Dr J Simon van der Walt is Glasgow-based composer. Over the course of his career has created a varied body of work, ranging from score-based composition to installation, sound art, performance, and devised musiktheater. His chief current preoccupations are Indonesian gamelan music, livecoding using the SuperCollider programming language, and reconstructing the career of his fictional alter ego Edward ”˜Teddy’ Edwards, unsung hero of British light music electronica.
Selected works:
Prelude, Gantungan and Dance (2018) for gamelan, piano, and prepared piano, Antichthon (2014) for two harps and gamelan instruments, Why Scotland Why East Kilbride (2013) for ensemble with multimedia and performance chemistry, RITE (2013) for four pianos and retro fx units, Poème-Étude pour Pianiste Récitant (2009) for reciting pianist, The Seventh Voyage (2012) for two pianos and laptop, Dr Mueller? Dr Mueller!? Oh, boy (2011) for clarinet and acoustic laptop, Liebesglück hat tausend Zungen (2011) for soprano voice and piano, Exercise (2009) for trombone and exercise machine, Bare Wires (2009) for ensemble with multimedia and junk electronics, and The Whirlies (2008) for strings and improviser.
