Background
He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Nick Brooke
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Education
Oberlin College.
Career
Brooke mixes musical sampling, lipsynching, and theater into an idiosyncratic genre. Brooke’s instrumental works have been performed by the Paul Dresher Ensemble, the Nash Ensemble of London, Orchestra 2001, Dan Druckman, Speculum Musicae, and New York’s Gamelan Son of Lion. During a two-year fellowship in Central Java, Brooke studied gamelan and collaborated on musical projects with Javanese composers, dancers, and visual artists.
His work Tone Test received its premiere at the Lincoln Center Festival in 2004.
Previews on National Public Radio and in the New York Times documented its innovative aesthetic. His 2013 album, Border Towns (Innova Recordings), was inspired by Mexican "border blasters," high-powered radio stations that encroached on United States. broadcast airspace during the 1950s.
Brooke holds degrees in music composition and philosophy from Oberlin College, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton. He teaches at Bennington College.
