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BIO

ALEXIS WEAVER (she/her) is a composer, sound artist and educator based in Sydney, Australia. A passionate composer of electroacoustic music, Alexis has also composed soundtracks for animation, short film, theatre, dance, and most notably a series of podcasts for Australian companies ARN, Amplify, Sunny Studios and Shameless Media, as well as Spotify. Alexis’ electroacoustic works have been broadcast in Australia, the US, the UK, and Europe, as well as featured on New Weird Australia’s Collapse Theories (2022), Solitary Wave (2019) and RMN Classical’s Electroacoustic and Beyond II (2017) compilation albums. 

In 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. She recently completed a Master of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium, where she now lectures in composition and music technology subjects. In 2021, Alexis commenced research with the Nanosonic Stories team, an interdisciplinary research team within the Nano Institute at the University of Sydney. Following on from this work, Alexis recently commenced her PhD examining the role of music and sound design in science communication.

image by @kopi_su_studio

RECENT WORKS

2022

A MOUTHFUL OF LOCUSTS

electroacoustic composition. First developed for HiberNATION Festival 2021. Premiered at Australasian Computer Music Conference 2022, Wellington, New Zealand. 

THE SHIMMERING HAZE

electroacoustic work. Premiered at 107 Projects, Redfern. Highly Commended, 2019 Forum Wallis Ars Electronica Competition, Switzerland.

2021

LAGTIME PIANO

sound design and electroacoustic composition. Concept by Chloe Chung. Co-composed with Chloe Chung for the Dreambox Collective. Premiered at The Sky is the Limit (virtual concert).

2021

podcast theme tune and sound. Commissioned by Justine Landis-Hanley and Alex Tighe.

OLD BOYS CLUB - THEME TUNE

2021

TESSELLATA

for flute and electronics, co-composed with Jessica Scott. Premiered at Sharing Spaces (virtual concert), with generous support from the Australia Council. 

2020

MINERAL DISOBEDIENCE

electroacoustic work. Commissioned by Radiophrenia Festival, Glasgow. Premiered at Radiophrenia (broadcast), 2020.

2019

2019

SCRAPES AND SIGHS

electroacoustic work. Premiered at 107 Projects, Redfern. 12-channel version premiered at Multiple Monophonies, Massey University (2020). Highly Commended, 2019 Forum Wallis Ars Electronica Competition, Switzerland. 

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