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- Biography: Barton, Todd -
After four decades of exploration Todd Barton is still delving deeply
into the ever-expanding frontiers of musical expression: from his DNA
derived Genome Music to his innovative scores for plays at the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival; from performances of Zen Shakuhachi Meditation Music
to avant-garde music for electronic synthesizers and computers; from performing
with luminaries of jazz and poetry to lecturing on music and composition
from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century.
Todd Barton is the Resident Composer and Music Director for the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival. He is also the Director of Composition Studies for
the Music Department at Southern Oregon University.
His compositions have been performed by the KRONOS Quartet, Oregon Symphony
Orchestra, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Southern Oregon Repertory Singers,
the Shasta Taiko, and the Rogue Valley Symphony to name a few.
Barton has received numerous awards for his theater music including the
ASCAP Award for Popular Music, Dramalogue Critics Award, and the San Francisco
Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award.
His music has been heard on NPR’s Morning Edition, Westcoast Live, and
the Curve of Wonder.
Speciality: Shakuhachi
Email: bartonmusic@mac.com
Homepage: http://www.toddbarton.com
Teachers:
Albums released:
| Lao Tzu-tao Te Ching With Ursula K Le Guin Todd backs up renown author Ursula Le Guin in her own rendition of this seminal work. | |
| Mountain Ghost Breathing Barton's original compositions. Solo shakuhachi improvisation and wind chime as well as a piece compose entirely of digitally sampled shakuhachi. | |
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Ro Works for 2.7 Jinashi flute |
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Shakuhachi Ma |
| T'ai Chi Shakuhachi Shakuhachi improvisations recorded while observing the movement and forms of the martial art T'ai Chi Chuan. |
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