Bri Wiegand
Bri Wiegand is a composer, sound designer, percussionist, dancer, and filmmaker who uses her wide interests to create multi-media music and soundscapes through technology and movement. Her work has been described as both “whimsical” and as “having a special edginess.”
Currently, Wiegand works as an Assistant Sample Editor for Tapspace Publications where she has been helping create their new percussion software instrument. She was also commissioned by Matchstick Percussion for their “Strike Anywhere” initiative based on her community in Philadelphia. The piece, “Foundations” utilizes rocks and plastic containers to represent the building blocks of the Philly neighborhoods from the cobblestone roads and “kindness rock” chains to the relationships with her neighbors.
In the fall of 2024, Wiegand taught the Commonwealth University Bloomsburg Campus’s Percussion Studio where she gave private lessons and directed and curated music for the percussion ensemble culminating in their fall concert.
In 2023, she composed the score for feature film Spooky Action directed by Rod Bingaman, utilizing all synthesized and percussion instruments which she performed and recorded herself. The film premiered at the North Hollywood CineFest in Los Angeles.
As a musician, Wiegand has performed in State College, Philadelphia, and around the United States with new music group Open Music and the Williamsport Orchestra, as well as a soloist.
Wiegand is an active member of the PAS Music Technology committee and presented her own created instrument dubbed the “Frankenvibe” at PASIC 2022.
Currently, Wiegand works as an Assistant Sample Editor for Tapspace Publications where she has been helping create their new percussion software instrument. She was also commissioned by Matchstick Percussion for their “Strike Anywhere” initiative based on her community in Philadelphia. The piece, “Foundations” utilizes rocks and plastic containers to represent the building blocks of the Philly neighborhoods from the cobblestone roads and “kindness rock” chains to the relationships with her neighbors.
In the fall of 2024, Wiegand taught the Commonwealth University Bloomsburg Campus’s Percussion Studio where she gave private lessons and directed and curated music for the percussion ensemble culminating in their fall concert.
In 2023, she composed the score for feature film Spooky Action directed by Rod Bingaman, utilizing all synthesized and percussion instruments which she performed and recorded herself. The film premiered at the North Hollywood CineFest in Los Angeles.
As a musician, Wiegand has performed in State College, Philadelphia, and around the United States with new music group Open Music and the Williamsport Orchestra, as well as a soloist.
Wiegand is an active member of the PAS Music Technology committee and presented her own created instrument dubbed the “Frankenvibe” at PASIC 2022.
Moses Supposedly
Session Description:
This session is a performance of my original work “Moses Supposedly” for tap dancer and fixed media, which is the second movement of my larger work, “Lyrebird”. The fixed media is composed of clips from “Singin’ in the Rain” and other various television and movie clips spliced together in a rhythmic style that the tap dancer mimics. The tap dancer acts as a percussionist fusing rhythms of the original choreography from Singin’ in the Rain with hybrid polyrhythms that result from the spliced film and television clips. The title, “Lyrebird”, refers to the Australian bird of the same name notorious for its impeccable ability to mimic artificial and natural sounds including construction sounds and digital cameras. This piece pushes the limits of quotation by using all found material from film, television scores, and visual media to create a collage of “new” material played alongside tap dance and percussion.
Session Category:
- New Music/Research
Date:
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Time:
5:00 PM
Location:
Room 120
Session Type:
New Music/Research Presents
Session Format:
Live
