Quotes

“Shimmering, otherworldly sounds...with the violin passages being constantly altered by state-of-the-art software programs capable of subtly manipulating pitch and timbre." -Bruce Hodges, Music Web International

“A fiercely modern electronic piece.  It was a surprising choice (and not universally appreciated) but clearly set the tone for the ceremony: this wasn’t going to be the same old pomp and circumstance." -Jim Roberts, CAM Cover Story

“Topel gradually and carefully merged the live processing with the quartet; it was one of the most skillful and beautifully integrated electronic quartets I have ever heard.”   -Mari Kimura, Juilliard Journal

  

 
Profile

Spencer Topel's music has appeared on concert programs in major venues such as the Chiesa di Santa Caterina Treviso in Venice, Italy, Istanbul Technical University (MIAM), the 2008 Aspen Music Festival, Chigiana Festival in Siena, at Alice Tully Weill Concert Halls, Issue Project Room, and Galapagos in New York, Orchestra Hall in Minnesota with the Minnesota Orchestra and in Tokyo City Opera Hal. Spencer Topel is also an active lecturer and researcher at Dartmouth College where he teaches composition in the Digital Musics Program. Current topics of research include source separation, auditory perception, and music analysis using computers. Recent collaborators include Michael Casey, Juraj Kojs, and Paula Matthesuen.