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Tamzin Elliott

Tamzin Elliott is a composer and writer based in Los Angeles, and a doctoral student at University of Southern California.

Articles by this Author

Artist Spotlight
David Rosenboom Steps Into the New
October 12, 2019
David Rosenboom Steps Into the New
BY Tamzin Elliott

The departing dean of the music school at CalArts is still excited about fresh ideas and new approaches to making music.

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New Music Review
October 1, 2019
SILENCE Boldly Links Classical and Indie-Rock
BY Tamzin Elliott

A big, excellent idea needs more attention to practical details.

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Feature Article
What Should I Wear With This Album?
September 13, 2019
What Should I Wear With This Album?
BY Tamzin Elliott

We review the highly anticipated solo debut of Natalie Joachim, of eighth blackbird, and new albums by established composers Christopher Cerrone and Timo Andres.

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New Music Review
September 13, 2019
L.A. Signal Lab Premiere Raises Cosmic Questions
BY Tamzin Elliott

The new-music group debuts the 14-movement URSA: an interstellar cantata at Monk Space.

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New Music Review
September 10, 2019
Comedy and Horror and Awkward Parties: Performance Art From People Inside Electronics
BY Tamzin Elliott

Two new-music duos, Aperture Duo and Autoduplicity, engage in wanton acts of performance.

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Modern Classical Review
August 12, 2019
Romanticism With an Electroacoustic Twist
BY Tamzin Elliott

The L.A.-based Sonic Open Orchestra presents a concert of pleasing contradictions.

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Chamber Music Review
August 6, 2019
Sound Wizards in a Small House at the Underwolf Festival
BY Tamzin Elliott

A Brooklyn record label showcases cutting-edge artists for three days at the Outhaus in Los Angeles.

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Modern Classical Review
June 17, 2019
Sound and Fury Introduces a Decet of So-Cal Composers
BY Tamzin Elliott

The fifth season of the L.A. contemporary music series Sound and Fury concludes by putting a few young composers on our radar screen.

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Modern Classical Review
June 14, 2019
Common Desperation: Koan Quartet Paints a Deliberately Unsettling Picture
BY Tamzin Elliott

Three quartets explore the underlying poetics of a famous filmmaker.

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Modern Classical Review
June 4, 2019
The Challenge of Amanda Gookin’s Forward Music Project
BY Tamzin Elliott

Is it actually a good thing to overwhelm your audience?

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Modern Classical Review
May 21, 2019
Holly Herndon’s PROTO at the Teragram Ballroom
BY Tamzin Elliott

Shape-note singing, the sounds of an artificial-intelligence “baby,” and bone-rattling bass shake the rafters.

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Modern Classical Review
May 7, 2019
Katherine Young Uses Noise to Teach Feeling
BY Tamzin Elliott

The Chicago composer’s works for string quartet and trio cap wasteLAnd’s sixth season.

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Modern Classical Review
April 22, 2019
An Intriguing Concert of Acoustic-Electronic Compositions Suffers from Funky Logistics
BY Tamzin Elliott

People Inside Electronics hosts “place/displace” at Villa Aurora.

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Modern Classical Review
April 13, 2019
MicroFest Records Hosts a Well-Tempered Party at Monk Space
BY Tamzin Elliott

New-music composers focus on the “notes between notes” played on everything from microtonal guitar to full-blown gamelan orchestra.

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Jazz Review
March 19, 2019
(M)iyamoto Is Black Enough Sizzles With Percussive Energy
BY Tamzin Elliott

The poetry-percussion-cello ensemble celebrates black cultures in its eponymous program at The Wallis.

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Choral Review
March 5, 2019
Meredith Monk’s Cellular Songs Fuses Idealism and Reality at a Deep Level
BY Tamzin Elliott

How fitting that Monk’s longtime interest in interdisciplinary art should result in a multimedia piece about cooperation.

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Chamber Music Review
February 19, 2019
New-Music Series wasteLAnd Uncovers the Master of Disguises
BY Tamzin Elliott

Woodwinds and voices do battle with menacing tape players in the evening’s title work.

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Recital Review
February 12, 2019
Marino Formenti Takes Liberties to Find Freedom
BY Tamzin Elliott

The pianist pushes the boundaries of performance norms in a concert dedicated to his own death.

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Modern Classical Review
January 18, 2019
Composers Invite Themselves in from the Margins
BY Tamzin Elliott

At Monday Evening Concerts, music by Julius Eastman and Sarah Hennies makes an interesting pairing.

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