Tanner Menard

bio


Tanner Menard was born on September 20th, 1978 – the same month that Brian Eno published his essay titled “Ambient Music”. At the age of 11, Menard composed his first works for piano and has since explored minimal sound worlds in myriad contexts that are bound by a central poetic understanding of sound. In recent years his works have explored the relationship between sound and meditation and have been largely focused around his work with physical modeling of long pianos with novel tunings created by Nicholas Gish. His early exposure to ambient electronica came in 2002 when he worked as an assistant to Naut Humon at Recombinant Media Labs. In 2005 Menard served as an artist in residence at Arizona State University where he collaborated with Jeph Jerman, and Gary Hill for his installation, “Envyronie”.

Menard is rapidly becoming known for his remix of Robert Rich’s Sleep Concert concept with Chika Iijima and Jeremy Bible and has lulled audiences around the US to sleep with sleep sounds from over 100 artists from all over the globe. Contributing artists include Mathieu Rhulmann, Ian Hawgood, Adam Pacione, Nicholas Szczepanik, Johnny Utterback, Richard Lainhart, James Andrew, Jimmy Behan, i8u, Ben Owen, Stephen Spera, Manrico Montero Calzadiaz, Fabio Anile, Elian and many others. Performances include showings at Fusebox Festival in Austin, Texas, Ingenuity Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, Antenna Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana and Liberty Advance Spiritual Center in Boulevard, California.

Menard’s music is released on Install Records, Archaic Horizon, HLM, Slow Flow Rec and Kafua. Future releases in 2010 will be on Tokyo Droning, Full Spectrum, Schedios, Ahora Eterno, Duckbay, Mandorla and Experimedia. His music for orchestra is published on Loose Filter Music. He has shared concerts with masters such as John Corigliano, Michael Dougherty, William Bolcom, Jasper TX, Jeremy Bible, Will Thomas Long, Mark Bingham and Daniel Bernard Romain. Menard’s work has also appeared on the radio, on tv, in plays, at art galleries, festivals, spiritual centers and in major concert halls across the world.

contact

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catalog of works

2009

Sommeil – Experimedia

2008

the oceans of your aura-slow flow rec-to be released

dark pianos-tokyo droning-to be released

metamers (with brian granger)-3 inch milliu imprint

2007

canopy of sky on black canvas-cd-install records

the now of sound (with jeph jerman)-net release-archaic horizon records

passage to field-net release-lunar flower net label

three desert resonance meditations-node records-to be released

special forces theme (incidental music)-unreleased

2006

i called noise grace and she smiled-net release-friendly virus records

virus music (incidental music)-unreleased

envyronie (small orchestra version)-unpublished

2005

envyronie (installation version)-unreleased

cosmi(c)ity music (installation version)-unreleased

5 sonoran resonances (with jeph jerman)-unreleased

audiophonie III (installation version)-unreleased

barely.visible (installation version)-unreleased

audiophonie II (live supercollider recording)-unreleased

the light of your heart is white-unreleased

birds (installation version)-unreleased

2004

refeldmanix-unreleased

audiophonie I-unreleased

cosmi(c)ity music (band version)-unpublished

2002

sri natha vakrat-unreleased

bumping prana-unpublished

levi’s loops (live kyma performance)-unpublished

prana’s mentals (live kyma performance)-unpublished

2001

time’s gravity (percussion quintet)-unpublished

pasquale’s shenanigans (string quartet)-unpublished

2000

joe’s last mix-loose filter music/kafua records

1999

tom chopped down the cherrie tree-unpublished

1998

desire one night returns-unpublished

1997

drawn to light-unpublished

in the canyon-unpublished

installations

2009

Sommeil: A Concert for Sleep-remix of robert rich’s sleep concert experiment. recreated his initial settings with the addition of video by CHiKA. 4 channel surround sound, ableton live, sonic contributions from people all over the world. combined free culture ideas with creative online marketing and strong live execution.

2005

envyronie-large orchestra, 8-channel spatialization net, desert recordings and real time signal processing (arizona state university)

cosmi(c)itymusic-large wind orchestra, 8-channel spatialization net, city recordings and real time signal processing (arizona state university)

birds-acadiana center for the arts

audiophonie III-grand contemporary art gallery

barely.visible-grand contemporary art gallery

orchestral/classical commissions

2005

envyronie-large orchestra, 8-channel spatialization net, desert recordings and real time signal processing (arizona state university)

cosmi(c)itymusic-large wind orchestra, 8-channel spatialization net, city recordings and real time signal processing (arizona state university)

2004

cosmi(c)itymusic-large wind orchestra and electronics (james logan high school band)

2002

bumping prana-large wind orchestra and electronics (university of california stanislaus)

2001

times gravity (chris horgan)

2000

joe’s last mix (asbury wind ensemble)

1998

desire one night returns (university of louisiana lafayette dance ensemble)

1997

drawn to light (university of louisiana lafayette dance ensemble)

music for TV

2006

three wide life theme music (pruett group)

music for theater

2007

special forces-theater rhinoceros (san francisco)

2006

dancing with the virus-citae des arts

artistic residencies and internships

2005

arizona state university-artist in residence (created installation, field recording, project manager)

2003

asphodel records/recombinant media labs-internship (sound designer, kyma programmer)

2002

california state university stanislaus-artist in residence (composed work for band and electronics, delivered master class, university lecture series lecturer)

festivals

2008

voodoo music experience (with one man machine)

2006

cmj (with peachcake)

south by southwest (with peachcake)

2005

international festival of winds in association with the british association of symphonic bands and wind ensembles at the royal northern college of music

2003

mid-west band and orchestra clinic

2002

cbnda regional performance

pop music

peachcake (created video for live show, live sound assistant, live electronics)

education

louisiana state university 2004-bachelors in music composition