4/4 Residency Performance and Sharing Event
Produced by Equivalentbehaviour and Ensemble Matters
Developing a solo bass piece with electronics, Ollie Hawker and Zoe Markle’s collaborative work stems from the duo’s mutual appreciation of classical music: emphasising simplicity and tenderness, with challenging conventional notions of virtuosity.
The 4/4 Residency with Ollie Hawker and Zoe Markle culminated in a sharing event and performance in May 2023, where the duo performed the piece they developed in Equivalentbehaviour space, and opened up their process through a presentation and discussion. Guest performance by Oona Lowther and Alexander Papp opened the event, and a tasting menu was prepared by Dante Bishop-Sauve.
OLLIE HAWKER:
Ollie Hawker is a Glasgow-based composer interested in ideas of digital nostalgia and the internet as folk culture.
He uses both acoustic and electronic means to explore fragility and imperfection, and is interested in the combination
of earnest sincerity and ironic absurdism that characterises much of his generation's online discourse and in turn
mediates their experience of the world.
Ollie holds a Masters degree in composition from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Recent projects have seen him
work with Psappha, Köng Duo, Megumi Masaki and Inland Ocean.
ZOE MARKLE:
Zoe Markle is a creative and multifaceted bassist with an adventurous approach to music- making. She is passionate
about contemporary classical music and improvisation, having commissioned composers such as Molly Joyce, John Supko,
and Naomi Epstein. Zoe is also a founding member of piano trio, Else, if Else, and enjoys collaborating through chamber music.
