Although I am trained as a composer, most
of the work that I do now falls equally into musicand theatre
- and everywhere in between.
AlexEddington.com is meant to present my
work to webfarers in a way that places equal weight on both disciplines, while
revealing that the border between them is always indistinct, and sometimes
nonexistent.
I have organized my Past into these two broad
categories as best as possible, with plenty of cross-referencing.
In
sections pertaining to my Present and Future I have allowed music and theatre to
frolic non-hierarchically together...
Enjoy!
NEWS
June 20, 2008 Holy carpe diem! Unexpected (very) good news!
much to my surprise and excitement, I was chosen for the Urjo
Kareda Residency for emerging theatre artists at Tarragon Theatre next
season! I will be doing two things: 1) shadowing the
composer/sound designers for three music-heavy productions; 2) writing
a new play (about elephants!) under the supervision of the house
dramaturge and Artistic Director Richard Rose. Tarragon has a
tremendous multi-decade commitment to the development of new Canadian
theatre work - this is a big foot in a big door for me, and I am thrilled and still a little stunned.
and the press is already starting to flit around webspace. I have re-postedREVIEWS - and PREVIEWSfor your cyberjoyment.
May 12, 2008 Old Growth begins rehearsals in Ottawa!
I am in Ottawa for nearly two months while we rehearse Old Growth. The show opens June 19 at the Ottawa Fringe Festival. Read more about our Cross Canada Fringe Festival tour- and follow the Old Growth BLOG!
March 5, 2008 Acky-Made has a manifesto
All artists need manifestos. Now Acky-Made, the blanket production company for all of my work, has one. Read the Acky-Made manifesto (and history!).
March 1, 2008 An Award! (and performance in Mississauga)
I was just awarded first place in the Orchestras Mississauga Emerging Composer Compeitition. Reiteration for orchestra will be performed by the Mississauga Symphony on March 28th, 2009. Details here.
February 25, 2008 A Workshop! (and performance in Montreal)
This April/May I will be participating in the Quatuor Bozzini
"Composer's Kitchen" workshop in Montreal. During the week of the
program, the ensemble will workshop a new piece for string quartet,
which will be premiered on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. Details here.
February 13, 2008 We have a tour! Of sorts!
We will be taking Old Growthto Ottawa, Wakefield, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Victoria and Vancouver in summer 2008!
read the details of the tour (as they become available) here
January 20, 2008 Publicity is in early, partial swing... Two new ways to follow the progress of Old Growth:
Alison was just in Toronto for a weekend of story development and
tech-talk. We have an arc. We have an ending! And
pretty much the moment she left, I started hammering out some of
the short scenes and monologues that will eventually come together to
make an hour-long show.
December 4, 2007 First bout of rehearsals
I was just in Ottawa for about five days of proto-rehearsals (character-work and musical exploration sans script)
with Aura (co-star) and Alison (dramaturge/director). Very
successful - more than I thought possible when the story and the
characters are still so shaky! Aura is, no surprise, wonderful.
*you can follow our rehearsal process over at the ol' Old Growth BLOG*
November 7, 2007 Updates to the Theatre section of the website!New digital tidbits include:
Alison and I are HOME in Ontario, and spending a month of quiet time apart before we begin work on our next project, Old Growth, a two-hander planned for cross-Canada Fringe touring in the summer of 2008!
