being here (2008)
Harp solo
written word
Etna Caelus Pt1 & Pt2 (2000 rev.2009)
Harp, violin, cello, glasses, trombone.
Four Days
Harp, voice, trombone, glasses, piano, violin I, violin II, viola, cello.
Multi-instrumentalist Shelley Burgon is best known for her improvisatorial work using harp and laptop.
Burgon’s work utilizes the acoustic harp as the primal sound source for her computer music. Her focus is to manifest the computer as an extension of her harp in a way similar to that of traditional extended harp techniques. She achieves this by specifically chosen midi controllers that are either attached to the harp or placed near the pedals of the harp allowing her to play the harp and laptop simultaneously.
She is a member of the chamber group Ne(x)tworks, the bands Stars Like Fleas Family Dynamics. Shelley has performed her music for series such as the the MATA Festival, Issue Project Rooms Points in a Circle, free103point9 Wave Farm and Summer Winds. In May 2009 she was honored to premiere a new piece for the Merce Cunningham Hudson Valley Project at the Dia:Beacon. Shelley holds an MFA in Electronic Music from Mills College where she studied with Pauline Oliveros, Fred Frith, Chris Brown, Alvin Curran and Karen Gottlieb. She can be heard as a collaborator and guest on many labels including Hometapes, Skirl, Tzadik and Ipecac. She is inspired by Maryanne Amacher who was one of her early mentors and currently performs solo under the moniker Rowan.
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