Darcy Copeland is a composer and artist-scholar. She thinks of composition as a process of worlding, and her research and creative practice examine how sound can model interdependence and processes of becoming in a fragile world. She thinks of her work as a living, organic, and relational body, and uses music as a way of making sense of herself and the world through means inaccessible through language.
A PhD candidate in Music Composition at Harvard University, where she studies with Chaya Czernowin and Hans Tutschku, Copeland’s research and creative practice examine how sound and musical world-building can model interdependence and empathy in a changing world. Her music has been performed internationally by ensembles including .abeceda ensemble, Duo XAMP, Ben Roidl-Ward, catinblack ensemble, collective lovemusic, Fabrik Quartet, Broken Frames Syndicate, Lamnth duo, Zone Expérimentale, Ensemble Dal Niente, ~Nois Saxophone Quartet, and line upon line percussion trio.
She holds degrees in composition from the University of Washington and Columbia College Chicago.