Tamzin Elliott is a composer and writer based in Los Angeles, and a doctoral student at University of Southern California. Articles By This Author Review Gabriel Kahane Builds Perfect Three-Minute Songs on His Latest Tamzin Elliott - May 2, 2022 Magnificent Bird juxtaposes simple moments of calm against the chaos of a culture in turmoil. Review An Opera About the Chernobyl Disaster Skirts Reality Tamzin Elliott - April 25, 2022 Adding a layer of mythology to the story offers poetic perspective but ultimately steals focus. Review Sun in January: Nathalie Joachim and Pamela Z Bring Warmth Into 2022 Tamzin Elliott - January 15, 2022 Bright new works from both the curators and their colleagues enliven this concert with the LA Phil New Music Group. Artist Spotlight Annea Lockwood: Listening Deeply to Environments Tamzin Elliott - November 16, 2021 The eminent composer in conversation about her six-and-a-half decades in experimental music Feature Slow Dissolve: What Lies Beyond the Classical/Popular Music Divide? Tamzin Elliott - September 19, 2021 Three bold new recordings take different routes to connecting classical with the rest of the musical world. Feature An Atlas of Jen Shyu’s Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses Tamzin Elliott - May 4, 2021 The vocalist/multi-instrumentalist’s latest opus is a compassionate look at our time and a cornucopia of farsighted connections. Review Where are you? Nick Cave and Nicholas Lens Reflect the Pandemic in L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S. Tamzin Elliott - February 15, 2021 A cycle of songs that chart “birth, blooming, fracturing, and rebirth” in the year of the coronavirus. Review Beauty and Pain of Change in Molly Pease’s Inner Astronomy Tamzin Elliott - December 12, 2020 The singer sets her father’s melancholy poetry to evocative new music. Review Gothic Kinship: Ash Fure’s Something to Hunt Tamzin Elliott - October 19, 2020 Fure’s new album strikes fear in the listener but makes a profoundly human point. Review Sara Serpa’s Recognition: A Personal Reckoning With Portuguese Colonialism Tamzin Elliott - August 11, 2020 Serpa’s multimedia project incorporates sometimes unsettling home videos. Pagination 1 2 3 4 Next › Next page Last » Last page