*MAJOR PROJECTS*
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EDUCATION
·:· Born June 9, 1961
·:· Kingswood School Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan; 1973-1979)
·:· Experiment In International Living (Rathdown
School, Dublin, Ireland; Fall, 1977)
·:· The Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colorado;
1981-1982)
Dean's List
·:· Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts; 1979-1981;
1983)
B.A. Music Composition, Performance and Improvisation Self-taught
on sax, accordion, guitar, bass and voice, and other resonating
objects.
·:· Jazz India Vocal Institute (Northern Indian vocal training, Bombay, India; Fall, 1997)
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FILM SOUNDTRACKS
Omelet (March, 2007)
(19 min.) Film written & directed by Cuneyt Havlioglu & Serkan Kutan (Seattle)
My composition 'Ambaraba Ci Ci Co Co'as performed by Die Knodel is part of soundtrack.
The Naked Proof (June, 2003)
(100 min.) Film Directed by Jamie Hook (Seattle)
*Jury Prize at Seattle International Film Festival
*Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at Minneapolis Film Festival
Planet Love: The Colour of Love (December, 2002)
(30 min.) Digital Video directed by Biljana Tanurovska (Skopje, Macedonia)
Synchrony in Estrus (May, 2002)
(35 min.) Stop-motion animated film designed & directed by Thomas Edward (Seattle)
*Film print premiere at Film Forum, New York City
Unfurled (October, 2001)
(5 min.) DV Produced & directed by Holly Taylor/911 Media Arts Center (Seattle)
Survival Skills (September, 2001)
(30 min.) TV Pilot directed by Kevin Joyce (Seattle)
Pangaea's Brood (February, 1996)
(15 min.) Stop-motion animated film designed & directed by Thomas Edward (Seattle)
*Best Animated Film Award at NY Underground Film Festival, 1997
*Museum tour in U.S.
Windows (April, 1994)
Directed by Peter Vogt (USA)
*Golden Eagle Award, Houston Texas
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GRANTS
·:· ARTIST TRUST
"Transcribe and Publish Denio Scores (2004)
"Clown, Clown, Clown, Clown Clown Clown Clown" (2000)
"Non Lo So, Polo with Young Composers Collective" (1995)
"Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet: Women in Jazz" (1994)
·:· ARTS INTERNATIONAL
Travel Grant for Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet to perform at
MIMI Festival, France (1995)
·:· ARTSLINK INTERNATIONAL
"Amy Denio, Beth Custer and The Legendary Poptones" (2002)
"Amy Denio and Kampec Dolores" (2000)
"Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet and Ne Zhdali" (1996)
·:· KING COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION
"Tiptons/Danijel Zezelj/Aric Mayer: Shop of Wild Dreams (2006)
"Against Ending" (2003)
"False Prophets (Or Just Dang Good Guessers)" (1996)
·:· MARY FLAGLER CARY CHARITABLE TRUST
Create new music for the Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet (1995)
Premiere at Dance Theater Workshop, NYC
·:· MEET THE COMPOSER
"NY Festival of Song" (2001)
"Tattoo" (2000)
"Saxhouse" (1992)
·:· NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
"3 Pieces for Relache" (2001)
"Tempesta: An Urban RAPsody" (1993)
"Duo, TRI-O and Tiptons" (1990)
·:· Seattle METRO Artists Regional Transportation
Project
"Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet: Bus Horn Concerto" (1992)
"Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet: Hurry Up And Wait" (1992)
·:· SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION
"Tiptons/Danijel Zezelj/Aric Mayer: Shop of Wild Dreams (2006)
"Against Ending" (2002)
"Tattoo" (2000)
"Non Lo So, Polo with Die Knodel" (1998)
"Non Lo So, Polo with Young Composers Collective" (1995)
·:· WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION
"Non Lo So, Polo with Die Knodel" (1998)
·:· WASHINGTON STATE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
"Billy Tipton Memorial Sax Quartet: Music To Dance To" (1994-1995)
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COMMISSIONED SCORES & EXHIBITIONS
·:· Dream
Community (Taiwan)
Ami Samba Taiwan (Taipei, Taiwan; December 2006 - June 2007)
Arrange, teach, record & produce CD of traditional & popular Taiwanese music to Brazilian rhythms, performed by 12-15 year olds from the Ami tribe.
·:· Cheronne Wong (Seattle)
SubRosa (Premiere: Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, Seattle: September, 2007)
Compose and produce soundscore.
