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

You Expect
for harp

June 2025
score
video

In You Expect, the central objects of focus were the sounding/silence boundary and the feeling of time which results from varying levels of motion and stillness. In the opening, I request the harpist to mute strings midway through their resonating—somewhat starkly enforcing silence upon the beautiful natural resonance of the harp. This contracts and expands throughout the piece, where resonance is encouraged and denied as a parameter of development and manipulation. Extreme contrasts in dynamics and frequency range are invoked to further complicate the “feelings” of sound and silence. Repetitive motives enter to create a sense of telos, which halts, stutters, and disappears at various points thereafter.

On the day of finishing the work, the American experimental composer Tom Johnson passed away. I felt it was appropriate to dedicate this work to him as a small monument to his memory.

Category
Composition