Immersive choral events, circus composer, performer. I make sound and music for theater, film, opera and all sorts of things.https://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3moulsacvpk2sLOUDER Presented by the Sydney Opera House Created by Gravity & Other Myths in collaboration with The Brandenburger Symphoniker
Co-produced by Brandenburger Theatre and Chameleon Berlin Music by Bach, Sxip Shirey and Quentin Grant 25–28 June 2026 Joan Sutherland Theatre, 
Sydney Opera House22 Jun 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3moulsacvpk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mnxywmaoqc2hme and my talkbox11 Jun 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxywmaoqc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mmh36qxgv224flamenco clawhammer prepared resophonic guitar22 May 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh36qxgv224https://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mjd6bnn3ls2emy heart deeply breaks for this world, and still I have to be a Dad, a husband, a son... i'm trying to figure it out, how to best exist with it all12 Apr 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd6bnn3ls2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mfs6b4sby22m26 Feb 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfs6b4sby22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mdf6xjiwj22rA heartbeat duet. Alaina Ferris and Lacy Rose use fetal dopplers to amplify their unborn baby's heartbeats and then improvise an echoed lullaby over that. It was raw and so beautiful. This was part of We Don't Need the Sea to Drown at National Sawdust/ Coco Karol and Sxip Shirey27 Jan 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdf6xjiwj22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mcunliuyvc2dthe sublime Jonny Rogers, folds the sound of the sky on wine glasses20 Jan 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcunliuyvc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mcncep7qts23we are getting ready!17 Jan 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcncep7qts23https://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mcfv7svrnk2n14 Jan 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfv7svrnk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mbzndzqhxs2u09 Jan 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbzndzqhxs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mbw7d4u2ks2wnext Sat. the 17th, we don't need the sea to drown at National Sawdust... I have been harvesting sweet maple logs for mushroom inoculation....08 Jan 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbw7d4u2ks2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mboo5srmwk2cBrandenburg Symphony Orchestra recording my piece "Kendrick". I wrote it in visceral response to hearing Lamar for the first time about 10 years ago.05 Jan 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mboo5srmwk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mbdkkidl7k2rHappy New Year from Germany! Gravity and Other Myths performing to "Amelia Found" by me with the Brandenberg Symphony in Germany.01 Jan 2026 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbdkkidl7k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mb4teb4ra22jthe let me have time with organ in Brandenberg29 Dec 2025 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb4teb4ra22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3manfsfcscc22i love my job23 Dec 2025 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3manfsfcscc22https://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3malp4yxnds26Exciting to be here in Germany with b the Gravity and Other Myths and Brandenberg Symphony22 Dec 2025 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3malp4yxnds26https://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3mal3q4v76s27i realize now, just how much i've been ratio-d in social media because of my humanitarian posts. the softest censorship.22 Dec 2025 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mal3q4v76s27https://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3m7uvbfdrvk2ithis is the best work Coco and I have ever done, it's the best work I ever done, we are doing b one more performance if it in this configuration, with a very surprising added moment that you will never see again13 Dec 2025 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7uvbfdrvk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3m5k27gluhk2sSo a few weeks back, Rima Fand, got a random email from the Ki Smith Gallery in NYC asking if Luminescent Orchestrii would like to play. Rima told them, she wasn't sure and that we hadn't played together as a band in 15 years. So she wrote us and we all said, sure! Now we are rehearsing.. Dec 5! NYC13 Nov 2025 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5k27gluhk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3m4fyq7fykk2dI love composing for the artist Swoon. Those animations are life sized btw. She is one of my two favorite living visual artists.30 Oct 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4fyq7fykk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3m2wywvgm4k2kRachel Jayson working on the full orchestral score for the piece "Kendrick".11 Oct 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wywvgm4k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3lxs242tijk23my kid in NYC01 Sep 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxs242tijk23https://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3lunsyl25ik23The beautiful moment when Clara Fable sings during Ben Loader's act. Limbo The Return23 Jul 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunsyl25ik23https://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3lufnyttods2f20 Jul 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufnyttods2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3lud3u2w3722eHe moves so beautifully. Ben Loader at the start of "Clumsy" for the show Limbo. Music by me, I am playing Mini Moog, those beautiful chords are played on a polymba made and played by Mick Stuart, ac really innovative Australian musician. We have toured this show on and off for 15 years,19 Jul 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lud3u2w3722ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3ltxjoygq6c2x14 Jul 2025 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltxjoygq6c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sxip.bsky.social/post/3lsyzezhx7c2land... they won the Orchestra Cup at Lincoln Center! This piece got best original selection. They rocked it.02 Jul 2025 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:uj44fadrmptwial4etlrg4mr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyzezhx7c2l