Who I Am
Hannah A. Barnes is a composer and conductor whose work centres on crafting structured yet dynamic, multi-faceted musical worlds characterized by mercurial, off-kilter, and seemingly incompatible materials which interact to create distinctive, expressive worlds. Barnes’ main concerns relate to (re)defining Modernism in the twenty-first century as a means of imagining and embodying alternative ways of being. Her music focuses on questions of material identity and behaviour, perception of time, and multiplicities. She thinks of her pieces in some combination of externalized parts of herself, plants, rooms and thresholds of an interconnected building, and wild animals.
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News & Reviews
What people are saying
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"La représentation a débuté avec le Quatuor Mémoire et la soprano Rebecca Gray, qui jouaient la pièce The Mysteries Remain d'Hannah A. Barnes."
Atuvu.ca review of The Mysteries Remain here -
"Maybe my favorite moment of the concert: Flens standing still for what seemed like minutes at the end of Ramification..."
The Pickup review of Ramification here -
"This collection of five pieces showcases the ambition and drive of rising composer..."
Chicago Reader review of Negative Capability here -
"Composer Hannah Barnes uses electronic interventions to destabilize Bruckman’s (sic) playing on “Dis/inte/gration,”..."
Best of Bandcamp Contemporary Classical Music, March 2024, featuring Hannah's piece performed by Kyle Bruckmann, review here -
"Ramification de Hannah Barnes est une pièce pour percussionniste seul. Derrière une installation de tambours, gongs et carillons..."
8th Annual ViU Concert - The Different Avenues of the Next Generation , review here
Get to Know My Work
- five images (2020) (cl / b cl, perc, hp, vln / vla) (9')
- A very short space of time through very short times of space (2024) (pno + perc) (12')
- Ramification (2021) (perc) (11')