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John Teske is a composer, improviser and double bassist. John composes solos and chamber music for acoustic instruments and expands the possibilities of acoustic sounds through electroacoustic means. He received his BM in Music Composition from the University of Washington and studied with Joël-François Durand, Juan Pampin, and Josh Parmenter.
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My recent work has been pursuing the thread of a single concept, that of focus. As a human being, I realize it is not possible to maintain focus indefinitely, and that moments of clarity can have a more profound impact when contrasted with more relaxed or diffused states. The first iteration of this idea became the six graphic scores, which uses broad gestures to explore a variety of musical possibilities. Most recently I have been looking for ways to not only express the dynamics of focus and diffusion, but ways to create sound that opens, expands, and becomes more rich in timbre and texture.