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.

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

3.8.26

Jack Langdon (bibigwan), Luke Martin (tone generator), Jeff Kimmel (clarinet), Graham Stephenson (trumpet)
Frequency Series at Constellation
Chicago, IL

3.17.26

performance of “Fish Laying Egg in a Circle” by Brightwork Ensemble
Tuesdays at Monk Space
Los Angeles, CA

5.14.26

performance of new work for clarinet by Zach Good
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

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PHOTO BY HANNAH KRUSE

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