autopian alternate reality, "lm scoring and making it "nancially as a composer. I realistically know that I can only get so far with music, and need sustainable income. My more realistic dream is to "nd a career in arts administration, while taking commissions when I have the time.

Five words that describe your character:

Honest, ardent, creative, go-getter, kind

First contact with music:

From my memory? Banjo & Kazooie. I used to play boss battles just to listen to the music. That soundtrack was gold. That’s howI started getting into soundtracks.

Join us this week and stay tuned! - Editor-in-Chief

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I am very glad to finally share these wonderful news!

Connect Festival, the annual Malmö-based festival for contemporary music (which I've veen involved with for many years) is going to publish the concerts/events from the 2022 AND 2023 festivals on Youtube, starting with the show LIVE AGAIN on Friday, May 12 at 19.00!

This event was held in February of 2022, and includes a piece of mine that was made in collaboration with performance artist Lars Ingar Lundin who performed it at Inter Arts Center: https://youtu.be/YJLOs_e89OQ

Please leave a comment and/or like and do not forget to subscribe to the Connect Festival Youtube channel!

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This is my student Robert. This is the song Robert wrote. Robert ROCKS! #bellaangelmusic #musiclessonshelpyourchildsucceed #youngcomposer #buildforestpark (at Bella Angel Music)

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The key to good storytelling is clearly defining the plot. If you can't summarise your story then you can't expect an audience to get what you are showing them. If you struggle with doing this for your musical try writing a summary of a show that you have seen. Try to sum up the plot of Wicked in 500 words trying to focus on what the biggest moments in the show are. Once you understand how these shows lay out their structure with the rise of tension to the climax and then the denouement you will be able to reflect this in your own plot! Give it a go! #onestowatch #westendcomposer #westendwriters #westend #singersongwriter #songwritingtips #musician #music #writingtips #musicaltheatre #westendmusical #musical #singer #writer #composer #lyricist #newmusical #newmusicalert #originalmusic #originalmusical #youngcomposer #youngcreative #westendtheatre #westendwriters #writerstowatch https://www.instagram.com/p/CHicX_MDVoB/?igshid=d7ocy2tn6md7

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National Centre for Early Music and BBC Radio 3 call for entries to the 2018 Young Composers Award

The award will be launched on BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show on Sunday 5 November at 2.00pm.

Your chance to hear your composition performed by The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and broadcast by BBC Radio 3. Expressions of interest must be registered by Friday 16 February and completed scores received by Friday 16 March. 

The award will be judged in York on Thursday 10 May.

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[musicainextenso]

Eric Britt is a 23 year old composer for media and concert hall. In 2018 he graduated with a Bachelor's in Music, having majored in both Theory/Composition and Music Business. His training during undergrad was centered around writing for chamber ensembles. He now applies his traditional training to modern day video game scoring. In addition to writing music, Eric enjoys working with the works of other composers, whether it be creating his own arrangements, remastering the compositions, or creating comical versions of them for his Disgraceful Series. Past college he has continued writing music and is also pursuing a career in arts administration.

This week we will present four compositions and we hope that you will enjoy the music of our guest-composer.

Theo was written immediately after the passing of one of Eric’s closest teachers, who the composition is named after. Written in 2017, it is one of Eric’s earliest compositions where more emphasis was placed on emotional pull than compositional structure. It needed to sound soft, lyrical, and most importantly, it had to end on a positive note. The intention of the final chord was to celebrate the life Theo had and the impact she left on everyone. 

Enjoy! 

You can listen to more of Eric's music at https://www.orchestorm.com

@the-versatile-composer / @ericbrittmusic

[evscomposer]

This friday me and a handful of colleagues from the academies in Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm recieved the great honour of having music performed by Musica Vitae and Michael Bartosch at Utvandrarnas Hus in Växjö. My Sinfonia No. 1 for String Orchestra was well recieved by both audience and musicians, and I'm really happy with this collaboration. I sincerely hope more projects together with this wonderful ensemble lies in the future! . . . #ErikValdemarSköld #composer #composers #composition #contemporary #contemporaryart #contemporarymusic #nutidamusik #youngcomposers #newmusic #worldpremiere #nymusik #musikhögskolanimalmö #malmö #kmh #ackis #royalcollegeofmusicinstockholm #stockholm #kungligamusikhögskolan #hsm #gothenburg #stringinstrument #stringorchestra #musicavitae #stringensemble #musicforstrings #violin #viola #cello #doublebass (på/i Utvandrarnas Hus) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7Vs1yiBaQ/?igshid=181jiogt6lhzn

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Some of the best ideas are the ones that you least expect. What are you afraid to start working on? Sometimes you might feel embarrassed or disappointed by an idea that you previously liked. Take a step back because you are probably too close to the project to really see the big picture. The 'honeymoon' phase of the creation is over, but that doesn't mean that you should give up and move on. Keep going and try to motivate yourself to find new things about it that make you amazed and proud of what you are creating! #onestowatch #westendcomposer #westendwriters #westend #singersongwriter #songwritingtips #musician #music #writingtips #musicaltheatre #westendmusical #musical #singer #writer #composer #lyricist #newmusical #newmusicalert #originalmusic #originalmusical #youngcomposer #youngcreative #westendtheatre #westendwriters #writerstowatch https://www.instagram.com/p/CGaOVUWj1-_/?igshid=s9zum8a28f6i

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[evscomposer]

This friday me and a handful of colleagues from the academies in Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm recieved the great honour of having music performed by Musica Vitae and Michael Bartosch at Utvandrarnas Hus in Växjö. My Sinfonia No. 1 for String Orchestra was well recieved by both audience and musicians, and I'm really happy with this collaboration. I sincerely hope more projects together with this wonderful ensemble lies in the future! . . . #ErikValdemarSköld #composer #composers #composition #contemporary #contemporaryart #contemporarymusic #nutidamusik #youngcomposers #newmusic #worldpremiere #nymusik #musikhögskolanimalmö #malmö #kmh #ackis #royalcollegeofmusicinstockholm #stockholm #kungligamusikhögskolan #hsm #gothenburg #stringinstrument #stringorchestra #musicavitae #stringensemble #musicforstrings #violin #viola #cello #doublebass (på/i Utvandrarnas Hus) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7Vs1yiBaQ/?igshid=v63t0qyw8hfk