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Her works include performance and composition for dance, opera, film, video, radio, and multi-media interactive installations with extensive use of language, stories, and ambient and sampled sounds. Brenda also makes large-scale experiments in socially based improvisations with sound, stories and performance. She has spent many years singing into a 9 1/2 foot tube and has designed a gestural interface for the Long Tube and MAX/MSP.
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Brenda has produced work for National Public Radio's Soundprint and is the recipient of: Gracie Allen Award from American Women in Radio and Television, Ucross Residency Award and Montalvo Artist Residency.
She has received commissions from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest, National Endowment for the Arts, and McKnight Foundation, among others. Brenda has been an artist in residence at San Quentin Prison, Headlands Center for the Arts, Harvestworks, The Exploratorium and Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
Recordings of her work are available through
TELLUS, DEEP LISTENING, THE AERIAL, O.O. DISCS, FROG PEAK MUSIC and Leonardo
Music Magazine.
| MAJOR WORKS | INSTALLATIONS / EXHIBITS | COMMISSIONS / GRANTS / AWARDS | PUBLICATIONS / RECORDINGS |
| EDUCATION | EMPLOYMENT | ARTICLES ABOUT BRENDA HUTCHINSON |
MAJOR WORKS
2008:
"SoundTracks." Collaboration with Ann Chamberalin. INTERACTIVE. Continuous line, animated drawings with sound.
Villa Montalvo. Creative Growth. San Francisco and Oakland, CA. Possibility of action: The Life of the Score.
MACBA DOCUMENTATION CENTER OF BARCELONA. Maker Faire, SAN MATEO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
"dailybell2008" A year long project dedicated to the observation of the sun every time it crosses the horizon and to sharing the awareness of that moment with others. Cities through United States. International sites include Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Israel. Blog at dailybell2008.blogspot.com.
2007: "Let's Just See What Happens." Improvisations for Long Tube and Gestural Interface. NIME Festival, New York, NY.
"Etudes for Long Tube."
ROULETTE, New York, NY.
"The Bell Project." Cross-country PERFORMANCE. Towed, rang and solicited ringers for
a 250 lb. cast iron schoolbell through the Northeast, East, West and Gulf Coasts and Southern United
States. Blog at thebellproject.blogspot.com 2003: "Long
Tube with Frogs and Insects." MUSICA METRONOM. Barcelona and Alicante,
Spain. CHAPEL OF THE CHIMES. Oakland, CA. DEEP LISTENING SPACE. Kingston,
NY. MERIDIAN GALLERY. San Francisco, CA. 1995: "White
Density" - Choreographer: Nancy Zendora. PERFORMANCE with Long Tube.
VIA BAHIA FESTIVAL, Salvador, Brazil. INSTALLATIONS / EXHIBITS 2007: Outstanding Collaboration.
LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS. New York, NY 2004: Ucross
Residency Award. Ucross Foundation. Clearmont, WY.
2006:
"The Fun Show." INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE / COMMUNITY IMPROVISATION. Created
variety show with the communities of Delhi, Stanford, Jefferson and W. Kortright
in Upstate New York. West Kortright Centre. E. Meredith, NY.
Vorticella at Schloß Solitude. Stuttgart,
Germany 199?
2004:
"Star Strangled Banner with George." IMPROVISATION of the national
anthem on the Long Tube using getural interface with vocal samples of
this administration’s politicians. VIGIL FOR TAHE FALLEN, Union
Square, LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS, HOWL FESTIVAL, Firefly Cinema, New
York, NY. WELLSTONE CAMP, San Francisco CA.
"Nothing Like Dreaming." Sound design: Feature length FILM by
Nora Jacobson.
2002:
"Fisherman Plunk." Music and sound design: ANIMATION by Laurence
Arcadias.
"(New) Violet Flame." Sound documentary commissioned for RADIO
by Soundprint. Broadcast on NPR.
2001:
"Star Strangled Banner." IMPROVISATION of the national anthem
on the Long Tube. OUGHT-ONE Festival. Montpelier, VT.
"Fire In the House. Part 3: Passing." COLLABORATION with choreographer
Evangel King. EIGHTH STREET STUDIOS. National Dance Week, Berkeley, CA.
2000:
"Go Through Walls and Stuff Like That." Commissioned by the
Deep Listening Band for LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS. NY, NY. First PERFORMANCE
of Long Tube with gestural interface.
