JACK LANGDON

is a musician, filmmaker, and writer with concentrations in experimental music, minimalist documentary, cultural criticism, and political economy.

born in 1994, enrolled in sault ste. marie tribe of chippewa indians

nindaa gichi-neyaashiing

[archive and documentation of past performances can be found here]

UPCOMING EVENTS

8.7.25

Jeff Kimmel (clarinets), Jack Langdon (bibigwan),
Stephan Haluska (harp), & Adam Shead (percussion)
Comfort Station
Chicago, IL

8.8.25

Jack Langdon (bibigwan)
Marmalade
Chicago, IL

8.21.25

Premiere of “Cheap Dream” for harpsichord by Justin Wallace
Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

10.12.25

Jack Langdon (bibigwan)
The Whistler
Chicago, IL

BIOGRAPHY, CV, CONTACT

burnt canvas
for piano trio

September 2021

19 min.
no performance

reading/recording:
Talea Ensemble
Queens College
Queens, New York
1.21.23
score
recording

burnt canvas was the first piece written after graduating from my master’s degree. It is a somewhat longer work that explores sonorities that echo distantly of classical repertoire. Quiet stasis and the disappearing of sound form a resemblance of classical music but a distant one. The possibility of it lies beyond the horizon. This work was written in Thetford, Vermont and bears some marks of my time there.

This piece was gratiously workshopped and recorded by Karen Kim, Chris Gross, and David Friend through Talea Ensemble’s recording residency at Queens College. Gratitude to Adrian Morejon, Tori Cheah, and Gleb Kanasevich for supporting the recording of this work.

This is the work I am most sore about it not having a performance. If you are in a piano trio and interested in giving the premiere, please get in touch.

Category
Composition