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4261 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle
Gust Burns is a composer, improvisor, pianist, music instigator, and Jack Straw artist in residence. While at Western Washington University, he spent two years studying improvisation and composition with Canadian virtuoso pianist Paul Plimley, in addition to receiving his B.A. in Philosophy, focusing on Heidegger, metaphysics, and Existentialism. Burns plays improvised/composed new music from a perspective influenced by both jazz and "classical"/avant-garde traditions. He also sees the rap and hip-hop music he grew up with as an influence on his musical sensibility. An organizer as well as a performer, Burns is the current director of the Seattle Improvised Music Festival (Feb. 8-10, 17-19, 2008), and is continually attempting to stimulate the Seattle improvised/new music community with new venues, series, and festivals.
| About Composer Spotlight | |||||||||||||
The Composer Spoltight series is presented by Jack Straw Productions and Washington Composers Forum (WCF). This series of talks and performances of new music highlights an innovative composer or performer every second Wednesday of each month at Jack Straw Productions. If you are a composer and would like to present at a Composer Spotlight event, please conatct arts manager Van Diep. |
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| About Washington Composers Forum | |||||||||||||
The Washington Composers Forum is a non-profit arts organization that nurtures the creation, performance, and dissemination of new music by composers living in Washington State. Since its founding in 1984, WCF has produced concerts, readings, and lectures in the U.S. and Canada, representing many composers in the region. Visit their website for more information. |
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Below is a complete listing, by year, of all past presenters in the series. |
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