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David Sutton-Anderson : Dream Catcher
"A Dream Catcher is an artefact used by Hopi Indians. It catches good dreams and wards off bad dreams; it functions as a filter. Sections one and two of my piece develop motives from the melody of the third section. Conversely, section three is a distillation of material from the first two sections."

Biography

David Sutton-Anderson (born London 1956) studied with John Lambert at The Royal College of Music, where he now teaches composition in the Junior Department, and at the Cologne Musikhochschule with Mauricio Kagel. Awards include the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize, the Composition Prize of the City of Mons and the Gemini Fellowship. His works have been performed and broadcast by, among others, London Sinfonietta, Jane Manning, Circle, The Locrian Quartet, The Royal Danish Brass Quintet, London Festival Orchestra and Sounds Positive, which he co-founded and conducts. He was composer-in-residence for The Young Place at The Place, London's international centre for dance, 1993-97 and a PRS composer-in-education, 1995-97. TV and film credits include The Friday Alternative and Diverse Reports (Channel 4) and Roache Motel (Palace Pictures). In 1997 David was appointed Adjunct Professor of Music, University of Notre Dame, Indiana (London program). Recent commissions include Awakening for piano (Austrian Cultural Institute), Tiger Returns to Mountain for trumpet, percussion and live electronics (Colourscape Festival) and Piano Trio (Christofori Trio).

Other works of limited technical difficulty by David Sutton-Anderson