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Sid Richardson

Division: College

Department: Composition

Composer Sid Richardson (b. 1987) writes concert music that imbues modern idioms with emotional grit and wit. His work explores the intersections of music and literature, drawing inspiration from a wide swath of authors, poets, and playwrights. Richardson leverages pre-existing texts to create a metaphorical resonance with the source material in pieces that weave literary elements into formal, rhythmic, and harmonic structures. He is constantly on the lookout to explore new sound worlds, collaborations, and technologies with his music.

In 2021, Richardson released his debut portrait album, Borne by a Wind, on New Focus Recordings. The record’s cornerstone features Red Wind, a genre-spanning collaboration with poet Nathaniel Mackey and a mixed chamber ensemble of New York-based musicians, and three other chamber works performed by pianist Conrad Tao, violinist Lilit Hartunian, and the Da Capo Chamber Players.

Sid has participated in artist residencies at Crosstown Arts, The Hermitage Artist Retreat, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and their satellite campus at Moulin à Nef in Auvillar, France. As a music educator, he has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a member of the composition faculty at New England Conservatory of Music and the music faculty at Wellesley College.

Former faculty at Wellesley College and MIT.

Affiliated Departments and Programs

Composition