Everything Band Podcast

Cait Nishimura is the winner of the 2017 Canadian Band Association Composition Competition and a rising star as a composer for band. Topics: Cait’s background growing up in Canada, playing the bass clarinet, going to an arts high school, and deciding to become a composer. Commissions and how and why Cait made the transition from aspiring teacher to full time, self-published composer. Being a young, non-white, Canadian composer and how that has helped Cait along the way, but how writing good music that connects with audiences is ultimately the most important factor in her long-term success. The sense of belonging and acceptance that she got from being in band. Links: Cait Nishimura, composer Canadian Band Association Composition Competition Nishimura: Chasing Sunlight Holst: The Planets Biography: Cait Nishimura (b. 1991) is a Canadian composer and music educator based in Toronto, Ontario. Described as having a "refreshing buoyancy", her music uses minimalist patterns, simple yet lush harmonies, and themes