Interview with Jennifer Walshe

SONIC ACTS ACADEMY Jennifer Walshe 25 February 2018 - Dansmakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Interview by Oleg Khardatsev and Zhanna Guzenko / Fridaymilk Fridaymilk (RU) is a well-known media platform in Murmansk, Russia, run by a team of 10 people who are eager to promote new life approaches and facilitate discussions and conversations on issues in the Barents Region. fridaymilk.com Jennifer Walshe (Ireland) graduated with a doctoral degree in Composition from Northwestern University, Chicago, in June 2002. In addition to her activities as a composer, she frequently performs as a vocalist, specialising in extended techniques. Since 2007, Walshe has been developing Grúpat, a project and collective in which she assumes twelve different alter egos. She has created a ‘communal thought experiment’ called Aisteach, which is a fictional history of avant-garde music in Ireland, and Everything Is Important, a work for voice, string quartet, and a film, which was commissioned by the Arditti Quartet.