Canadian electroacoustic composer and sound designer (Bramalea, Ontario, 1968) who has produced work since 1985 for concerts, radio, theatre, dance, and site-specific installation. After studying theatre sound design at Niagara College, he studied electroacoustic composition with Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University, BC) and Jonty Harrison (University of Birmingham, UK). His concert works have received mentions in international competitions (Vancouver New Music, Luigi Russolo, Hungarian Radio, La Muse en Circuit, and Phonurgia Nova) and appeared on compilation CD releases (Storm of Drones, Radius #3, DISContact I & DISContact II, Lieu - Non Lieu, Soundscape Vancouver, and Radiant Dissonance). Rendu visible, a CD devoted to his work, is available on the empreintes DIGITALes label. Some of his works combine his background in theatre and electroacoustic composition, such as his adaptation of August Strindberg’s A Dream Play (first radio drama at CBC conceived for broadcast in 5.1), his soundscape documentaries Life Unseen and The Toronto Sound Mosaic (produced by the Canadian Association for Sound Ecology), his DORA nominated soundtrack for Samuel Beckett’s That Time (produced by Threshold Theater), and his text-sound compositions Lapse in Perception (produced for CBC Out Front), and They’re Trying to Save Themselves (produced for a commemorative broadcast for September 11, 2001 on CBC). Darren Copeland has composed a number of soundtracks for theatre and dance productions in Toronto, including works by Jessica Runge, Danny Grossman Dance Company, Elizabeth Chitty, Threshold Theater, Platform 9, Puppetmonters, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Factory Theatre, Rumble Theatre, Pink Ink Theatre and many others. Darren Copeland is the Artistic Director of New Adventures in Sound Art, which produces electroacoustic and experimental sound art events in Toronto, Canada using the Richmond Sound Design Audiobox for octaphonic spatialization. With New Adventures in Sound Art he has also toured Europe and Canada performing concerts, facilitating workshops, and giving lectures with a focus on octaphonic spatialization. He also currently serves on the board of directors for the Canadian Association for Sound Ecology, and previously for the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, Vancouver Pro Musica, and Rumble Theatre.
2018
Empreintes DIGITALes
3xFile, MP3
2006
Empreintes DIGITALes
DVD-A, Album
1998
Empreintes DIGITALes
CD, Album
1988
Not On Label (Darren Copeland Self-released)
Cass, Album
1987
1986
1985
Not On Label (Darren Copeland Self-released)
Cass, S/Sided, Album
2019
New Adventures In Sound Art
12xFile, WAV, Album, Comp
2013
Musicworks
CD, Comp
2006
New Adventures In Sound Art
2xCD, Comp
1995
¿What Next? Recordings
CD, Comp
1994
Red Toucan Records
CD, Album
1989
Ed Video Media Arts Centre Inc.
LP, Album
1987
2015
Secret Thirteen Journal
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2012
Not On Label (Zoviet France Self-released)
File, MPEG-4 Video, Mixed, VBR
2011
2011
2009
Empreintes DIGITALes
DVD-A, Comp
2006
Discparc
CD, Comp, Fan
2003
Canadian Music Centre
2xCD, Comp, Promo
2003
Canadian Society For Independent Radio Production, The Canada Council for the Arts
Box, Comp, Ltd + 5xCD, Comp, Ltd
2000
La Muse En Circuit
CD, Comp
1997
Cambridge Street Records
2xCD, Comp
1995
Asphodel, Sombient
3xCD, Comp, P/Mixed
1995
Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC)
2xCD, Comp
1995
Musicworks
CD, Album, Comp
1995
Musicworks
Cass, Comp
1992
Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC)
2xCD, Comp
1991
Electronic Cottage
Cass, Comp, C90
1989
Harsh Reality Music
Cass, Comp, C46
1989
Epitapes
Cass, Comp, C90
1989
Epitapes
Cass, Comp, C90
1988
Harsh Reality Music
2xCass, Comp, C90
1987
Insane Music
Cass, Comp
1987
Insane Music
Cass, Comp
1987
A Man's Hate Production
Cass, Comp, Num, C90
1987
Evios Empire Productions
Cass, Comp
1987
Communauté Électroacoustique Canadienne
2xCD, Comp
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