Amy Brandon

JUNO-nominated composer Amy Brandon’s pieces have been described as “gut-wrenching and horrific” (Critipeg), “otherworldly, a clashing of bleakness with beauty” (Minor Seventh) and “arresting, riveting music, highly original and individual” (Simon Cummings, 5:4). Her installations and acoustic works have been presented at the Gaudeamus Festival (Screen Dive), National Sawdust (NYC), Trinity College (Dublin), and the Winnipeg New Music Festival. She has received Canadian and international composition awards including the Leo Brouwer Guitar Composition Competition (Grand Prize 2019), and was a 2020 JACK Quartet Studio Artist. She teaches composition at Dalhousie University at the Fountain School of Performing Arts in Halifax, Nova Scotia.