Duncan Chapman is a composer and musician based in Lincolnshire, UK. Much of his work involves collaboration with a wide range of people to create performances, installations, and recordings.
Recent projects include online live-streaming events, curating a concert for the Aural Diversity project, and performing morning music with Supriya Nagarajan at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India.
He has worked with organisations including BCMG, x-church Gainsborough, and COMA Glasgow, as well as on online performances with Comb Filter (with Simon Limbrick and Adrian Lee), Humbox, and Quiet Knot (with Mike McInerney).
His solo work has been released on the Silent, Takuroku, and Linear Obsessional labels.
Other recent work includes:
- Three — an album of marimba and live electronic pieces with Simon Limbrick
- A residency at EMS in Stockholm
- Performances of Lullaby: Sonic Cradle at Radiophrenia (Glasgow), Casa da Música (Porto), Spot On Festival (Sydney), Portsmouth Guildhall, Woolwich Works, and at the 2022 and 2023 WOMAD festivals
Duncan is actively developing participatory projects using the new multichannel sound system at x-church Gainsborough. He has led events with Music in the Round (Sheffield), Conductive Music, Wigmore Hall, Manasamitra (Yorkshire), Sound Scotland, and Awards for Young Musicians.
He is a board member (and occasional project lead) of Liquid Listening, a musical hydrotherapy organisation, and has mentored many emerging composers through work with The British Paraorchestra, AMP Music, and Sound and Music.
A few selected project links
Waterfall of Kites @ Halifax Minster. Soundtrack for a kite exhibition created through recordings of community choirs, bell ringing, field recordings, and spoken texts about the sounds connected to the choir members’ localities.
Soundmarks of North East Lincolnshire. A project created with communities in North East Lincolnshire featuring the sounds that local people identified as characteristic of where they live.
Gleanings (work in progress)
A series of pieces started during a residency at EMS in Stockholm, incorporating field recordings, generated electronic sounds, and sonification processes
https://dronespace.bandcamp.com/album/gleanings
King and Bells found sound marking a significant cultural moment (explanatory text in the movie)
Extracts from Three: Three tracks composed, recorded and produced by Duncan Chapman and Simon Limbrick.
Quiet Knot: Music for Shakuhachi and Live electronics/field recordings
https://mikemcinerney.bandcamp.com/album/quietknot
Dusk Notes: Duo album with Carnatic singer Supriya Nagarajan
https://manasamitra1.bandcamp.com/album/dusk-note
