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Matthew
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Morris
Palter |
Born
in Canada, Morris Palter
was a founding member of the Juno nominated alternative rock band treble
charger (RCA/BMG) from 1993 to 1996. Upon leaving the group, Morris moved
the The Netherlands to study percussion at the Koninklijk Conservatorium,
Den Haag, and then to California to pursue a Doctorate degree under renowned
percussionist Steven Schick at the University of California, San Diego.
Morris has performed throughout North America and Europe at various festivals
and concert venues. Some of these have included the Acousmania Festival in
Bucharest, the Agora Festival (IRCAM) in Paris, Disney Hall in Los Angeles,
the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) 2004 and 2005,
the Quincena Festival in Spain, the Music Gallery in Toronto, as well as at
the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall under famed
conductor/composer Pierre Boulez. He has also performed at the La Jolla Music
Society’s SummerFest Music Festival, the Holland Festival, participated
as a soloist at The Banff Centre for the Arts, and has appeared at the Amsterdam
Percussion Festival. Mr. Palter has also recently appeared on CBC Radio's
Sounds Like Canada show with Shelagh Rogers. Morris has also performed solo
recitals and guest lectures at the University of Birmingham, UK, Stanford
University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Queens College,
Mercer University, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the University
of Virginia.
Mr. Palter currently has endorsement contracts with Black Swamp Percussion
products, Ayotte Drums, and Paiste Inc. He Has received degrees from the University
of Toronto, the Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, and the University of
California, San Diego, where he received his Doctorate of Musical Arts in
2005.
more info at http://www.blackswamp.com/players/palter.html
Matthew
Burtner’s music and sound art has been described by The
Wire as “some of the most eerily effective electroacoustic music I’ve
heard,” and 21st Century Music writes "There is a horror and
beauty in this music that is most impressive." First prize winner of
the Musica Nova International Electroacoustic Music Competition he has also
received honors and awards from Bourges, Gaudeamus, Darmstadt, Prix d’Ete,
Meet the Composer, ASCAP, Luigi Russolo, AMC, and Hultgren Biennial. Commissioners
include CrossSound, Quincena Festival (Spain), Musik-I-Nordland (Norway),
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Peabody Trio, SpectriSonori, Augsburg Festival (Germany),
Ascolto (Germany), and Ensemble Noise. His work has been recorded for DACO
(Germany), The WIRE (U.K.), Centaur (USA), Innova (USA), and Euridice (Norway).
Burtner teaches composition and computer music at the University of Virginia
where he is Associate Director of the VCCM Computer Music Center. Originally
from Alaska, he studied philosophy, composition, saxophone and computer
music at St. Johns College, Tulane University, Iannis Xenakis's UPIC-Studios,
the Peabody Institute/Johns Hopkins and Stanford University/CCRMA. In 2005
and 2006 he was an Invited Researcher at IRCAM/Centre-George-Pompidou, Paris.
He has been composer-in-residence at Musikene (Spain), Banff Centre (Canada),
Simon Fraser University (Canada), the IUA/Phonos-Institute (Spain), and
the Cite-International-des-Arts (France).
more info at http://www.metasax.com/
full-concert performances
only:
The
Stone , New York, NY
October, 11, 2007 10pm
on the corner of avenue C and 2nd street
with Think Thank snowboard video and SpaceCraft design
Evo,
Seattle, WA
122 NW 36th St, Seattle, 98107
September, 2007, 8pm
with Think Thank snowboard video
and SpaceCaft design
APA
Theater, San Diego, CA
4580-B Alvarado Canyon Road
May 25 & 26, 2007, 8pm
with Elizabeth Buffy Swallow, dance
directions/tickets
Music
Gallery, Toronto, Canada
197 John St.
October 14, 2006
l'OpA
Bastille, Paris, France
9 rue Biscornet (Metro Bastille, sortie rue de Lyon)
Juin 6, nuit, après 22:00
avec Gli Splot
our first show, concert postcard
live,
unedited sound and image
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| "Traces" @ Music Gallery in Toronto | "Mindcam" @ The Stone in New York | ||||
| metals, soprano sax, computer | Squeaky toys, soprano sax and interactive computer program | metasax and drum kit | metasax and drum kit | metasax and drum kit | metasax and drum kit (performed live with experimental snowboard video) |
Metasax &
DRUMthings @ l'OpA
in Paris (click
for close-up)
"Grid2", Toronto, 2006
"SXrAtch", Paris, 2006
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Matthew playing the Metasax
(click image for a close-up)
Morris: "Dynamic Resonances Using Metric Things" (DRUMthings)
(click image for a close-up)
Our CDs
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Portals
of Distortion |
©
Matthew Burtner, 2006, http://www.burtner.net/
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