House Calls with Gilmore Tamny – Forbes Graham

An interview with composer, musician, and visual artist, Forbes Graham, conducted and edited by Gilmore Tamny

Interview with the composer, musician, and visual artist, Forbes Graham. First broadcast as part of Non-Event TV 2 in December 2021. Forbes was interviewed by artist, writer, and musician Gilmore Tamny.

Forbes Graham is a composer, musician, sound artist, and visual artist whose work explores themes of simultaneity, perceptibility, transformation and collage. His work "Encounters I" for trumpet, electronics, and voices premiered at Roulette in 2019. He performed with Michael Pisaro at (the) co-incidence festival in 2017 and has appeared at other music festivals including High Zero, Vision, and The Thing In The Spring. He was commissioned to write a piece for the Festival of New Trumpet, and has created work for the avant-rock ensemble Normal Love. He has performed with Non-Event numerous times over the years, including at the Waterworks Museum and Boston City Hall.

Graham is the creator and producer of "Beyond/Apex", a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to showcasing contemporary and experimental music. To date, this show has featured the works of over 100 composers and creatives, ranging from emerging artists such as Cecilia López and Claire Rousay to more established artists like George Lewis.