Jan Martin Smørdal (born 14 October 1978 in

Horten Horten () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Jarlsberg. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Horten (town) ...

) is a Norwegian composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. Smørdal holds a master's degree in Jazz Performance, and composition from the

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and has studied with

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and

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. As a guitarist, Smørdal has contributed to a number of releases, both in band as well as solo settings, and has been a member of the live bands of

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, Navyelectre and Rockettothesky (

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). As a producer, Smørdal has worked with such performers and composers as

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, Rockettothesky,

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and Siri Nilsen. Smørdal has contributed to a number of releases that have been bestowed with a

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Award. As a co-founder of Ensemble neoN, Smørdal has collaborated with performers and composers such as

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, Marina Rosenfeld and

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. Smørdal has composed music for a variety of settings, ranging from solo to orchestra, installations and choir. His works have seen performances at the

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, the

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Festival in

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, the

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and

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Production

Selected works

*''Q.S. 1'' (2003) *''Ichi'' - clarinet in Bb & bass clarinet (2005) *''manT.E.L. '' - clarinet in A, cello, tape (2006) *''less-sense'' - soprano, clarinet in A, percussion (2007) *''Me siglar ikkje same havet'' (2008) *''I am so'' - piano (2008) *''Play me'' - performer/perc. projections, tape (2008) *''Awe'' - voice, flute, clarinet, sax, soprano, guitar, piano, percussion, violin, cello (2009) *''snip-pets'' - guitar duo (2010) *''Fill in the blanks'' - percussion trio (2011) *''Vokse vilt'' - solo voice (alto), choir, accordion, organ, tuba, string quartet (2012) *''Oh, Danny boy'' – (2012) *''The Lesser Nighthawk'' - soprano, clarinet in Bb (2013/15) *''less-sense - revised and arranged for 6 musicians'' - soprano, flute, clarinet in Bb, piano, violin, cello (2014) *''All play'' - video, tape, flute, clarinet, piano, cello; revised version of "Oh, Danny boy" (2014) *''Bird on bike'' piece for young audience, flute, alto sax (2014) *''opp.hav'', 16 ind. voices (2014) *''Choosing to sing'' - flute, clarinet, sax, piano, percussion, violin, cello (2015) *'' (herd)Study'' - sinfonietta/15 musicians (2015) *''My Favorite Thing 2'' - flute, clarinet, sax, soprano, guitar, percussion, piano, violin, cello (2015) *''Flock of me'' for recorded flutes, w/for Yumi Murakami (2015–16) *''SHO(r)TS'' (2015–16) *''flock foam fume'', for Karin Hellqvist (violin) and 8 speakers (2016) *"Madrigal", for soprano, guitar and flute (2018) *"Diamond & dagger", for choir (2018) *"still", for string orchestra (2019) *"fivefingers", for pianotrio (2020)

References

External links

List of works supplied by the National Library of NorwaySmørdal's home page
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