JACK LANGDON

is an experimental composer, filmmaker, and writer who was born in 1994 and is a citizen of the sault ste. marie tribe of chippewa indians.

nindaa gichi-neyaashiing

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

11.1-6.25

Jack Langdon (bibigwan)
workshop for Olivia Shortt’s The Museum
of Lost and Found: Gaakaazootaadiwag
Indigenous Creation Studio
Mississauga, ON

11.9.25

Jack Langdon (bibigwan), Sara Constant (flute), and Olivia Shortt (saxophone)
House Show
Toronto, ON

11.14.25

premiere of ‘seven spirals’ for bibigwan and miniature pipe organ
NE/X: A Festival of Indigenous Performance

Northrup-King Building
Minneapolis, MN

TBD

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

premiere of “Gravissima” for solo tuba by Jenny Bement
Phoenix, AZ

premiere of “Mystery Spot” by Fonema Consort

BIOGRAPHY, CV, CONTACT

PHOTO BY HANNAH KRUSE

it’s all real
for two pianos, two percussion

April 2021

11 min.
first performance:
Yarn/Wire
NUNC! 5 at Northwestern University
4.23.23
score
recording

it’s all real was written for the 2021 Yarn/Wire Institute and was later revised upon its premiere performance at NUNC! 5 at Northwestern University. This piece was an early exploration of AB form in my work. The opening section was dedicated to Alvin Lucier who was in declining health during the writing of the work. The second section was dedicated to McCoy Tyner, whose harmonic language in his solo work and his work with John Coltrane is a hallmark of the sensibility I was drawn to in childhood—echoes and distant resemblances of his voicings appear in this work.

Category
Composition