·:· Carla Barragan Dance (Seattle)
Loud Omission (Premiere: Quito, Ecuador; March, 2007)
Compose and produce soundscore.
·:· Pat Graney Dance Company (Seattle)
Vivian Girls (Premiere: Moore Theater, Seattle; January, 2004)
Tattoo (Premiere: On The Boards, Seattle; January, 2000)
Faith (Premiere: Moore Theater, Seattle; February, 1992)
Saxhouse (Premiere: Meany Hall, University of Washington, Seattle; September, 1991)
Compose, produce & perform music scores
·:· Flying Karamazov Brothers (Seattle/New York)
A Guide for the Perplexed (Premiere: ACT Theater, Seattle; January, 2004)
Compose & produce music score
·:· Kim Root, Choreographer (Middletown, CT)
Folk (Premiere: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; April 2004)
Compose and produce music score
·:· Li Chiao-Ping, Choreographer (Madison)
Nocturnis (Bach Cello Suite No.1) (Premiere: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; November, 2003)
Compose, produce & perform music score
·:· Aiko Kinoshita, Choreographer (Seattle)
The Other One (Premiere: Vittum Theater, Chicago, November, 2002)
Compose and produce music score
·:· Victor Hugo House Exhibit (Seattle)
Surveillance Annual Cultural Enquiry (Premiere: Hugo House, Seattle, October, 2002)
Make and produce field recordings
·:· KT Niehoff, Choreographer (Seattle)
White Girls (Premiere: Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, September, 2002)
A Little Bit Off (Premiere: Composer/Choreographer Festival; Seattle, January, 2002)
Compose and produce music scores
·:· Victoria Marks, Choreographer (Los Angeles)
What Happened (Premiere: Bradley Theater, Los Angeles, June, 2002)
Compose & produce music score
·:· Yoko Murao, Choreographer (Seattle)
TASOGARE (Twilight) (Premiere: Asian Art Museum, Seattle, August, 2001)
Compose and produce music score
·:· P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center (New York City)
Acchordream (Premiere: Henry Art Museum, Seattle, July, 2001)
Compose and produce a 20-minute piece for audio installation
·:· UMO Ensemble (Seattle)
CITIES: Conversations in the Court of the Khan
(Premiere: On The Boards, Seattle, June, 2001)
Compose and perform music for theatrical production
·:· New York Festival of Song (New York City)
Brother Fox (Premiere: Danny Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College, NYC, April 2001
also performed at Kurt Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall)
Compose for piano and baritone voice; words by Chris Cutler (U.K.)
·:· Relache Ensemble (Philadelphia)
3 Pieces for Relache (Premiere: Ethical Society, Philadelphia, January, 2001)
Non Lo So, Polo and Inner Music
(Premiere: Ethical Society, Philadelphia, October, 1999)
Compose and arrange music for chamber septet
·:·David Dorfman Dance (New York City)
To Lie Tenderly (Premiere: ADF, November, 2000, Brooklyn Academy of Music December, 2000)
Sky Down (Premiere: Dance Theatre Workshop, New York City; May, 1996)
Approaching No Calm (Premiere: Joyce Theater, New York City; January, 1995)
Compose, produce and perform music scores
·:· Lorenzo Pickle (Seattle)
Clown Clown Clown Clown Clown Clown Clown
(Premiere: Seattle Repertory Theater, Spring, 2000; Hong Kong, China, 2001)
Lorenzo Pickle (Premiere: Seattle May, 1998)
Compose & perform music for a short history of shamanism with clown
·:· Jeff Bickford Dance (Seattle)
Twilight And the Grove (Premiere: Discovery Park, Seattle, WA; August, 1997)
Into The Tumbling Ocean (Premiere: Magnuson Park, Seattle, WA; July, 1997)
I&I (Premiere: Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle, WA; February, 1990)
Compose, produce and perform music scores
·:· Cantiere dell'Arte Festival (Aqua Viva, Tuscany, Italy)
Le Serve (The Maids, by Jean Genet) (Premiere: June, 1997)
Compose for small ensemble & record music score for play
·:· Berkeley Symphony (California)
Green Fish Symphonette (Premiere: St. John's Church, Berkeley, CA; April, 1995)
Compose music for 40-piece chamber orchestra, to be performed for children
·:· Knitting Factory / American Museum of the Moving Image (Queens/NYC)
Buster Keaton: The General
(Premiere: American Museum of the Moving Image, New York; October, 1994)
Perform soundtrack to silent film
·:· Italian National Radio (RAI 3)
The Seattle Sound (Premiere National Broadcast: Italy; December, 1994)
Compose and produce 15-minute composition for radio
·:· Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle)
Tempesta: An Urban RAPsody
(Premiere: Quinault Indian Nation, Washington; September, 1994)
Compose and perform music in collaboration with poet Luis Rodriguez and youth from El Centro de la Raza Poetry Program
·:· Run/Remain Ensemble (Seattle)
Sherman Preludes (Premiere: Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; February, 1994)
Sit Still (Premiere: Portland Art Museum; April, 1992)
Compose and perform music for small chamber ensemble, for theater performances
·:· Cage/Uncaged (Venice, Italy)
Dishwasher (Premiere: Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; June, 1993)
Compose piece for CD produced for John Cage Retrospective
·:· Exercises for Ear Festival (San Francisco)
Fifth Grade Brownie Wall (Premiere: The Lab, San Francisco, March 1991)
Compose music for 4 voices
Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet
performing their BUS HORN CONCERTO for sax quartet & 3 city
busses (a METRO Artist Regional Transit Project) at Bumbershoot
Festival, Seattle, September, 1993. (Denio on the right.)
