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Artist
Warren Enström
6+ albums
contemporary classicalnoiseClassicalexperimentalContemporary
about
Warren Enström is a composer and bassoonist who finds joy in pushing unlikely materials together into unorthodox relationships: super balls into pianos, thimbles onto cymbals, and paper shredders into modulators. He is inspired by text in many ways, from text as compositional directive, or as an invitation to improvise, to text as a stand-alone, self-contained body. He likes snow, fresh art, and playing small jokes on life. Warren’s compositions have been commissioned and performed by a variety of soloists and ensembles, including Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Mantra Percussion, oboist Joshua Guarisco, and the UWM Percussion Ensemble. His installations have been shown at SEAMUS 2016 at Georgia Southern University, N_SEME 2015 at Bowling Green State University, Kenilworth Open Studios 2014, and Kenilworth Arts and Tech Night 2013. He has collaborated with choreographers Jose A. Luis and Kelsey Stolhand, videographer Kellie Bronikowski, and poet Annie Grizzle. An eager performer, Warren has performed in many capacities with various ensembles, such as Minneapolis-based Zeitgeist New Music, Milwaukee-based Prematurely Air-Conditioned Arts Collective, and UWM’s Contemporary Music Ensemble. He has realized the works of modern and contemporary composers, such as Yoko Ono (Overtone Piece), John Cage (Songbooks), Karlheinz Stockhausen (Mikrophonie I), Heather Warren-Crow (To Be Small is to be Weak…), Michelle McKenzie (Atem Tapestry), and Robert Ashley (Perfect Lives: The Chur
