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» The Noisebringers were created by mistake. ("There are no mistakes, only happy accidents." -Bob Ross) "A large and loving family, which is most definitely not a cult", according to founding member Maria Sappho (pianist and non-composer). Other full-time members include Henry McPherson (pianist and meme artist) and Brice Catherin (your friendly elderly cellist next door). "We can not tell you what we have to offer, as this is improvised. If you are unsure of what improvisation might be, be assured you are asking the right questions." (Maria Sappho again.) We bring noise (along) with care, love, patience, wittiness, and a range of exotic English accents since 2019. Enjoy. Email the Noisebringers
» Maria Sappho is a Newyorican artist and researcher currently working in the UK. Maria specialises in multi-species collaborative projects working often with an AI named 'Chimere' and with mushrooms. She is primarily interested in investigating the relationships between human-machine and human-organic posthuman worlds. She is a current postdoctoral research fellow at Huddersfield University on the Digital Playgrounds for music project, a lecturer for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and a Master supervisor at the Institute for Contemporary Music Practice. Maria has worked with a wide range of international ensembles including the International Contemporary Ensemble (US), BBC Scottish symphony orchestra, Australian Art Orchestra, and the Instant Composers Pool (ND) and she is the current keyboard replacement for the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. Maria is a long-time member of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (GIO) and founding member of the Noisebringers ensemble (CH/UK). Maria was awarded the BBC Radiophonic Daphne Oram Award (2021) for her work in electronic music.
» Dougal "Henry" McPherson is an interdisciplinary artist, improviser, composer, and researcher. His work explores collaborative creativity and improvisation, often in environmental and socially oriented projects, and in collaboration with plants, animals, and the more-than-human world. His portfolio includes music composed for concert, stage and recording, graphic scores and gallery pieces, texts and audiovisual installations, as well as the performance of contemporary experimental and improvised music and dance. He is a postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Manchester and Visiting Lecturer in Sonic Improvisation at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
» Brice Catherin is an artist and Doctor in Music Composition at the University of Hull. He has 18 years of experience as an independent musician, intermedia artist and performance artist, and 7 years of experience as an art researcher. His transversal and international approach to art practices has led him to collaborate with artists from all over the world. He also develops art projects across disciplines with non-artists from the Global Majority as well as under-represented and/or marginalised populations in Europe and southern Africa.
