Equally at home composing in solitude or collaborating with other artists, Gregory Wanamaker creates music that is at times lyrically expressive while at others athletically virtuosic. His eclectic sound world responds in kind to a variety of extramusical influences ranging from the simplicity of a still life painting, the emotions of a dramatic narrative, the graceful or angular lines of a landscape, or the visceral discourse of the moment.
Wanamaker’s music has been described as “pure gold, shot through with tenderness and grace” (San Francisco Chronicle), “achingly beautiful” (Palm Beach Daily News), “deeply romantic yet unsentimental” (I Care If You Listen), and “a technical tour de force” (Fanfare).
Gregory’s earliest musical training began at age 6 in professional summer stock theater companies, and continued through both schooled and selfguided explorations through the American folk music of the 1960s, bebop and free jazz, and Western classical music of the late 20th century. He continues his study of sounds to those from around the world, to draw from a variety of musics to inform his continually evolving voice.
Prolific in all musical media, Wanamaker’s bestknown works are his chamber works that exploit unique timbral characteristics and technical extensions of wind instruments. To date, his virtuosic Duo Sonata for clarinet and saxophone has received over 500 performances worldwide and is featured on five commercial recordings. His Sonata deus sax machina was one of the required pieces for finalists of the 2014 Adolphe Sax International Competition in Dinant, Belgium and the 2020 Pushechnikov Foundation International Competition for Wind Instruments, Saxophone Division in Moscow. Find out more here: https://gregorywanamaker.com/
Socials:
Patreon:
/ marcomeatball
Twitch:
/ marcomeatball (Streams T, TH, F 10:30est5:00est
Vods Channel:
/ @moremarcomeatball
Twitter:
/ marcodmeatball
Discord:
/ discord
Kofi:
https://www.kofi.com/marcodmeatball
chapters:
00:00 hi
00:53 vampire killer castlevania
03:33 corridors of time chrono trigger
09:14 battle in the jungle vampire survivors
12:43 hell march command and conquer red alert
16:53 cara mia addio portal 2
23:12 ludwig the holy blade bloodborne
32:27 the fragmented one warframe
40:00 Daredevil ace combat 7
48:20 archange ace combat 7
59:00 symphony (aba's theme) gg strive
1:04:50 battle!! Xenoblade chronicles 2
1:10:40 has your perception changed?