Teatime with Miss Liz T-E-A Open Discussion with Ashley Weckesser "Composer"

Teatime with Miss Liz, the beautiful and angelic composer Ashley Weckesser joins to share a strong T-E-A with her compositions and the understanding of the visual arts of music. April 20th, 7 pm EST LIVE STREAMING SHOW ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND PODCASTS STATIONS APPSAshley Weckesser is an Edmonton, AB-based composer and interdisciplinary artist working in the fields of music and sound, visual art and theatre. An early-career artist, her instrumental and graphic score works have premiered at the University of Alberta’s Convocation Hall through the University’s Experimental Improvisation Ensemble (“XiMe”), Contemporary Music Ensemble and Edmonton's Ultraviolet Ensemble. A recent graduate from the University of Alberta, she has studied composition with Dr. Mark Hannesson and Dr. Scott Smallwood. Her current interests involve music design for video games and film, producing animated graphic scores, working with advanced music software such as Max/MSP, and the visual arts. Her works have won awards for best video game audio design and multiple university scholarships. Her animated graphic score, A Composer’s Nightmare, has recently been featured in the Toronto 4th Multicultural Film Festival 2021. Ashley’s primary goal in her works is emotional storytelling that ignites passion. Music cannot effectively impact listeners without having a story and without emotion. Ashley has taken a new interest in musical compositions designed to explore music's impact on the conscious and subconscious emotional reactions of both the performers and listeners. Her goals are to design music in both the film and video game industries, as well as live performances (taking multiple forms), that turn the active listener into a participant, creating their own personal story and subsequently emoting on a transcendent level.“I believe music and sound have the ability to connect people, thoughts and emotions. Music and Sound allow us to tell engaging stories with lasting effect. It is the bridge by which we can cross into the land of our subconscious and transcend our self-awareness; it inspires.”Her music, photography, graphic scores and more can be viewed at https://www.aweckesser.com.