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Prayer (for John Pierce) (2002), 00:01:23Matthew Burtner http://www.burtner.net
Nationality: United States
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Biography: Matthew Burtner’s music and sound art explores ecoacoustic processes, and extended polymetric and noise-based musical systems. He is currently Assistant Professor of composition and computer music at the University of Virginia where he is Associate Director of the VCCM Computer Music Center. A native of Alaska (b.1970), he studied philosophy, composition, saxophone and computer music at St. Johns College, Tulane University (BFA 1993), Iannis Xenakis's UPIC/CEMAMu (1993-94), the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (MM 1997), and Stanford University's CCRMA (DMA 2002 forthcoming). He has been composer-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, and the IUA/Phonos Institute in Barcelona.
Burtner has received numerous prizes and grants for his work including first prize in the 2000 Musica Nova Internation Electroacoustic Music Competition. His music has been commissioned for performers such as the Spectri Sonori Ensemble, MiN Ensemble, Phyllis Bryn Julson, the Peabody Trio, Ascolto, Ensemble Noise, Haleh Abghari and others. His commercial recordings include Incantations on the German DACO label (DACO 102), Portals of Distortion, on Innova Records (Innova 526), and Arctic Contrasts, on the Norwegian Euridice label (EUCD 012-2000).
Program Notes: "Prayer (for John Pierce)"was composed for the memorial service at Stanford University's CCRMA of one of the 20th century's greatest engineers, John Pierce who died in 2002. Pierce, best known for inventing the transistor, made enormous contributions in the fields of satelite communications and digital music. The composition is made from a single strike on the body of a physical model singing ("prayer") bowl by Stefania Serafin. The physical model bowl allows the shape and material properties to be altered continuously as it resonates. In"Prayer", the bowl undergoes continuous transformation, seeking modal harmonicity.
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CEC: Sonus
CEC: DISContact! III competition
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