I’m Chel, widely known as SlowPitchSound. I am an award winning Toronto-based composer, mentor, and explorer of sound & visuals with over two decades of experience. I have collaborated with brilliant creators from a wide range of disciplines including opera, jazz, classical, electronic music, theatre and dance. My unique style of music production, self proclaimed as "scifi-turntablism", has graced stages around the world including Canada, Australia, USA, United Kingdom, France, Sweden and Taiwan. With a passion for depth and detail in my work, I am heavily inspired by nature, outer space, and dystopian sci-fi. My approach to making and presenting music includes turntablism, live sampling, field recordings and live cinema. Here’s a peak.
COVER STORY: MusicWorks magazine
“With roots in turntablism that extend into the likes of classical composition, sound design, and theatre, Toronto-based artist and musician Cheldon Paterson—aka SlowPitchSound—is an artist whose music is difficult to define.”
"To marry such a range in sounds smoothly is no small feat, but SlowPitchSound's skill-set incorporate the playfulness of jazz and the world-building of science fiction." - Exclaim!
"SlowPitchSound Scratches Past the Surface with His Own Brand of Turntablism" - Thump/Vice
“With roots in turntablism that extend into the likes of classical composition, sound design, and theatre, Toronto-based artist and musician Cheldon Paterson—aka SlowPitchSound—is an artist whose music is difficult to define.”
"To marry such a range in sounds smoothly is no small feat, but SlowPitchSound's skill-set incorporate the playfulness of jazz and the world-building of science fiction." - Exclaim!
"SlowPitchSound Scratches Past the Surface with His Own Brand of Turntablism" - Thump/Vice
Artist In Residence
Taipei Biennial 2023 - Ex DJ Residency at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Taipei Taiwan (2023)
Woodland Farm Artist Residency - Salt Spring Island BC (2023)
TD Bank Composer in Residence - Toronto (2018)
SoundStreams Composer in Residence (2018)
Artscape Gibraltar Point Winter Residency - Toronto Island (2015)
Taipei Biennial 2023 - Ex DJ Residency at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Taipei Taiwan (2023)
Woodland Farm Artist Residency - Salt Spring Island BC (2023)
TD Bank Composer in Residence - Toronto (2018)
SoundStreams Composer in Residence (2018)
Artscape Gibraltar Point Winter Residency - Toronto Island (2015)
Commissions
North York Arts - Mapping Our Neighbourhoods (2021)
- A program where artists and youth from the Jane and Finch and Black Creek neighbourhoods gathered to create a audio/visual map of their area. I contributed and mentored participance in sound design.
Stephen Lewis Secondary School Sound Journal Project (Spring 2020)
- Restricted to the use of sounds collected (by composer Bekah Simms) during a 2019 school field trip (Nature vs. Urban Soundwalk), SlowPitchSound masterfully created the mix heard in the link.
AGO All Hours | in partnership w/ OCAD (2020)
- Art Gallery of Ontario and Ontario College of Art & Design University teamed up for a campfire themed event. SlowPitchSound and dancer Lybido presented a nature themed, audiobook inspired performance.
Farewell to the Moon: Ben Feist (NASA) and SlowPitchSound - Aga Khan Museum (2019)
- SlowPitchSound remixes moon-inspired songs with NASA recordings from the Apollo 11 mission
SoundStreams Presents: FREDDY’S TUNE Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, Toronto. (2018)
- SlowPitchSound and Juno Award winning musicians the Gryphon Trio perform "The Altered Offering". An original score by SlowPitchSound (Cheldon Paterson)
Blackness, Gender, Work, and Love Symposium - Faculty of Environmental Studies- York University (2017)
- "the closing event of the yearlong initiative called Black Love Matters 2017 Un-Conference."
The Music Gallery presents: MG Remixed: Allatonceness - Toronto (2016)
- With access to the deep audio archives of the Music Gallery, SlowPitchSound creates new possibilities live and on the spot.
SoundStreams Salon21 at the Gardiner Museum - Minimalism Remixed - Toronto (2016)
- "an immersive gallery experience where a unique live performance exploring minimalism in music and visual art will take over one of the Gardiner’s galleries."
Musica Reflecta and the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) presents: Opus Testing | NASA Remixed | Toronto (2015)
- Live improvised performance using audio recordings from NASA's APOLLO mission to the moon.
