about
photo by Paul Turowski
bio
KRISTINA WARREN is a composer, improviser, critical maker, and lapsed vocalist based in Providence,
Rhode Island [US]. Her practice - including building/playing unique instruments, composing
for/with chamber ensembles, and writing about gender in electronic music - centers listening and noise,
instrumentality and access.
Warren has presented work around the world, including at
the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition
[US], Espace des arts sans frontières
[FR], ICMC [GR, NL],
Interfaces [CY],
ISSTA [IE],
Mise-En Music Festival [US],
NIME [US],
NYCEMF [US],
Spektrum [DE], and
TENOR [CA, ES].
Her music has been performed by ensembles
such as Chartreuse,
Dither,
Ekmeles,
JACK Quartet,
loadbang,
Meehan / Perkins Duo,
Sō Percussion, and
Yarn/Wire. She has been
selected as
a PEO Scholar Award recipient (2016),
an Associate Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (2016), and
a
finalist in the American Composers Forum National Composition Contest (2014).
She performs in various configurations, including the solo project Petra. Recent collaborators include
Amy Brandon (guitar, electronics),
Kwaku Kwaakye Martin Obeng (African drums),
Rachel Devorah (horn, electronics), and
Theresa Wong (cello, voice).
Currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Electronic Music & Multimedia at
Brown University,
Warren holds a PhD in Composition & Computer Technologies from
University of Virginia (2017) and a BA in Music
Composition from Duke University (2011).
connect
kristina_warren [at] brown [dot] edu
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links
MEME @ Brown
CCT @ UVA
audible women
female:pressure
many many women
FF Sizmo typeface by Verena Gerlach
Bitter typeface by Sol Matas
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