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On Wednesday 17th November 2021 at 2pm, composer and sound artist Maya Verlaak will be doing a CePRA supported online talk about her work.

Creating space for the audience and performers to scrutinise my concepts

Link: https://universityofleeds.zoom.us/j/82648273486?pwd=eXJKY3RxYmlqMExRUE5tNHVtaXVSUT09

Maya Verlaak is a Belgian composer (Ghent, 1990) who is active as a performer, curator and teacher. She describes her compositional process as a scrutinising compositional position in which the creative process is guided by the specific context of each commission. This results in the development of different compositional techniques for each creative endeavour. She develops novel approaches for each situation, never taking anything for granted. This way of working opens up her compositional practice towards new methods, creative solutions and playfulness. Sharing her creative process is important to her so she develops new notation systems to communicate her concepts. Her compositions are written in such a way that the performers have insight into the compositional process. The works are intended to create space for critical thought; space for the individual audience members and performers to scrutinise the work.

More information about the artist: https://maya.ricercata.org/About.html