Sam Dunscombe is a performer, composer, sound artist, and audio engineer. She is interested in the multi-dimensional perception of time, which has led to explorations in spectralism, just-intonation, improvisation, the performance of complex-notated repertoire, field recording, audio engineering, and live electronic performance.
Sam Dunscombe is a member of several musical groups, including Berlin's Harmonic Space Orchestra, the Australian performer-composer trio Golden Fur (together with
James Rushford and
Judith Hamann),
Oren Ambarchi's Carpe Diem, and duo projects with Michiko Ogawa, Rebecca Lane,
Julia Reidy, and others. She has records available on Mode Records,
Black Truffle, Another Timbre, Wandelweiser, and others.
Sam Dunscombe was awarded a Doctor of Musical Arts from UC San Diego in 2018, with a thesis exploring the clarinet works of French-Romanian composer Horatiu Radulescu. She now works as the archivist to his estate.