"Vagabond Vaudeville." INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE / COMMUNITY IMPROVISATION . Created traveling
variety show with the communities of Effie, Bigfork, Togo and Marcell
in rural Minnesota.
"How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? - the journey." RADIO. Sound
documentary commissioned by Soundprint.
1999:
"Live from the Faulturum: duet with Martin Slawig." KLANGART
FESTIVAL '99, Osnabruk, Germany.
1998:
"Vorticella: Improvisation Ensemble." BARACKE, MUSIKRAUM, Berlin;
AKADEMIE SCHLOß SOLITUDE, Stuttgart.
How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?" Piano, voice and tape. Premiere
performance by Blue Gene Tyranny. MERKIN CONCERT HALL. New York, NY.
1997 - present:
"Vorticella: Improvisation Ensemble." First PERFORMANCE with
Vorticella. Hotel UTAH.
1996:
"How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?" INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE .
Cross country journey with piano in a U-Haul. Recorded performances and
stories.
"Every Dream Has Its Number." PERFORMANCE. Giant Music box,
voice and tape. SOUNDCULTURE. New Langton, SF, CA.
"Mortal Kristmas." SOUND DESIGN. Interactive Christmas Card,
ANIMATION by Laurence Arcadias, Hotwired- Animation Express.
1996-99:
CONVIVIAL DESIGN AND PURPLE MOON. Conceived original SOUND DESIGN for
Secret Paths and Rockett series of games for girls.
Photo: Susan Schwartzenberg. "EEEYAH!"
Brenda Hutchinson. 1989.
1993:
"Long Tube Trio." First PERFORMANCE of Long Tube with taped
accompaniment.
1992:
"Kaninpais." COLLABORATION with Native American singer, Julian
Lang. HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Sausalito, CA.
"Everyone Was A Captain." INSTALLATION. MEMORY AND AGING. Snug
Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY.
"Giant Music Box with washers." INSTALLATION. Large, interactive
mechanical music box #2. Permanent collection BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM
1991:
"Voices of Reason." PERFORMANCE. Giant Music Box, electronics
and tape. ROULETTE, New York, NY.
1990: "Long Tube Solo #1." First
PERFORMANCE with Long Tube instrument. NEW MUSIC AMERICA. Montreal, Canada.
"Norris and America the Beautiful." PERFORMANCE. Giant Music
Box and tape. Recordings made during one year residency at Morningside
Outpatient Center. NEW MUSIC AMERICA. Montreal, Canada.
"Giant Music Box with pins." INSTALLATION. Large, interactive
mechanical music box #1. THE EXPLORATORIUM. San Francisco, CA
1990 - present:
"Long Tube." Exploration and development of 9 1/2 foot tube
into musical instrument. Initially the Long Tube was
performed as a solo acoustic instrument. It was further expanded to include
performances with other instrumentalists and dancers, and by 1997, I had
joined the improvisation ensemble Vorticella. In 2000, I developed a gestural
interface for the Long Tube and computer to incorporate live sampling,
playback and processing during performance.
1989:
"EEEYAH!" PERFORMANCE. Voice, bass drum and bell.Collaboration
with choreographer Nancy Zendora. DIA. New York, NY.
1988:
"Fly Away All." OPERA commissioned by Minnesota Opera New Music
Theater Ensemble. Libretto: Ted Shank
1985: "Storytime." RADIO: mbient
sounds and pre-recorded stories about my grandmother.
Interlude from Voices of Reason TAPE. Electronics and pre-recorded stories.
Recordings made during a 2 year residency at
Bronx State Psychiatric Hospital. TELLUS #9, Audio Cassette Magazine.
1982:
"Liquid Sky." FILM score: co-composed with Clive Smith
"Apple Etudes." TAPE & PERFORMANCE. Live voice, pre-recorded
stories and ambiences. Recordings made in public places and on the streets
of NYC over a two year period THE EXPLORATORIUM, San Francisco, CA.
1979:
"A Grandmother's Song..."TAPE & PERFORMANCE. Live voice,
pre-recorded stories of my grand parents and ambiences.
UC San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Giant Music Box. Bay Area Discovery Museum.
Sausalito, CA. 2000.
