podcast 35-Bryan Jacobs

Composer Conversations with Daniel Vezza

Bryan Jacobs is a New York based composer and guitarist. His music has been performed by ensembles such as the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, The McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble, Wet Ink, International Contemporary Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, and Ensemble Pamplemousse. He has had performances at Festival Ai-maako (Chile), La Muse en Festival (Paris, France), Festival Archipel (Geneva, Switzerland), as well as numerous other music festivals in Canada and the United States. You can check out more of his music at www.bryanjacobsmusic.com.

In our conversation we talk about his original plans to become an organic farmer, how he reduces the difference between conception and reality in his compositions, and the need for composers to hide their methods and influences in their own works.