ABOUT
Alexis Weaver is an electroacoustic composer based in Sydney, Australia. Born in the Shoalhaven, Alexis grew up learning flute, voice and harp before commencing study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2014. Now, she draws on her classical music upbringing in a slightly different way, creating whimsical and adventurous electroacoustic works which celebrate the emotive capabilities of sound. While her principal interest lies in composing fixed-media acousmatic music, she has also composed soundtracks for animations, short stories, radio, dance and theatre, and exhibited audio-visual installations.
Alexis’ acousmatic and radiophonic works have been broadcast in France and Scotland (including the Radiophrenia festival for the last three years running), and recently featured on 2017 RMN Classical compilation album, Electroacoustic and Beyond II. Alexis was awarded People’s Choice Award and First Place in the 2015 and 2016 University of Sydney Verge Awards respectively for her acousmatic works. In January 2018, Alexis was awarded the National Council of Women’s Australia Day Prize for her research undertaken during her Honours year on the visibility and practice of female electroacoustic composers.
Alexis completed her undergraduate studies in Composition in 2017 with First Class Honours, receiving the Iris Oakley Sutor Award for the most outstanding student of composition, and a place on the 2017 Dean’s List of Excellence. She commenced a Master of Music at the Conservatorium in 2018 under the tutelage of Dr Daniel Blinkhorn and Dr Benjamin Carey. Through this, she seeks to further her understanding of electroacoustic composing techniques to create deeply immersive connections between listeners and acousmatic music.
In 2018, Alexis’ audiovisual work Frog Chorus was shown at the Australian Museum’s Culture Up Late series and Bundanon Trust’s Field Day, and her set of acousmatic miniatures, Toy Suite (2017), was diffused as part of the 2018 BIFEM Sound Gallery. A late highlight of the year was collaborating with composer Fiona Hill and choreographer Ashley Wright to create the soundtrack for Not A Party Too Soon, a dance piece created for the pre-professional year dancers of the Sydney Dance Company. This was premiered at Carriageworks as part of PPY18 Revealed, on December 12th 2018.
Alexis is also co-founder of female composer collective lost+sound, who in 2018 launched a series of concerts celebrating established and emerging artists working in experimental music fields.
Alexis’ acousmatic and radiophonic works have been broadcast in France and Scotland (including the Radiophrenia festival for the last three years running), and recently featured on 2017 RMN Classical compilation album, Electroacoustic and Beyond II. Alexis was awarded People’s Choice Award and First Place in the 2015 and 2016 University of Sydney Verge Awards respectively for her acousmatic works. In January 2018, Alexis was awarded the National Council of Women’s Australia Day Prize for her research undertaken during her Honours year on the visibility and practice of female electroacoustic composers.
Alexis completed her undergraduate studies in Composition in 2017 with First Class Honours, receiving the Iris Oakley Sutor Award for the most outstanding student of composition, and a place on the 2017 Dean’s List of Excellence. She commenced a Master of Music at the Conservatorium in 2018 under the tutelage of Dr Daniel Blinkhorn and Dr Benjamin Carey. Through this, she seeks to further her understanding of electroacoustic composing techniques to create deeply immersive connections between listeners and acousmatic music.
In 2018, Alexis’ audiovisual work Frog Chorus was shown at the Australian Museum’s Culture Up Late series and Bundanon Trust’s Field Day, and her set of acousmatic miniatures, Toy Suite (2017), was diffused as part of the 2018 BIFEM Sound Gallery. A late highlight of the year was collaborating with composer Fiona Hill and choreographer Ashley Wright to create the soundtrack for Not A Party Too Soon, a dance piece created for the pre-professional year dancers of the Sydney Dance Company. This was premiered at Carriageworks as part of PPY18 Revealed, on December 12th 2018.
Alexis is also co-founder of female composer collective lost+sound, who in 2018 launched a series of concerts celebrating established and emerging artists working in experimental music fields.