david bithell (b.
1976), currently an Assistant Professor of Composition Studies at the
University of North Texas, is devoted to the exploration
of the intersection between experimental music and theater. His
use of live performance, video, staging, music technology, and
improvisation create abstract
narratives that balance between the tragic and comic.
He has performed his compositions throughout the United States, Europe,
and Asia in a variety of settings. Recently, his
composition "The President Has His Photograph Taken" for solo trumpet,
electronics, and video was ...read more...
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image from The
President Has His Photograph Taken (2005)
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upcoming events
- April 15, 2011 @ 8pm - David Bithell @ Unruly Music
- A Theater of Sound: An Evening of Intermedia and Experimental Music
Theater - Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Milwaukee, WI
- January 21, 2011 @ 8pm - performance of YesNo
at the Sonic
Diasporas Alumni Festival
- Conrad Prebys Music Center Theater, University of California, San
Diego - La Jolla, CA
- October 9, 2010 - performance of Caught.Catching
with Ellie Leonhardt at the Texas
Dance Improvisation Festival - Rice University
- Saturday (8:00pm) - Houston, TX
- October 2, 2010 @ 4:30pm - performance of YesNo
at the 2010 SPARK Festival of Electronic
Music and Art - Barker Center for Dance, University of Minnesota -
Minneapolis, MN
- September 24-26,
2010 - Saturday @ 6pm and Sunday @ 4pm - New York premiere of encapsulating as a part of the White Wave /
DUMBO Dance Festival - John Ryan Theater - Brooklyn, NY
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recent projects
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news and events
- A paper,
co-authored with Ali Momeni, that describes the technical background
for our interactive table-top environment, the liminal surface, will be
published in the upcoming preceedings of the 12th Biennial Symposium on
Arts and Technology.
- ...more news...
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