Oscar Bettison's evolving rhythmic cycles and industrial sonorities test the tenuous space between pitch and noise, classical and rock, convention and invention. Born in Jersey, UK, Bettison works with a wide range of media—writing for existing instruments, re-imagining their roles, involving electro-acoustic elements, or creating instruments from found materials. Successes include winning the 1993-94 Lloyds Bank/BBC Young Composer of the Year award and the 1997 Royal Philharmonic Society prize, as well as commissions from the New London Orchestra, the Oxford Contemporary Music Festival, The New London Children's Choir, the BBC, the Eliza Miller Dance Company, and the London Sinfonietta.
After studying in London at the Royal College of Music and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Oscar Bettison went to the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague. He was awarded a fellowship to attend Tanglewood in summer 2001 and was a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival in the summer of 2007. He is currently based in the U.S. and is finishing his PhD at Princeton University.
hello Oscar! i discover your very interesting music you have your own way with some minimalist roots i will come back to listen more friendly Christian
Hello! Oscar: Thanks for the add. I enjoyed your approach to instrumentation in the selection of items posted here. Brilliant percussion writing in "Junk." Look forward to hearing more. - gil.
Maaaannn! Good to see you here! So the old crew is getting back together, I see ;-) I'm hoping for some beers and other things with you soon in random parts of the world. Are you master of the universe yet?
growls of death and transfiguration from your old home,