2000, 2003: "Giant Music Box
with washers." PLAY IT BY EAR. Bay Area Discovery Museum. Sausalito,
CA
1999: "Giant Music Box with
pins." SINUSOIDAL. SF State University Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
"Giant Music Box with washers." SOUNDS LIKE ART. Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts. San Francisco, CA.
"Giant Music Box with washers." PLAY IT BY EAR. Bay Area Discovery
Museum. Sausalito, CA
1995: "Giant Music Box with
pins." HOMEMADE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Lincoln Center Out Of Doors,
NY.
1994: "Whistling Walls and Windows."
Collaboration with Michael Olexo. SITE AS MUSIC. Secession Gallery,SF,
CA.
1993: "Giant Music Box with
washers." PLEASE TOUCH: Interactive Sculpture and Video.Bedford Gallery,
Walnut Cr, CA.
1992: "Listen for a Change."
JOURNEYS. SF Bus Shelters and Mission Science Workshop, SF, CA.
"Norris." Elevator shaftway installation. CAUGHT IN A BOX, Art
in General, NYC.
"Everyone Was A Captain." MEMORY AND AGING. Snug Harbor Cultural
Center, Staten Island, NY.
"Giant Music Box with washers." Interactive, large mechanical
music box. The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA.
1991: Excerpts from "Apple Etudes."
Elevator shaftway installation. SHOOTING BACK: Photography by and about
the Homeless, Art in General, NYC.
"EEEYAH!" Listening room. ELECTRO
'91, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY.
COMMISSIONS / GRANTS / AWARDS
Gracie Allen Award. American Women
in Radio and Television. (l) Roz Abrams, (c) Brenda Hutchinson,
(r) I'll find out. 2003.
2003: Gracie Allen award. "New
Violet Flame." American Women in Radio and Television. New York,
NY.
2002: Flash Forward 2002 Award. "Fisherman
Plunk." CD-ROM and Website for "Croatian Tales of Long Ago'"
www.bulaja.com
2001: Individual Artist Fellowship.
California Arts Council - Media. Sacramento, CA.
1999-2000: McKnight Visiting Composer.
"Vagabond Vaudeville." American Composers' Forum. Minneapolis,
MN.
1999: Individual Artist Grant. Media.
"How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?- the journey." SF Arts Commission
Cultural Equities Grant. San Francisco, CA.
1996: Meet The Composer and Harvestworks.
Commission. "How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?" New York, NY.
1995: Englehard Foundation. Artist
in Residence. Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
1994: NEA Media Arts and New American
Radio. Commission. "Every Dream Has Its Number." New York, NY.
1994: Travel Fund for US Artists
at International Festivals & Exhibitions. New Zealand, Montreal.
Headlands Center for the Arts. Affiliate Artist. Sausalito, CA.
1993: Mills College, Center for Contemporary
Music. Artist in Residence. Oakland, CA.
Djerassi Foundation. Artist in Residence. Woodside, CA.
California Arts Council. Garden Project. Artist in the Community. San
Francisco, CA.
Harvestworks. Artist in Residence. New York, NY.
1992: Meet The Composer / Readers'
Digest and New American Radio. Violet Flame. New York, NY.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center. Artist in Residence. Staten Island, NY.
Pauline Oliveros Foundation. Artist in Residence. Kingston, NY.
NEA InterArts. "Listen For A Change." Collaboration with Ann
Chamberlain, David Izu, Julian Lang, Ulysses Jenkins and Yolanda Lopez.
Intersection for the Arts. San Francisco, CA.
1991: NYFA. Performance Art / Emergent
Forms Fellowship. New York.
Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. Commission. Roulette. New York.
Headlands Center for the Arts. Artist in Residence. Sausalito, CA.
1990: NEA. Music Commission. Intermedia
Art Foundation/ New Music America.
NYSCA. Media Grant/ Collaboration with Robert Gregory. New York.
1985: NYFA. Performance Art
/ Emergent Forms Fellowship. New York.
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EMPLOYMENT
2002 - present: Meridian Gallery.
Artist in Residence. Intern Program. San Francisco, CA.
Advisor and Consultant. Sound and Listening. The Exploratorium. San Francisco, CA.
2001 - 2007: Music Faculty. Milton
Avery Graduate School at Bard College. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
2003 - 2006 :Visiting
Associate Professor. Electronic Music. Bard College. Annandale-on-Hudson,
NY.
2001: Guest Lecturer. InterArts.
