Jonathan Kawchuk

Declaration

My work as a composer and sound artist stems from the young but vibrant tradition of Ecomusicology. Ecomusicology is the study of music at the intersection of culture and the environment. I am fascinated by how the music and sound we create can interact with, and stem from, the natural world, rather than just mirror the sounds and structures we hear. As such, a large portion of my work revolves around playing compositions back into the natural environments that inspire them. After sound interacts with, and bounces around, a natural environment, it takes on some of the characteristics of that space (like an echo chamber). It means that the resulting music owes a portion of itself to its environment and that it can never be fully separated from the land that inspired it. I depend on a healthy ecosystem for my work.

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