| Christopher Butterfield composer | ||||||
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Christopher Butterfield studied composition at the University of Victoria (BMus 1975) and at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (MA 1977). He lived in Toronto between 1977 and 1992, where he was active as a performance artist, rock guitar player, and composer.
He has taught in the graduate visual arts department at Concordia University in Montreal, and at the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. In 1992 he was appointed assistant professor of composition at the University of Victoria. His music has been performed across Canada and in Europe, and is recorded on the CBC and Artifact labels. Mr. Butterfield is Artistic Co-director of the Tic.Toc International Festival of New Performance in Victoria, Canada. | albums: Christopher Butterfield: Schwitters / Butterfield (Artifact) appearances on: Various artists: The Beautiful Dead End / Point mort (Mutasis, 2005) Array Music Ensemble: Empress of Russia (Artifact) Elissa Poole, baroque flute / Rick Sacks, percussion: Strange Companions (Artifact) Nouvel Ensemble Modern, Lorraine Vaillantcourt cond: Port Bou Vancouver New Music Ensemble: Tree Line (CBC Records, 1997) |
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