WARREN BURT - CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
born 1949 Baltimore, Md. USA; lived in Waterford NY, 1950-1971; San Diego CA 1971-75; Melbourne, Australia 1975- present. Education; BA 1971 State U. of NY at Albany; MA 1975 University of California, San Diego.
2002- guest composer Mini[]Max festival, Brisbane, August '02
- performance at Dancehouse, Melbourne, with Eva Karczag, July '02
- composer in residence, Pauline Oliveros Foundation, Kingston, NY, June '02
- composer in residence, ArtScienceLab, Santa Fe, NM, March 02
- Visiting Associate Professor of Music, University of Illinois, Jan - May.
2001 - Live radio broadcast on ABC Radio National as part of Cathedral Project webcast, Dec. '01
- teaching Sound in Performance Studies, Victoria University of Technology, Footscray, July - Oct.
- collaboration with Dutch composer Paul Panhuysen, Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, July '01
- Visiting Associate Professor of Music, University of Illinois, Jan - May.
- Composer in Residence, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
2000 - concert tour of East Coast and Midwest of USA - Oct - Dec. 2000
- founded Centre for Studies in Experimental Music and Performance, Melbourne.
- teaching Sound in Performance Studies, Victoria University of Technology, Footscray.
- "Lost and Abducted" - Two Talking Operas, with texts by Robert Randall, Melbourne.
- Centre for Studies in Experimental Music & Performance, Melbourne, started
- Concert tour of New Zealand
- New work for solo guitar premiered in Patagonia by Claudio Calmens
1999 - Works for Internet Broadcast in Finland, Norway, Melbourne, Montreal
- Software Consultant, Genetic Music, Texas, USA, designing interactive midi control systems
- Performance at Victoria University, Wellington, NZ
- "Critical Vices: The Myths of Post Modern Theory" by N. Zurbrugg and W. Burt, published by Gordon and Breach, New York
- Improvisational Theatre Performances, Theatre of the Ordinary, Melbourne
1998 - Artist in Residence, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, Ca. USA
- Performance at 7th New York Improvisation Festival, Dec. 98, New York, with Eva Karczag and Chris Mann; solo performances at College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico; San Diego State University, Calfornia
- Awarded 1998-2000 Australia Council Composers' Fellowship
- "Diversity", political multi-media theatre, presented at Dancehouse, Melbourne
- Sound Installations at Victorian Regional Galleries, Horsham, Warrnambool, and Sale, funded by Arts Victoria
1997 - participation in "A Year of Fridays" Performance Project, Theatre of the Ordinary, Melbourne
1996 - Residency, Stichting Steim, Amsterdam, Netherlands
-"39 Dissonant Etudes" - solo CD from Tall Poppies, Sydney
- Hybrid Arts Board Fellowship, to produce "Diversity", Australia Council
- Visiting Lecturer in Computer Music, Australian Centre for the Arts and Technology, Australian National University, Canberra
- Artist in Residence, Dept. of Fine Arts, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond,La. USA
1995 - McKnight Visiting Composers Fellowship, Minnesota Composers Forum, St. Paul, MN, USA Oct. 94-May 95
- Represented Australia at "Urban und Aboriginal X," Berlin, Germany
- Composer in Residence, Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College, Oakland, Ca., USA
1994 - Visiting Lecturer in Computer Music, Australian Centre for the Arts and Technology, Australian National University, Canberra
- Australian concert tour with choreographer Eva Karczag
-"Dense Room", computer graphics and music installation Sound/Watch, Outreach Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1993 - Artist in Residence, Advanced Computer Graphics Centre, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- "Writings from a Scarlet Aardvark, 15 Articles on Music and Art, 1981-1993" published by Frog Peak Music, USA
1992 - Australia Council Composer's Fellowship
- Tour of Melbourne and Brisbane, dance and music performances with choreographer Eva Karczag
- Represented Australia at "World Music Days" of ISCM, Warsaw with "The White Room", collaboration with V. Lagzdina, R. Bandt, E. Althoff, and A. Lamb
- "Scherbenkonzert", interactive computer sound/movement installation at Technorama, Winterthur, Switzerland
1991 - Australia Council Composers Fellowship
- "Jazzmaze", interactive sound/movement installation. "Les Images en Folie" - Martigny, Switzerland
- Artist in Residence, Griffith Artworks, Griffith Uni., Brisbane
1990 - Composer in Residence, Monash University, Melbourne
- Experimenta, Melbourne, performance of "38:37, A Machine for Making Sense" in collaboration with Chris Mann
- "Three Inverse Genera" for tuning forks released on CD "Austral Voices" by USA record label New Albion
- Interview and cover photo in "Musicworks 48" (Toronto)
- "Chaotic Research Music" (computer music - 90 mins)
1989 - Composer in Residence, Monash University, Melbourne
- Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria - solo and group works
- Styrian Autumn Festival, Graz, Austria -solo performance
- "Fair Exchanges" interactive dance/computer music performance with R. Bandt, S. Innes, J. Refshauge, S. Staehli, S. Veitch
1988 - "Sensus" interactive computer music/movement installation at Expo 88, Brisbane
- John Jenkins' "22 Contemporary Australian Composers" published, includes chapter on W. Burt
1987 - "Words and Sounds in the Australian Landscape", Australian Bicentennial Authority commission for ABC-FM (110 mins) with Mann, Billeter, Hemensley and Gilbert
- Composer in Residence, ABC Radio Broadcast Music Dept.
- "Samples III" for computer modified orchestral sounds, (84 mins) composed and broadcast on ABC-FM
- New Music America, Philadelphia, solo performance
1986 - Artist in Residence, International Synergy Institute, Los Angeles (video synthesis, art/science interactions)
- "24 Meditations", video synthesis and computer music, awarded first prize, Sydney Video Festival; honorable mention, American Film Institute, Los Angeles
- "Voices, Tuning Forks and Accordion" performed by Astra Choir, Melbourne
1985 - Lecturer in Music, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
- Composer in Residence, CSIRO Division of Applied Physics, building new musical instruments (tuning forks)
1984 - Composer in Residence, Midwestern Composers Seminar, University of Iowa, USA
1983 - Paris Autumn Festival, Australian representative
- "Aardvarks IX", computer music, Australia, USA and Europe
- "Radio Performance Project 1983" produced for Public Broadcasting Association of Australia
1982 - "Studies for Synthesizer" (electronic music - 35 mins)
1981 - co-organizer, International Music and Technology Conference, Melbourne
- "Four Pieces for Synthesizer" (electronic music - 60 mins)
1978-80-Composers Fellowships, Music Board, Australia Council
- "Moods" (2 hours) video synthesis and electronic music
- "Der Yiddisher Cowboy" (2 hours) super 8 film - collaboration with R. A. Robboy
- "If Structure is an Empty Glass" (90 mins) super 8 film
1979 - Visiting Lecturer, New South Wales Conservatorium, Sydney
1978 - "Aardvarks VII", sound sculpture installation, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
1977 - "Nighthawk" (1973-76) 3 and 1/2 hour video and solo voice opera performed in 17 locations in Australia and USA
1976 - Co-founder Clifton Hill Community Music Centre, Melbourne
1975 - "Aardvarks IV" (1972-75) electronic music (72 minutes)
- Master of Arts, University of California, San Diego
- Senior Tutor in Music, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 1975-78, 79, 81
1973-75-Fellow, Centre for Music Experiment and Related Research, UCSD, research into extended vocal techniques, performance art, and electronic music
1971 - Bachelor of Arts, State U. of NY, Albany
1969 - "Drakula" for orchestra, performed by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss, cond.