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About Us
Melissa Grey & David Morneau are composers exploring the nature of sound and the nuance of perception. Their immersive productions reveal mesmerizing worlds of endlessly evolving sound.
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Melissa Grey is a composer–producer and educator whose music and sound practice engages relationships among sound, space, and human and non–human perception. Her work has received recognition from American Music Center; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and others. Since 2009, she has taught the graduate seminar, Sound Studies, at The New School, New York, NY, working with students across disciplines to sharpen their understanding of the science and perception of sound.
In 2016, she launched a collaborative practice, with composer David Morneau, noted for creating unique sonic worlds. Their work has premiered at venues including Queens Museum, New York; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries; Havre de Grace Opera House, Maryland; and Bargemusic, New York.
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David Morneau is a composer–producer whose practice embraces collaboration to explore nodes where forms, traditions, and media intersect. His work has been presented at The Morgan Library and Museum, Carnegie Hall, Joyce SoHo, Merce Cunningham Studio, New York International Fringe Festival, SPARK Festival, and on All Things Considered (NPR). Morneau holds a doctorate in music composition from The Ohio State University.
In 2016, Morneau joined forces with composer Melissa Grey to produce music that explores the nature of sound and the nuance of perception. Together they launched a site–specific concert series in a New York loft apartment designed by Giuseppe Zambonini, sonified data about the ocean’s hypoxic dead zones, and transformed insect recordings into organ sounds that accompanied an installation by Angela Grauerholz. They were awarded Joan C. Edwards Distinguished Professor of the Arts by Marshall University and are published by Ugly Duckling Presse and Circumference Journal.
photo credit: Yuri Pires Tavares
Disambiguation
Flower Cat is the name of our label. We compose, produce, and perform as Melissa Grey & David Morneau.
Note that Melissa’s name always appears before David’s. Their names are joined by an ampersand: Melissa Grey & David Morneau // Melissa & David // Grey & Morneau