Sam Davidson
Sam Davidson
Sam Davidson is a clarinetist and composer who specializes in contemporary improvisation, electronic music and the EWI, a breath-controlled synthesizer. He studied clarinet at the University of British Columbia with Wesley Foster and Cris Inguanti, as well as being mentored in jazz and improvisation by composers Fred Stride and Giorgio Magnanensi.
Sam is a member of acclaimed Canadian indie-rock band Brasstronaut, who has toured extensively across Canada, the UK and Europe and whose music has been frequently featured on the CBC, BBC, and NDR. He is also a member of SpaceMelt, and inter-disciplinary art ensemble founded at the Banff Centre for the Arts in 2009 with contemporary recorder player Terri Horn, and visual artist Michael Markowsky.
His solo project, Skim Milk, is rooted in a love of exploring old music and mixing it with contemporary ideas. It takes on many forms, however especially that of a unique brand of instrumental hip-hop. He has released four albums: Skim Milk (2014), Ghosts of Jazz (2015), The Monarch Sessions (2016), and Fingerprints (2017).
Sam Davidson is a clarinetist and composer who specializes in contemporary improvisation, electronic music and the EWI, a breath-controlled synthesizer. He studied clarinet at the University of British Columbia with Wesley Foster and Cris Inguanti, as well as being mentored in jazz and improvisation by composers Fred Stride and Giorgio Magnanensi.
Sam is a member of acclaimed Canadian indie-rock band Brasstronaut, who has toured extensively across Canada, the UK and Europe and whose music has been frequently featured on the CBC, BBC, and NDR. He is also a member of SpaceMelt, and inter-disciplinary art ensemble founded at the Banff Centre for the Arts in 2009 with contemporary recorder player Terri Horn, and visual artist Michael Markowsky.
His solo project, Skim Milk, is rooted in a love of exploring old music and mixing it with contemporary ideas. It takes on many forms, however especially that of a unique brand of instrumental hip-hop. He has released four albums: Skim Milk (2014), Ghosts of Jazz (2015), The Monarch Sessions (2016), and Fingerprints (2017).
As a freelancer Davidson works in film and television music, in the Vancouver improvised-music scene, and with a wide range of Canadian artists including Jaron Freeman-Fox, The Queer Songbook Orchestra, Tariq Hussain, Tom Wherrett, Kathryn Calder, Peggy Lee, Steve Dawson, Sarah MacDougall, Ivan Coyote, Francois Houle, and many others.
He currently lives in Victoria BC, where he serves as faculty of clarinet and music technology at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.