Andy Clausen wrote original music for the upcoming picture 5 Doctors, premiering at the Austin Film Festival in October. The film tells the story of Spencer, a struggling comedian and hypochondriac convinced that he’s dying from a bizarre array of symptoms. The score features performances by Jake Sherman, Jason Burger, Alex Wintz, Spencer Eugene Stewart, Gregg BelisleChi, Riley Mulherkar and Andrew Gutauskas.
I Care If You Listen reviews Andy Clausen's "Endlichheim"
A large and eager crowd attended the Good Shepherd Center’s Wayward Music Series for a concert of premieres organized by flutist Paul Taub on November 20, 2015. The new works, all by local Seattle composers, were written for mixed chamber ensembles with flute included in each. With a low rumble of the piano, a glassy and unsettling cello line emerged from the texture in Andy Clausen’s new work Endlichheim.
Andy Clausen Appointed Director of New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band
The New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) announced on Wednesday that Andy Clausen has been appointed Director of the NYYS Jazz Band for the 2016/17 season.
Clausen is a New York-based composer, trombonist, bandleader, and graduate of The Juilliard School. From Seattle, Clausen relocated to NYC in 2010 where he enjoys a diverse schedule collaborating with filmmakers, folk and blues artists, classical composers, as well as New York's jazz elite. The New York Times has described his work as “sleek, dynamic large-group jazz, a whirl of dark-hued harmony and billowing rhythm. . .The intelligent sheen of Mr. Clausen’s writing was as striking as the composure of his peers. . .It was impressive, and not just by the yardstick of their age.”
Clausen is a founding member of The Westerlies, a new music brass quartet whose 2014 debut Wish The Children Would Come on Home: The Music of Wayne Horvitz was met with critical acclaim from NPR Fresh Air, Jazz Times, and was named the NPR Jazz “Best Debut of 2014.” Clausen’s awards include the Gerald Wilson Prize for Composition from the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Emerging Artist of The Year, and Alternative Jazz Group of the Year Awards from the Earshot Jazz Festival, and the Lotos Foundation Prize. In addition, Clausen has been commissioned by The New York Times, Dell, Bloomberg and Blue Chalk Media to compose music for film and television.
The NYYS is one of the most awarded youth programs of its kind in the nation, recognized for its innovative, tuition-free educational programs for talented young musicians. Founded in 1963 as an orchestra to showcase the metropolitan area’s most gifted musicians ages 12-22, its activities have since grown to encompass programs in chamber music, conducting, composition, and jazz, with performances at world class venues including Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Andy Clausen composes for Bloomberg's The Spark
After composing the score for Bloomberg Businessweek's 85th Anniversary film, "The Great Disruptors" Andy has been hard at work writing for a new set of videos that are part of Bloomberg's new series The Spark. The videos all share stories of cutting-edge innovation in technology, science, medicine—even farming, from self-braking cars to transparent solar cells. Check out the first in the series:
Andy Clausen composes for #Businessweek85
Andy Clausen composed music for a video created to celebrate Bloomberg Businessweek's 85th Anniversary. The video, "The Great Disrupters" traces the most important business innovations that took place during the magazine's history.
Andy Clausen composing music for New York Times online
Trombonist and composer Andy Clausen is currently working on the score for a multi-part video series launched by the New York Times. The first is a seven minute long piece on the history and state of the city's many bridges, and can be seen here. Alongside his ongoing projects The Westerlies and The Wishbone Project, Andy is an acclaimed composer, receiving the 2009 Gerald Wilson Award for Jazz Composition from the Monterey Jazz Festival.