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

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