San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA.
2000: Visiting Associate Professor
of Composition. Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Oberlin, OH.
Artist in Residence. San Quentin Prison. San Quentin Village, CA.
Artist in Residence. Dartmouth Music Department and Bregman Electronic
Music Studio. Hanover, NH.
1998, 99 & 2001: Guest Lecturer
with Ann Chamberlain. SF Art Institute. San Francisco, CA.
1998: Sound Designer. Special Projects.
Purple Moon Media. San Francisco, CA.
1997-2000: Guest Lecturer. The Exploratorium.
San Francisco, CA.
1997-98: Guest Lecturer. Spring.
Mills College. Oakland, CA
1995, 97, 99, 2003, & 05: Curator: Homemade Musical Instruments:
Lincoln Center Out Of Doors. New York, NY.
1995-1996: Senior Sound Designer.
Convivial Design, San Francisco, CA.
Guest Instructor. Mission Science Workshop, San Francisco, CA.
1994: Guest Instructor. California
College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.
1980-1993: Audio Engineer. Instructor.
Studio PASS, NYC.
1982-1992: Sound Perception Project
Co-director. Artist in the Schools. Video Producer. Exhibit Builder. The
Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA.
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PUBLICATIONS / RECORDINGS
Homo Sonorus: An International Anthology of Sound
Poetry
Edited / Curated by Dmitry Bulatov
The National Center for Contemporary Art
Kaliningrad Branch. © 2001
"How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?" FROG
PEAK MUSIC, LTD. Hanover, NH.
"Storytime.""Every Dream Has Its Number." FAMILY ALBUM.
CD VOYS #5, Minneapolis, MN.
"LongTubes: Solos and Duets." Self Published. Available - DEEP
LISTENING FOUNDATION. Kingston, NY.
Exploratorium Quarterly, Winter 1986,
Don't Stop the Music, volume 10, issue 4.
ISSN 0889-8197
"Every Dream Has Its Number." "Violet
Flame." NEW AMERICAN RADIO.
"Long Tube Trio." LEONARDO MAGAZINE, CD. Oakland, CA; MINI MALL,
CD TELLUS #27, NYC.
"EEEYAH!." AERIAL #4, CD collection of audio works. Nonsequitur
Foundation, Santa Fe, NM.
"Vanishing Act." Collaboration with Constance De Jong: text.
SITE-LESS SOUNDS, CD Tellus #25, NYC.
Excerpts from "Fly Away All"," Storytime", "Apple
Etudes", "Voices of Reason", "EEEYAH!." SELDOM
STILL, a cassette compilation of selected works from 1982-1989, NYC.
"Waltz" from "Voices of Reason." SOUNDWAVES AUDIO
ART SHOW, distributed to radio stations in NY, Philadelphia, Boston, San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
"Slow Death on a Thorny Rose." Collaboration with Gerald Lindahl.
TELLUS Audio Cassette Magazine #16, NYC.
"Interlude" from "Voices of Reason." TELLUS Audio
Cassette Magazine #9, NYC.
"Liquid Sky." Co-composed with Clive Smith. VARESE
SARABANDE.
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EDUCATION
1979: MA in Music
Composition. University of California San Diego. La Jolla, CA.
1977: Stanford University. Summer
Workshop in Computer Music. Palo Alto, CA.
1976: BFA in Music. Carnegie-Mellon
University. Pittsburgh, PA.
1974-75: Goldsmiths
College. Music Composition, History and Conducting. London, England.
ARTICLES ABOUT BRENDA HUTCHINSON
The Open Space Magazine
Mary Lee Roberts
"Being Around Brenda Hutchinson"
Spring 2001, issue 3
New Grove Dictionary
Philip Croydon, ed.
"Brenda Hutchinson"
Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2001
Women and Music in America since 1900: An Encyclopedia
Kristine Burns, ed. 2001
"Brenda Hutchinson," Jeffery Byrd
American Music in the 20th Century, Kyle Gann
Chapter 13: Totalism and the 1990's
Schirmer Books, 1997
P-form Magazine 33, fall 1994,
Vanguard Composers in San Francisco, Charles Boone.
Leonardo Music Journal 1993, MIT Press,
Vocal Neighborhoods: A Walk Through the Post-Sound Poetry Landscape, Larry
Wendt, volume 3.
ISSN 0961-1215
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