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Feed & Fly Live At Mass Moca by Christine Southworth

Artist Biography For Christine Southworth

Christine Southworth B. 1978 Through Her Work With Robots And Automated Music Systems As Co-Founder And Director Of Ensemble Robot Is Making Groundbreaking Music Based On The Interaction Between Technology And Creativity. Compared To Thurston Moore Boston Phoenix 2/11/05 And Laurie Anderson Boston Globe 2/4/05 Southworth Is Introducing A Brand New Genre Of Music To Boston Born Out Of The Area’s Complex Community Of Scientists And Artists. Her February 2005 Performance Of Zap! Overfilled The Boston Museum Of Science’s Theater Of Electricity With An Energized Crowd Of 500 Students Professors Artists Children And Adults. The Boston Phoenix Called The Show “truly Electrifying ” Describing That “Ever Since Bob Dylan ‘going Electric’ Has Had Many Connotations But This Was Something Different Though Zap! Utilized The Talents Of A Flutist Two Keyboardists A Cellist A Guitarist A Bassist A Drummer A Vocalist A Double-Helix-Shaped Robotic Xylophone Sound Engineers And Computer Programmers The Centerpiece Of Southworth’s Performance Was Electricity Itself As Millions Of Volts Buzzed Fizzled And Sparked In Deafening Cracks That Punctuated Her Music.” Will Spitz Boston Phoenix Southworth Received A B.S. From MIT In 2002 In Mathematics And Music And M.A. In Computer Music & Multimedia Composition From Brown University In 2006. She Composes For Western Ensembles Balinese Gamelan And Mixed Ensembles Of Gamelan Western Instruments Electronics And Robots. Her Compositions Draw From Her Interests In Modern American And European Music Jazz Balinese Music And Rock And Roll And Have Received Awards And Recognition From The LEF Foundation American Composers Forum Meet The Composer New England Foundation For The Arts NEFA The MIT Eloranta Fellowship And The Bang On A Can Summer Institute Of Music. Her Compositions Have Been Played By Gamelan Galak Tika Ethel Bang On A Can Arnold Dreyblatt’s Orchestra Of Excited Strings Alarm Will Sound The NEC Wind Ensemble And Ensemble Robot At Venues Including The Boston Museum Of Science Mass MoCA Jordan Hall MIT Wesleyan University And In Bali Indonesia. For More Information Please Visit Christine's Website Www.Kotekan.Com

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