Charles Céleste Hutchins / Composer
2430 5th Street, Unit N
Berkeley, CA 94710
USA
Tel: (510) 486-1207
9 Matilda House
St. Katharine’s Way
London
E1W 1LQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 790 825 5439
b. 1976 in San Jose, California, USA
Statement
I primarily do tape and computer music, but also enjoy ensemble writing and tuba improvisation.
Education
- PhD in Musical Composition, currently in third year developing portfolio of electronic pieces, University of Birmingham with Scott Wilson
- Sonology Course, Spring 2007, Royal Conservatory of the Netherlands
- CCMIX year long course in electronic music, Spring 2006
- MA in Composition, Spring 2005, Wesleyan University with Ron Kuivila
- BA in Electronic Music and Recording and also in Computer Science, Spring 2008, Mills College with Maggi Payne
Affiliations
- 2003 – present board member of Other Minds in San Francisco, California
- 2006 – present member of the advisory board of Transonic Arts in New York
Press
- “takes the art of noise to a higher level . . . a great soundtrack to your life” – SFWeekly, 29 June 2005
Discography
- 2009: Contributed to one track on Supercollider140
- 2006: One Track on Solo Modular Synthesizer Compilation from Experimental Musical Research
- 2002 – 2003: Virtual Memory, from Mp3.com
- 2001 – 2003: Faux Pas, from Mp3.com
- 2001: Two tracks on Random Spheres of Influence, available from IBOL Records
- Due out in 2006: Tuba / Sax duo with Anthony Braxton
New and Notable Performances
August 2009: Solo set of analog modular synthesizer at Noise=Noise at the Foundry in London, UK.
May 2009: Piece in the BEAST Festival at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham, UK.
July 2008: Duo with Polly Moller and a homebrew lie detector at the Edgetone Festival in San Francisco, California, USA.
July 2008: Improvised duo with Polly Moller live on KFJC radio in Los Altos Hills, California, USA.
May 2008: Solo set of laptop and film at the Eclectic Tech Carnival at the Plantage Dok in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
February 2008: Improvised duo on laptop and analog synthesizer and Matt Davignon on pedals and electronic devices at the 1510 Performance Space in Oakland, California, USA.
January 2008: Improvised solo on laptop and analog synthesizer at the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, California, USA
October 2007: Lock Up Your Children in the Birmingham Book Festival at the Ikon Eastside in Birmingham, UK
July 2007: Laptop set at the Eclectic Tech Carnival at Cafe Strom in Linz, Austria
May 2007: Improvised duo on laptop and zebu horn with Nick Fox-Gieg on laptop at Zentrale Randlage in Berlin, Germany
March 2007: Live set on United Colors of Noise radio show broadcast from The Hague, the Netherlands and streamed on the Internet
October 2006: Two pieces at the TAG Gallery in The Hague, the Netherlands
August 2006: Improvised quartet on tuba with Aram Shelton on reeds, Jen Baker on trombone and Damon Smith on double bass at the Temescal Cafe in Oakalnd, California, USA
August 2006: Improvised duo on synthesizer with David Jensenius on laptop at the Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley, California, USA
August 2006: Laptop set at the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, California, USA
June 2006: Composition and improvisation duo on laptop with Solène Riot on recorder and cornetto, accompanying dance contact improvisation at 10 rue Bisson, Paris, France.
March 2006: Text sound poetry and electronic noise at La Barbare in Montreuil, France.
August 2005: Improvisation at Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, CA on tuba and laptop with Phillip Greenlief-reeds, Noah Phillips-guitar, and Damon Smith-double bass
June 2005: Set of Text Sound Poetry at the BRINK Series at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco, CA, USA
June 2005: Improvised duo at the Garden of Memory concert in Oakland, CA on laptop with Ellen Fullman on autoharp
October 2004: Coulter Shock played at Red Festival in Toronto
