Electronic Press Kit
ABOUT
Susanna Hancock is an Asian-American composer whose music explores color, process, and acoustic phenomena. Her music draws from a wide array of influences including minimalism, spectralism, math rock, and electronic mediums.
Susanna’s compositions have been performed by the United States Army Band (“Pershing’s Own”), wildUp, Metropolis Ensemble, ZAFA Collective, ~Nois Saxophone Quartet, and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and St. Louis Symphony, among others. Susanna’s work has been recognized by organizations such as ASCAP, New Music USA, and United States Artists, and has been featured in concerts and festivals across the world including the LA Phil’s Noon to Midnight Festival,and Bang on a Can Marathon.
Susanna is co-founder and co-artistic director of Terroir New Music, a concert/event series started in 2017 that pairs the music of living composers with local food and drink. Terroir is focused on fostering meaningful collaborations among creatives in an immediate area and is the coalescence of Susanna’s passion for contemporary music and lifetime of experience in the food service industry. The concepts of terroir and community-building are central tenets of all Susanna’s compositional and creative projects.
Susanna currently serves as Visiting Faculty of Composition at Miami University in Oxford, OH and Applied Composition Faculty at Northern Kentucky University. Susanna holds a Master of Music in Theory & Composition degree from New York University and Bachelor of Composition and Bassoon Performance degrees from the University of South Florida. Primary teachers have included Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, and Baljinder Sekhon.
MUSIC samples
For more music examples, visit the Compositions page.
PRESS
“ The highlight of the evening was the one true duet, Susanna Hancock’s Blossom and Furl for two electric guitars... Its static, nonfunctional harmonies nevertheless unlocked a kind of religious ecstasy”
“Particularly enjoyable in this piece are the rapid polar shifts between clamor and suspense–or perhaps hiatus?–and a four-layer polyrhythm, expertly cut by ~Nois, that created a mirage effect”
To see more news and press coverage, visit the News/Press page.
UPCOMING EVENTS
To see past concerts and engagements, visit the Events page.
CONTACT
For tech riders and other inquiries:
SUSANNA HANCOCK
email : susannahancockmusic@gmail.com
website: susannahancockmusic.com