Sound Design Work
Composed music/sound design for "Italian Mime Suicide" by Bad New Days Theatre Winner - best new production at the DORA Awards (2022)
Composed music included the documentary "Black Ice" by Oscar nominated director Hubert Davis - Winner of the TIFF Peoples Choice Award (2022)
North York Arts - Northbound (2021)
created original scores for the work of visual artists Anna Kavehmehr and Aqsah Shah
CultureLink (2021)
- A/V creations with newcomer youth and Jumblies artists.
Jumblies Theatre - Grounds for Goodness (2020,2021)
- A collaboration between SlowPitchSoun and the Gather Round Singers to create a piece of work using sounds and visuals collected from ZOOM sessions.
Conceived of and guided by Ruth Howard, this project includes many artists, who bring different forms.
Constellations Presents: Resonant Bodies - Toronto Media Arts Centre (2019)
- Resonant Bodies is an online exhibition about the sonic reflections between bodies and their environments, and an extension of a physical exhibition which took place at the Toronto Media Arts Centre from August 11-17th, 2019. "Transport Station" by SlowPitchSound was commissioned installation that includes field recordings and images collected from locations around Toronto.
North York Arts - Mapping Our Neighbourhoods (2021)
- A program where artists and youth from the Jane and Finch and Black Creek neighbourhoods gathered to create a audio/visual map of their area. I contributed and mentored participance in sound design.
Stephen Lewis Secondary School Sound Journal Project (Spring 2020)
- Restricted to the use of sounds collected (by composer Bekah Simms) during a 2019 school field trip (Nature vs. Urban Soundwalk), SlowPitchSound masterfully created the mix heard in the link.
AGO All Hours | in partnership w/ OCAD (2020)
- Art Gallery of Ontario and Ontario College of Art & Design University teamed up for a campfire themed event. SlowPitchSound and dancer Lybido presented a nature themed, audiobook inspired performance.
Farewell to the Moon: Ben Feist (NASA) and SlowPitchSound - Aga Khan Museum (2019)
- SlowPitchSound remixes moon-inspired songs with NASA recordings from the Apollo 11 mission
SoundStreams Presents: FREDDY’S TUNE Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, Toronto. (2018)
- SlowPitchSound and Juno Award winning musicians the Gryphon Trio perform "The Altered Offering". An original score by SlowPitchSound (Cheldon Paterson)
Blackness, Gender, Work, and Love Symposium - Faculty of Environmental Studies- York University (2017)
- "the closing event of the yearlong initiative called Black Love Matters 2017 Un-Conference."
The Music Gallery presents: MG Remixed: Allatonceness - Toronto (2016)
- With access to the deep audio archives of the Music Gallery, SlowPitchSound creates new possibilities live and on the spot.
SoundStreams Salon21 at the Gardiner Museum - Minimalism Remixed - Toronto (2016)
- "an immersive gallery experience where a unique live performance exploring minimalism in music and visual art will take over one of the Gardiner’s galleries."
Musica Reflecta and the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) presents: Opus Testing | NASA Remixed | Toronto (2015)
- Live improvised performance using audio recordings from NASA's APOLLO mission to the moon.
Sound Design Work
Composed music/sound design for "Italian Mime Suicide" by Bad New Days Theatre Winner - best new production at the DORA Awards (2022)
Composed music included the documentary "Black Ice" by Oscar nominated director Hubert Davis - Winner of the TIFF Peoples Choice Award (2022)
North York Arts - Northbound (2021)
created original scores for the work of visual artists Anna Kavehmehr and Aqsah Shah
CultureLink (2021)
- A/V creations with newcomer youth and Jumblies artists.
Jumblies Theatre - Grounds for Goodness (2020,2021)
- A collaboration between SlowPitchSoun and the Gather Round Singers to create a piece of work using sounds and visuals collected from ZOOM sessions.
Conceived of and guided by Ruth Howard, this project includes many artists, who bring different forms.
Constellations Presents: Resonant Bodies - Toronto Media Arts Centre (2019)
- Resonant Bodies is an online exhibition about the sonic reflections between bodies and their environments, and an extension of a physical exhibition which took place at the Toronto Media Arts Centre from August 11-17th, 2019. "Transport Station" by SlowPitchSound was commissioned installation that includes field recordings and images collected from locations around Toronto.