
Fields of Interest
Biography
Breana Tavaglione is a composer and sound artist whose primary musical interest is experimenting with sound. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington, where she is a Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant. Breana graduated from California Institute of the Arts ‘18 MFA Experimental Sound Practices. At CalArts she taught a course titled The Audible Fairy Tale and studied composition with Laura Steenberge and Sara Roberts. Breana graduated from Mills College ‘16 BA Music Composition with an Emphasis in Media Technology and Electronic Music. At Mills College she studied voice with Molly Holm and composition with Maggi Payne. Originally trained on piano, Breana also enjoys songwriting and accompanying herself on guitar and autoharp. She utilizes composition as a means to paint with sound, creating an immersive sensory experience in which she deconstructs conceptual themes in order to convey a specific mood or aesthetic, transporting listeners to an alternative sonic landscape.
Artist's Statement
My work consists of recordings, installations, and live performances. My interests reside along the intersections of language, fairy tales, feminism, relation to place, decolonization, audio recording, and experimenting with sound. Field recording and improvisation are essential facets of my compositions. Presiding over my practice is auditory osmosis, a term that I use to describe the phenomenon of internalizing an experience of language/sound within the parameters of an incomplete comprehension of language/sound. Auditory osmosis permeates my entire approach to composition.
Research
Selected Research
- Breana Tavaglione, The Woods Enclose, 2021. Adviser: Richard Karpen
- Breana Tavaglione, I Know My Own Heart: an Anne Lister Radio Play, 2021. Adviser: Richard Karpen
- Breana Tavaglione, Lineage 1, Iterations presented by DXARTS at The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle, Washington, 21 March 2019.Adviser: Afroditi Psarra
- Breana Tavaglione, Tavaglione Spirit Phone, UW DXARTS FabLab, 2018. Adviser: Afroditi Psarra
- Oracle by Breana Tavaglione. California Institute of the Arts ESP Night 2, Roy O. Disney Hall. 27 February 2018. Download PDF
- She Herself is a Haunted House, a dollhouse sound installation by Breana Tavaglione. California Institute of the Arts WaveCave, January 29th – February 5th, 2018.
- The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister: Arranged for Readers’ Chorus by Breana Tavaglione. CalArts ESP Night 1, California Institute of the Arts, Roy O. Disney Hall, 14 November 2017. Download PDF