Primary Instrument: Piano
About:
Scott R. Looney has always been interested in the creation and performance of compelling sounds across a broad spectrum of contemporary, improvised, and experimental music. He has studied composition and improvisation with Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Morton Subotnick, David Rosenboom, and Frederic Rzewski, obtaining his MFA in Composition from California Institute of the Arts.
After moving to New York, and finally to the San Francisco Bay area, he became more interested in expanding the timbral possibilities of the piano, and using pianists such as Denman Maroney as a starting point, has forged a signature style using the inside and outside of the piano, plucking strings, using metal implements and other quick preparations, in combination to playing the piano normally. He has also developed a flexible, expressive voice with electronics using Max/MSP which is as effective as his many piano textures are.
Scott has recorded and/or performed with Oliver Lake, Frank Gratkowski, Wolfgang Fuchs, Jon Raskin (of the ROVA Saxophone Quartet), Joelle Leandre, Henry Kaiser, Gianni Gebbia, Gino Robair, Joe Morris,, and Paul Smoker, to name a few. He has played in numerous west coast music festivals such as the Olympia Experimental Festival, Big Sur Experimental Music Fest, Line Space Line Festival in LA, and the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival. He recently toured Israel and Germany w/ saxophonist Ariel Shibolet and bassist Damon Smith, and recently played at the Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon in May of 2009 with Tanja Fechtmair, Damon Smith and cellist Hugh Livingston.
“'Repercussions', ... reveals a combination of technical skill and creativity that is truly engrossing...My hat is off to (him) for actualizing this wonderfully eclectic body of improvisational music.” Ian Hall - Chain DLK
Mimetic Holds
Balancepoint Acoustics
2009
Frank Gratkowski - sax, clarinets
Scott R. Looney - piano,prepared piano
Damon Smith - Bass
Kjell Nordeson - Drums
Summer Rise, Summer Set, Summaries
2008 75 or Less Records/CD Baby
Elliott Levin - sax, flute, spoken word
Scott R. Looney - hyperpiano
Damon Smith - bass
Weasel Walter - percussion http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/llsw
Repercussions
Scott R. Looney - solo piano + hyperpiano
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Primary Instrument:
Piano
Location:
Berkeley, CA
Willing to teach:
Intermediate to advanced students