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FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS
·:· Dream Community (Taipei, Taiwan)
Coordinate Samba/Taiwan project (12/2006-6/2007)
·:· Civitella Ranieri Fellowship (Umbria, Italy)
Composer Residence in a castle (Summer, 2004)
·:· Washington Correctional Center for Women (Gig Harbor, Washington)
Taught vocal workshop / Solo concert (Fall, 2002)
·:· Centrum Arts & Creative Education (Port Townsend, Washington)
Recording Residency in an empty 2,000,000 gallon underground cistern (Spring, 2002)
·:· Constant Festival (Brussels, Belgium)
Taught vocal workshop / Solo concert / Duet with Francisco Lopez (Spring, 2002)
·:· Mills College (Oakland, California)
Rosencranz Artist-In-Residence / Solo concert / chamber concert (Spring, 2001)
·:· Evergreen College (Olympia, Washington)
Taught "Big Technology" workshop (Spring, 2001)
·:· Centrum Arts & Creative Education (Port Townsend, Washington)
Recording Residency with Francisco Lopez "Belle Confusion 00" / Duet Concert (Autumn, 2000)
·:· MassMoCA (N. Adams, Massachusetts)
Residency with David Dorfman Dance: "To Lie Tenderly" / Concerts (Autumn, 2000)
·:· New York University (New York, New York)
Tisch Dance Summer Residency Program w/David Dorfman Dance: "To Lie Tenderly" / Concerts (Summer, 2000)
·:· Venice, Italy
Taught workshop with local musicians / Concert (Summer, 2000)
·:· Centrum Arts & Creative Education (Port Townsend, Washington)
Creative Residency with Pat Graney Dance Company (Autumn, 1999)
·:· Jazz India Vocal Institute (Bombay India)
Vocal Residency sponsored by Jazz India, studying with Dhanashree Pandit Rai / Concert (Autumn, 1997)
·:· Cantieri Internazionale dell'Arte (Montepulciano, Italy)
Residency to compose & record soundscore for "Le Serve" (The Maids) by Jean Genet) (Summer, 1997)
·:· 1996 Artist Trust Fellowship (Seattle, WA)
·:· 1996 Seattle Arts Commission Fellowship (Seattle, WA)
·:· I Metropolizani (Aqua Viva, Italy)
Workshop/performance with Jessica Lurie, Leonid Soybelman, Danijel Zezelj
& local musicians and artists : "Icaro: Homo Volans" (Autumn, 1996)
·:· Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Lee, Massachusetts)
Residency with Pat Graney Dance Company: "Saxhouse" (Summer, 1995)
·:· I Metropolizani (Montepulciano, Italy)
Workshop/performance with Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet & local musicians (Summer, 1995)
·:· Cultur Centrum Wolkenstein (Stainach, Steiermark, Austria)
Taught music workshop with Developmentally Disabled Children (Spring 1994)
·:· Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
Residency with Pat Graney Dance Company: "Saxhouse" (Winter, 1992)
·:· DuMaurier Jazz Festival (Vancouver B.C., Canada)
Residency & performance with Visual Artist Don Ritter (Summer, 1991)
·:· (1988-2002) Over 1,000 performances in East and Western
Europe, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, China, India and North America.
