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Drew Schnurr is a composer, sound artist, and performer from Los Angeles whose work blurs traditional lines in music, media, and sound.

As a composer for media, Drew has produced music and sonic branding for numerous world brands and media conglomerates. He is also an active concert composer and sound artist with a diverse range of international commissions and exhibits.

Revered by his peers, industry professionals, and critics, his work has been called both “rare” and “remarkable.”

“This composer bends and stretches rules within his own aesthetic, weaving his musical ideas in harmonious waves that threaten to drown, yet gently tumble the listener forward with intrigue and anticipation.” -Adam Rosenthal review for Persee: Orchestrated Perception

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Hyperventilations

for Piano with Four Hands [cat. sc26]

Hyperventilations of a Fire Dragon harnesses music from my early career as a performer in latin bands, jazz ensembles, funk bands, and rock and metal bands. The underlying fervency of these influences is felt throughout the work, leveraged by the power and agility of the piano, driving the performance often to the edge of playability. This piece initiates a compositional renaissance, a drilling down into the musical cores of “fire” that constitute the music of my youth. It comes from the gut—quite literally, was breathed into life. The melodic and rhythmic motives are all derived from vocal inflections (and hyperventilations) improvised, recorded, transcribed and re-composed by the composer.

DREW SCHNURR (2015)

Premiered by Vicki Ray and Aaron Kallay — Hear Now Festival, Los Angeles, May 2015.
Video performance by pianists Kookhee Hong and Minji Noh.

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AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT

01/11/12

AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT by Rebeca Mendez with sound and music by Drew Schnurr was exhibited at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO) on August 5th to October 3rd 2011.

http://www.museomaco.com
http://www.rebecamendez.com

LUNE AT POPPER

11/17/11

LUNE for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano was premiered at UCLA Popper Auditorium on November 15, 2011.

Performers:
Clarinet – Phil O’Connor
Violin – Searmi Park
Cello – Giovanna Moraga
Piano – Randy Kerber

Program Notes:
This piece represents the sequential progressions of tension and harmony found in dialogue. In experiencing the piece the listener with an affinity to metaphor can choose one of their choice: dialogue between lovers, dialogue between parents and children, dialogue between humanity and nature, dialogue between intellect and instinct, dialogue between body and sprit, or any other binary relationship that requires dialogue and synthesis. Whatever the context chosen for listening, the musical composition is structured by motivic interaction between “characters” in the piece forming points of musical tension and subsequent syntheses of new meanings or “LUNES.”

LUNE: “…a crescent-shaped figure formed on a sphere or plane by two arcs intersecting at two points.”

November, 2011 by Drew Schnurr

THE BRIDGE PREMIERE

07/05/11

THE BRIDGE, written and directed by Andrés Torres-Vives with music by Drew Schnurr premiered at the Los Angeles International film festival on the evening of Friday, June 24 with much acclaim. The film was one of seven short films sponsored by Film Independent and Project: Involve.

“Project:Involve is Film Independent’s signature diversity program, dedicated to increasing diversity in the film industry by cultivating the careers of under-represented filmmakers. The program, which runs from October through June, selects filmmakers from diverse backgrounds and filmmaking tracks. During the nine-months, the Fellows are paired one-on-one with a mentor from the film industry, assigned to a team to make a short film incorporating a given theme, and attend monthly filmmaking workshops and other educational seminars.”

http://www.filmindependent.org

LA TIMES: GREENSPACE

04/13/11

Peter Brown’s CONFESSIONS OF AN ECO-TERRORIST with music by Drew Schnurr was featured in the LA Times on April 12. Interviewed by Dean Kuipers, Peter Brown discussed the film and his 30 years of work as an environmental activist:

“I’m a guy who likes to act a little crazy, poke fun at everyone. But…I want to see real change.”

http://latimes.com/

ROGER EBERT REVIEW

03/04/11

Peter Brown’s CONFESSIONS OF AN ECO-TERRORIST was reviewed by Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times on Feb 7. Ebert reviews a number of films from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival giving special praise to CONFESSIONS.

“…provocative, informative, laugh out loud funny.”

http://suntimes.com/

CONFESSIONS OF AN ECO-TERRORIST PREMIERE

02/10/11

Peter Brown’s CONFESSIONS OF AN ECO-TERRORIST with music by Drew Schnurr received premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Feb 2 receiving a special honors from the festival.

http://www.thedailysound.com/

DODGE “ROCK N’ ROLL” MARATHON

02/02/11

Dodge was a sponsor for the LA half marathon in the Fall of 2010. This video features their campaign highlighting local bands “Rocking Out” for the marathon runners. The spot includes interviews by Roger Craig, Jennifer Love Hewiit, James Remar, and Dodge CEO Ralph Gilles. Music composed by Drew Schnurr.

ENERGY

10/09/10

6PM-10PM: ENERGY, group exhibition reception at the Williamson Gallery in Pasadena. The show includes Fall 2 and Grass 2 from AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT by Rebeca Mendez with music and sound composed by Drew Schnurr. The show runs from October 9, 2010 to January 9, 2011.

WILLIAMSON GALLERY
1700 Lida Street
Pasadena, CA 91103
ph 626.396.2200

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