Paolo Griffin
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he/him
Location
Toronto,
ON -
Canada
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Paolo Griffin is a composer and curator based in Toronto/Tkarón:to whose work combines explorations of tuning systems with a rigorous, process-based approach to sonic form, structure, and forms of action/interaction between processes. With music described as placing “… the listener in a kind of sonic microgravity” (PANM360), and “…that stopped me dead in my tracks and made me forget what I was doing.” (Night After Night), Paolo’s practice spans sound, performance, text, improvisation and includes the creation of notated music and text/event scores.
In 2018, Paolo founded Freesound, a Toronto-based contemporary music collective of eight performers that emphasizes collaboration and experimentation. Concert highlights include performances of Patterns in a Chromatic Field by Morton Feldman, music for shō and accordion; a performance of text and graphic score works.
2024 highlights include a new piece for Quatuor Bozzini, Toronto-based percussionist Nathan Petitpas, a new work for harp and electronics for Florida-based harpist Nöel Wan, the release of his first portrait CD Supports & Surfaces on Sawyer Editions, and participation in the Toronto Arts Council Leaders Lab 2024-25 Cohort.
Paolo is currently the Board Chair of Musicworks Magazine and sits on the Toronto Arts Council Music Policy Committee.
Paolo Griffin is a composer and curator based in Toronto/Tkarón:to whose work combines explorations of tuning systems with a rigorous, process-based approach to sonic form, structure, and forms of action/interaction between processes. With music described as placing “… the listener in a kind of sonic microgravity” (PANM360), and “…that stopped me dead in my tracks and made me forget what I was doing.” (Night After Night), Paolo’s practice spans sound, performance, text, improvisation and includes the creation of notated music and text/event scores.
In 2018, Paolo founded Freesound, a Toronto-based contemporary music collective of eight performers that emphasizes collaboration and experimentation. Concert highlights include performances of Patterns in a Chromatic Field by Morton Feldman, music for shō and accordion; a performance of text and graphic score works.
2024 highlights include a new piece for Quatuor Bozzini, Toronto-based percussionist Nathan Petitpas, a new work for harp and electronics for Florida-based harpist Nöel Wan, the release of his first portrait CD Supports & Surfaces on Sawyer Editions, and participation in the Toronto Arts Council Leaders Lab 2024-25 Cohort.
Paolo is currently the Board Chair of Musicworks Magazine and sits on the Toronto Arts Council Music Policy Committee.
