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Gust Burns
Gust Burns composes performances of music. Drawing on his experience as a pianist, contemporary art practices, and 20th century composition, Burns’ works blur differentiations between performance, score, recording, and text.
Burns earned an MFA in music/sound from Bard College, and is a graduate student at the University of Washington, Seattle.
New Media Gallery 2008-09 (with Melanie Noel): Felt
Artist Support Program 2007 : Recorded an album of structured improvisations for 10 musicians.
Exhibits
![A record player stylus hovers over a spinning record.](https://www.jackstraw.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Felt-recordneedle.jpg)
Gust Burns & Melanie Noel | Felt READ MORE >
![Dropped piano](https://www.jackstraw.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Dropped-piano-sq.jpg)
Piano Drop READ MORE >