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Christopher Burns composes chamber and electroacoustic music. His works explore simultaneity and multiplicity: textures and materials are layered one on top of another, creating a dense and energetic polyphony. Christopher's work as a computer music researcher is a crucial influence: these pieces are written with pitch and rhythmic structures which are created and transformed using custom software. Beyond algorithmic composition, his research interests include the application and control of feedback in sound synthesis, and the study and preservation of sketch materials produced by electroacoustic composers.
Christopher teaches composition and technology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Previously, he served as the Technical Director of the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University, after completing a doctorate in composition there in 2003. He has studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey, Jonathan Berger, Michael Tenzer, and Jan Radzynski. Christopher is also active as a concert producer. He co-founded and produced the strictly Ballroom series at Stanford University, presenting 37 programs of contemporary music from 2000 to 2004. He is currently a co-director of the San Francisco-based sfSoundSeries, and he has recently launched the Unruly Music concert series in Milwaukee. These concerts are also an outlet for Christopher's interest in the realization of classic music with live electronic or mechanical components: recent projects include the creation and performance of new versions of works by Cage, Ligeti, Lucier, Nancarrow, and Stockhausen.
Copyright © 1998-2008 Christopher Burns.
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