Uri Sala Composer, music theorist and bass player. 2007: M.A. Music Theory and Musicology at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands). 2007: Carnatic Music Theory at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (Netherlands). 2005: B.A. Musicology at Uppsala Universitet (Sweden). 2003: B.A. Composition at Berklee College of Music (Boston, USA). 2001: Modern Music Specialist Studies (electric bass, arranging, improvisation, guitar, piano) at Aula de Música Moderna i Jazz (Barcelona).

Music Samples

Contemporary

• Excerpt from flute etude. Boston 2003. Performed by Pei-Shan Kao.
• Excerpt from piano sonata, second movement. Boston, 2003. Performed by M. Mias.

Jazz

• Blue in Green. Arrangement of the tune by Bill Evans for 6 wind instruments and rhythm section. Performed by members of the Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra, 17 March 2005.
• Swebop. Performed by the Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra, Uppsala 10 March 2005.

Electric Bass

• Menuet from J.S. Bach's first cello suite. Recorded in 2004.

Writings

• "What Does Donna Lee mean? An analysis of the construction of meaning in music." This is the senior thesis of my Musicology Studies at the University of Uppsala. (PDF)
• Synopsis of the conference: “How did Bach singers sing and how is Bach sung today? How can we relate to the ideal of the times of Bach? New ways and alternatives.” by Dr. Phil. Gunno Klingfors, Uppsala 22nd April 2005, Bach Symposium. (HTML)
• Summary of "Mozart and the idea of absolute music" from Treitler, Leo 1989: Music and the Historical Imagination. USA: Harvard University Press, Chapter 7 (HTML).