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

The Problem of the Surface
for contrabass, piano, and fixed media

April 2019

14 min.
first performance:
Micah Stoddard, bass & Jack Langdon, piano
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
5.18.19
score
recording

The Problem of the Surface was a piece where I was exloring the inclusion of spoken text in an otherwise instrumental work and working to operate the space between abstraction and textual concreteness. I wrote this work for the senior recital of a dear college friend of mine, Micah Stoddard.

Category
Composition