## Welcome!
![[7862C77E-291A-4D16-A4D0-16C524D2DE86 1.jpeg]]
*Photo by Lilli Weinstein*
I'm a composer, violist, and teacher. This page acts both as a personal website and a little digital garden of topics I'm interested in.
I write music for live performance by acoustic & electroacoustic ensembles, visual media, and community-engaged art projects. I prefer to work in highly collaborative environments - working directly with musicians, filmmakers, and community members.
Musically I am interested in exploring *density* as a primary parameter, and creating *simple systems* that create complex music. Improvisation is at the heart of everything I do - and is my primary practice as a violist.
On this about page you'll find upcoming events, some demos, and a link to a contact form.
## EVENTS
>[!info] Upcoming
>**Slipstreams** - Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - 9:30PM
>*The Tranzac - Southern Cross Lounge, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto* - PWYC
>with [Grace Scheele](https://www.gracescheele.com/)
## Music for Film/Visual Media
If you're here because you need a composer for a **media project**,
Listen to some of my work for film & web projects:
>[!tip] Music for Media - Demos
>Learning how to Bury a Father (orchestral/epic/heroic)
>![[LHTBAF orchestral build.mp3]]Grow Up!(credits)* (nostalgic/joyful)
>![[Adam Bovoletis & Arie Verheul van de Ven - Grow Up (Reprise).mp3]]*Enter the Radio Zone* (electronic/energetic/mysterious)![[Enter the Radio Zone.mp3]]*Crying at the Dinner Table* (soft/pensive/emotional)
>![[Crying at the Dinner Table.mp3]]*Seance for a Close Friend* (dark/forboding/fearful)
>![[Seance for a Close Friend excerpt.mp3]]
# Music for Concert
If you're interested in my **concert work**, here are some examples of music written for live performance. For a full list including instrumentation, go to my [[List Of Works]].
**Cream Top Lane**
Viola + Loop Pedal performance with NUMUS
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**What if I Made it All Up?**
MIDI based piece for computer-controlled dance organ, premiered at the Orgelpark, Amsterdam
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**I Crossed the Border from Niagara Falls to Buffalo by Foot**
Composed for the Netherlands based ensemble Orkest de Ereprijs, with text from a poem by Erika Verhagen
<iframe width="100%" height="300" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/605571969&color=%23536462&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/arievandeven" title="Arie Verheul v.d. Ven" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Arie Verheul v.d. Ven</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/arievandeven/i-crossed-the-border-from-niagara-falls-to-buffalo-by-foot" title="I Crossed the Border from Niagara Falls to Buffalo by Foot - Orkest de Ereprijs" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">I Crossed the Border from Niagara Falls to Buffalo by Foot - Orkest de Ereprijs</a></div>
# [CONTACT](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfs7ex3JX0eQbn7m7gEjGu4ZNgVwL5iFjf7_XyoZ7XY_5e7Eg/viewform?usp=dialog)
*Follow the above link to a contact form, I will get back to you as soon as possible*