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Sebastian

"The course encourages students to step out of their comfort zone to seek a greater sense of experimentation, rather than perfection - and the faculty is very supportive of that."

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Year graduated 2013
Department Music

"I found out about Goldsmiths through my professors during my undergraduate studies in Canada. I was looking for a course that would enable me to further my studies in composing for acoustic instrumentation whilst experimenting with electronics, and I was also interested in living in a different city in another country - so Goldsmiths and London seemed like the perfect mix. Before I came I was studying acoustic composition, computer music and interdisciplinary studies at Simon Fraser University's School for the Contemporary Arts in Vancouver, Canada, and writing music for chamber groups, contemporary dance, and film. I was also working as a medical first responder and considering a career in paramedicine, but music won me over!

The MMus Creative Practice offers a lot of variety in regards to what your research can entail, and it definitely encourages students to step out of their comfort zone to seek a greater sense of experimentation, rather than perfection - and the faculty is very supportive of that. As an example, I wrote, composed and produced my first opera during my time at Goldsmiths, which was my thesis project. I was fortunate to have an extremely supportive supervisor, Jeremy Peyton Jones. The work involved fusing acoustic instrumentation, electronics, and texts from WikiLeaks.

After graduating I'd like to continue working with other artists on collaborative projects, especially here in London, and focus more on my chamber music writing. I've received a commission from a Canadian dance ensemble to compose music for a show in March 2014, and I will also be scoring a film in the new year for a Vancouver-based production company. "

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