Podcasts Culture Notebook on Cities and Culture Mayan Cycle composer Jeremy Haladyna

Mayan Cycle composer Jeremy Haladyna

Published: Nov. 17, 2009, 6:39 a.m.

Colin Marshall talks to Jeremy Haladyna, director of UCSB\u2019s Ensemble\nfor Contemporary Music and composer of the sprawling\n28-piece-and-counting Mayan Cycle.\nDrawing upon over twenty years of research and exploration, Haladyna\nhas translated countless concepts from Mayan thought, art and\narchitecture into music that counts strings, flutes, scratch turntables\nand even sampled paper towel dispensers among its sonic components. An\nalbum of selections from the Mayan Cycle is now available from Innova\nRecordings.