News

Max’s piece Verse I, has just been released on the Dutch label, AEMC Records, on the compilation, One Minute Compositions. https://aemc.bandcamp.com/track/verse-i

He has also recently completed two short miniatures for solo violin, to accompany two poems of Aileen Ballantyne, Haud tae Me, and The Wishing Gate, which will be digitally presented as part of StAzna, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, March 2021. This is part of a larger set of poems Aileen is presenting from her recent poetry collection, ‘Taking Flight’ (Luath Press).

In August 2020, Max was fortunate enough to join the Music Department at the University of New Haven as an Adjunct Instructor, where he teaches courses in Western Art Music, and World Music.

He recently completed an M.A. at Wesleyan University, where he studied composition and electronic music with Paula Matthusen, Tyshawn Sorey, and Ron Kuivila, organ with Ron Ebrecht and Alcee Chriss, information with the sculptor Jeffrey Schiff, and Javanese Gamelan with I.M. Harjito, Sumarsam, and Al Suwardi. His thesis, Toward Expansion: Composing Time and Scale, explored ideas of extended temporality,  enlarged scale, and increased scope.

Recent Performances & Collaborations 

reaching out – Domra, Voice, and Electronics. Collaboration with Anya Shatilova. Recently recorded at FreeCenter, Middletown, CT.

…internally displaced, we find… – Collaboration with Eda Er. Available at Bandcamp and YouTube.

…here, now afar… – Variable – Wesleyan University Toneburst Laptop Ensemble – Continuous 24-hour stream: available here from May 4th-Present: https://streamingv2.shoutcast.com/toneburst-laptop-ensemble

ORDER! – Variable number of voices – Wesleyan University Students – Hidden Volumes, Olin Library, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA. 1st February 2020.

Futurisma Phantasmagaia – Reed Quintet – Splinter Reeds – World Music Hall, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA. 23rd November 2019.

do you see… – 6 Voices, 6 Loudspeakers, Organ, and Electronics – Memorial Chapel, Wesleyan University,  Connecticut, USA. 29th October 2019.

RAISINS AND BUBBLEGUM! – Open Instrumentation – Memorial Chapel, Wesleyan University,  Connecticut, USA. 29th October 2019.

Night over Berstane – Piano and Toy Piano – Késia Decoté, Savassi Festival 2019, ECA Culture & Art Space, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.  9th August 2019.

…times when…all there is… – Solo Piano – Késia Decoté, Oxford, UK. 24th May 2019.

Night over Berstane – Piano and Toy Piano – Késia Decoté, Oxford, UK. 24th May 2019.

…times when…all there is… – Solo Piano – Késia Decoté, LSO Soundhub, London, UK. 16th May 2019.

Night over Berstane – Piano and Toy Piano – Késia Decoté, LSO Soundhub, London, UK. 16th May 2019.

In Darkness I Dwell: Asmodeus – Symphony Orchestra – Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. deSingel Internationale Kunstcampus, Antwerp, Belgium. 14th May 2019. (Premiere).

ginnungagap – Solo Organ – Max Gibson, Memorial Chapel, WesFest, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. 10th April 2019. (Premiere).

Night over Berstane – Piano and Toy Piano – Késia Decoté, Daylight Music Piano Day, Union Chapel, London. 30th March 2019.

…times when…all there is… – Solo Piano – Késia Decoté, Birmingham, UK. 23rd March 2019.

Night over Berstane – Piano and Toy Piano – Késia Decoté, Birmingham, UK. 23rd March 2019.

sensorium organum – Fixed Electronics – Wesleyan University Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, Connecticut, USA. 3rd March 2019. (Premiere).

…the unread pages of a journal…were unfolded leaf by leaf…– Mivos Quartet. Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. 11th December 2018. (Premiere).

Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast – Brass Quintet – Wayward Brass. Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia. 15th October 2018. (Australian Premiere).

...amongst red flowers on a blue sea –  Christine Cornwell – Violin. Istanbul, Turkey. 11th May 2018. (Premiere).

Mr. Ai – Cameron Woodhead – Baritone Saxophone. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 24th May 2018. (Premiere).

…times when…all there is… – Késia Decoté – Piano. Oxford, UK. 3rd June 2018.

…must clear…we see… – Saxophone Ensemble. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK. 15th June 2018. (Premiere).

the months run by, and the fields go red – ensemble DeCompagnie – Violin & Piano. AlbaNova Fest 2018, Alden Biesen, Bilzen, Belgium. 24th June 2018. (Premiere).

Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast – Wayward Brass – Brass Quintet, Stockholm Chamber Brass Academy 2018, Leksand, Sweden. 4th August 2018. (Premiere).