Amanda Cole

Amanda Cole is a Sydney based composer who writes contemporary art music. She has a BMus (Honours Class 1) and PhD in composition from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Amanda's compositions feature microtonal structures, interference beats and fusions of electronic and acoustic timbres.



She has written four percussion trios for a purpose built Microtonal Glass Harmonica, a microtonal string quartet for string harmonics and sine tones and has made an audio-visual installation that maps pitch to hue. In 2008, Amanda collaborated with artists Jo Cuzzi and Patsy Black to create THE ELASTIC BAND, an interactive sound installation that was exhibited at Firstdraft Gallery (Sydney) in June.
In 2009, she completed a commission to write a microtonal saxophone quartet for Sydney based Nexas, which was premiered in Sydney. Amanda also travelled to Sweden for the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) festival , where her piece 'Vibraphone Theories' was performed by Kroumata. Whilst in Sweden, she also participated as a composer in Choreosound 09, an artistic lab for composers, musicians, choreographers and dancers.



"Cole's Cirrus was fascinating as it alternated between clouds of harmonics and more rhythmic episodes." Sydney Morning Herald.



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